Environmental Working Group

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Nov 6, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$6,828,333

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Toxics and human health - EWG's work supports national chemical policy reform to protect public health, particularly children in critical windows of development, the elderly and other vulnerable people/EWG's 2012 Guide to Healthy Cleaning, launched in September 2012, became the first interactive rating system that scores popular cleaning products for toxicity and disclosure of contents. EWG's Skin Deep, an interactive safety guide for cosmetics, discloses hazardous ingredients in everyday personal care products. In 2012, the Skin Deep database site logged 6.4 million visits, for a monthly average of 533,333 visits and 4.1 million page views. EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce ranks pesticide contamination on more than 40 popular fruits and vegetables based on an analysis of more than 28,000 samples taken by federal scientists. A related analysis and guide -- Good Food on a Tight Budget, released in August 2012 -- calculated the most nutritious and economical fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains and dairy items that bore the fewest pesticide residues. EWG worked closely with House and Senate champions and the White House to enact legislation to extend health benefits to military veterans and family members exposed to toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune.

Activity 3

Natural resources -- EWG's analyses strengthened policies to protect American land from the detrimental impacts of resource-intensive energy production practices. As a result of the work of EWG and its allies, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar barred new uranium mining claims for the next 20 years on 1 million acres near Grand Canyon National Park. EWG put hydraulic fracturing on the map as an important environmental issue in California by publishing an expose documenting how state regulators had turned a blind eye to fracking for decades. EWG assembled a coalition of more than 100 grassroots consumer, religious, public health and environmental organizations from 20 states to call on the Obama administration to stop deceptive oil and gas leasing practices that undermine property values and mortgages. EWG and the Civil Society Institute launched "America's Clean Energy Agenda," a website and grassroots campaign that aimed to shape energy policy decisions in the first 100 days of the next administration.

Filer

EIN

52-2148600