National Association of Clean Air Agencies

What National Association of Clean Air Agencies does

NACAA is a national, non-partisan, non-profit association that serves as the unified advocacy and resource body for state and local air pollution control agencies in the United States. Its membership comprises 156 agencies across 40 states, 117 local jurisdictions, the District of Columbia, and five territories, with governance provided by a 17-member Board of Directors spanning the 10 EPA regions. The organization is headquartered at 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC, and operates under the legal name National Association of Clean Air Agencies with d/b/a "NACAA" and "4cleanair," a successor identity to the historical STAPPA/ALAPCO brand.

NACAA's core offerings are organized around policy advocacy, technical resources, and member services rather than technology products. The members-only AirWeb portal provides access to a calendar, committee information, Washington Update reports, past meeting materials, and a directory of state and local agencies. Public-facing assets include the "4YI" technical factsheets (covering PFAS, air quality sensors, wildfires, continuity of operations), Inflation Reduction Act and West Virginia v. EPA briefs, VW Settlement resources, a centralized air quality job board, and an extensive archive of news releases, policy comments, and testimony organized across 11 topical committees. Distribution occurs through the 4cleanair.org website, email communications, and X and LinkedIn accounts, with the organization leveraging partnerships to surface federal resources such as the AirNow wildfire smoke tools.

The revenue model is membership-dues-based and recurring, with no public pricing disclosed; revenue is concentrated in a single horizontal segment of government air quality regulatory agencies. The headcount is small, with six named staff spanning executive, policy, member services, operations, and program management roles. Recent operational activity indicates ongoing engagement with EPA rulemakings and federal grant programs, including DERA and the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust, which functions as the primary lever through which NACAA delivers value to member agencies.

Name

National Association of Clean Air Agencies

Legal name

National Association of Clean Air Agencies

Website

https://4cleanair.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NACAA is a national non-profit association of state and local air pollution control agencies, serving 156 member agencies across 40 states, 117 local jurisdictions, DC, and five territories through policy advocacy, technical factsheets, and the AirWeb members-only portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Policy Advocacy Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Clean air advocacy
• Air quality policy
• Environmental regulation
• Government membership association
• Clean Air Act

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: State and local air pollution control agencies pay membership dues to belong to NACAA, providing access to member-only resources including AirWeb, committees, calendar, Washington updates, and the State and Local Agencies Directory.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NACAA is a national, non-partisan, non-profit membership association representing 156 state and local air pollution control agencies. It delivers policy advocacy, technical factsheets, regulatory comment submissions, congressional testimony, peer-networking committees, and a members-only AirWeb resource portal to advance the equitable protection of clean air and public health.

Product overview

NACAA offers a single unified membership services platform consisting of a public website with resource libraries, a members-only portal (AirWeb), and a job board. The core offering is access to policy resources, technical factsheets, news and policy archives, and professional networking tools for air pollution control agencies in 40 states, 117 local jurisdictions, the District of Columbia, and five territories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AirWeb Members-only online portal providing access to exclusive resources including a calendar, committee information, Washington Update reports, past meeting materials, and a State and Local Agencies Directory for NACAA member air pollution control agencies.
• NACAA News and Policy Archive Archive of NACAA news releases, policy comments, testimony, and letters organized by topic including Air Toxics, Climate Change, Criteria Pollutants, Emissions and Modeling, Enforcement, Mobile Sources and Fuels, Monitoring, Permitting, Program Funding, Public Outreach, and Training.
• "4YI" Technical Factsheets Series of technical factsheets addressing topics relevant to clean air agencies including Continuity of Operations, PFAS, Air Quality Sensors, Wildfires and Smoke, and Hurricanes and Mutual Aid.
• NACAA VW Settlement Resources Repository of state and local agency information and links pertaining to the Volkswagen settlement and Mitigation Trust Fund, including state beneficiary mitigation plans and public outreach materials.
• NACAA COVID-19 Resources Resources for state and local air agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, including continuity of operations checklist and state COVID-19 information links.
• Air Quality Job Opportunities Centralized job board listing air quality career opportunities from member agencies across the United States.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNACAA works closely with EPA on air quality policy implementation, grant programs, and regulatory matters. The association submits comments on EPA proposals, provides testimony at EPA hearings, and advocates for adequate EPA funding for state and local air agencies. NACAA also coordinates on programs including the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) and Volkswagen Settlement implementation.
• State Health and Environment AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNACAA serves as a coordinating body for 156 state and local air pollution control agencies across 40 states and 5 territories. These agencies partner through NACAA to share technical expertise, develop unified policy positions, and advocate collectively on federal air quality matters.
• AirNowsupportingTechnology or IntegrationNACAA provides wildfire smoke resources through the AirNow platform, a federal air quality information system that includes the Smoke Fire and Smoke Map. NACAA highlights AirNow resources on its homepage for member agencies and the public.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Conference of Mayors: The U.S. Conference of Mayors represents mayors of U.S. cities with populations over 30,000, many of whom oversee local air agencies. It is comparable as a city-government membership association with federal advocacy, though its scope extends across all municipal policy areas.
• National Governors Association (NGA): NGA represents governors of all U.S. states and territories and engages on environmental policy. It is comparable as a state-government membership association with advocacy before federal bodies, but operates at a much broader (cross-issue) scope than NACAA's air-quality focus.
• National League of Cities (NLC): NLC represents municipal governments, including many of the local jurisdictions whose air agencies are NACAA members. It is comparable as a government-membership advocacy association but addresses the full municipal policy agenda rather than air quality specifically.
• National Association of Counties (NACo): NACo represents county governments, many of which operate local air programs. It is comparable as a local-government membership association with federal advocacy capacity but covers the entire county-level policy universe rather than air-quality specialization.

Direct peers

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): ASTHO represents state and territorial public health agencies, including those whose air-quality programs have historically been co-located with health departments. It is comparable to NACAA as a membership association of state government agencies providing advocacy, policy translation, and peer networking.
• Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA): A&WMA is a professional membership association for air quality, waste, and environmental management professionals. It is comparable to NACAA because both organize the air-quality professional community, publish technical guidance, and operate conference and committee ecosystems serving practitioners and regulators.
• Environmental Council of the States (ECOS): ECOS is the national association of state environmental agency leaders across all media (air, water, waste). It is the closest peer to NACAA because both serve as the unified policy voice for state environmental regulators before EPA and Congress, and both operate on a membership-dues model with committee structures.
• National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA): NACWA is the parallel national association for municipal clean water agencies, sharing NACAA's exact membership-based advocacy model for publicly owned environmental infrastructure utilities before EPA and Congress.

Regional players

• National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA): NASDA represents state agriculture departments that interact with air-quality programs through burning permits and emissions. It is comparable as a state-agency membership association with parallel federal advocacy structures, though its core mission is agriculture rather than air quality.

Emerging players

• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): GFOA is a membership association for state and local government finance officers that influences how agencies — including air agencies — budget and access federal grants. It is comparable as a professional government-membership association but does not focus on environmental or air-quality policy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/weare4cleanair
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weare4cleanair

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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