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← EARTHJUSTICE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EARTHJUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$170,827,511
Total expenses
$167,548,000
Contributions and grants received
$154,130,256
Grants paid
$6,182,778
Program service revenue
$5,787,062
Investment income
$10,519,206
Other revenue
$390,987
Total assets, end of year
$315,692,421
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,162,271
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$267,530,150
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$136,206,276
Management and general expenses
$16,612,297
Fundraising expenses
$14,729,427
Program service expenses (Part III)
$136,206,276

Program services were 81.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $154,130,256

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $17,147,556

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COURT AWARDS

    total $5,559,764 · related or exempt $5,559,764

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLIENT COST RECOVERIES

    total $227,298 · related or exempt $227,298

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,502,391 · excluded $6,502,391

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $248,291

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $248,291

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $248,291 · excluded $248,291

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,500,000 · other assets $8,914

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

    securities $15,492,099 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,007,901 · other assets $8,914

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,016,815 · excluded $4,016,815

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,379

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $28,378

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$20,999 · excluded -$20,999

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $163,695 · excluded $163,695

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $163,695

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,760,000 · program services $5,760,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $422,778 · program services $422,778

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,504,542 · program services $2,416,557 · management and general $680,702 · fundraising $407,283

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $88,887,634 · program services $72,896,668 · management and general $7,964,083 · fundraising $8,026,883

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,539,551 · program services $6,255,630 · management and general $640,239 · fundraising $643,682

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,153,256 · program services $7,316,222 · management and general $946,050 · fundraising $890,984

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,682,185 · program services $5,502,554 · management and general $590,261 · fundraising $589,370

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $635,448 · program services $455,246 · management and general $112,903 · fundraising $67,299

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $261,049 · program services $187,020 · management and general $46,382 · fundraising $27,647

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $48,670 · fundraising $48,670

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $341,130 · management and general $341,130

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,408,437 · program services $5,331,608 · management and general $1,377,625 · fundraising $699,204

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,380,728 · program services $4,121,292 · management and general $14,818 · fundraising $244,618

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,430,443 · program services $3,645,770 · management and general $985,530 · fundraising $799,143

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,960,452 · program services $3,448,778 · management and general $821,874 · fundraising $689,800

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,875,712 · program services $8,491,122 · management and general $639,894 · fundraising $744,696

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,747,949 · program services $1,832,123 · management and general $500,484 · fundraising $415,342

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,061,981 · program services $708,048 · management and general $193,419 · fundraising $160,514

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,616,711 · program services $1,347,504 · management and general $140,679 · fundraising $128,528

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $489,896 · program services $470,300 · management and general $9,798 · fundraising $9,798

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT CASE COSTS

    total $3,572,215 · program services $3,570,097 · management and general $1,792 · fundraising $326

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $999,124 · program services $896,790 · management and general $83,470 · fundraising $18,864

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $959,268 · program services $687,237 · management and general $170,437 · fundraising $101,594

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $808,841 · program services $442,932 · management and general $350,727 · fundraising $15,182

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,039,004 · end of year $28,893,535

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,959,660 · end of year $5,186,730

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $28,376,681 · end of year $17,027,574

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,533,033 · end of year $3,545,309

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,907,145 · end of year $5,569,234

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $15,756,328

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $9,909,133

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,840,933 · end of year $5,847,195

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $201,056,105 · end of year $210,081,541

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $40,705,180 · end of year $39,541,303

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,462,466 · end of year $12,093,686

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $850,000 · end of year $1,000,000

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $414,600 · end of year $3,169,247

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $39,671,259 · end of year $31,899,338

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $209,429,540 · end of year $243,150,963

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,589,876 · end of year $24,379,187

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EARTHJUSTICE IS A PREMIER NONPROFIT PUBLIC INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ORGANIZATION. WE WIELD THE POWER OF LAW AND THE STRENGTH OF PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S HEALTH, TO PRESERVE MAGNIFICENT PLACES AND WILDLIFE, TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY, AND TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE USE THE POWER OF THE LAW TO PROTECT HEALTH, PRESERVE ECOSYSTEMS, AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.

  • PROVIDE FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION, WORKING THROUGH THE COURTS ON BEHALF OF CITIZEN GROUPS, SCIENTISTS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE INTERESTS FOLLOW THE LAW.

    Expenses $90,742,365 · Grants $2,109,242 · Revenue $5,787,062

  • PROVIDE INCREASED PUBLIC, MEDIA, AND POLICY MAKER AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THE ROLE OF LAW IN SOLVING THEM.

    Expenses $45,463,911 · Grants $4,073,536

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Greg Avis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dotty Ballantyne

    TRUSTEE & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Carson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stuart Clarke

    TRUSTEE & CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Cohen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abre Conner

    TRUSTEE (FROM 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Cordalis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aja Decoteau

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erika George

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Hensman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Jordan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberta Katz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sergio Knaebel

    TRUSTEE, V CHAIR AT LRG (FROM 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Janet Maughan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Winsome McIntosh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberley Milligan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rashad Morris

    TRUSTEE (FROM 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Newman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vawter Buck Parker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Potter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rich Rainaldi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rekha Rao

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hector Sanchez Barba

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Santiago

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Serrurier

    TRUSTEE & TREASURER (FROM 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Silverman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dianne Stern

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Vladeck

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Whyte

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Yeh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abigail Dillen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $638,485
    From this org
    $563,813
    From related orgs
    $8,586
    Other
    $66,086
    Hours/week
    39.4 + 0.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $563,813 + $8,586 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,982 + $518 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,112 + $474 related
    Filer's total
    $628,907 + $9,578 related
  • Joseph Andrew Jackson

    SVP OF OP.; ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $494,309
    From this org
    $433,642
    From related orgs
    $2,179
    Other
    $58,488
    Hours/week
    39.8 + 0.2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $410,757 + $2,064 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $22,885 + $115 related
    Deferred
    $34,327 + $173 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,868 + $120 related
    Filer's total
    $491,837 + $2,472 related
  • Connor Fournier

    CFO; ASST. TREASURER (FROM 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $379,715
    From this org
    $369,319
    From related orgs
    $1,856
    Other
    $8,540
    Hours/week
    39.8 + 0.2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,534 + $1,641 related
    Bonus
    $19,900 + $100 related
    Other
    $22,885 + $115 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,497 + $43 related
    Filer's total
    $377,816 + $1,899 related
  • Concepcion Lozano-Batista

    GENERAL COUNSEL; ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $370,266
    From this org
    $342,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,921
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,345
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $27,537
    Nontaxable benefits
    $384
    Filer's total
    $370,266
  • Diane Webb

    DEP GEN COUNSEL; ASST SEC (TO 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $63,595
    From this org
    $56,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,253
    Hours/week
    40
  • Elizabeth Marsh

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $497,564
    From this org
    $463,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $463,064
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $497,564
  • Sambhav Sankar

    SVP OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $512,436
    From this org
    $447,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,677
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $424,759
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,177
    Filer's total
    $512,436
  • Stephen Smith

    SVP OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $473,792
    From this org
    $416,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $393,839
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $22,298
    Deferred
    $33,667
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,988
    Filer's total
    $473,792
  • Andrew Caputo

    VP OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $409,837
    From this org
    $343,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,086
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,751
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,586
    Filer's total
    $409,837
  • Jill Tauber

    VP OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $382,482
    From this org
    $338,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,942
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,129
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,411
    Deferred
    $34,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,834
    Filer's total
    $382,482
  • Patrice Simms

    VP OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $375,507
    From this org
    $341,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,714
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,793
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $375,507
  • Martin Hayden

    SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $379,836
    From this org
    $329,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,866
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $33,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,686
    Filer's total
    $379,836
  • Jamila Frone

    VP OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $383,385
    From this org
    $327,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,142
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,178
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,065
    Deferred
    $33,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,882
    Filer's total
    $383,385

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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
ONE-TIME SIGN-ON AND PERFORMANCE BONUSES IN THE AMOUNTS SHOWN IN PART II, COLUMN B (II) WERE PAID IN THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR. NO BONUSES WERE MADE CONTINGENT ON REVENUES OF THE ORGANIZATION.

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 ACTION

    501(C)(4) · ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EARTHJUSTICE

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (9)

    CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST · CA

  • POOLED INCOME FUND (1)

    POOLED INCOME FUND · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601289349303040

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