Conservation Law Foundation INC FY2021 filing

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Boston, MA501(c)(3)Since 1966EnvironmentEIN 04-6149986Revenue $23.3M in FY2021

On file with the IRSclf.org62 Summer St, 02110-1016 · Boston, MATax-exempt since Jul 1967Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Conservation Law Foundation, INC. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. We use the Law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources, build healthy and resilient communities, and sustain a vibrant economy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.7M a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $126K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.4M
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 23 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$23.3M
+69% vs prior year
Spent
$16.0M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$33.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$23.3M
FY2021▲ +69%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$13.8M
FY2021$23.3M
FY2022$28.6M
FY2023$16.5M
FY2024$41.6M
FY2025$24.2M
Expenses
$16.0M
FY2021▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.5M
FY2021$16.0M
FY2022$18.0M
FY2023$21.3M
FY2024$26.6M
FY2025$28.6M
Net assets
$33.4M
FY2021▲ +45%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$23.0M
FY2021$33.4M
FY2022$33.7M
FY2023$30.3M
FY2024$47.2M
FY2025$43.7M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending July 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1967.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $12.7M Management & general 12% · $1.9M Fundraising 9% · $1.5M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

28 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$272,466Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Market Innovation a
$209,600Pt VII · Sec A
VP Development
$186,033Pt VII · Sec A
T4ma Director
$177,671Pt VII · Sec A
Advocacy Director
$163,759Pt VII · Sec A
EVP + Director-Clf Maine
$161,700Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bradley Campbell’s $376K as President (ex Officio) is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 324 $10–100M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Bradley Campbell$375,985$334,091$310,481$283,585$272,466$265,082
Katherine Grove$270,569$221,598$196,324$188,769$186,033$190,002
Carol Gregory$244,771$196,830$173,454$166,460—$163,507
Kate Sinding Daly$238,821—————
Eileen Marks$235,286$193,999$169,272———
Joshua Ostroff——$220,768———
Christopher Martinez$219,266$185,402$169,272———
Margaret Church———$212,690$209,600$204,531

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for laws and policies to combat climate change, eliminate fossil fuels, and accelerate New England’s transition to equitable, clean energy.

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3 programs · $5.4M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Healthy & resilient communitiesclf partners with community organizations, public agencies, philanthropy, and private investors to better understand environmental challenges and create new solutions. We believe the people most impacted by a problem understand best how to solve it.

$2.5Mprogram expense
02

Clean air and waterclean air and water are fundamental human rights. But too many people do not have access to these rights today. CLF is working to hold polluters accountable to the clean water and clean air acts, fighting for protections and creative solutions to keep water pollution from wreaking havoc on our communities, and pushing…

$1.5Mprogram expense
03

Environmental justicethe healthy communities and environmental justice program works to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, overcome historic disinvestment and structural inequality, improve public health and social mobility, and reduce waste stream to zero, as CLF advocates for a robust sustainable food economy and…

$1.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 53 grants · $2.0M · 2019–2024
Public Health Institute of Western MaMA · FY2024$58,750
Green Roots INCMA · FY2024$56,250
Groundwork Lawrence INCMA · FY2024$53,500
Act Lawrence INCMA · FY2024$50,000
Tsne MissionworksMA · FY2024$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$14,500
WalkmassachusettsMA · FY2024$12,250
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$23.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$449K
Money outPt IX
$16.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$12.7M
Managementcol C$1.9M
Fundraisingcol D$1.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$33.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.1M
Total assetsLn 16$40.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$160K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$449K
Other incomeLn 4–11$207K
Gains on assetsLn 7$296K
Total revenueLn 12$23.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$9.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.1M
Other assetsLn 15$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$40.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.4M
Net assetsLn 32$33.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5177
VolunteersI 6145
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.9M$9.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.5M$15.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.3M$7.1M
Total assetsLn 16$30.5M$40.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.5M$7.4M
Net assetsLn 32$23.0M$33.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$109K$109K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$272K$136K$136K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.9M$6.3M$623K$947K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.1M$834K$107K$111K
Payroll taxesLn 10$597K$470K$58K$68K
Investment management feesLn 11f$52K$52K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.8M$3.0M$690K$128K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$148K$105K$43K
Office expensesLn 13$56K$39K$11K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$266K$244K$13K$9K
TravelLn 17$26K$22K$3K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$26K$18K$549$8K
InterestLn 20$199K$159K$24K$16K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$440K$352K$53K$35K
InsuranceLn 23$70K$56K$8K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$630K$500K$58K$72K
All other expensesLn 24e$403K$340K$36K$27K
Total functional expensesLn 25$16.0M$12.7M$1.9M$1.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $24.2M$28.6M−$4.4M$43.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $41.6M$26.6M$15.0M$47.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $16.5M$21.3M−$4.7M$30.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $28.6M$18.0M$10.6M$33.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $23.3M$16.0M$7.3M$33.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $13.8M$15.5M−$1.7M$23.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $23,298,469 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $12,048,854$21,601,574
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $836,643$1,040,300
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $798,493$449,207
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $138,596$207,388
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $13,822,586$23,298,469
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $236,765$109,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,760,123$9,780,725
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,549,019$6,111,980
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,545,907$16,001,705
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,723,321$7,296,764
Part VI · Governance 22 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $23,298,469 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,492,378
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$20,109,196
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$159,533
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$21,601,574
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,040,300$1,040,300
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $153,593$153,593
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $108,669$108,669
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $295,614$295,614
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $98,719$98,719
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,139,019 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $557,876$23,298,469
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $16,001,705 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $109,000$109,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $136,233 · Management $136,233$272,466
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,289,164 · Management $623,171 · Fundraising $946,609$7,858,944
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $833,894 · Management $107,003 · Fundraising $111,498$1,052,395
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $470,416 · Management $58,199 · Fundraising $68,305$596,920
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $51,906$51,906
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,980,019 · Management $689,534 · Fundraising $127,749$3,797,302
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $104,531 · Fundraising $42,974$147,505
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $38,652 · Management $11,310 · Fundraising $5,657$55,619
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $244,069 · Management $13,115 · Fundraising $8,743$265,927
IX-17 TravelPrograms $22,150 · Management $2,712 · Fundraising $1,120$25,982
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $17,930 · Management $549 · Fundraising $7,603$26,082
IX-20 InterestPrograms $159,498 · Management $23,925 · Fundraising $15,950$199,373
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $352,198 · Management $52,830 · Fundraising $35,220$440,248
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $55,753 · Management $8,363 · Fundraising $5,575$69,691
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $499,638 · Management $57,896 · Fundraising $72,012$629,546
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $339,753 · Management $35,885 · Fundraising $27,161$402,799
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,652,898 · Management $1,872,631 · Fundraising $1,476,176$16,001,705
Part X · Balance sheet $40,803,982 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $269$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,860,608$9,057,162
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,674,191$6,235,784
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,327,862$957,367
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $153,784$197,163
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,276,768$7,076,618
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $11,759,143$14,647,557
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $697,530$720,580
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,795,053$1,911,751
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $30,545,208$40,803,982
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,519,624$1,486,429
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $4,419,757$4,306,382
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,492,378$1,538,847
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $87,808$76,257
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,519,567$7,407,915
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,258,698$8,888,469
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $15,766,943$24,507,598
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,025,641$33,396,067
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $30,545,208$40,803,982
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $33,396,067 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$23,298,469
XI-2 Total expenses$16,001,705
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$7,296,764
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,025,641
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,073,662
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$33,396,067

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