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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,772,849
Total expenses
$961,320
Contributions and grants received
$2,708,757
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$61,963
Other revenue
$2,129
Total assets, end of year
$3,232,465
Total liabilities, end of year
$87,554
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,144,911
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$736,600
Management and general expenses
$175,040
Fundraising expenses
$49,680
Program service expenses (Part III)
$736,600

Program services were 76.6% 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

    $2,708,757

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $61,963 · related or exempt $61,963

  • 11a · Other revenue: SETTLEMENT REVENUE

    total $2,129 · related or exempt $2,129

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,129

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $218,665 · program services $174,691 · management and general $35,446 · fundraising $8,528

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $406,396 · program services $324,670 · management and general $65,877 · fundraising $15,849

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,247 · program services $5,514 · management and general $1,655 · fundraising $78

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,893 · program services $39,286 · management and general $5,551 · fundraising $56

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,198 · program services $38,769 · management and general $7,433 · fundraising $1,996

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,079 · program services $31,079

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,883 · program services $25,987 · management and general $17,603 · fundraising $3,293

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,553 · management and general $7,553

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,369 · program services $11,628 · management and general $3,422 · fundraising $4,319

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,487 · management and general $8,362 · fundraising $125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,555 · program services $2,999 · management and general $3,299 · fundraising $5,257

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $529 · program services $424 · management and general $79 · fundraising $26

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,301 · program services $28,622 · management and general $5,885 · fundraising $1,794

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,663 · program services $23,003 · management and general $595 · fundraising $65

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $546 · program services $261 · management and general $179 · fundraising $106

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,235 · program services $1,899 · management and general $113 · fundraising $223

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,667 · program services $4,301 · management and general $9,161 · fundraising $205

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASING & MAINT

    total $17,789 · program services $15,024 · management and general $2,071 · fundraising $694

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBS FEES

    total $10,227 · program services $2,432 · management and general $751 · fundraising $7,044

  • 24c · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $4,150 · program services $4,150

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,888 · program services $1,861 · management and general $5 · fundraising $22

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $200,630 · end of year $440,986

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $153,125 · end of year $250,625

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $20,382

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,178 · end of year $8,575

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

    $52,697

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

    $49,132

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,800 · end of year $3,565

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,001,706 · end of year $2,508,332

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,704

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $85,363 · end of year $86,057

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,446 · end of year $1,497

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,134,834 · end of year $2,897,411

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $145,500 · end of year $247,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT NEW MEXICO'S COMMUNITIES AND THEIR AIR, LAND AND WATER IN THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THE LAW CENTER'S EFFECTIVE LEGAL ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES WILL PROTECT NEW MEXICO'S COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES, AND ENSURE CLEAN AIR, LAND AND WATER FOR ALL. THE WORK OF THE LAW CENTER IS MADE POSSIBLE BY TAX- DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND LIMITED EARNED INCOME.

  • NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER IS A NONPROFIT, PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM THAT PROVIDES FREE AND LOW COST LEGAL SERVICES ON ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO. FOUNDED IN 1987, THE LAW CENTER WORKS WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, TRIBES AND PUEBLOS, SEEKING TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $736,600

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

Listed in Part VII

  • VIRGINIA NECOCHEA

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $129,315
    From this org
    $115,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,084
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHANA BENCOMO

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTINE SUOZZI

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIVANA OLIVAS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARLA NIETO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONNA HOUSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAMON PADILLA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAGDALENA AVILA

    BOARD MEMBER

    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.

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
2024v5.0
Source object
202523109349300637

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