Earthjustice

“A full copy of Form 990 is posted on a secure web portal accessible by the trustees prior to filing. The trustees are notified of the Form 990 posting and encouraged to review and comment on it prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy requires an annual disclosure by trustees and senior staff of entities in which they have personal, financial or professional interests. The results of those disclosures are compiled into a screening list of entities used by the Board Chair, Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel when reviewing potential transactions with Earthjustice and outside entities. The screening list is used as a conflict check to assure that individual decision-makers recuse themselves from any participation in decisions affecting the entities in which they have interests.”

“We get market data from a compensation consulting firm for all staff salaries, including our CEO. In addition, our VP-HR collects salaries of CEOs from other national non-profit environmental organizations to make an informed recommendation to the board of directors. The recommendation and market information is passed along to the executive committee of our board of directors who reviews the data and makes an appropriate final recommendation for our CEO salary. The full board votes on the CEO salary approval. We do a bi-annual review of all positions in the organization including the CEO and all staff. We update all position descriptions and use an outside compensation consulting firm to determine salaries that match the job responsibilities in the non-profit sector in the specific geographic areas in which our jobs are located. Our VP-HR then works with managers, based on performance to determine what the appropriate salary should be within this range. Since this process is quite time intensive, we do this every other year. In the year we don't go through this process, we get competitive national job market data to determine a percentage increase to all salary scales and use this as a guideline for our budgeting process. In addition, we conduct an equity review for all salary adjustments to ensure that we are in compliance with the California Fair Pay Act and that we are compensating all staff fairly. Our attorneys' pay is based on the year of graduation from law school, to which we add a geographic adjustment based on the office location, e.g. Bozeman, Montana vs. New York, NY. We contact other conservation organizations like the Sierra Club and also government entities like the Department of Justice to determine the appropriate pay for our attorneys.”

“The audited financial statements are available on the organization's website. In addition, the audited financial statements, the governing/organizing documents, and the conflict of interest policy are made available to the public by email request: [email protected].”

“The Taxpayer amends the 2016 Form 990 to correct the Grassroots Lobbying expense for the fiscal year ended 6/30/2017. The correct Grassroots Lobbying expense to be shown on Schedule C, Part II-A, Line 1(a) and Line 2(f), Column (D) is $261,878. The correct lobbying expenditures to influence a legislative body on Schedule C, Part II-A, Line 1(b) is $175,461. The correct total lobbying expenditures on Schedule C, Part II-A, Line 2(c), Column (D) is $437,339.”

“We are in the midst of a challenging and unpredictable time for the environmental movement, with relentless threats from a vigorously anti-environment administration. But we live in a country of strong environmental laws, and Earthjustice holds those who break these laws accountable for their actions. As the nation's original and largest nonprofit environmental law organization, we leverage our expertise and commitment to fight for justice and create lasting change. We bring cases that will have the biggest impact, setting precedents for generations to come. Our many successes across the decades are thanks to strong partnerships with hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of passionate supporters. Of course, winning a case is only part of the battle. Our litigation is strengthened by policy and communications teams working with decision-makers in Washington, D.C., and within the court of public opinion to sustain our legal victories. Earthjustice pursues four key goals to secure a just and flourishing world: Fighting for healthy communities Preserving the wild Advancing clean energy and a healthy climate In addition to these three program areas, Earthjustice also helped found a coalition to protect public access to justice in 2017. Along with the ACLU, Public Citizen, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, we stand united in opposition to the current administration's attempts to block access to the courts. Below are just a few highlights of our victories as we strived to create a better, healthier world for us all in 2017: Standing with Standing Rock The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, won a significant victory for tribes throughout the nation in 2017 when a federal court found that the Trump administration's hasty approval of permits for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline violated the law by failing to account for environmental justice implications and failing to adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill. Safeguarding Honeybees In a victory for bees and our food supply, a court ruled in September that California must stop approving new uses of pesticides that contain neonicotinoids, a known bee-killing chemical, until it has fully studied the environmental impacts. Mounting evidence links "neonics," to mass die-offs of honeybees, which pollinate crops responsible for one in every three bites of our food. Protecting Endangered Wildlife In May, Earthjustice won a significant victory for imperiled wildlife when a federal court overturned government approvals for the proposed Montanore Mine. The massive industrial facility would tunnel beneath Montana's spectacular Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, threatening prime habitat for grizzly bears and bull trout, which are at risk of extinction. Disclosing Chemicals in Cleaning Products New York State will soon require manufacturers of cleaning products to disclose the chemical ingredients in their products and any health risks they pose, thanks to litigation and years of advocacy by Earthjustice and our partners. In April 2017, the state released draft guidance requiring manufacturers to report the chemical information on their websites which is likely to have national impact. Defending Solar Energy Rooftop solar power can shine once again in Nevada, thanks to a decision by utility regulators to protect solar customers from discriminatory rate hikes and give them fair credit for the excess energy they provide. Earthjustice urged the state commission to reject the utility's anti-solar proposal and restore solar power opportunities in Nevada after previous policies essentially disabled the industry.”

“SCHEDULE OF COURT AWARDED ATTORNEY FEES & COSTS 001149 CO Roadless Leasing 1,271.86 001164 Jarbidge RS 2477 Intervention 295.16 001221 Makua EIS 1,875.40 001345 TLMP Revision 324.60 001346 Tongass Roadless Exemption 170,754.01 001404 1999 Hydro ESA 1,047.95 001435 Klamath Takings Intervention 156.81 001473 Everglades 112.00 001510 Comparable Fuels 299,901.26 001511 CSO Blueplains 16.81 001768 Hazardous Waste Gasification 198,966.46 001856 Utah RMP and Lease Sale Challe 2,891.55 001908 Montgomery County MS4 2,193.36 001999 Lahaina Injection Well 793.53 002034 Princeville Resort ESA Take 134.36 002064 West Elk Lease Expansion 768.18 002122 No More Wilderness Interventio 164.68 002152 Na Wai `Eha WUPAs 877.06 002162 GE Salmon 537.60 002163 Wyoming Regional Haze SIP 7,288.18 002189 Cherry Point Coal Terminal 77.45 002302 WY Wolf Delisting 2,356.90 002304 Grand Canyon Uranium Withdrawa 1,985.60 002361 AR Regional Haze 13,050.40 002369 Greys Mt Logging 623.37 002381 Caloosahatchee River 505.05 002394 CSPAR Better than BART 1,941.82 002400 Ozone Attainment Delay 2012 129,845.99 002413 San Pedro ADWR Challenge 2,105.34 002414 CA Neonicitinoid Reevaluation 44.75 002421 Neb. Regional Haze SIP Appeal 206.98 002428 Colstrip Coal Ash Enforcement 3,119.43 002434 Stormwater Permit Defense 318.84 002443 Baltimore City MS4 2012 348.68 002450 Oil & Gas Air Toxics 146.15 002474 Waimea River Restoration 1,000.00 002480 Constitution 1,874.67 002491 Seneca Lake LPG Storage 1,781.40 002493 Dominion Cove Point LNG Export 1,915.72 002497 Clifty Creek Power Plant Water 321.49 002531 Navy HI/SoCal Training 210.28 002535 Otter Creek Mining Permit 174.58 002539 Big Thorne Timber Sale 324.59 002550 MD Impaired Water Delisting 631.15 002558 Sulfoxaflor EPA 287,178.10 002573 Badger Two Medicine Lease 758.61 002582 Longview Coal Export Take 2 30,775.04 002586 Power Plant ELG FOIA Challenge 1,021.22 002615 Tesoro-Savage Crude-By-Rail 114,539.11 002639 CERCLA 108(b) - Round 2 120,862.59 002645 TransMountain Pipeline 100.09 002651 CO Value of Solar 22.16 002664 Prince George's MD 2014 stormw 363.06 002677 Air Reporting Rule Challenge 1,665.03 002679 Port of Albany Crude by Rail 298.45 002694 Lima Energy Ohio Air Permit 600.00 002706 Westway/Imperium CBR Take 2 3,654.97 002707 BP Atlantis 2,429.60 002712 Mill Creek CWA Citizen Suit 2,972.14 002713 New Pesticide ESA Consultation 5,236.54 002714 Richmond Crude By Rail 211.61 002724 Vectren CPCN 240.00 002725 Chlorpyrifos Unreasonable Dela 72,477.72 002749 Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery 55,559.33 002762 Alon Bakersfield Refinery 6,887.84 002773 Power Plant GHG 95.94 002776 Maryland Air Regulations 706.33 002781 Colstrip Unit 4 PSC Proceeding 303.17 002783 Walrus Chukchi Sea Incidental 697.43 002788 Wolverine Listing IV 175,467.20 002807 Exelon/Pepco Merger Proceedin 3,224.34 002813 Grayling Listing II 937.62 002814 Hawaiian Electric Planning 2.0 223.12 002815 Distributed Generation Rules 183.83 002816 FirstEnergy 2014 ESP Proceedin 7,542.99 002826 EmPower Maryland 1,233.90 002828 Belly of the Beast 246.00 002836 Bakersfield Crude Terminal 6,073.40 002837 Steller Sea Lion 2014 BiOp 1,149.84 002847 Defense of Maui GMO moratorium 166.24 002854 Green Grizzly Bear Take 39,353.68 002872 Grahams & White River Beardton 1,195.84 002874 EPA Title VI Enforcement 1,000.00 002885 Brick Kilns III 89.85 002888 Mexican Wolf 10(j) Rule Chall 661.61 002892 NextEra HECO merger 7,526.86 002894 Oregon Clean Fuels Defense 637.02 002900 Port of Seattle Lease 662.38 002911 Montanore Mine Biological Opin 241.09 002916 PBT Surrogacy 320.84 002917 Ozone Standards 2015 1,523.04 002930 Puget Sound Stormwater Enforce 3,150.00 002934 Kraft Pulp Mills & Yeast Manuf 167,101.57 002937 Fisheating Creek Enforcement 90.36 002943 NY Winter Flounder 1,349.04 002946 Bakersfield BLM Fracking 107.04 002954 Grand Teton Wildlife Jurisdict 621.92 002959 Avon Marine Terminal 589.18 002963 NOx RECLAIM IN SOUTHERN CA 209.32 002965 Deschutes River Basin Flows 21,772.6”

“Change in Value of Split-Interest Gift Agreements 532,950.”