Coming Clean Inc
Coming Clean Inc
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About this organization
Mission
Coming Clean’s mission is to contribute meaningfully to environmental health and justice by radically reducing sources of chemical exposure in people’s lives, especially in disproportionately-impacted communities of color and low-income communities, and positioning grassroots environmental health and justice groups as leaders in building healthy, resilient communities.
About
Coming Clean has been added to the environmental justice record with the release of 'Life at the Fenceline: Understanding Cumulative Health Hazards in Environmental Justice Communities'. This groundbreaking national report documents the risk of disaster from industrial facilities that use or store highly hazardous chemicals. It details the demographics, social determinants of health, and locations of nearby hospitals, schools and dollar stores within three miles of these facilities. Local conditions are explored for Los Angeles, Fresno, Kern, and Madera counties in California; Louisville, Kentucky; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Houston, Texas; and Charleston, West Virginia. The most vulnerable neighborhoods are those that are both low-income and have low access to healthy foods. In every area studied, low-income/low food access areas within fenceline zones have higher poverty rates, greater percentages of residents who are people of color, and higher cancer risk and respiratory hazard from toxic air pollution than for the whole fenceline zone, and the entire city or county. In addition, Coming Clean published a searchable website showing the location of over 12,500 high-risk facilities throughout the U.S. Working with partner organizations, Coming Clean's campaign for healthier solutions expanded the public's awareness and understanding of toxic chemicals in food and food packaging. A new video, done in cooperation with the Center for Environmental Health and Just Transition Alliance, documents new research showing that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are present in and released from microwave popcorn packaging. PFAS chemicals can confuse our bodies' hormones and have been linked to liver and kidney damage among other serious health issues. PFAS are especially dangerous to children because their bodies are still developing. All major microwave popcorn brands tested contained PFAS, including those found on dollar store shelves. Finding non-microwave popcorn in dollar stores was almost impossible. Coming Clean opposed the Trump administration's proposal to take no action under the Clean Water Act to protect communities and water resources from leaks and spills of hazardous substances from aboveground chemical storage tanks. Coming Clean and other partner organizations submitted comments on EPA's so-called 'Do Nothing Rule' with some 36 community-based environmental justice and health organizations in support. Coming Clean teamed up with the 'Mind the Store' campaign on their retailer report card to grade dollar stores chains on their actions to protect customers from toxic chemicals in consumer products. While several retailers have shown substantial leadership on toxic chemical policies, dollar stores continue to earn grades well below the curve. Dollar Tree received a D and Dollar General received an F, while 99 Cents Only (a new addition to the 2018 report card) received an F. Coming Clean and partners from grassroots, national, state and technical support groups were critical of the EPA's attempted rollbacks to the new worker protection standard. The EPA ultimately withdrew their opposition to the new standards that would improve protection of America's agricultural workers.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing sets forth the mission of the non-profit as “Coming cleans mission is to meaningfully contribute to environmental health and justice by radically reducing sources of chemical exposure in peoples lives, especially disproportionately impacted populations; to aggressively advocate for corporate and marketplace changes as a driver for policy solutions that address toxic chemicals as a public health threat; and to position environmental health and justice groups as leaders in building healthy and resilient communities locally and across the country.”.
When detailing its responsibilities, they were listed as: “Coming cleans mission is to meaningfully contribute to environmental health and justice by radically reducing sources of chemical exposure in peoples lives, especially disproportionately impacted populations; to aggressively advocate for corporate and marketplace changes as a driver for policy solutions that address toxic chemicals as a public health threat; and to position environmental health and justice groups as leaders in building healthy and resilient communities locally and across the country.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally permitted to operate is VT.
- The address of the non-profit for 2019 according to the filing is 28 VERNON STREET 434, BRATTLEBORO, VT, 05301.
- The number of employees reported by the non-profit on their form as of 2019 is 6.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $235,334.
- The CEO compensation structure within the organization is based on a review and approval from a neutral party.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 7 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1998.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization engages in lobbying activities.
- The organization pays $442,349 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $26,693 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.