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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR WASHINGTON SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$121,325
Total expenses
$120,457
Contributions and grants received
$121,323
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$2
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
$86,097
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$86,097
Program service expenses (Part III)
$110,464

Program services were 91.7% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

Education and research

  • Research and public education on contamination at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, including commenting on cleanup plans and agreements. Research and comments include focus on potential exposures to contamination and assessing human health and ecological risks from contamination; and potential impacts from leaking High Level Nuclear Waste tanks. Research and education on risks with 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. Extensive research and comments on numerous highly complex proposals informed our development of comment guides and preparation of workshops for the public.

    Expenses $55,232

  • Providing law, public health (MPH) and undergraduate students with education, training and externships in environmental cleanup, environmental health and assessing health and environmental effects, 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. Research and education on public records and open government.

    Expenses $44,186

  • Conducting workshops and public meetings along with educational programming at events to educate and involve the public in Hanford cleanup decisions. Held workshops and developed guides for the public on our research relating to High Level Nuclear Waste tank cleanup program, exposure risks and Hanford Cleanup Strategic Plan. Prepared guides and workshops to assist the public to comment on High Level Waste cleanup, 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 $11,046

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Gerald Pollet

    Executive Director, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18
  • Amber Waldref

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sandy Polishuk

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helen Wheatley PhD

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dirk Dunning RPCE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peggy Maze Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Hunter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janet Miller

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alfonso Contreras

    Director, Hanford Advisory Board co-member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521309349201102

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