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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,460,693
Total expenses
$1,498,227
Contributions and grants received
$1,450,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,693
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$584,426
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$584,426
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,381,475
Management and general expenses
$116,752
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,381,475

Program services were 92.2% 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

    $1,450,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,693 · excluded $10,693

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $68,000 · management and general $68,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $7,595 · management and general $7,595

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,304,848 · program services $1,304,083 · management and general $765

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $165 · management and general $165

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $662 · management and general $662

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,104 · program services $2,392 · management and general $7,712

  • 24a · Other expenses: Website design fees

    total $24,500 · management and general $24,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: Small equipment

    total $1,717 · management and general $1,717

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage and mailing ser

    total $384 · management and general $384

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank charges

    total $252 · management and general $252

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $621,960 · end of year $584,426

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $621,960 · end of year $584,426

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Center for Environmental Accountability (CEA) is a not-for-profit organization that educates Americans on the importance of transparency and accountability in environmental and energy policy. CEA's work is informed by its core principles, including a commitment to the rule of law, to a clean environment, and to a healthy human environment founded on a strong economy and vibrant communities in which people from all walks of life can flourish.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Center for Environmental Accountability (CEA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote transparency, excellence, and accountability in environmental policy and fidelity to the rule of law. Its commitment to a clean environment includes commitment to a healthy human environment, such that people from all walks of life can thrive. In accordance with this mission, CEA submits comments to agencies at the federal and state level in various areas of environmental law and policy. It has also submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in a case involving environmental law.

  • In 2024, CEA submitted numerous comments and similar documents to regulatory agencies and one amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Expenses $1,381,475 · Revenue $1,450,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Schwab

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Salamanca

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Grant

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marc Marie

    Officer

    Total calculated
    $68,000
    From this org
    $68,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349303560

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