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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,405,325
Total expenses
$4,696,793
Contributions and grants received
$4,108,459
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,086,707
Investment income
$208,959
Other revenue
$1,200
Total assets, end of year
$6,906,807
Total liabilities, end of year
$470,876
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,435,931
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,716,109
Management and general expenses
$529,298
Fundraising expenses
$451,386
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,716,109

Program services were 79.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $97,800

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,010,659

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $353,217

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES AND REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $1,064,707 · related or exempt $1,064,707

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION FEES

    total $22,000 · related or exempt $22,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $208,959 · excluded $208,959

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,200

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,200 · excluded $1,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $344,324 · program services $109,816 · management and general $192,842 · fundraising $41,666

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,655,729 · program services $2,286,060 · management and general $158,346 · fundraising $211,323

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $91,094 · program services $79,243 · management and general $4,667 · fundraising $7,184

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $315,356 · program services $265,665 · management and general $24,170 · fundraising $25,521

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $230,481 · program services $185,439 · management and general $25,712 · fundraising $19,330

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,500 · management and general $15,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $98,486 · program services $10,259 · management and general $11,827 · fundraising $76,400

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $79,987 · management and general $47,167 · fundraising $32,820

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $155,252 · program services $124,912 · management and general $17,320 · fundraising $13,020

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,400 · program services $16,413 · management and general $2,276 · fundraising $1,711

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,550 · program services $13,316 · management and general $1,846 · fundraising $1,388

  • 24a · Other expenses: LITIGATION MEALS/TRAVEL

    total $212,390 · program services $212,390

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $127,124 · program services $127,124

  • 24c · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPERTS

    total $107,161 · program services $107,161

  • 24d · Other expenses: LITIGATION EDUC/LICENSE

    total $81,473 · program services $81,473

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $145,486 · program services $96,838 · management and general $27,625 · fundraising $21,023

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $132,249 · end of year $143,008

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,817,774 · end of year $4,777,473

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $667,657 · end of year $1,204,507

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $100,146 · end of year $358,299

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,539 · end of year $26,193

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

    $138,407

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

    $81,806

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $61,298 · end of year $56,601

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $319,072 · end of year $340,726

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,038 · end of year $39,130

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $380,424 · end of year $431,746

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,878,121 · end of year $5,167,082

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $835,152 · end of year $1,268,849

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM - THE WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER USES THE POWER OF THE LAW TO FOSTER THRIVING, RESILIENT WESTERN U.S. LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. WE ENVISION A THRIVING WEST, ABUNDANT WITH PROTECTED AND INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEMS, POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND CARED FOR BY COMMUNITIES BROUGHT TOGETHER IN AN ECOLOGY OF KINSHIP.

  • PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM - THE WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER USES THE POWER OF THE LAW TO FOSTER THRIVING, RESILIENT WESTERN U.S. LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. WE COMBINE OUR LEGAL SKILLS WITH SOUND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TO ADDRESS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE WEST IN THE MOST STRATEGIC AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. SEE CASE DESCRIPTIONS ON SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $3,716,109 · Revenue $1,086,707

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erik Schlenker-Goodrich

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $184,463
    From this org
    $165,947
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,516
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,947
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,244
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,272
    Filer's total
    $184,463

  • Tannis Fox

    SENIOR ATTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,261
    From this org
    $138,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,012
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,249
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,272
    Filer's total
    $155,261

  • Kyle Tisdel

    SENIOR ATTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,990
    From this org
    $137,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,980
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,010
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,708
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,272
    Filer's total
    $153,990

  • Matthew Bishop

    SENIOR ATTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,892
    From this org
    $135,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,132
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,760
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,272
    Filer's total
    $152,892

  • Sarah McMillan

    SENIOR ATTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,686
    From this org
    $134,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,996
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,690
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,724
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,272
    Filer's total
    $151,686

  • Peter Frost

    SENIOR ATTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,566
    From this org
    $130,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,132
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lyndee Prill

    FINANCE & AD

    Total calculated
    $125,874
    From this org
    $109,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,376
    Hours/week
    40

  • Karin Sheldon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peggy Nelson

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Kirchner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Phil Katzen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nellis Kennedy-Howard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Fort

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brooke Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Henning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Manning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandi Zellmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202502909349300535

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