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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR WASHINGTON SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$135,557
Total expenses
$88,449
Contributions and grants received
$135,545
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$12
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$146,359
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$146,359
Program service expenses (Part III)
$78,791

Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

Education and research

  • Research and public education on contamination at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, including commenting on cleanup plans. Research and comments include focus on potential exposures to contamination and assessing human health and ecological risks from contamination. Research and education on risks pay special attention to the risks to Native Americans exercising Treaty rights to utilize resources and to live along the Columbia River. Participation in the Hanford Advisory Board, which informs research and is part of our comment program. Research and comments on numerous highly complex proposals. Documented that agencies did not evaluate available process to stop leakage from High-Level Nuclear Waste Tank and conducted special public education and comment program during 2022.

    Expenses $30,791

  • Providing law, public health (MPH) and undergraduate students with education, training and externships in environmental cleanup and environmental health, with an emphasis on protecting populations with greatest risks related to Hanford. Educate students on cleanup, risk assessment, public health and tribal law topics, including full time summer law student program. Students collaborate with affected Tribes in developing comments on cleanup plans and risk, and also participate in public education. Promote open government in Washington State including training students in open government law, public outreach with coalition for open government.Students filed public records requests and assisted in legal appeal of agreement between US Dept. of Energy and WA Ecology to allow High-Level Nuclear Waste tanks to continue leaking indefinitely.

    Expenses $28,000

  • Conducting workshops and public meetings along with educational programming at events to educate and involve the public in Hanford cleanup decisions. 2022 accomplishments included workshops on leaks from High-Level Nuclear Waste tanks and a special educational outreach effort to inform the broader public and encourage commenting on the leaks and on a proposal to remove waste from leaking tanks. Commented on Hanford Cleanup 5 Year Strategic Plan, produced Report Card and Comment Guide. Our outreach, with "comment guides" (previously called 'citizens' guides") to commenting (reviewed for accuracy by Washington State and other experts) and workshops were responsible for generating hundreds of comments and emails to officials. Participation in other public forums and assisting Tribes and other high risk populations in educational outreach.

    Expenses $20,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Gerald Pollet

    Executive Director, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Amber Waldref

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sandy Polishuk

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Wheatley PhD

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dirk Dunning RPCE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peggy Maze Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tina Heggen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Floyd Hodges PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Janet Miller

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Alfonso Contreras

    Director, Hanford Advisory Board co-member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331339349201683

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