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MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY

EIN 23-7412105 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2023
$2,817,765
Expenses 2023
$4,026,895

Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C99
Classification
2000
Street
1919 UNIVERSITY AVE W STE 515

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT USES LAW, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH TO PROTECT MINNESOTA'S ENVIRONMENT, ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE HEALTH OF ITS PEOPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O. THE MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT USES LAW, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH TO PROTECT MINNESOTA'S ENVIRONMENT, ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE HEALTH OF ITS PEOPLE.

  • CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE: MCEA'S CLIMATE TEAM STRIVES TO ACHIEVE EQUITABLE, ECONOMY-WIDE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, WHILE ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL RESILIENCE TO ADAPT TO UNAVOIDABLE CLIMATE CHANGE. MCEA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COALITION THAT SUPPORTED MAJOR UPDATES TO THE STATE'S POLICIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 2023, INCLUDING UPDATED GOALS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES AND A RAPID TRANSITION TO 100% CLEAN ENERGY. MCEA'S LEGAL AND POLICY EXPERTS WORK TO ENFORCE AND IMPLEMENT THOSE NEW LAWS BY SUPPORTING LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES FOR MINNESOTA AND SHIFTING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL USE TO REDUCE CARBON POLLUTION. TO SUPPORT THIS GOAL, MCEA SERVES AS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA CLEAN ENERGY ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,231,039 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $209,098

  • NORTHEAST MINNESOTA PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM WORKS TO PROTECT THE LAND, WATER, AND PEOPLE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, AND TO PROMOTE A SAFE AND HEALTHY FUTURE FOR ALL NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS. MCEA WORKS TO PROTECT NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES AND WATERS FROM MINING POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY SULFIDE MINING POLLUTION, BY HOLDING STATE AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE IN PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES. MCEA ALSO WORKS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA LANDS, FORESTS, AND BIODIVERSITY, ESPECIALLY FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY HISTORIC POLLUTION, AND BUILD BRIDGES TO NEW PARTNERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH WHOM OUR VIEWS MAY NOT ALWAYS ALIGN.

    Expenses $623,973 · Revenue $20,000

  • WATER QUALITY: MCEA'S WATER QUALITY PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PROTECTING MINNESOTA'S GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE AND ECONOMIC ASSET: ITS WATER. MINNESOTANS RELY ON OUR WATER FOR DRINKING, RECREATION, TRAVEL, A WIDE VARIETY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND WELL-BEING. MCEA WORKS TO PROTECT SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER BY SECURING MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROLS ON "FOREVER CHEMICALS", AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF, AND POLLUTION. MCEA ALSO SEEKS TO PROTECT LAKE SUPERIOR FROM THE DUAL THREATS OF POLLUTION AND INVASIVE SPECIES. MCEA PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT LOCAL DRINKING WATER SOURCES FROM A WIDE RANGE OF THREATS THAT UNDERMINE PUBLIC HEALTH.

    Expenses $717,691 · Revenue $15,300

  • HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS FALL MORE HEAVILY ON SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND POLLUTION. IN THESE AREAS, ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ARE IGNORED OR ENFORCED IN SUCH A WAY TO PROTECT POLLUTERS, NOT THE COMMUNITY. MCEA'S ADVOCACY FOCUSES ON BUILDING AND PROTECTING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOR ALL. THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM LEVERAGES MCEA'S LEGAL SKILLS, ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES, AND ACCESS TO DECISION-MAKERS TO BUILD POWER FOR COMMUNITIES AND FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS. MCEA IS PROUD TO HAVE DEDICATED AND GENERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT ITS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK, AND AIMS TO INTEGRATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES INTO EVERY ASPECT OF ITS WORK.

    Expenses $524,193

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • GABE CHAN

    DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • REBECCA OTTO

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75

  • RON STERNAL

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • HALSTON SLEETS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • SUSAN KLAPEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAN ENGSTROM

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHRIS HEETER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • JAMEZ STAPLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MOULI VAIDYANATHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • JOHN GAPPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • VANYA S HOGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • KATHRYN HOFFMAN

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,279
    From this org
    $174,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,804
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,875
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Deferred
    $4,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,300
    Filer's total
    $185,279

  • KEVIN REUTHER

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,416
    From this org
    $145,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,716
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,100
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Deferred
    $4,416
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,300
    Filer's total
    $156,416

  • AARON KLEMZ

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $134,417
    From this org
    $123,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,970
    Hours/week
    40

  • LEIGH K CURRIE

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $121,201
    From this org
    $110,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,601
    Hours/week
    40

  • ERIC INI

    CHIEF EQUITY AND PARTNERSHIP OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,905
    From this org
    $112,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,648
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTINA TANITA

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $136,042
    From this org
    $125,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,018
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,817,765
    Expenses
    $4,026,895
    Contributions
    $2,544,126
    Grants paid
    $20,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,471,398
    Expenses
    $4,302,185
    Contributions
    $4,220,402
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $3,527,564
    Expenses
    $3,804,243
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,803,986

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,744,555
    Expenses
    $3,269,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,290,947

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,468,292
    Expenses
    $2,585,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,806,690

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,902,430
    Expenses
    $2,104,524
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,484,928

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,441,016
    Expenses
    $2,024,307
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,554,110

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,032,348
    Expenses
    $1,692,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,053,900

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,665,703
    Expenses
    $1,686,002
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,599,606

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,851,860
    Expenses
    $1,543,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,683,110

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,331,537
    Expenses
    $1,513,617
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,416,439

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,435,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,435,113

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.