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Coalition for Clean Air

Public charity · Grantmaker Los Angeles, CA EIN: 23-7120567 Website

To protect public health, improve air quality and prevent climate change.

Coalition for Clean Air at a glance

Total assets
$1,518,894
-23.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$2,149,048
+2.5% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$42,081
+45.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$2,452,895
+17.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Coalition for Clean Air funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

41 grants across all recorded years

41<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 41 grants of 41 (100%).

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 41 grants2022 Total only2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $36K (2022) to $70K (2024). In 2024 it reported $70K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Regeneration Project —$2,000
California State University San Marcos Foundation —$1,000
Casa Familiar —$1,000
Charles W Bowers Museum —$1,000
City of Richmond Transportation —$1,000
Collaborising —$1,000
Environmental Charter Schools —$1,000
I Am Green Inc —$1,000
Inland Empire Concerned African American Churches —$1,000
Kiwanis of Carmichael —$1,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,518,894$2,149,048$2,452,895——$42,081
2024$1,983,759$2,095,938$2,089,892$69,725Total only$29,007
2023$2,141,146$1,572,193$1,403,245$68,722Total only$11,922
2022$1,624,294$1,460,614$1,196,451$35,62941$630
2021$1,336,677$1,190,147$1,160,654——$4,840
2020$1,089,648$1,123,867$1,343,404——$9,454
2019$1,048,357$851,780$1,264,567——$10,961

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Coalition for Clean Air

Based on IRS filings

Coalition for Clean Air is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Los Angeles, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $42K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Coalition for Clean Air is led by Joseph K Lyou, President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 2 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Joseph K Lyou

    President & CEO

    President & CEO → President CEO, 2021

    President CEO → President & CEO, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $99K (2019) → $165K (2025)

  • Sherry Jackman

    Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2021

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicole R Roberts

    Development Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2025)

  • Ed Begley Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erik Neandross

    Director

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Loveridge

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Campbell

    Director

    Chair → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Swenson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Renger

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christina Marquez

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erica Bowman

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Miyasato

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Williamson

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tessa Verhoef

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Reid

    Secretary

    Director → Treasurer, 2021

    Treasurer → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Epstein

    Vice Chair

    Director → Chair, 2021

    Chair → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Estela de Llanos

    Treasurer

    Director → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Christy Ubellacker (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Genevieve Ansalem (2024) — Director
  • Former: Bruce Melgar (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Alex Spataru (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Bruce MacRae (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Josh LaFarga (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Glory Dolphin-Hammes (2022) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Lawson (2022) — Director
  • Former: Nicole Cleary (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rachelle Reyes-Wenger (2021) — Director
  • Former: Betty Chim Lieu (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Chris Thompson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Rachelle Reyes Wenger MPA (2020) — Director
  • Former: George Minter (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Joseph K Lyou — President & CEO: $165KJoseph K LyouPresident & CEO$165KNicole R Roberts — Development Dir.: $106KNicole R RobertsDevelopment Dir.$106K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $165K, to Joseph K Lyou (President & CEO). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Coalition for Clean Air

How large is Coalition for Clean Air?

Coalition for Clean Air reported $1.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.1M.

What is Coalition for Clean Air?

Coalition for Clean Air is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Los Angeles, CA. It holds $1.5M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Coalition for Clean Air's EIN?

Coalition for Clean Air's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7120567. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 6, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 28, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)

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