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Earthjustice

Earthjustice is a legal aid society based in San Francisco, CA that was founded in 1970. As of 2019 they had $102 million in revenue and $183 million in assets.

EarthJustice is a non-profit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.

EIN:

94-1730465

City:

San Francisco

State:

California

Website:

earthjustice.org

Facebook:

facebook.com/Earthjustice

Twitter:

@earthjustice

Founded:

1970

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

I80: Legal aid services

Revenue:

$102,807,555

Assets:

$183,615,035

Employees:

407

Fiscal year end:

June

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Earthjustice

Provide free legal representation, working through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, environmental and other organizations to ensure that government agencies and private interests follow the law.

Provide increased public, media, and policy maker awareness of environmental issues and the role of law in solving them.

Form 990s for Earthjustice

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2019-06	Aug 19, 2020	990	View PDF
2018-06	Apr 15, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-06	May 14, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-06	Nov 15, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-06	Aug 1, 2017	990	View PDF
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Earthjustice

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$5,500	$8,175	-32.7%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$95,780,169	$74,558,449	28.5%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$7,950,386	$6,664,613	19.3%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$95,785,669	$74,566,624	28.5%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$95,785,669	$74,566,624	28.5%
Program services	$3,487,389	$2,547,054	36.9%
Investment income and dividends	$2,285,577	$1,679,946	36.1%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$1,083,678	$910,199	19.1%
Net income from fundraising events	$-35,017	$-63,459	44.8%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$200,259	$351,997	-43.1%
Total revenues	$102,807,555	$79,992,361	28.5%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$310,000	$121,900	154.3%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$2,568,687	$2,384,939	7.7%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$37,278,618	$30,283,288	23.1%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$2,578,710	$2,076,740	24.2%
Other employee benefits	$4,886,461	$4,107,397	19.0%
Payroll taxes	$2,823,190	$2,288,424	23.4%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$588,515	$75,720	677.2%
Accounting fees	$136,454	$116,584	17.0%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$289,007	$358,974	-19.5%
Investment mgmt fees	$71,643	$130,828	-45.2%
Other fee-for-service	$4,892,970	$3,327,429	47.0%
Advertising and promotion	$1,324,752	$1,761,856	-24.8%
Office expenses	$3,248,802	$3,253,913	-0.2%
Information tech. expenses	$2,292,838	$1,712,912	33.9%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$5,006,566	$3,696,078	35.5%
Travel	$1,994,454	$1,082,663	84.2%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$1,207,501	$979,355	23.3%
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$1,137,661	$1,032,482	10.2%
Insurance	$110,300	$151,650	-27.3%
All other expenses	$5,698,348	$4,856,885	17.3%
Total expenses	$78,445,477	$63,800,017	23.0%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$8,172,376	$1,024,449	697.7%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$20,068,788	$26,119,024	-23.2%
Pledges and grants receivable	$26,993,730	$19,232,835	40.4%
Accounts receivable	$1,105,143	$798,182	38.5%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$2,080,005	$1,594,564	30.4%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$3,513,218	$3,420,122	2.7%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$78,344,774	$64,476,085	21.5%
Investments, other securities	$32,675,160	$26,948,332	21.3%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$10,661,841	$11,042,193	-3.4%
Total assets	$183,615,035	$154,655,786	18.7%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$5,136,219	$4,897,659	4.9%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$565,235	$813,418	-30.5%
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$7,911,931	$7,532,515	5.0%
Total liabilities	$13,613,385	$13,243,592	2.8%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$124,144,068	$102,319,033	21.3%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$44,409,749	$37,645,328	18.0%
Permanently restricted net assets	$1,447,833	$1,447,833

Vendors for Earthjustice

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Drupal	Content management system software		2020-06-19
██████	Fundraising software		2020-06-19
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2020-06-19
███ ███ ███	Content management system software; Marketing software; Fundraising software; Advocacy software		2020-06-19
███ ███	Tax accounting		2020-01-31
███ ███████ ██████████ ███	Direct Mail Consulting; Direct Mail Consultant	$2,375,731	2019-06-01
█████ ████████ █████ ███	Telemarketing	$28,305	2019-06-01
█████ █	Reproduction and Printing	$499,734	2019-06-01
...and 12 more vendors

Personnel at Earthjustice

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Christa Brothers	Interim Senior Vice President of Operations	$217,823	Oct. 4, 2020
Ray Wan	Vice President of Communications and Marketing	$217,454	Oct. 4, 2020
██████ ████	Vice President of Information Technology	-	Oct. 4, 2020
██████ ██████	Vice President, Policy and Legislation	$235,299	Oct. 4, 2020
███████ ███████	Interim Vice President of Human Resources	-	Oct. 4, 2020
████ ██████	Vice President of Litigation for Climate and Energy	-	Oct. 4, 2020
████████ █████████	Principal Gifts Officer	-	Oct. 4, 2020
███████ █████	Senior Director of Development - Operations, Research and Evaluation	-	Oct. 4, 2020
█████ ███████	Legislative Director, Lands, Wildlife, and Oceans	-	Oct. 4, 2020
████ █████	Legislative Director	-	Oct. 4, 2020
...and 25 more key personnel

Peer legal aid services

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Southern Poverty Law Center	501(c)(3)	$117 million	Montgomery, AL
2	Alliance Defending Freedom	501(c)(3)	$60 million	Scottsdale, AZ
3	Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Washington, DC
4	Innocence Project	501(c)(3)	$27 million	New York, NY
5	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACPLDEF)	501(c)(3)	$37 million	New York, NY
6	Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)	501(c)(3)	$35 million	Montgomery, AL
7	The Bronx Defenders	501(c)(3)	$41 million	Bronx, NY
8	Federal Defenders of San Diego	501(c)(3)	$26 million	San Diego, CA
9	International Justice Mission	501(c)(3)	$74 million	Washington, DC
10	Brennan Center for Justice	501(c)(3)	$26 million	New York, NY
11	Institute for Justice (IJ)	501(c)(3)	$25 million	Arlington, VA
12	Tides Center	501(c)(3)	$150 million	San Francisco, CA
13	Internews	501(c)(3)	$53 million	Arcata, CA
14	New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)	501(c)(3)	$29 million	New York, NY
15	Northwest Justice Project (NJP)	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Seattle, WA
16	Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC)	501(c)(3)	$26 million	Raleigh, NC
17	Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS)	501(c)(3)	$49 million	Brooklyn, NY
18	Practising Law Institute (PLI)	501(c)(3)	$104 million	New York, NY
19	Urban Justice Center	501(c)(3)	$37 million	New York, NY
20	Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ)	501(c)(3)	$40 million	Edison, NJ
21	Committee for Children (CFC)	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Seattle, WA
22	CHILDREN'S Defense Fund (CDF)	501(c)(3)	$30 million	Washington, DC
23	National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)	501(c)(3)	$47 million	Alexandria, VA
24	Jewish Federation Council of Greater LA	501(c)(3)	$54 million	Los Angeles, CA
25	The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute	501(c)(3)	$40 million	Simi Valley, CA

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