Houston, TX

Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS)

EIN 45-5172290

Environment & Animal Welfare Environmental Education & Advocacy Low-income

Mission

To engage, educate, and empower residents of historically underserved Houston communities through community-led environmental justice, citizen science (air monitoring), education, and neighborhood resilience initiatives.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS)

This profile has been prepared after verifying the organization's Employer Identification Number (EIN 45-5172290) against publicly available filings and records; the EIN matches the organization operating in Houston, TX under the name Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS).

ACTS is a Houston-based community-based organization focused on environmental justice, citizen science, and neighborhood resilience. The group runs community-led air monitoring programs, partners with academic and advocacy institutions, and implements local projects addressing food security, urban heat mitigation, disaster preparedness, and youth STEAM/agriscience education.

In the last 2–3 years ACTS expanded its air-monitoring capacity, became a statutory community partner in a regional Environmental Justice grantmaking program, and was awarded a federal EPA grant to scale community air monitoring and outreach across Pleasantville, Sunnyside, Fifth Ward, and Galena Park. The organization maintains an active web presence and ongoing community partnerships, indicating it is an operating, donor-facing nonprofit.

Notable achievements

EPA Air Monitoring Grant

Awarded a competitive EPA citizen-science grant (~$498,813) to expand community air monitoring, perform mobile baseline surveys for air toxics, and build a community-owned air data repository.

Five years of community-led air monitoring

Grew a local air monitoring program from stationary low-cost sensors to federal and mobile monitoring collaborations, increasing community capacity to measure and report local air quality concerns.

Local resilience and mitigation projects

Led community projects including an Urban Heat Island mitigation effort at Judson Robinson Sr. Community Center/Park and school-based food-security and STEAM partnerships with HISD schools.

At a glance

Total assets: $697K
Annual revenue: $468K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 45-5172290
Location: Houston, TX
Website: acts-organization.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Designated statutory community partner within an EPA Region 6 Environmental Justice grantmaking initiative (regional grantmaking partnership with the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice).

Recipient of an EPA news-released award (nearly $500K) for community air monitoring and environmental justice work.

Public charity listed on national charity databases and evaluated by rating organizations (has a public Charity Navigator profile and filings available through public 990 disclosures).

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