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Screen a listCommunity Environmental Legal Defense Fund
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$575krevenue
FY2024 · +21% in 3 yrs6staff
5 of 5years filed
’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−5.1%
Months of reserve27.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.8%
Middle half of peersMedianCommunity Environmental Legal Defense
Where the money goes FY2024 · $604k spent
Programs$537k89%Management and general$59k10%Fundraising$8k1%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$360k in FY2022, −$383k in FY2023 and −$29k in FY2024. Cash covers 27.8 months, above the peer median of 5.9.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 11% a year since FY2020, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort30funders
$159ka year, last 3 years
42%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Taitanchi Foundation IncStopped after FY2018$250k$250k–Cloud Mountain FoundationSince FY2022$25k$175kThe Annenberg FoundationOn and off$100kWallace Global Fund IIOn and off$100kThe Shumaker Family FoundationStopped after FY2019$25k$25k$25k–PatagoniaorgOn and off$12k$20k$16k$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$288k$26k$23k$16k$14k$121k$11k15 other fundersUp to $44k a year each$54k$13k$86k$86k$36k$43k$28k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped