CRAG LAW CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C01

Classification

1000

Street

3141 E BURNSIDE ST

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Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• GO ALLIANCE

  EIN 85-4329332

Mission and programs · 2025

• CRAG LAW CENTER PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS & COMMUNITIES WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, CRAG HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO OVER ONE HUNDRED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. LEGAL SERVICES FOCUS ON PROTECTION OF THE WILD, COMMUNITIES & THE CLIMATE. THESE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FOR FREE, AT BELOW MARKET RATES AND/OR ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS TO THE COMMUNITY. CRAG SERVICES INCLUDE ASSISTANCE WITH BRINGING LITIGATION IN STATE & FEDERAL COURTS, WITH MEDIATION & SETTLEMENT OF COMPLEX NATURAL RESOURCE DISPUTES, & WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION. CRAG ALSO PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN NON-PROFIT FORMATION, MANAGEMENT & OUTREACH FOR NON-PROFITS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. CRAG ALSO WORKS WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING SCREENINGS OF FILMS THAT ADDRESS VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THESE EVENTS HELP TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES & THE LEGAL TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. CRAG'S 2025 CASES LITIGATED OR IN LITIGATION WERE WHERE FEES WERE RECOVERED: (1) GREATER HELLS CANYON COUNCIL ET AL - EASTSIDE SCREENS. REPRESENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS CHALLENGING RULE CHANGE TO REMOVE PROTECTION FOR LARGE TREES ON FEDERAL FORESTS EAST OF THE CASCADES. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF LARGE TREES AND WILDLIFE HABITAT ON PUBLIC LANDS. FEE AWARD: $364,946 (2) OREGON WILD - GRASSHOPPER PROJECT. REPRESENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN CHALLENGING LOGGING PROJECT ON MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF FOREST HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY. FEE INCOME: $9,000. (3) WATERWATCH OF OREGON - WINCHESTER DAM. REPRESENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS RELATED TO PRIVATE DAM REPAIRS. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY AND FISH HABITAT. FEE INCOME $6,923. (4) CASCADIA WILDLANDS, - ROGUE GOLD LOGGING PROJECT. REPRESENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN CHALLENGE TO LOGGING PROJECT. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. FEE INCOME: $5,000 (5)COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER, 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON - NEXT RENEWABLES. REPRESENT CONSERVATION GROUPS TO CHALLENGE CONVERSION OF FARMLAND TO INDUSTRIAL USES INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION. PUBLIC BENEFIT. PROTECTION OF FARM LANDS AND RURAL ECONOMIC VALUES. FEE INCOME: $5,000. (6) GREATER HELLS CANYON CONSERVATION COUNCIL V. US DEPT OF AG - REPRESENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS TO ENFORCE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR RELEASE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS RELATED TO RULE CHANGE TO ROLLBACK PROTECTIONS FOR LARGE TREES ON FEDERAL FORESTS EASTS OF THE CASCADES. PUBLIC BENEFIT: GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND PROTECTION OF LARGE TREES AND MATURE FORESTS ON EASTSIDE PUBLIC LANDS. FEE INCOME: $80.

  Expenses $375,549 · Revenue $390,949

• CRAG'S WORK ALSO INCLUDED NON-LITIGATION SERVICES WHICH GENERATED $62,482 IN FEE INCOME AT WELL BELOW MARKET RATES: (1) NEZ PERCE TRIBE - REPRESENT TRIBE IN NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT & CLEAN UP FOR THE PORTLAND HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES IN THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER. (2) SURFRIDER - ADVISE SURFRIDER ON COASTAL ACCESS AND BEACH PROTECTION POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF OREGON'S COASTAL ECOLOGICAL AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES. (3) 1000 FRIENDS - FRIENDS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. REPRESENT COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CHALLENGE REZONE OF RURAL LANDS TO URBAN USES. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF FARM AND FOREST LANDS. (4) JUST CROSSING ALLIANCE - COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING. ADVISE COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC PROCESS RELATED TO INTERSTATE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. PUBLIC BENEFIT: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING FOR PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY AND RIVER HEALTH. (5) WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ALLIANCE - TYPE NP RULE. REPRESENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN DEFENDING WASHINGTON STATE REGULATION TO INCREASE BUFFER AROUND WATERWAYS FROM LOGGING ACTIVITES. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY AND RIPARIAN HABITAT.

  Expenses $375,549 · Revenue $62,482

• CRAG ALSO PROVIDED LEGAL SERVICES FOR FREE ON ISSUES & FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS & GROUPS INCLUDING: (1) CLIMATE - WORK WITH PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE & COMMUNITY GROUPS TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP & ENGAGE IN CLIMATE POLICY AT THE STATE & LOCAL LEVEL. PUBLIC BENEFIT: SUPPORT POLICIES TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE & CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. (2) PUBLIC LANDS DEFENSE - ADVISE PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS ON POLICY CHANGES PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC LANDS. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PUBLIC OUTREACH & EDUCATION TO DEVELOP SOUND POLICY FOR LAND MANAGERS THAT PROTECT COMMUNITIES, WATER SUPPLIES, WILDLIFE & FOREST ECOSYSTEMS. (3) CONSULTATION ON CONSERVATION ISSUES & POLICY GUIDANCE FOR VARIOUS CLIENTS - PUBLIC BENEFIT: WORKING WITH CLIENTS ON COLLABORATIVE & CREATIVE OPTIONS FOR PROTECTING OREGON'S NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING ITS AIR, WATER & PUBLIC HEALTH. (4) FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE - REPRESENT PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS TO CHALLENGE NEW OR EXPANDED FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTING AIR QUALITY & REDUCING CLIMATE IMPACTS. (5) PROTECTING FARMLAND - WORK WITH GROUPS INCLUDING THRIVE HOOD RIVER AND 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON TO UPHOLD LAND USE LAWS. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTING FARMLAND AND FOREST LANDS FROM URBANIZATION, PRESERVING LOCAL FOOD SECURITY. (6) NATIVE FISH RECOVERY - REPRESENT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER AND WATERWATCH OF OREGON TO ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND DAM ENFORCEMENT. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECT AND RESTORE HABITAT FOR THREATENED OREGON COAST COHO SALMON AND OTHER NATIVE FISH. (7) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - WORK WITH BEYOND TOXICS, VERDE, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE STATE AND FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICIES, SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT OF WATER QUALITY & HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS. PUBLIC BENEFIT: PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH & ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR AND WATER. (8) COASTAL ACCESS AND ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION - REPRESENT OREGON SHORES CONSERVATION COALITION IN A VARIETY OF LEGAL FORUMS IN ORDER TO PROTECT COASTAL WETLANDS, STREAMS & FORESTS FROM THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENT. PUBLIC BENEFIT: REDUCING IMPACTS TO WETLANDS & STREAMS FROM DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $375,549

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,887,134

  Expenses

  $1,523,859

  Contributions

  $1,345,846

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,130,545

  Expenses

  $1,372,525

  Contributions

  $1,755,445

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,091,832

  Expenses

  $1,221,848

  Contributions

  $949,725

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,366,350

  Expenses

  $1,162,241

  Contributions

  $1,137,004

  Grants paid

  $45,847

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,965,442

  Expenses

  $1,018,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,048,847

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,483,465

  Expenses

  $863,188

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,083,313

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• GO ALLIANCE

  $45,847

  2022 · CRAG AND GO ALLIANCE AGREED TO WORK AS PROJECT PARTNERS ON CRAG'S FOREST PROTECTION PROJECT. GRANT FUNDS TO GO ALLIANCE ARE USED FOR PUBLIC MESSAGING ABOUT WILDFIRE, HOW TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES WITHOUT CUTTING DOWN BACKCOUNTRY FORESTS AND THE NEED TO PROTECT POST-FIRE ECOSYSTEMS.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $241,850

  2024 · Environment

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $158,500

  2022 · Environment

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $121,750

  2023 · Environment

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $76,100

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS

  $65,000

  2025 · TO SUPPORT MISSION OF ORGANIZATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $41,450

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $32,100

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $10,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $6,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,406

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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