Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance

Name

Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance

Legal name

Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance

Website

https://phosphorusalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Sustainability Research & Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Business Associations (81391), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine & Freshwater Conservation (BPAGAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI), Nutrient Recovery from Sludge (Struvite, Ammonia/Phosphorus Recovery) (EUANAHAD), Phosphate Fertilizers (MAP, DAP, TSP, SSP) (AFABABAB)

Keywords

• Phosphorus sustainability
• Nutrient management
• Water quality protection
• Research coordination
• Nonprofit membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Organizations involved in phosphorus sustainability join as members, providing financial and other resources to sustain alliance operations
2. Research Grants: Funding from research grants to support phosphorus sustainability research activities
3. Charitable Contributions: Donations from supporters to fund alliance activities and operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance is a nonprofit membership organization that serves as North America's central forum for the sustainable use, recovery, and recycling of phosphorus. It coordinates research initiatives (STEPS, P Transport Modeling, GIS-P, Priority Lakes) and convenes public- and private-sector organizations across the phosphorus value chain through membership, community resources, webinars, and newsletters.

Product overview

The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance is a nonprofit membership organization that serves as North America's central forum for the sustainable use, recovery, and recycling of phosphorus. Rather than a commercial product company, it functions as a research coordination and advocacy body operating within Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation. The organization facilitates knowledge exchange through community resources, webinars, and newsletters, while coordinating research efforts including STEPS, P Transport Modeling, GIS-P studies, and Priority Lakes research initiatives. Membership is open to organizations across the phosphorus value chain including those in phosphates, biomaterials recycling, water/wastewater treatment, animal/crop agriculture, and food/beverage supply chains.

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Products and services

• Research Coordination Services The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance coordinates research on phosphorus sustainability through its STEPS (Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability) Center collaboration, P Transport Modeling, GIS-P research, P Adsorbants studies, and Priority Lakes research programs. The service is targeted at academic researchers, member organizations, and stakeholders working across the phosphorus value chain.
• Membership Forum and Networking North America's central forum that brings together stakeholder organizations across the phosphorus value chain — including phosphates, biomaterials recycling, water/wastewater treatment, animal and crop agriculture, and food/beverage supply chains — to collaborate on sustainable phosphorus use through in-person and virtual convening.
• Community Knowledge-Sharing Resources Educational webinars, video content, blog articles, research publications, and a regular newsletter (eepurl.com/gnjPz5) that share phosphorus sustainability knowledge and best practices among members and the broader public.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consultants Allied with BrooksidecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Founding partner of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, providing foundational support at the organization's inception in October 2016.
• FEECO InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Founding partner of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, providing foundational support at the organization's inception in October 2016.
• NACWA (National Association of Clean Water Agencies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Founding partner of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, providing foundational support at the organization's inception in October 2016. NACWA is the nation's recognized leader in legislative, regulatory and legal clean water advocacy.
• OstaracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Founding partner of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, providing foundational support at the organization's inception in October 2016. Ostara helps protect water resources by changing how cities manage nutrients in water streams and produces fertilizer that reduces leaching and runoff.
• The Water Research Foundation (WRF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Founding partner of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, providing foundational support at the organization's inception in October 2016. WRF engages in research for water, wastewater, reuse and stormwater systems.
• Jim ElsercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Co-founder of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance in October 2016 alongside Matt Scholz. Led the Phosphorus Sustainability Research Coordination Network (P-RCN) funded by NSF that preceded the alliance's formation.
• Matt ScholzcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2016Co-founder of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance in October 2016 alongside Jim Elser. Currently serves as Senior Program Manager for the alliance.
• Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council (ANPC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership working together with state and federal agencies and members of the scientific community to help agriculture protect water quality in the U.S.
• EPA AgSTARminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership promoting the use of biogas recovery systems to reduce methane emissions from livestock waste.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Water Works Association (AWWA): Large U.S. nonprofit association for drinking water professionals that, like the Alliance, engages on source-water protection and nutrient-related water quality issues, but across a much broader water-utility agenda.
• The Nature Conservancy: Large environmental nonprofit with significant freshwater and agricultural-land programs addressing nutrient runoff and water quality; thematically comparable as a major funder and convener on phosphorus-related conservation, but at much larger scale.
• International Fertilizer Association (IFA): Global fertilizer industry association representing the worldwide phosphate, nitrogen, potash, and sulphate value chain; comparable in convening role across phosphate producers and downstream users, but at a global rather than North-American scale.

Direct peers

• National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA): Founding partner of the Alliance and the recognized U.S. voice for clean water utilities on legislative, regulatory, and legal issues; directly comparable as a member-driven water-policy advocacy body that also deals with nutrient discharge.
• The Fertilizer Institute: The U.S. fertilizer industry trade association that, like the Alliance, convenes producers, distributors, and downstream users around nutrient management and policy advocacy, and co-runs the closely related 4R Nutrient Stewardship program.
• Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies: Founding partner of the Alliance and a leading commercial player in phosphorus recovery from wastewater streams with a recovered-fertilizer product line; overlaps in mission to close the phosphorus loop and is a key industry participant in the Alliance's network.
• Water Research Foundation (WRF): Founding partner of the Alliance and a nonprofit subscriber-based research organization focused on water, wastewater, reuse, and stormwater systems; comparable mission of generating and disseminating applied research across the water sector.
• Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council (ANPC): A current strategic partner of the Alliance; a nonprofit that works with state and federal agencies and the scientific community to help agriculture protect U.S. water quality — directly overlapping in nutrient-policy advocacy.

Emerging players

• 4R Nutrient Stewardship: Nutrient management stewardship program jointly promoted by The Fertilizer Institute and other partners to encourage Right Source, Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place fertilizer practices; comparable focus on sustainable phosphorus use in agriculture.

Others

• Water Environment Federation (WEF): Member-based professional association for water-quality professionals focused on wastewater treatment and nutrient removal; thematically adjacent in addressing phosphorus discharges and recovery at municipal treatment plants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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