THE POLLUTION DETECTIVES INC
EIN 82-0594919 · Environment N.E.C. (C99)
What they do
1. EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.A. EDUCATOR NEWSLETTER, THE OPTIMISTIC FUTURIST, SENT to A SUBSCRIBER LIST of ALMOST 14,000 EDUCATORS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, and COMMUNITY LEADERS.DURING 2024, OUR ORGANIZATION WROTE and DISTRIBUTED NINE EDITIONS of THE OPTIMISTIC FUTURIST ON TOPICS DETAILED IN THE TABLE BELOW. ALONG WITH THE FEATURE ARTICLES ENUMERATED HERE, EACH NEWSLETTER PROVIDED LINKS to 5 to 10 SYNOPSES, EACH WRITTEN BY OUR STAFF, of CURRENT LOCAL, STATE and FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN AREAS RELATED to K-12 EDUCATION. FURTHER, EACH NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCED UPCOMING WEBINARS and CLASSES PRESENTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES or LEADERS, OFFERED FREE ACCESS to OUR EQUIPMENT for SURVEYING INDOOR AIR QUALITY, and CONTAINED NUMEROUS REFERENCES to ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.B. TUTORIAL VIDEOS and SOCIAL POSTS ON TWO WEBSITES, WWW.THEPOLLUTIONDETECTIVES.ORG and WWW.THEOPTIMISTICFUTURIST.ORG, and TWO SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, THE OPTIMISTIC FUTURISTS FACEBOOK PAGE, and CEO FRANCIS P. KOSTERS LINKEDIN PAGE.DURIN
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FRANCIS KOSTERPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 1012 WESTLAKE DR, KANNAPOLIS, NC 28081-8149
- County
- Cabarrus
- In care of
- % FRANCIS P KOSTER
- Primary officer
- FRANCIS KOSTER, OFFICER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- POTTER & COMPANY PA
- NTEE classification
- Environment N.E.C. (C99)
- IRS tax category
- Environment N.E.C.