2026-04-17T10:32:44-07:00 2025-12-31 814933403 NFP Solutions LLC 12110 Sunset Hills Rd Suite 600 Reston VA 20190 990 2025-01-01 475324172 OpenAQ Inc OPEN 3015314196 818 18th Street NW Suite 810 1046 Washington DC 20006 Erin Robinson Treasurer 2026-04-17 true John Coleman CPA P02095546 5713060568 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Pallavi Pant 818 18th Street NW Suite 810 1046 Washington DC 20006 747665 false X https://openaq.org X 2018 DC By providing universal access to air quality data, OpenAQ empowers a global community of changemakers to solve air inequality. 6 6 3 8 0 680012 593332 71352 141400 12942 12933 0 764306 747665 20000 29110 0 453626 457865 0 7180 199965 191686 673591 678661 90715 69004 678235 551035 204722 8518 473513 542517 By providing universal access to air quality data, OpenAQ empowers a global community of changemakers to solve air inequality. false false 340729 121479 Air Quality Data Platform: To meet the needs of air quality researchers, community advocates, journalists and other air quality changemakers, OpenAQ provides the worlds largest open-access, open-source air quality data platform. In 2025, we aggregated new data from ~3,400 locations, including ~1,400 locations in low- and middle-income countries, reaching a total of more than 22,000 locations in 141 countries. We saw a 187% increase in registered users, totaling more than 19,000. Active API use leaped by 550% to 2,700 per quarter and active OpenAQ Explorer use increased by 34% to 250 per day. ~175 publications cited their use of OpenAQ, an average of over 14 per month. 198314 29110 19921 Community Engagement: Through webinars, trainings, speaking engagements, conference attendance, one-on-one meetings, impact stories and more, we introduced potential new users to the OpenAQ data platform and supported existing data practitioners. Through our Clean Air Community Ambassador program, we provided professional leadership training to 10 emerging air quality leaders from the world's most polluted regions. We connected air quality data producers and users across sectors and geographies to support an international learning environment. 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OpenAQ's largest funder is the Clean Air Fund - a United Kingdom registered charity governed by a Board of Trustees. Clean Air Funds model is to secure funds from a diverse set of funders, including U.S.-based foundations (see https://www.cleanairfund.org/about-us/our-funders/) and then redistribute these funds to clean air projects around the world. In other words, the funding that OpenAQ receives from the Clean Air Fund is sourced from diverse entities. OpenAQ continues to work to diversify our funding, including raising funds from the general public. OpenAQ's service-providing real-time and historical air quality data on a continuous open-source, open-access database is freely accessible to all U.S. residents and to everyone else in the world. We support the data needs of scientists and researchers, journalists and other communicators, educators, government entities, tech companies and entrepreneurs, civil society organizations, and individuals. OpenAQ's governing body is representative of those we serve. Our board members have professional expertise in air quality; data science and analytics; open data; nonprofit governance, fundraising and administration; and communications. The board is geographically diverse, gender diverse, and racially/ethnically diverse. Prior Year Facts and Circumstances: OpenAQ provides a variety of ways for individuals, public and private entities, and philanthropic organizations to support the organization financially, including a donate button on its website and occasional social media appeals for funding; a corporate sponsorship program; a sponsorship opportunity for GitHub users; and maintaining its profile on Candid, NPOconnect Blackbaud, and Benevity. OpenAQ's largest funder is the Clean Air Fund - a United Kingdom registered charity governed by a Board of Trustees. Clean Air Funds model is to secure funds from a diverse set of funders, including U.S.-based foundations (see https://www.cleanairfund.org/about-us/our-funders/) and then redistribute these funds to clean air projects around the world. In other words, the funding that OpenAQ receives from the Clean Air Fund is sourced from diverse entities. OpenAQ continues to work to diversify our funding, including raising funds from the general public. OpenAQ's service-providing real-time and historical air quality data on a continuous open-source, open-access database is freely accessible to all U.S. residents and to everyone else in the world. We support the data needs of scientists and researchers, journalists and other communicators, educators, government entities, tech companies and entrepreneurs, civil society organizations, and individuals. OpenAQ's governing body is representative of those we serve. Our board members have professional expertise in air quality; data science and analytics; open data; nonprofit governance, fundraising and administration; and communications. The board is geographically diverse, gender diverse, and racially/ethnically diverse. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 9218 9218 401k withholding 754 754 true East Asia and the Pacific 0 1 Program services Community engagement 1000 Europe 0 1 Program services Community engagement 1000 Russia and Neighboring States 0 2 Program services Community engagement 2010 South America 0 3 Program services Community engagement 5000 South Asia 0 5 Program services Community engagement 7000 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 5 Program services Community engagement 8100 Central Amer and the Caribbean 0 1 Program services Community engagement 1000 Middle East and N. 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Any questions posed are addressed prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization's board requires annual statements related to conflicts of interest from each board member and its officers. The statements are evaluated by the board for compliance with the organization's documented policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a We examine a variety of factors including market data, employee experience, and compensation comparisons to similarly-sized non-profits. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b We examine a variety of factors including market data, employee experience, and compensation comparisons to similarly-sized non-profits. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, its audited financial statements, and a number of its policies available on its website.