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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EARTHJUSTICE ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,236,556
Total expenses
$2,079,731
Contributions and grants received
$2,237,841
Grants paid
$225,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$1,285
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,749,046
Total liabilities, end of year
$314,171
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,434,875
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,764,672
Management and general expenses
$257,158
Fundraising expenses
$57,901
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,764,672

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $315,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,922,841

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $80,436

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $416 · excluded $416

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $88,735

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $90,436

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,701

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,701 · excluded -$1,701

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $225,000 · program services $225,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $236,959 · program services $181,886 · management and general $28,423 · fundraising $26,650

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $114,777 · program services $72,159 · management and general $22,704 · fundraising $19,914

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $134,253 · program services $113,007 · management and general $9,909 · fundraising $11,337

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,992 · management and general $17,992

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $101,876 · management and general $101,876

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $429,738 · program services $429,738

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $175,422 · program services $175,422

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $475,865 · program services $475,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,362 · management and general $12,362

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,595 · program services $91,595

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,234 · management and general $59,234

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,658 · management and general $4,658

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,467,755 · end of year $2,174,020

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $19,687 · end of year $575,026

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $209,392 · end of year $314,171

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,886,657 · end of year $1,695,612

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $391,393 · end of year $739,263

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROMOTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROTECTING PEOPLE'S HEALTH, PRESERVING MAGNIFICENT PLACES AND WILDLIFE, ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO COURTS.

  • EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES (E.G., DIGITAL ADVOCACY AND PHONE BANKING CAMPAIGNS) TO URGE CONSTITUENTS TO CONTACT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON KEY JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, AND TO ELEVATE THE ROLE OF JUDGES AND THE COURTS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.

    Expenses $1,764,672 · Grants $225,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • GEORGE MARTIN

    BOARD CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • FERN SHEPARD

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR (TO 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DIANNE STERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • NICOLA MINER

    DIRECTOR (TO 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOEL WIGINTON

    DIRECTOR (TO 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOTTY BALLANTYNE

    DIRECTOR (FROM 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRIP VAN NOPPEN

    DIRECTOR (FROM 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABIGAIL DILLEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $622,505
    From this org
    $8,382
    From related orgs
    $550,428
    Other
    $63,695
    Hours/week
    0.6 + 39.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $8,382 + $550,428 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $496 + $32,550 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $460 + $30,189 related
    Filer's total
    $9,338 + $613,167 related

  • JASON SCHWARTZ

    VP OF FINANCE, TREASURER (TO 6/23)

    Total calculated
    $362,163
    From this org
    $1,715
    From related orgs
    $341,211
    Other
    $19,237
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 39.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $959 + $190,767 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $756 + $150,444 related
    Deferred
    $96 + $19,141 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $1,811 + $360,352 related

  • CONNOR FOURNIER

    VP OF FINANCE, TREASURER (FROM 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 39.8 related

  • TALIA HARRIS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $153,359
    From this org
    $45,741
    From related orgs
    $84,948
    Other
    $22,670
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $45,741 + $84,948 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,594 + $8,531 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,341 + $6,204 related
    Filer's total
    $53,676 + $99,683 related

  • MARJORIE MULHALL

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TO 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $186,415
    From this org
    $105,544
    From related orgs
    $56,831
    Other
    $24,040
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,544 + $56,831 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,459 + $5,632 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,167 + $2,782 related
    Filer's total
    $121,170 + $65,245 related

  • ALISHA WILLIAMS

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $213,445
    From this org
    $115,969
    From related orgs
    $62,445
    Other
    $35,031
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,969 + $62,445 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,377 + $6,126 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,393 + $6,135 related
    Filer's total
    $138,739 + $74,706 related

  • YAHEIRY MORA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TO 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
JASON SCHWARTZ RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $151,200

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • EARTHJUSTICE

    501(C)(3) · PROTECT HEALTH, PRESERVE ECOSYSTEMS, AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349307129

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