Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$61,587

Total expenses

$119,667

Contributions and grants received

$61,575

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

$85,229

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$85,229

Program service expenses (Part III)

$112,269

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• 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 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 including 324 Building cleanup informed our development of comment guides and preparation of workshops for the public. 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 2023.

  Expenses $62,269

• 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 $30,000

• 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 on the need for a new cleanup plan for Hanford's 324 Building, exposure risks and Hanford Cleanup Strategic Plan. Prepared guides and workshops to assist the public to comment 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 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

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

2023

Filed

11 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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