Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1986.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
17 people listed on the 990; $247K paid to officers and key staff.
Linda Krop’s $211K as Chief Counsel is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1147 $1–10M crime & legal 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Krop | $210,667 | $194,969 | $142,965 | $171,140 | $153,702 | $138,814 |
| Alex Katz | $162,958 | $120,729 | — | — | — | — |
| Kathleen Weber | $130,933 | $112,385 | — | — | — | — |
| Owen Bailey | — | — | $27,113 | $122,549 | $116,314 | $108,166 |
| Rachel Kondor | $117,450 | $102,993 | — | — | — | — |
| Margaret Hall | — | $114,989 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Trautwein | $113,894 | $101,930 | — | — | — | — |
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.
See Environmental Defense Center executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowering community groups to protect environment through legal counsel and program work.
Questions for Environmental Defense Center
Your first name shows with your question. Environmental Defense Center answers here, for everyone.
Climate and energy (issues regarding oil and gas development, carbon emissions and advocacy for sustainability and renewable energy): defended injunction against fracking from platforms offshore california; responded to proposed federal offshore leasing program; defeated three massive proposals for cyclic steam oil projects in northern…
Santa barbara channel (issues regarding ocean water quality, channel islands national marine sanctuary (cinms) and park, coastal development, offshore oil and gas, public access): edc represented the conservation community on the cinms advisory council and chaired the cinms conservation working group; co-chaired the central coast marine…
Open Space and Wildlife Preservation
(issues regarding endangered species, habitats, watersheds, agricultural and open space lands): obtained order from state water board protecting steelhead in the santa ynez river below cachuma dam; led creek clean-ups and surveys, and reported violations to relevant agencies; preserved creek protection policies in the city of goleta…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 | FY16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $3.1M | $2.9M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Given inLn 1b | $266K | $1.0M | $18K | $196K | |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $59K | $41K | $31K | $27K |
| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $884K | $1.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.8M | $3.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $493K | $481K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $4.3M | $4.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $85K | $269K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $4.2M | $4.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $139K | $87K | $42K | $10K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $700K | $585K | $60K | $55K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $19K | $15K | $2K | $1K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $90K | $77K | $5K | $7K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $64K | $52K | $7K | $5K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $46K | $37K | $5K | $5K |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $20K | $20K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $37K | $30K | $4K | $4K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $18K | $14K | $2K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $28K | $22K | $3K | $3K |
| TravelLn 17 | $10K | $9K | $246 | $246 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $19K | $15K | $2K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $9K | $3K | $5K | $416 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $173K | $167K | $3K | $3K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $42K | $19K | $5K | $18K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $164K | $125K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 17, 2026 | $3.7M | $2.0M | $1.7M | $13.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 17, 2025 | $7.3M | $1.8M | $5.5M | $12.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 13, 2024 | $2.1M | $1.6M | $465K | $6.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 13, 2023 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $623K | $6.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 11, 2022 | $2.0M | $1.5M | $558K | $6.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 12, 2021 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $521K | $4.5M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,943,540 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,943,540 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,422,403 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,784,996 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,516,108 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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