Stop the Chop NY/NJ

What Stop the Chop NY/NJ does

Stop the Chop NY/NJ, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt grassroots advocacy organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City. The organization campaigns to eliminate nonessential helicopter flights over the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area, citing noise pollution, public health impacts, environmental damage (helicopters produce 950 lbs of CO2 per hour versus 22 lbs for an average car), safety risks from crashes, and security vulnerabilities. It operates an all-volunteer model with no paid staff, funded entirely through donations and Donor-Advised Fund contributions (EIN 47-2632755).

The organization does not offer products or technology services. Its core activities include public education, petition drives (via ActionNetwork and Change.org), community organizing, coalition-building with over 100 supporting organizations, filing noise complaints through FAA and NYC 311 systems, and legislative advocacy at municipal, state, and federal levels. A sister 501(c)(4) entity, the Stop the Chop Advocacy Fund, handles lobbying and political endorsement activities that the 501(c)(3) cannot legally undertake.

The organization's go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: mobilizing residents, organizing rallies, providing testimony at city council hearings, and engaging elected officials. Its revenue model is donation-based with no products, services, or pricing tiers. The organization has achieved measurable policy outcomes, including a 50% reduction in tourist flights from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in 2016 and the passage of NYC's Intro 26-A "Helicopter Oversight Act" in 2025, which will ban non-quiet helicopters from city heliports starting in 2029.

Name

Stop the Chop NY/NJ

Legal name

Stop the Chop NY/NJ

Website

https://stopthechopnynj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stop the Chop NY/NJ is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) grassroots advocacy organization founded in 2014 that campaigns to ban nonessential helicopter flights over the NYC and NJ metropolitan area, operating through donations, coalition-building, and legislative advocacy at local, state, and federal levels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aviation Noise Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

akta.pro primary industry

Noise & Local Air Quality Mitigation (NOx/PM, noise abatement procedures) (THABANAK)

Keywords

• Helicopter noise advocacy
• Grassroots nonprofit organization
• Aviation policy advocacy
• Community organizing campaigns
• Environmental noise reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt grassroots organization that operates entirely on donations from supporters. EIN number: 47-2632755. They also accept DAF (Donor-Advised Fund) donations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stop the Chop NY/NJ is a 501(c)(3) grassroots advocacy organization that campaigns to ban nonessential helicopter flights over the New York metropolitan area and New Jersey. It educates the public about helicopter noise, environmental, and safety impacts, mobilizes residents through petitions and volunteer recruitment, files FAA and NYC 311 noise complaints, and advocates for federal, state, and local legislation alongside a coalition of more than 100 supporting organizations.

Product overview

Stop the Chop NY/NJ is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt grassroots advocacy organization, not a technology product company. It does not offer software products, platforms, or technology services. The organization focuses on advocacy, education, coalition-building, and legislative efforts to reduce helicopter noise and ban nonessential flights over the NYC and NJ metropolitan area. Its activities include public awareness campaigns, petition drives, community organizing, legislative advocacy at federal/state/local levels, and directing residents to file noise complaints through FAA and NYC 311 systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in tourist flights from Downtown Manhattan Heliport (from 60,000 to 30,000 per year)
• +5 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Stop the Chop Advocacy FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that can endorse candidates and engage in lobbying activities. Works alongside the 501(c)(3) to advance advocacy goals through political engagement.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Helicopter Association International (HAI): International trade association for the helicopter industry, representing operators and manufacturers. Counter-lobbying counterpart whose members are directly affected by Stop the Chop's advocacy outcomes.
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA): National aviation-industry association representing pilots and aircraft owners. Operates as the principal counter-lobbying force on aircraft noise and access issues; not a partner but a structural counterparty whose actions directly shape Stop the Chop's regulatory environment.

Direct peers

• Riverkeeper: Established New York-based environmental advocacy nonprofit focused on protecting the Hudson River and surrounding watershed. Comparable as a NY-area grassroots advocacy organization using legal action, coalition-building, and public campaigns — though focused on water rather than air.
• NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA): Coalition of NYC-based environmental-justice organizations addressing air quality, climate, and pollution impacts on low-income communities. Comparable in coalition-driven NYC environmental advocacy and policy engagement.
• Hudson Riverkeeper Alliance: Advocacy ecosystem aligned with Stop the Chop's environmental and quality-of-life framing in the NYC region. Comparable as a grassroots-to-mid-scale NY environmental advocacy organization with regulatory and policy engagement.
• Quiet Skies Coalition: A grassroots NYC-area coalition also advocating against nonessential helicopter noise over Manhattan neighborhoods. Directly comparable in mission, geographic focus, and grassroots advocacy approach to Stop the Chop NY/NJ.
• Earthjustice: National nonprofit environmental law organization that litigates and advocates on environmental issues including air quality and noise. Comparable in legal-advocacy posture and policy impact, though at much larger scale and broader scope.

Regional players

• Sky Posse LA: Los Angeles-based community organization opposing tourist helicopter noise over LA neighborhoods. Operates in a different metro but with an essentially identical mission, strategy, and community-advocacy model — useful benchmark for replicability.

Broad incumbents

• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Major national environmental advocacy organization with NYC presence and longstanding work on air quality, climate, and urban environmental health. Comparable in environmental advocacy mission; broader scope and vastly larger scale.
• Friends of the Earth: National environmental advocacy network active on climate, air quality, and urban environmental issues. Comparable as a grassroots-to-national advocacy organization, though broader in scope and far larger in scale.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCw3ywkiULwdy72xROuc-arg
• Facebookfacebook.com/stopthechopnynj
• Instagraminstagram.com/StopTheChopNYNJ
• Xx.com/stopthechopnynj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stop-the-chop-nynj-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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