Environmental Justice Community Action Network
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
NC has clean & safe air, water & soil.
- Income
- $722,651
- Spending
- $649,635
- Spent on programs
- 77%
- Reserves
- -1.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 91%
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 10
- Highest pay
- $80,000, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 55 out of 100. Higher than 18% of charities in its peer group (environment, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 45% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 52% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1577% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 83 out of 100. Higher than 58% of charities in its peer group (environment, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $502,390 spent. The organization was involved in a biogas research study in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill and RTI International to understand the effects of biogas digesters on human and environmental health. More than 20 participants had gone through testing with over 35 people interested in the project EJCAN was able to collect valuable rural health data, deploy sensors for air quality, collect well water samples to test for contaminants, and present this data to the community members. EJCAN has been providing water pitchers to community members with tested well water contamination by collaborating with partners at NCDHHS and the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). Since the start of this project, 27 water pitchers and 28 filters have been provided to community members EJCAN) has been active in community outreach and gaining feedback from community members to help guide future program planning. This included meeting with community members across the county, attending community meetings and building relationships with local leaders to identify potential members of a community advisory group, and getting bilingual survey feedback from dozens of community members regarding what issues they consider to be important and what are barriers that prevent them from attending programs. EJCAN is working on an ongoing Air Quality Project in partnership with CleanAIRE NC, Easter Research Group (ERG), Research Triangle Institute (RTI), and UNC-Charlotte. This projects main goal is to fill the void of lack of data in this part of the state. We also work with community members, called AirKeepers, that host air quality sensors at their homes for an extended period of time. AirKeepers also participate in training sessions and gather the data. EJCAN negotiated a Consent Decreewhich is a binding agreement filed in federal courtthat required GFL to stop discharging massive amounts of PFAS into Bearskin Swamp, the stream that runs by the Landfill and through the Snow Hill Community. Specifically, GFL agreed to install a treatment system to remove PFAS from its wastewater and to track and respond to public complaints, install an odor-monitoring system around the landfill, and make the data publicly available. The real-time odor monitoring website went live in October. In 2026, once the system has been running for a full year, GFL will be required to retain an independent expert to recommend odor-reduction measures based on the systems data. Over the past year, EJCANs work and research have been featured in several academic journals, including Special Issue: Cumulative Impacts, and the American Bar Association Trends magazine online and etc.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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