California Environmental Litigation Fund

Analysis

California Environmental Litigation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Encinitas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, California Environmental Litigation Fund reported income of $136k and spending of $92k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $216k to $136k (-37%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 616%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, California Environmental Litigation Fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Isle of Palms Run and Walk for the Child Inc ($136k), Iowa Statewide Independent Living Council Silc ($137k) and Harris County Constable Precinct One Reserve ($136k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $96k.