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 vice president of human resources 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 which 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 vice president of human resources 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].”

“We litigate hundreds of cases at the national and state level to protect our wild places and creatures, safeguard community health, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We have continued to hold those who break our nation's strong environmental 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. Earthjustice brings cases that will set precedents for generations to come. 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 three 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 has continued with its commitment to protect public access to justice. With a longstanding tradition of emphasis on partnership, we are also exploring new ways to be a better and stronger partner to groups large and small who are aligned with our causes. In every area of our work, we are prevailing in tough cases, making good law, and forcing change on the ground.”

“Schedule of court awarded attorney fees & costs 001151 deep creek mtns rs 2477 391.68 001164 jarbidge rs 2477 intervention 244.26 001404 1999 hydro esa 469.80 001473 everglades 20.00 002122 no more wilderness interventio 26.14 002162 ge salmon 1,652.13 002163 wyoming regional haze sip 2,833.98 002304 grand canyon uranium withdrawa 2,211.32 002314 coos bay dredging permit nm 3,742.71 002413 san pedro adwr challenge 1,998.40 002461 shenandoah river algae 622.52 002474 waimea river restoration 703.22 002475 socal otter zone 523.36 002491 seneca lake lpg storage 1,164.00 002559 conowingo dam relicensing 64.27 002561 dte nsr district court remand 25.80 002573 badger two medicine lease 3,388.44 002582 longview coal export take 2 594.79 002613 ca demand response design 330.04 002709 manufactured housing efficienc 525.89 002745 corps shoreline jurisdiction 110.62 002773 power plant ghg 41.45 002807 exelon/pepco merger proceedin 1,227.95 002815 distributed generation rules 1,944.66 002816 firstenergy 2014 esp proceedin 1,036.25 002826 empower maryland 2,572.78 002828 belridge oil field 58.00 002874 epa title vi enforcement 1,652.58 002888 mexican wolf 10(j) rule chall 121.14 002891 socal otter zone 490.89 002934 kraft pulp mills & yeast manuf 215.81 002954 grand teton wildlife jurisdict 306.52 002975 ban chlorpyrifos 2,223.11 002988 world logistics center 88.82 002993 amendment 1 19,565.10 002998 polymet/northmet sulfide mine 7,096.38 003015 uns electric rate case 505.00 003016 power plant fabric filters 720.82 003023 stream protection rule 216.76 003025 coal ash rule petition for rev 194.58 003035 kern county oil and gas eir 6,769.79 003041 wopr jr. 634.95 003057 montanore mine water quality 131.34 003061 cal energy transformation 14,000.00 003074 blm methane rule 1,137.60 003083 labadie npdes appeal 10,607.71 003086 power plant elg litigation 1,671.27 003099 pagan/trinian military train. 1,900.46 003102 river of no return wilderness 1,206.12 003110 e.w. Brown citizen suit 11,582.09 003115 tucson electric power rate 1,546.61 003121 industrial boilers iii 56.15 003145 world logistics center initi. 3,761.91 003148 sage grouse rmp defense utah 250.60 003154 access dakota pipeline 24,230.75 003202 chemical disaster rule 1,705.78 003219 oil & gas nsps ii 27.78 003224 montana purpa rates 618.54 003229 pawnee oil and gas issues 552.58 003243 utah regional haze defense 5,279.64 003257 rock creek mine water right 326.46 003272 so2 naaqs area 2,215.97 003277 essroc clark county int. 1,541.67 003281 mt fracking chemical discl. 2,025.76 003287 constantine mine exploration 121.96 003288 kalama methanol 12,355.27 003289 wa greenhouse gas rule 872.40 003291 louisiana haze plan 1,135.85 003306 west coast anchovy catch 332.07 003335 cross-state air pollution rule 1,733.87 003339 oakland coal ordinance defense 8,425.04 003340 rockport unit 2 scr cpcn 368.15 003343 sage grouse rmp defense wyo. 105.21 003344 bears ears monument defense 2,872.32 003347 bitterroot national foreast 635.62 003356 ca gray wolf 234.45 003359 trump reinstate fed coal 615.80 003368 sage grouse defense utah ii 201.12 003369 ma eversource rate case 26.60 003374 millennium coal dnr defense 170.59 003382 acf water control manual 720.80 003391 five signed efficiency rules 827.35 003393 kpc energy efficiency 743.81 003410 challenge to power pland elg 1,890.51 003413 ending dusky shark overfishing 2,377.14 003430 bayou bridge pipeline 13,835.20 003439 hdot seabird take 5,535.17 003444 oil and gas nsps iii - leak 231.56 003446 pjm mopr for state-sub res. 39.94 003455 rosemont copper mine 3,689.23 003466 bp refinery air permit appeal 5,090.11 003468 red snapper rec season challen 41.84 003469 puente gas plant challenge 503.40 003474 consumers energy 2017 ratecase 3,732.16 003479 srp rate litigation 1,074.89 003483 greater yellowstone grizzly de 1,180.02 003486 ider appeal 690.66 003488 heco rate case 597.76 003502 grand lake outstanding waters 254.35 003506 kaua'i seabird take 234.00 003”

“Change in value of split-interest gift agreements 455,952.”