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THE FOUNDATION FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY LAW

EIN 84-6037688 BROOMFIELD, CO

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Revenue 2024
$5,211,030
Expenses 2024
$3,230,140

Program services were 77.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C056
Classification
2000
Street
2095 W 6TH AVE STE 109

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 · 2024

Mission

DEDICATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARLY AND PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO MINING, OIL AND GAS, PUBLIC LANDS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND OTHER RELATED AREAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARLY AND PRACTICAL NATURAL RESOURCES LEGAL EDUCATION.

  • INSTITUTES. 5-DAY SEMINARS (THREE), 3-DAY SEMINARS (TWO), 2-DAY SEMINARS (SIX), 1-DAY SEMINARS (ONE), FOUR-HOUR SEMINARS (TWO), ON SPECIALIZED AREAS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. (APPROXIMATELY 3,006 CLIENTS SERVED)

    Expenses $1,766,196 · Revenue $1,397,573

  • PUBLICATIONS, PERIODICALS, CDS, AND ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON NATURAL RESOURCES LAW AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TOPICS (APPROXIMATELY 9,667 CLIENTS SERVED.)

    Expenses $131,900 · Revenue $226,807

  • OUTREACH. A PROGRAM INITIATED TO SUPPORT MINERAL LAW SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH, WRITING, TEACHING AND STUDY. PROGRAM ALSO SUPPORTS LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ATTENDING FOUNDATION INSTITUTES AND CLASSES (153 INDIVIDUALS AND SCHOOLS SUPPORTED.) ALSO SUPPORTS A LAW STUDENT NETWORKING PROGRAM FACILITATING COLLABORATION OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN MINERAL LAW TOPICS (1 SCHOOL SUPPORTED.) SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ATTENDING LAW SCHOOL (34 STUDENTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS), GRANTS ARE PROVIDED TO CERTAIN LAW SCHOOLS (2 GRANTS GIVEN.)

    Expenses $599,411 · Grants $343,415

  • MEMBERSHIP. A GROWING NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS, LAW FIRMS, COMPANIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY LAW COMMUNITY. MEMBERS NOT ONLY ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS AND PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBED BELOW, BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE FOUNDATION, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY OIL & GAS, MINING, RENEWABLE ENERGY, PUBLIC LANDS, WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. (APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MEMBERS)

    Revenue $783,452

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michael J Bourassa

    VP (THRU 7/20/24), PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jolisa M Dobbs

    PRESIDENT (THRU 7/20/24), PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel O Benson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jana L Grauberger

    SECRETARY (THRU 7/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert C Mathes

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen C Schroder

    TREASURER (THRU 7/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy E Seneshen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scot W Anderson

    PAST PRESIDENT (THRU 7/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oscar R Benavides

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Kundis Craig

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramona L Monroe

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Nunez

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (THRU 7/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Phillips

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce F Rudoy

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE (THRU 7/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth A Ryan

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachael E Salcido

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pilar M Thomas

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David A Ritchie

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $338,381
    From this org
    $310,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,381
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,881
    Filer's total
    $338,381
  • Jaleen W Edwards

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,814
    From this org
    $139,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,000
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,864
    Filer's total
    $158,814
  • Melissa L Magee

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,556
    From this org
    $143,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,000
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,881
    Filer's total
    $163,556
  • Ryan A Minton

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $140,269
    From this org
    $121,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,769
    Hours/week
    40
  • Surbhi Chavda

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $121,032
    From this org
    $103,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,032
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,211,030
    Expenses
    $3,230,140
    Contributions
    $133,325
    Grants paid
    $343,415
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,198,459
    Expenses
    $3,177,989
    Contributions
    $728,009
    Grants paid
    $359,125
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,007,728
    Expenses
    $3,331,294
    Contributions
    $687,176
    Grants paid
    $368,508

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,924,384
    Expenses
    $2,603,697
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,262,955
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,704,948
    Expenses
    $2,703,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,221,257
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,692,861
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,821,252
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,455,924
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,127,998
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,084,909
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,878,803

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

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS

    $7,645

    2023 FUNDING FOR TRAVEL, FOOD, AND LODGING AT THE FIRST-EVER ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND GEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.

  • Washburn University

    $7,500

    2022 Research of interstate water cases

  • 2023 FOR FUNDING TRANSLATION SERVICES TO PUBLISH IN ENGLISH A COMPARATIVE LAW ARTICLE ON THE PATH TOWARD PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE EMERGING FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON INDIGENOUS LANDS AND TERRITORIES.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.