NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1200

Street

10101 S TERWILLIGER BLVD

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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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• NATIONAL CRIME VICTIM LAW INSTITUTE

  EIN 71-0879090

Mission and programs · 2025

• CLEAN WATER & AIR CAMPAIGN: CONTINUED OUR WORK DEVELOPING AND PROSECUTING CLEAN WATER ACT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. NEDC'S CLEAN WATER ACT ENFORCEMENT WORK IN 2025 INCLUDED CONTINUING TO MONITOR OREGON INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; ENGAGING WITH STATE AGENCIES IN THE REVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND AUTHORIZATION DECISIONS; AND CHALLENGING WATER QUALITY PERMITTING DECISIONS THAT FAIL TO SUFFICIENTLY PROTECT THE REGION'S WATERS. NEDC'S CLEAN AIR WORK IN 2025 INCLUDED MONITORING FACILITIES CALLED IN TO THE CLEANER AIR OREGON PROGRAM; PARTNERSHIP IN THE BREATHE OREGON COLLABORATIVE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HARM TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT POSED BY DIESEL EMISSIONS; ENGAGING WITH STATE AGENCIES TO UPDATE TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES FOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; AND ADVOCACY TO PROTECT OVERBURDENED PORTLAND COMMUNITIES FROM INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS. THIS WORK BENEFITS ANYONE USING AFFECTED WATERWAYS AND BREATHING AIR IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INCLUDING NEDC MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  Expenses $98,835 · Revenue $68,148

• ENDANGERED SPECIES: WORKING WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, NEDC SOUGHT TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR ENDANGERED AND OREGON AQUATIC SPECIES. THIS WORK INCLUDED LITIGATION TO PROTECT THREATENED SALMON, STEELHEAD, AND ORCAS FROM HARMFUL DEVELOPMENT IN FLOODPLAINS. THIS WORK BENEFITS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, LOCAL ACTIVISTS, AND NEDC MEMBERS.

  Expenses $50,951

• EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS: CONTINUED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS WITH EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS RELATING TO LAWS THAT CAN BE USED TO PROTECT THE REGION'S ENVIRONMENT. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED GIVING LAW STUDENTS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, PUBLISHING AN ANNUAL NEWSLETTER & MAINTAINING AN EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE. NEDC ALSO PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN THE PORTLAND AREA. THIS WORK BENEFITS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NEDC MEMBERS, AND LAW STUDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST.

  Expenses $55,381 · Revenue $12,066

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

  $225,303

  Expenses

  $249,937

  Contributions

  $140,773

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $159,927

  Expenses

  $239,106

  Contributions

  $132,665

  Grants paid

  $27,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $410,972

  Expenses

  $295,487

  Contributions

  $375,882

  Grants paid

  $82,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $71,797

  Expenses

  $205,469

  Contributions

  $26,636

  Grants paid

  $25,000

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

  $117,669

  Expenses

  $159,817

  Assets (EOY)

  $311,543

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $373,389

  Expenses

  $326,760

  Assets (EOY)

  $376,136

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

• GREEN ENERGY INSTITUTE AT LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

  $52,500

  2023 · NEDC AND THIS ORGANIZATION SUBMITTED A JOINT REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR WORK RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CUASED BY FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS - THE BREATHE OREGON PROJECT. THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BY FUNDER AND THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED TO NEDC TO BE DISBURSED AS PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL. NEDC DISTRIBUTED THE FUNDS TO THIS ORGANIZATION CONSISTENT WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

• NEIGHBORS FOR CLEAN AIR

  $30,000

  2023 · NEDC AND THIS ORGANIZATION SUBMITTED A JOINT REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR WORK RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CUASED BY FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS - THE BREATHE OREGON PROJECT. THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BY FUNDER AND THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED TO NEDC TO BE DISBURSED AS PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL. NEDC DISTRIBUTED THE FUNDS TO THIS ORGANIZATION CONSISTENT WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

• GREEN ENERGY INSTITUTE AT LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

  $27,500

  2024 · NEDC AND THIS ORGANIZATION SUBMITTED A JOINT REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR WORK RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CAUSED BY TOXIC AIR POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BY THE FUNDER AND THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED TO NEDC TO BE DISBURSED AS PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL. NEDC DISTRIBUTED THE FUNDS TO THIS ORGANIZATION CONSISTENT WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

• GREEN ENERGY INSTITUTE AT LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

  $25,000

  2022 · NEDC AND THIS ORGANIZATION SUBMITTED A JOINT REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR WORK RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CAUSED BY FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS - THE ACCELERATING GREEN ENERGY PROJECT. THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BY THE FOUNDATION AND THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED TO NEDC TO BE DISBURSED AS PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL. NEDC DISTRIBUTED THE FUNDS TO THIS ORGANIZATION CONSISTENT WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

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Grants received

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $25,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $5,875

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $5,875

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $5,850

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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