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OUR CHILDRENS TRUST

EIN 27-3094382 EUGENE, OR

Revenue 2025
$791,233
Expenses 2025
$1,096,864

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 5181

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 · 2025

Mission

OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST EMPOWERS YOUTH TO SECURE THEIR RIGHTS TO LIFE AND A LIVABLE CLIMATE IN COURTS AROUND THE WORLD, ENSHRINE THE BEST SCIENCE IN LAW, AND COMPEL GOVERNMENT ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR FUTURES. WE REPRESENT YOUNG PEOPLE IN STATE, FEDERAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COURTS, SETTING PRECEDENTS AS JUDGES INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZE GOVERNMENTS' DUTY TO PROTECT FUTURE GENERATIONS. OUR PLAINTIFFS CHALLENGED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS, ENERGY AGENCIES, AND FOSSIL FUEL PROMOTING UTILITY SYSTEMS WHILE SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. WE'RE USING CIVIL RIGHTS LEGAL TACTICS TO PURSUE CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEDENT THAT TRANSCENDS POLITICS - CREATING RIPPLES THAT RESHAPE CLIMATE JUSTICE AND COMPEL ACTION NATIONWIDE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST EMPOWERS YOUTH TO SECURE THEIR RIGHTS TO LIFE AND A LIVABLE CLIMATE IN COURTS AROUND THE WORLD, ENSHRINE THE BEST SCIENCE IN LAW, AND COMPEL GOVERNMENT ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR FUTURES.WE REPRESENT YOUNG PEOPLE IN STATE, FEDERAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COURTS, SETTING PRECEDENTS AS JUDGES INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZE GOVERNMENTS' DUTY TO PROTECT FUTURE GENERATIONS. OUR PLAINTIFFS CHALLENGED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS, ENERGY AGENCIES, AND FOSSIL FUEL PROMOTING UTILITY SYSTEMS WHILE SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. WE'RE USING CIVIL RIGHTS LEGAL TACTICS TO PURSUE CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEDENT THAT TRANSCENDS POLITICS - CREATING RIPPLES THAT RESHAPE CLIMATE JUSTICE AND COMPEL ACTION NATIONWIDE.

  • THIS FORM 990 COVERS A SHORT FISCAL YEAR FROM JANUARY 1, 2025 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2025, REFLECTING THE ORGANIZATION'S TRANSITION TO A NEW FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31. AS A RESULT, THIS FILING REFLECTS A ONE-TIME LIMITED THREE-MONTH REPORTING PERIOD RATHER THAN A FULL YEAR OF PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY.PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES DURING THE SHORT FISCAL YEAR:DURING THE JANUARY - MARCH 2025 PERIOD, OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST CONTINUED ACTIVE LITIGATION, LEGAL STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATIONS CONSISTENT WITH OUR ESTABLISHED MISSION AND LONG-TERM PROGRAM STRATEGY. THIS PERIOD PRIMARILY INVOLVED CONTINUATION OF ONGOING CASES, LEGAL PREPARATION, YOUTH SUPPORT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING RATHER THAN DISCRETE NEW INITIATIVES OR CASE RESOLUTIONS.GIVEN THE ABBREVIATED NATURE OF THE REPORTING PERIOD, THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO COMPREHENSIVELY SUMMARIZE PROGRAMMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN THIS SCHEDULE O NARRATIVE.REFERENCE TO FULL 2025 IMPACT REPORTING:FOR A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST'S 2025 PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT, LITIGATION OUTCOMES, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, GLOBAL ADVOCACY, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS, READERS ARE DIRECTED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S 2025 END-OF-YEAR IMPACT REPORT, AVAILABLE AT: WWW.OURCHILDRENSTRUST.ORG/END-OF-YEAR-2025THAT REPORT REFLECTS THE FULL SCOPE, SCALE, AND OUTCOMES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2025 AND PROVIDES DETAILED DISCUSSION OF LITIGATION MILESTONES, INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, AND GLOBAL CLIMATE RIGHTS ADVOCACY.PUBLIC INTEREST NATURE OF ACTIVITIES:ALL LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY CONDUCTED BY OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST IS UNDERTAKEN IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT SEEK PRIVATE BENEFIT FROM ITS LEGAL ACTIVITIES, AND NO FEES OR EXPENSES ARE RECOVERED OR PAID TO THE ORGANIZATION IN CONNECTION WITH ITS LITIGATION EFFORTS UNLESS AND UNTIL PERMITTED BY LAW.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST AND ITS PROGRAMS IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.OURCHILDRENSTRUST.ORG.

    Expenses $865,991 · Revenue $2,283

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Julia Olson

    FOUNDER, CO-EXEC DIRECTOR, CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Winter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Hazen

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Acevedo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Gleason

    TREASURER, VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick C McGinley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Miller

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Patel

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Novasio

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Malaika Eaton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaclyn Ting

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mathew Dos Santos

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Salvatore

    CHIEF FINANCIAL AND OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $791,233
    Expenses
    $1,096,864
    Contributions
    $775,373
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,891,421
    Expenses
    $5,426,617
    Contributions
    $3,816,642
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,964,407
    Expenses
    $5,277,623
    Contributions
    $4,816,766
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,964,407
    Expenses
    $5,277,623
    Contributions
    $4,816,766
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,297,477
    Expenses
    $3,670,400
    Contributions
    $2,200,260
    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
    $3,203,345
    Expenses
    $2,547,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,930,413

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,232,653
    Expenses
    $2,546,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,330,213

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,123,586
    Expenses
    $2,616,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,616,277

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,102,673
    Expenses
    $2,309,620
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,094,969

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,507,174
    Expenses
    $1,388,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,328,293

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,557,909
    Expenses
    $564,199
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,175,532

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $358,739
    Expenses
    $314,819
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,979

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $230,470
    Expenses
    $139,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $136,669

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $143,482
    Expenses
    $182,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,816

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $285,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,486

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
Diane Hazen
Mailing address
PO BOX 5191EUGENE OR 97405

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.