Public Charity

WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER

Based in EUGENE, OR, WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $5.4M in revenue, $4.7M in expenses, $6.9M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 106 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $5.9M.

EIN: 931010269 EUGENE, OR Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.4M
Total Expenses$4.7M
Total Assets$6.9M
Grant Records106
Funding Total$5.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM - THE WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER USES THE POWER OF THE LAW TO FOSTER THRIVING, RESILIENT WESTERN U.S. LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. WE ENVISION A THRIVING WEST, ABUNDANT WITH PROTECTED AND INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEMS, POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND CARED FOR BY COMMUNITIES BROUGHT TOGETHER IN AN ECOLOGY OF KINSHIP.

Where $100 goes at Western Environmental Law Center

How Western Environmental Law Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $82 for programs

$82
Public interest law firm
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Brian Henning
DIRECTOR Brooke Williams
DIRECTOR Denise Fort
EXECUTIVE DI Erik Schlenker-Goodrich
PRESIDENT Karin Sheldon
TREASURER Kevin Kirchner

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,433,183 55 grants
Environment & Conservation
$1,660,373 30 grants
Health & Medicine
$910,000 5 grants
Human & Social Services
$307,200 4 grants
Education
$270,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.4M $4.7M $6.9M
2023 $3.9M $4.6M $6.1M
2022 $6.0M $4.2M $6.8M
2020 $3.7M $2.7M $4.2M
2019 $3.4M $2.7M $3.3M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $3.4M to $5.4M (+58%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.9M.

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