NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC (EIN 13-2654926)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-04
IRS object ID: 201811249349300331
Schema version: 2016v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-04T08:56:55-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	757 THIRD AVENUE 3RD FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100172013	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	132654926	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% STEVEN BAGINSKI CFO	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	NATU	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2127272700	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	40 West 20th Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10011	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVE BAGINSKI	PersonNm
Person Title	cfo	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2127272700	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Scott Thompsett	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00741490	PTIN
Phone	2125990100	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-02	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Rhea Suh President	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	40 WEST 20TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10011	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$262,631,727	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.nrdc.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1970	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	NRDC WORKS TO SAFEGUARD THE EARTH - ITS people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which ALL life depends.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	37	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	35	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	662	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$210,094	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$127,497,252	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$161,593,821	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,089,789	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$9,255,127	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$380,773	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$5,732,025	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$841,447	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$548,191	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$129,809,261	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$177,129,164	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,927,829	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$5,539,610	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$66,697,751	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$67,175,137	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$930,163	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$246,991	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$12,363,326	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$60,879,746	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$55,811,170	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$133,435,489	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$128,772,908	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,626,228	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$48,356,256	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$301,297,674	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$366,746,425	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$64,771,046	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$60,522,510	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$236,526,628	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$306,223,915	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The Natural Resources Defense Councils purpose is to solve humanitys most pressing environmental challenges. We craft, enact, and enforce policies and law by working through government and the courts. We aim to influence individuals and corporations that drive cultural, market, and behavioral change. We safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - and to defend endangered natural places and communities. We will establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. We strive to protect nature to advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations and for its intrinsic value. We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$105,789,972	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$5,539,610	GrantAmt
Revenue	$9,255,127	RevenueAmt
Desc	See Schedule O for a detailed description of NRDC's various environmental programs.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$105,789,972	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	Yes (true)	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	458	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	662	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	CH	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	37	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	35	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN BAGINSKI CFO	PersonNm
Phone	2127272700	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	40 WEST 20TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10011	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (56 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
John H Adams
Trustee	20.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$160,417	$0	$23,650
Anne Slaughter Andrew
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard E Ayres
Trustee	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Patricia Bauman
Trustee	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Anita Bekenstein
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Claire Bernard
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Anna Scott Carter
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Sarah Cogan
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Laurie David
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Leonardo DiCaprio
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Echohawk
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Arjun Gupta
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Alan Horn
Vice Chair	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Victor Hymes
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Nicole E Lederer
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Shelly Malkin
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Josephine A Merck
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kelly Chapman Meyer
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Moran
Trustee/Treasurer	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Peter Morton
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Wendy Neu
Vice Chair	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Frederica P Perera
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert Redford
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Laurance Rockefeller
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas Roush
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William H Schlesinger
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Wendy Schmidt
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Frederick A O Schwarz Jr
Chair Emeritus/Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Max Stone
Vice Chair	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
James Taylor
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Daniel R Tishman
Chairman	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Gerald Torres
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Vladeck
Trustee/V Chair(as of 12/2016)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
David Welch
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kathleen Welch
Trustee	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Eric Wepsic
Trustee	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
George Woodwell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Maripat Alpuche
Secretary	1.0	1.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Lauren Sullivan
Assistant Secretary	1.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Steven Baginski
Chief Financial Officer	40.0	1.0		$295,216	$0	$17,413	Yes (X)
Mitchell Bernard
COO (Until 4/17)	40.0	1.0		$311,149	$0	$70,793	Yes (X)
Rhea Suh
President	40.0	1.0		$497,907	$0	$36,751	Yes (X)
Andrew Jackson as of 42017
chief administrative officer	40.0	1.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Anders Yang as of 72016
Chief development officer	40.0	0.0		$83,145	$0	$5,021	Yes (X)
MICHELLE EGAN
Chief Communications OFFICER	40.0	0.0		$173,350	$0	$31,407		Yes (X)
Lisa Benenson thru 82016
Chief Communications Director	40.0	0.0		$207,313	$0	$26,862		Yes (X)
Dale Bryk
CHIEF PLANNING & INTEG. OFC	40.0	0.0		$218,975	$0	$51,739		Yes (X)
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
chief program officer	40.0	0.0		$219,756	$0	$51,061		Yes (X)
Mercedes Falber
Chief human Resources officer	40.0	0.0		$200,091	$0	$39,197		Yes (X)
David Goldston
Director of Government Affairs	40.0	0.0		$226,272	$0	$21,588			Yes (X)
David Hawkins
Senior Attorney III	40.0	0.0		$230,322	$0	$183,785			Yes (X)
Joel Reynolds
Western Director & Sr Attorney	40.0	0.0		$232,690	$0	$57,979			Yes (X)
MIMOSE ELIE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IT OPERATIONS	40.0	0.0		$253,088	$0	$27,349			Yes (X)
LINDA GREER
SENIOR SCIENTIST III	40.0	0.0		$360,524	$0	$48,049			Yes (X)
John Murray
Former Director of Development	5.0	0.0		$298,955	$0	$7,503				Yes (X)
Ashok Gupta
Former Key Employee	40.0	0.0		$218,626	$0	$60,969				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$4,187,796	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$761,116	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	179	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
DEVINE MULVEY INC
1436 U STREET NW - STE 401	WASHINGTON	DC	20009	ADVERTISING	$2,539,027
THOMPSON MAILING
21 NAUS WAY	BLOOMSBURG	PA	17815	MAILING SERVICES	$2,068,565
MARCUM TECHNOLOGY LLC
10 MELVILLE PARK ROAD	MELVILLE	NY	11747	TECHNOLOGY SERVICES	$1,466,859
ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC
815 SECOND AVENUE 9TH FL	NEW YORK	NY	10017	PUBLIC RELATIONS	$1,296,130
PRINCETON SOUTH INC
200 LUDLOW DRIVE BLDG E	EWING	NJ	08638	MAILING SERVICES	$1,192,461

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	92	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$127,345	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$42,745,826	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$2,606,144	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$412,375	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$115,702,131	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,177,655	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$161,593,821	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
COURT AWARDED FEES	900099	$9,247,509	$9,247,509
BOOK INCOME (ON EARTH)	900099	$7,618	$7,618

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$9,255,127	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,034,434	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$131,861	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,902,573	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$723,646	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$723,646	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$723,646	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$78,233	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$645,413	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$88,765,174	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$85,067,583	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,697,591	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,697,591	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,697,591	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$153,610	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$2,606,144	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$434,980	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$281,370	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$281,370	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
MAIL LIST RENTAL	900099	$104,689	$104,689
HONORARIA	900099	$850	$850
RETAIL SALES	900099	$376	$376

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$105,915	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$177,129,164	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$9,255,127	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$210,094	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$6,070,122	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,080,633	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,080,633	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,458,977	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,458,977	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,693,247	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,674,027	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$762,929	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$256,291	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,499,616	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,605,047	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,976,409	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,918,160	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,354,661	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,351,236	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$578,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$425,373	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,127,257	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,060,753	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$583,361	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$483,143	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,500,356	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,844,415	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$377,874	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$278,067	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$638,272	TotalAmt
Program Services	$518,665	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$68,903	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$50,704	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,356,741	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,102,498	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$146,464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$107,779	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$247,877	TotalAmt
Program Services	$201,427	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,759	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,691	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$76,487	TotalAmt
Program Services	$68,230	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,257	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$246,991	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$246,991	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,566,577	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,273,012	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$169,117	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$124,448	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,274,180	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,356,244	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$467,660	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$450,276	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,956,510	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,098,378	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$54,285	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$803,847	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,653,017	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,885,725	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$377,276	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,390,016	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$745,403	TotalAmt
Program Services	$601,234	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$88,633	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,536	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,214,904	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,059,451	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$663,436	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$492,017	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,133,718	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,767,770	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$322,740	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$43,208	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,020,005	TotalAmt
Program Services	$775,968	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$161,843	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$82,194	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,174,409	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,579,923	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$342,471	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$252,015	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$353,009	TotalAmt
Program Services	$286,858	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,108	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,043	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
LIST RENTALS	$840,788	$525,887	$314,901
TEMPORARY CLERICAL	$472,310	$155,492	$80,234	$236,584
RECRUITING EXPENSE	$117,525	$51,129	$56,635	$9,761
STORAGE FEES	$114,623	$92,529	$9,046	$13,048

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$854,815	TotalAmt
Program Services	$314,464	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$145,640	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$394,711	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$128,772,908	TotalAmt
Program Services	$105,789,972	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,619,610	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,363,326	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,918,899	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,794,739	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$3,124,160	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,030,576	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,787,305	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,568,510	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,204,697	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,068,067	BOYAmt
EOY	$164,615	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,970,394	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,632,543	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$60,235,970	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$25,224,401	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,925,069	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,011,569	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$110,627,508	BOYAmt
EOY	$179,595,596	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$105,107,550	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,350,100	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$301,297,674	BOYAmt
EOY	$366,746,425	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,767,803	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,919,092	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,375,682	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,082,695	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,353,873	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,644,453	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,273,688	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,876,270	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$64,771,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,522,510	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$154,393,848	BOYAmt
EOY	$211,453,889	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,029,479	BOYAmt
EOY	$75,666,725	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,103,301	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,103,301	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$236,526,628	BOYAmt
EOY	$306,223,915	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$301,297,674	BOYAmt
EOY	$366,746,425	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$48,356,256	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$17,114,965	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$4,226,066	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$110,866,444	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$116,474,388	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$134,361,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$127,497,252	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$161,593,821	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$650,793,692	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$110,866,444	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$116,474,388	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$134,361,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$127,497,252	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$161,593,821	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$650,793,692	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$59,695,168	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$591,098,524	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,665,731	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,253,331	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,384,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,028,753	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,547,986	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15,880,293	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$29,288	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$17,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$24,536	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$78,003	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$78,233	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$227,320	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$627,920	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$475,356	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$357,842	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$250,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$259,525	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,970,903	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$668,872,208	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$13,302,165	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.88372	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.88727	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$177,589	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$725,826	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$903,415	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$127,869,493	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$128,772,908	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$840,540	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$979,448	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$813,962	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$903,415	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$3,537,365	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$144,066	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$241,994	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$149,611	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$177,589	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$713,260	TotalAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule C, Part II-A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	On Form 990, Part IX, Line 11d, NRDC reports $76,487 in lobbying expenses, which represents amounts paid to lobbying consultants. These fees represent only a portion of the lobbying expenditures NRDC reports on Schedule C, Part II-A. Employee time that is directed toward lobbying initiatives (and categorized as lobbying expenditures on Schedule C) has been reported on Part IX in lines 5, 7, 8, 9, & 10 rather than on line 11d.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$155,645,646	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,858,169	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$20,388,782	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,792,401	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,374,449	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$180,725,747	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$153,068,276	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$8,759,097	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$514,555	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,288,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,408,282	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$155,645,646	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$147,155,091	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,885,168	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,612,797	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,111,524	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,473,256	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$153,068,276	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$128,985,641	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,426,811	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$18,880,522	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,605,988	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,531,894	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$147,155,092	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$117,964,925	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,207,546	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$12,339,658	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,057,075	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,469,413	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$128,985,641	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.83920	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.10570	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.05510	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Land		LandGrp

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$46,337,424	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$18,556,524	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$27,780,900	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,107,042	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$531,172	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$575,870	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$12,055,495	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,136,705	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,918,790	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$736,009	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$0	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$736,009	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$35,011,569	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
HEDGE FUNDS	$34,194,918	F
PRIVATE EQUITIES	$2,202,053	F
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS	$39,827	F
INT. IN SPLIT INT. AGREEMENTS	$19,913,302	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$56,350,100	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES	$12,476,733
POOLED INCOME FUNDS	$417,507
DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN OBLIGATION	$10,982,030

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$23,876,270	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$197,338,328	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$17,114,965	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$4,225,793	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$21,340,758	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$175,997,570	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,566,574	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$434,980	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,131,594	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$177,129,164	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$131,867,107	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$4,225,793	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,225,793	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$127,641,314	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,566,574	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	-$434,980	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,131,594	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$128,772,908	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
ENDOWMENT FUNDS	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4 NRDC's endowment fund is intended to support its environmental and conservation programs (specifically, those described in detail in Part III to the Form 990). The trustees have adopted a spending policy that allows for up to 5% of the average fair value of quasi-endowment and permanent endowment funds to be used in support of operations on an annual basis. NRDC's endowment consists of 55 individual funds (26 permanently restricted, 15 temporarily restricted and 14 quasi-endowments) and is an aggregation of gifts provided by donors with the requirement they be held in perpetuity to generate earnings now and in future years to support a variety of purposes, including funding its program and administrative operating costs. It also includes funds designated by NRDC's board of trustees to function as an endowment (quasi endowment). Net assets associated with endowment funds, including funds designated by NRDC's board of trustees to function as endowments, are classified and reported based on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. Form 990, Schedule D, Part VII, Line 3 In fiscal 2017, NRDC has liquidated its holdings in Blackrock and transferred the funds to Goldman Sachs.
INCOME TAXES	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART X NRDC follows guidance that clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, including issues relating to financial statement recognition and measurement. This guidance provides that the tax effects from an uncertain tax position can only be recognized in the consolidated financial statements if the position is "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. The assessment of the tax position is based solely on the technical merits of the position, without regard to the likelihood that the tax position may be challenged. NRDC has processes presently in place to ensure the maintenance of its tax-exempt status; to identify and report unrelated income; determine its filing and tax obligations in jurisdictions for which it has nexus; and to review other matters that may be considered uncertain tax positions. This standard had no impact on NRDCs 2017 and 2016 consolidated financial statements. NRDC does not believe its 2017 and 2016 consolidated financial statements include any material uncertain tax positions.
Form 990, schedule d, parts xi and xii	NRDC does not receive standalone financial statements; its operations are consolidated with two affiliated organizations, the NRDC Action Fund and NRDC limited. The Parts XI and XII reconciliation on Schedule D tie back to NRDC's financial information within the audited financial statements and not to the consolidated numbers. Form 990, schedule D, part XI, Line 4b special event expenses allocated against special event revenue on part VIII ($434,980)
EXPENSE ON BOOKS NOT ON RETURN	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 4b special event expenses allocated against special event revenue on part VIII ($434,980)

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (13 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	1	32	Program Services	CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCACY	$3,401,688
South Asia			Program Services	CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCACY	$251,781
South America			Program Services	CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCACY	$87,981
North America		2	Program Services	ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY	$364,602
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)			Program Services	ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY	$192,752
Central America and the Caribbean			Program Services	ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY	$5,019
Central America and the Caribbean			Investments		$28,209,129
East Asia and the Pacific			Grantmaking		$1,965,374
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)			Grantmaking		$108,356
North America			Grantmaking		$114,250
South America			Grantmaking		$54,398
South Asia			Grantmaking		$190,500
Sub-Saharan Africa			Grantmaking		$26,100

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	34	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	34	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$34,971,930	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$34,971,930	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (41 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$182,185	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$160,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$70,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$65,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$80,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$21,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$30,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$70,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$21,583	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$14,180	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$80,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$49,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$95,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$112,955	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$13,476	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$100,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$160,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$20,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$100,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$5,372	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$7,658	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$60,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$5,295	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$70,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$80,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$43,742	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$7,927	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$21,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$50,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$90,000	WIRE
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy	$80,000	WIRE
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Biogems Advocacy	$43,524	WIRE
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Biogems Advocacy	$64,832	WIRE
North America	Biogems Advocacy	$114,250	WIRE
South America	Clean Energy	$54,398	WIRE
South Asia	Clean Energy	$31,500	WIRE
South Asia	Clean Energy	$34,000	WIRE
South Asia	Clean Energy	$25,000	WIRE
South Asia	Clean Energy	$45,000	WIRE
South Asia	Clean Energy	$55,000	WIRE
Sub-Saharan Africa	Envir. Advocacy	$26,100	WIRE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	41	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (true)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 NRDC monitors all expenditures to ensure that amounts are used properly. Outside of salaries and benefits (U.S. Headquarters processes directly), NRDC used the below process to review and monitor discretionary expenditures such as travel and consulting. Program assistants in China verify all invoices to ensure accuracy. All invoices are then reviewed and signed off by the direct supervisor of the requestor (either project leader/ project manager). Next, the Director and Deputy Director of China Program review and approve large items of expenditure. Finally, all invoices and approval forms are forwarded to the U.S. Headquarters' Accounting Department for final review.

Schedule F, Part IV

The Natural Resources Defense Council invests DIRECTLY IN VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS THAT MAY BE ORGANIZED AS EITHER FOREIGN CORPORATIONS OR FOREIGN PARTNERSHIPS; IT LIKEWISE, INVESTS IN DOMESTIC LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAY, IN TURN, INVEST IN FOREIGN CORPORATIONS OR PARTNERSHIPS. NEVERTHELESS, NRDC's INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES MAY NOT REACH THE THRESHOLDS REQUIRED FOR THE FILING OF FORMS 926, 5471, 8621, OR 8865. TO THE EXTENT THAT NRDC IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONE (OR MORE) OF THESE FOREIGN FORMS, they are FILED WITH THE FORM 990-T FILING.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (6 entries)

ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
DONOR SERVICES
TELEMRKTNG	false	$46,791	$13,803	$32,988
TELEFUND Inc
TELEMRKTNG	false	$11,994	$2,007	$9,987
O'Brien Garret
fundraising consultant	false		$147,859	-$147,859
YOUR VOICE MEDIA
TELEMRKTNG	false	$3,481		$3,481
SD A Teleservices Inc
TELEMRKTNG	false	$5,228		$5,228
STEPHEN MILLS
FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT	false		$83,322	-$83,322

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$67,494	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$246,991	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	-$179,497	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	NY COMEDY BEN.	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,426,949	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$1,312,499	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$114,450	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$161,433	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$26,478	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	LA COMEDY EVnT	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$1,308,565	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$1,279,195	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$29,370	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$111,823	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$115,894	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$24,240	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$14,450	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$9,790	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$19,352	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$2,759,754	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$2,606,144	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$153,610	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$273,256	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$161,724	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$434,980	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$281,370	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule G, Part 1, Fundraisers	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Fundraiser O'Brien Garret and Stephen Mills do not specifically raise funds for Natural Resources Defense Council. Both vendors provide various consulting services in conjunction with NRDC's fundraising endeavors. Quantifying the portion of these services that represent true fundraising services (per the Form 990 definition) is not feasible, nor can NRDC determine an accurate allocation of revenues raised by each vendor for reporting on the Form 990, Schedule G, Part I.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (56 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
American Wind Wildlife Institute
1110 VT Ave NW	Washington	DC	200053544	261587829	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
Animal Welfare Institute
900 PA Ave SE	Washington	DC	20003	135655952	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Blue Green Alliance Foundation
1300 Godward St NE	Minneapolis	MN	55413	203477309	501(c)(3)	$110,000	Env. Advocacy
Bus Alliance for Prot the Atlantic Coast
1717 Gervais Street	Columbia	SC	29201	820739706	501(c)(6)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
California League Of Conservation
350 Frank H Ogawa Pl	Oakland	CA	94612	943232552	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Center For Biological Diversity
PO Box 710	Tucson	AZ	85702	273943866	501(c)(3)	$65,032	Env. Advocacy
Center for Energy and Environment
212 Third Avenue N	Minneapolis	MN	55401	411647799	501(c)(3)	$77,500	Env. Advocacy
City of Des Moines
400 Robert D Ray Dr	Des Moines	IA	50309	426004514	Gov't	$59,000	Env. Advocacy
City of Providence
797 Westminster St	Providence	RI	02903	056000329	Gov't	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
City of Reno
1 East First St 12th Fl	Reno	NV	89505	886000201	Gov't	$58,000	Env. Advocacy
City of San Jose
200 E Santa Clara St	San Jose	CA	95113	946000419	Gov't	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
Conservation Colorado Education Fund
1536 Wynkoop St	Denver	CO	80202	840614285	501(c)(3)	$45,350	Env. Advocacy
Conservation Law Foundation
62 Summer Street	Boston	MA	021101016	046149986	501(c)(3)	$24,000	Env. Advocacy
Division of Homeland Ministries
110 Maryland Avenue	Washington	DC	20002	351290911	501(c)(3)	$10,500	Env. Advocacy
Earthjustice
633 17th St	Denver	CO	802022536	941730465	501(c)(3)	$23,000	Env. Advocacy
Elevate Energy
322 S Green St	Chicago	IL	60607	364443093	501(c)(3)	$35,000	Env. Advocacy
Energy Action Coalition
1875 CT Ave NW	Washington	DC	20009	455616367	501(c)(3)	$7,000	Env. Advocacy
Faith in Place
70 E Lake St	Chicago	IL	60601	364540756	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Green Latinos
801 Pennsylvania Ave	Washington	DC	20004	263386082	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
Green Light New York Inc
31 Chambers St	New York	NY	10007	271274041	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
GreenFaith Inc
101 S Third Avenue	Highland Park	NJ	08904	223452273	501(c)(3)	$100,000	Env. Advocacy
Illinois Environmental Council Edu
230 Broadway	Springfield	IL	62701	510211835	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Interwest Energy Alliance
PO Box 8526	Santa Fe	NM	87504	542084551	501(c)(6)	$25,000	Env. Advocacy
League Of Conservation Voters Education Fund
1920 L Street NW	Washington	DC	20036	521379661	501(c)(3)	$17,500	Env. Advocacy
Low Income Investment Fund
100 Pine Street	San Francisco	CA	94111	942952578	501(c)(3)	$640,940	Env. Advocacy
LSA Family Health Service Inc
333 East 115th Street	New York	NY	10029	132867881	501(c)(3)	$12,500	Env. Advocacy
Maine People'S Alliance
565 Congress Street	Portland	ME	04101	010383493	501(c)(3)	$45,500	Env. Advocacy
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
1710 E Indian Sch Rd	Phoenix	AZ	85016	200182824	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
National Audubon Society Inc
225 Varick St 7th Fl	New York	NY	10014	131624102	501(c)(3)	$30,000	Env. Advocacy
Ntl Religious Partnership for the Envir
110 Maryland Ave	Washington	DC	20002	136996770	501(c)(3)	$34,000	Env. Advocacy
Ntl Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc
4301 Wilson Blvd	Arlington	VA	22201	530116145	501(c)(6)	$37,500	Env. Advocacy
New Venture Fund
1201 Connecticut Ave	Washington	DC	20036	205806345	501(c)(3)	$32,000	Env. Advocacy
NY League Of Conservation Voters
30 Broad Street	New York	NY	10004	133727122	501(c)(3)	$7,500	Env. Advocacy
NextGen Climate America Inc
111 Sutter Street	San Francisco	CA	94104	462525580	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
NW Energy Coalition
811 1st Avenue	Seattle	WA	98104	911144122	501(c)(3)	$60,000	Env. Advocacy
NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
166A 22nd Street	Brooklyn	NY	11232	133779250	501(c)(3)	$6,000	Env. Advocacy
Ocean Conservancy
1300 19th Street NW	Washington	DC	20036	237245152	501(c)(3)	$9,292	Env. Advocacy
Oregon Environmental Council
222 NW Davis Street	Portland	OR	972093900	930578714	501(c)(3)	$65,000	Env. Advocacy
Partnership Project Inc
PO Box 65826	Washington	DC	20035	522192070	501(c)(3)	$520,500	Env. Advocacy
Power Shift Network
1875 Connecticut Ave	Washington	DC	20009	455616367	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Princeton in Asia
194 Nassau Street	Princeton	NJ	08544	136163215	501(c)(3)	$45,930	Env. Advocacy
Renewable Northwest Project
421 SW 6th Avenue	Portland	OR	97204	911815618	501(c)(3)	$27,000	Env. Advocacy
Riverkeeper Inc
20 Secor Road	Ossining	NY	10562	133204621	501(c)(3)	$32,500	Env. Advocacy
Sea Research Foundation Inc
55 Coogan Blvd	Mystic	CT	06355	061480300	501(c)(3)	$29,090	Env. Advocacy
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs
23532 Calabasas Rd	Calabasas	CA	91302	954116679	501(c)(3)	$142,500	Env. Advocacy
Sustainable Silicon Valley
1793 Lafayette Street	Santa Clara	CA	95050	562464045	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
The Gathering for Justice
310 W 43rd Street	New York	NY	10036	472966777	501(c)(3)	$150,000	Env. Advocacy
The Keystone Policy Center
1628 Sts John Road	Keystone	CO	80435	840688506	501(c)(3)	$13,000	Env. Advocacy
The Ocean Foundation
1320 19th Street NW	Washington	DC	20036	710863908	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
The Solar Foundation
1717 Penn Ave NW	Washington	DC	20006	521089260	501(c)(3)	$7,500	Env. Advocacy
US Global Leadership Campaign
1129 20th Street NW	Washington	DC	20036	522024493	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc
2030 Q Street NW	Washington	DC	20009	521938443	501(c)(3)	$51,000	Env. Advocacy
Virginia Poverty Law Center
919 E Main Street	Richmond	MD	23219	541093402	501(c)(3)	$16,000	Env. Advocacy
WildAid Inc
333 Pine Street	San Francisco	CA	94104	203644441	501(c)(3)	$43,500	Env. Advocacy
Yale University
Po Box 202137	New Haven	CT	06520	060646973	501(c)(3)	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
CATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER
PO BOX 1000	LIVINGSTON MANOR	NY	12758	510583769	501(C)(3)	$10,000	env. advocacy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	53	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	3	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Form 990, Schedule I, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	In fiscal year 2017, NRDC provided various grants to government entities, public charities (and other tax-exempt organizations) to support environmental initiatives. NRDC only provides funding to organizations that have an environmental mission that aligns with NRDC's own mission. Grantees are expected to provide NRDC with periodic status reports about their environmental projects.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
John H Adams
Trustee	$160,417	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$23,650	$0	$184,067	$0	$0	$0
MICHELLE EGAN
Chief Communications OFFICER	$173,350	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,206	$0	$18,201	$0	$204,757	$0	$0	$0
Steven Baginski
Chief Financial Officer	$295,216	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$729	$0	$16,684	$0	$312,629	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Benenson thru 82016
Chief Communications Director	$180,754	$0	$0	$0	$26,559	$0	$14,728	$0	$12,134	$0	$234,175	$0	$0	$0
Mitchell Bernard
COO (Until 4/17)	$311,149	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$52,592	$0	$18,201	$0	$381,942	$0	$0	$0
Dale Bryk
CHIEF PLANNING & INTEG. OFC	$218,975	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$33,538	$0	$18,201	$0	$270,714	$0	$0	$0
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
chief program officer	$219,756	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$32,899	$0	$18,162	$0	$270,817	$0	$0	$0
David Goldston
Director of Government Affairs	$226,272	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$20,196	$0	$1,392	$0	$247,860	$0	$0	$0
David Hawkins
Senior Attorney III	$230,322	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$166,760	$0	$17,025	$0	$414,107	$0	$0	$0
John Murray
Former Director of Development	$36,334	$0	$209,025	$0	$53,596	$0	$7,503	$0	$0	$0	$306,458	$0	$0	$0
Joel Reynolds
Western Director & Sr Attorney	$232,690	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$39,817	$0	$18,162	$0	$290,669	$0	$0	$0
Rhea Suh
President	$497,907	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,550	$0	$18,201	$0	$534,658	$0	$0	$0
Ashok Gupta
Former Key Employee	$218,626	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$42,807	$0	$18,162	$0	$279,595	$0	$0	$0
Mercedes Falber
Chief human Resources officer	$200,091	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$30,338	$0	$8,859	$0	$239,288	$0	$0	$0
MIMOSE ELIE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IT OPERATIONS	$116,542	$0	$0	$0	$136,546	$0	$12,878	$0	$14,471	$0	$280,437	$0	$0	$0
LINDA GREER
SENIOR SCIENTIST III	$360,524	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$29,502	$0	$18,547	$0	$408,573	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	COMPENSATION INFORMATION	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	SCHEDULE J PART I, LINE 1 NRDC's policy is to reimburse its employees, officers and trustees for all business-related expenses, such as telephone, fax and travel related expenses. In fiscal year 2017, NRDC also provided companion travel for one individual reported on part VII - John Adams. In addition, NRDC reimbursed Trustee John Adams for social club dues. To the extent Mr. Adams uses the social club for business purposes, he is reimbursed for the social club expense. Part I, Line 4a Mimose Elie received a severance payment in calendary year 2016; this amount is included in schedule J, part II, column B(III). Part II, Compensation Reporting of Trustee, Mr. John H Adams COLUMN B(I): BASE COMPENSATION ------------------------------ AFTER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF COMMITTED SERVICE AS NRDC'S FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, JOHN ADAMS RETIRED ON APRIL 1, 2006. JOHN IS A PART-TIME CONSULTANT FOR NRDC AND RECEIVED $160,417 FOR THESE SERVICES IN CALENDAR YEAR 2016. COLUMN D: NONTAXABLE BENEFITS ----------------------------- AS PART OF A RETIREMENT AGREEMENT, NRDC PROVIDED Mr. JOHN ADAMS WITH MEDICAL AND DENTAL BENEFITS AND A LONG TERM CARE PLAN. THE VALUES OF THESE BENEFITS ARE: MEDICAL $21,120 Dental REIMBURSEMENT $2,530 Form 990, Schedule J Compensation Various individuals reported on the NRDC Form 990 provide services to an affiliated organization, the NRDC Action Fund. On Part VII and Schedule J, all compensation is being reported as having been paid by NRDC; however, a portion of the individuals' compensation is reimbursed by the Action Fund based on services rendered to that organization. In the interest of clarity, NRDC is disclosing the following salary and benefits amounts as having been reimbursed by the NRDC Action Fund: Salary Benefits Anders Yang $231 $67 Ashook Gupta $77 $22 Dale Bryk $240 $67 David Hawkins $41 $12 David Goldston $26,281 $7,430 Joel Reynolds $488 $137 Lisa Benenson $5,061 $1,400 Mercedes Falber $72 $21 Michelle Egan $955 $277 Mitchell Bernard $2,099 $584 Rhea Suh $24,242 $6,876 Steven Baginski $401 $112 Susan Casey-Lefkowitz $2,166 $625	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NEW YORK CITY CAPITAL RESOURCE CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	204099098	BondIssuerEIN
CUSIP	649437AD2	CUSIPNum
Bond Issued	2008-01-24	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$12,730,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	REFINANCING AND RENOVATION	PurposeDesc
Defeased	false	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	false	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Retired	$2,647,305	RetiredAmt
Bond Defeased	$0	BondDefeasedAmt
Total Proceeds	$12,760,914	TotalProceedsAmt
In Reserve Fund	$0	InReserveFundAmt
Capitalized Interest	$0	CapitalizedInterestAmt
Refunding Escrow	$0	RefundingEscrowAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$360,472	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Credit Enhancement	$30,000	CreditEnhancementAmt
Working Capital Expenditures	$0	WorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt
Capital Expenditures	$12,369,528	CapitalExpendituresAmt
Other Spent Proceeds	$0	OtherSpentProceedsAmt
Unspent	$0	UnspentAmt
Substantial Completion	2011	SubstantialCompletionYr
Current Refunding	false	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	false	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	false	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (true)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	Yes (true)	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	false	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	false	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Private Bus Use By Others	0.00910	PrivateBusUseByOthersPct
Private Bus Concerning UBI	0.00910	PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use	0.01820	TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	false	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	false	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Remedial Action Taken	false	RemedialActionTakenInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	false	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	false	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	false	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	Yes (true)	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (true)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	false	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd

Hedge Provider Name HedgeProviderName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	0	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd

GIC Provider Name GICProviderName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	0	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Proceeds Invested	Yes (true)	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	false	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	Yes (true)	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Arbitrage - Installment Arbitrage Rebate Report

Part II - Gross Proceeds Included within the gross proceeds amount reported in part II is $30,914 of interest earned on the bond proceeds before they were expended. Part IV - Arbitrage The Natural Resorces Defense Council, Inc. had an installment arbitrage rebate report completed for the period ending January 15th, 2013 that calculated a negative rebate and yield restriction amount. As of the date of the filing of this Form 990, all of the bond proceeds were spent and no additional investment activity occurred.

Private Business Use

Form 990, Schedule K, Line 7 NRDC has not undertaken the complex calculations necessary to determine whether it has met the private security or payment test. Policies & Procedures NRDC has not formally adopted any written procedures to monitor its bond compliance; however, the organization's management monitors the bonds routinely to ensure compliance with all federal requirements.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Wendy Neu	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Board of Trustees Member	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$462,858	TransactionAmt
Transaction	See Part V	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Form 990, Schedule L, Part IV	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Board of Trustees member, Wendy Neu, has an ownership interest in a building in which NRDC leases space. The annual rent under the lease agreement is $462,858 per year. The aforementioned transaction was entered into by both parties at arm's length and the lease terms are determined by utilizing current market rates.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArtGrp
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	518	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,164,041	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp
Food Inventory		FoodInventoryGrp
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Misc. Donated Items	Desc
Contribution	49	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$13,614	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule M, Line 32(a)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	To the extent that the organization receives contributions of stock, the organization uses its investment broker to convert those stocks into cash.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (25 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
GOVERNING BODY AND MANAGEMENT	Part VI, Line 1B - The NRDC Board of Trustees is comprised of 35 independent voting Board Members. Board of Trustees member John Adams is not independent by virtue of receiving compensation from the organization. Board of Trustees Member Wendy Neu is not independent because of the relationship disclosed on Schedule L of the Form 990. Part VI, LINE 2 - Board of Trustees Members, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. and Frederica Perera, have a family relationship. Board of Trustees Member, Sarah Cogan and officers Maripat Alpuche and Lauren SULLIVAN, have a business relationship. Board of Trustees Members, Wendy Neu AND Josephine Merck have a business relationship. Board of Trustees member, Eric Wepsic and Board of Trustees member/Vice Chair, Max Stone, have a business relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Lines 7a & B Line 7A - NRDC's members are entitled, as part of their membership, to elect individuals to the NRDC Board of Trustees. Line 7B - The NRDC Board of Trustees acts autonomously. Nevertheless, NRDC's members have certain approval rights pursuant to the New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, including, approval over any amendments to NRDC's certificate of incorporation.
990 REVIEW PROCESS	Form 990, part VI, section B, Line 11 The Form 990 was prepared by a nationally recognized accounting firm in conjunction with the organization's senior management. A copy of the Draft Form 990 was presented to the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees for discussion and comment. Once the Audit Committee approved the Form 990 for filing, a copy was circulated to the full Board of Trustees. Each Board Member was provided opportunity to comment on the information contained in the Form 990 prior to its filing with the Internal Revenue Service. conflict of interest policy enforcement and monitoring form 990, part VI, Section B, LINE 12 Each officer, trustee, and key employee of the organization is required to annually disclose any conflicts of interest that arise by virtue of employment, board service, or position with the organization. The organization monitors compliance with its conflict of interest policy through an annual questionnaire/disclosure statement that is distributed to these individuals. Potential conflicts are investigated immediately. Process for determining compensation form 990, part VI, section B, LINE 15a & 15b The organization undertakes a thorough process to ensure that the executive compensation it pays to its top management official and all of its officers and key employees is reasonable, given the market in which the organization operates. In relevant part, the Board of Trustees has established a Compensation Committee of independent trustees that have no personal interest in the proposed compensation. The Compensation committee contracts with a compensation consultant to complete a market assessment and competitive position analysis for the organization's top executives. The compensation consultant utilizes comparability and benchmarking surveys to ensure that the organization compensates its executives commensurate with the market. Based on its review of the analyses provided by the compensation consultant and other relevant information, the compensation committee makes recommendations to the executive committee of the board of trustees. Compensation decisions and reports are contemporaneously documented in the minutes of the meeting of the executive committee at which such decisions are made.
DISCLOSURE	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 The organization makes its Form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business. The Form 990 and audited financial statements are likewise published on NRDC's website at www.nrdc.org. The organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy may be provided at management's discretion, if requested. Form 990, Part XI Reconciliation of Net Assets Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances Change in Value of Interest Rate Swap Agreements $1,345,726 Change in Value of Split-Interest Agreements $1,000,271 Pension related activity other than net periodic expense $1,879,069 Total Other Changes in Net Assets $4,226,066
program service Accomplishments	part III, line 4 The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) combines the grassroots power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of more than 500 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild. NRDCs priorities are: - Curbing global warming and creating a clean energy future $48,921,510 - Reviving the worlds oceans $7,510,709 - Defending endangered wildlife and wild places $15,314,685 - Protecting public health by preventing pollution $13,711,513 - Ensuring safe and sufficient water $7,393,415 - Fostering sustainable communities $12,970,724 In the aftermath of the November 2016 elections, NRDC and our allies faced an era of unprecedented challeneges. As the administration moved forward with its polluter friendly agenda, we acted quickly to craft a strong plan to defend our bedrock environmental laws, as well as to hold the government and industry accountable to continue implementing those laws and regulations. We fought rollbacks in Congress, in the courts, and through organizing the power of our members and the public. Joining forces with a wide range of partners, we were able to make significant strides in defending, and in many cases advancing, protections for our air, water, and communities, as we shined a light on the importance of environmental safeguards. NRDC has also recently adopted a new strategic plan, which will bring more focus to our work in the years to come. Our strategic plan establishes an outline for change aimed at delivering bold results in the short term while driving transformational, enduring, and positive change long into the future. We will be aligning our work and objectives going forward around four critical strategic areas of focus: 1) Avert the most dangerous impacts of climate change, 2) advocate for the health of people and thriving communities, 3) conserve nature and protect wildlife, and 4) build a groundswell of people that give power and voice to our mission. With the scope and scale of modern environmental issues bringing special urgency to NRDC's work, these four focus areas - three that address the most pressing environmental issues of our time, and one that defines how we propel the solutions forward into the world - will focus our work for the future. urgency to NRDC's work, these four focus areas - three that address the most pressing environmental issues of our time, and one that defines how we propel the solutions forward into the world - will focus our work for the future.
Curbing Global Warming and creating a Clean Energy Future	NRDCs climate and clean energy efforts focus on helping to deliver an 80 percent reduction in U.S. carbon pollution from 1990 LEVELS BY 2050 - the level that scientists say is required to keep the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change. In 2017, as President Trump threatened to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, we worked with a range of partners in China, India, and around the world, as well as with U.S. states, regions, and cities, to scale up clean energy and efficiency and accelerate their commitments to climate action. Our climate and energy milestones included: - Following years of painstaking advocacy and negotiations by a wide range of NRDC staff, lawmakers in states from coast to coast passed or defended sweeping clean energy legislation and other measures that will accelerate the deployment of renewables and increase energy efficiency: * Californias governor signed historic legislation to establish North Americas most aggressive emissions reduction targets, requiring the state - the world's sixth largest economy - to reduce carbon pollution to at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Shortly after, New York committed to securing 50 percent of the states energy from renewable energy resources like solar and wind by 2030. The governor also announced a proposal to install more than 500 new electric vehicle chargers throughout the state and announced a deal to close the troubled and aging Indian Point nuclear power plant, while committing to replace it with clean energy and avoid any increases in emissions. * In the heartland, Illinois passed the Future Energy Jobs Act, a groundbreaking bill that will jumpstart energy efficiency and renewable energy growth after a long period of stagnation. Ohios governor vetoed legislation that would have extended a freeze on state energy efficiency and renewable energy mandates, citing economic concerns. Michigan enacted legislation to increase investment in energy efficiency and expand renewable energy. Colorado approved energy efficiency legislation with bipartisan support and committed to reducing statewide greenhouse emissions by more than 26 percent from 2005 levels by 2025. Nevada, with broad support, adopted a new law to increase energy efficiency that is expected to roughly double utility investment in energy efficiency by 2020. Virginia announced plans to develop a state climate cap-and-trade program, creating a path to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. - In an historic breakthrough for clean energy infrastructure, Americas first offshore wind project went online in the waters off Rhode Island, following more than a decade of steady work by a cross-institutional NRDC team to build support for the initiative and ensure the protection of endangered whales in the area. - Meanwhile, in a major development for our work to advance international climate action, the Paris Climate Agreement passed the threshold to trigger entry into force. More than 75 nations contributing more than 58 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions had formally joined the agreement. NRDC worked with policymakers in United States, India, China, Canada, Latin America, Europe and elsewhere to push for an unprecedented early entry into force. - Shortly after, NRDC staff participated in the U.N. climate summit in Marrakech to discuss the next stages of international progress on climate change and implementation of the Paris agreement. Despite threats from the newly elected Trump administration to withdraw from the agreement, countries around the world remained firm in their commitments. In the United States, Virginia and North Carolina joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, alongside more than a dozen other states, pledging to achieve the goals of the agreement. - In another major stride for our international climate work, countries from around the world came together to adopt an agreement to start phasing down the powerful climate-warming gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) through a legeally-binding amendment to the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer. The agreement followed decades of tenacious advocacy by NRDC. - Meanwhile, working closely with NRDC staff and other partners, the city of Ahmedabad in India released the fifth edition of its groundbreaking heat action plan. First launched in 2013, the action plan has prompted several other cities in India to adopt similar strategies to protect their citizens from extreme heat waves as climate change has driven temperatures higher across the country. - NRDCs staff in Beijing has carried out policy research in collaboration with over 20 Chinese partners to map out pathways for reducing Chinas coal consumption. Through the collaboration, we developed a comprehensive roadmap and policy package on establishing and implementing a binding national coal consumption cap. Encouragingly, Chinas coal consumption declined in the third consecutive year in 2017 and the governments five-year development plan (2016-2020) has adopted a mandatory cap on total coal consumption. - At the U.S. federal level, the Department of Energy announced in May that ceiling fan energy efficiency standards would become effective in September 2017. The previous month, NRDC had sued the agency over its delay of the standards without notice and comment. - The Department of Transportation promulgated a final rule that will require all regions and states to benchmark their carbon pollution from transportation, set targets to reduce their emissions, and report back regularly on progress towards meeting their targets. NRDC had first proposed the concept of a carbon performance standard nearly a year earlier, seeking to build on a model transportation and climate law we helped create in California. - In a call to action for lawmakers, a new NRDC report showed that Americas 56 million Latinos are especially vulnerable to the health threats posed by climate change due to limited access to healthcare and where they live and work. They stand to benefit greatly from concerted efforts to reduce carbon pollution. - In response to an NRDC lawsuit, a federal court struck down an Environmental Protection Agency attempt to suspend rules to limit methane leaks from more than 18,000 new wells and associated equipment in the oil and gas sector. The agency had announced it would issue a delay of leak detection and repair requirements despite pollution-related risks to thousands of people living near these facilities. - Despite the advances at the state, local and international levels, FY17 also saw federal climate and clean energy policies come under attack from the administration and congress, causing us to rally our litigators, advocates, members and activists. Throughout all of these attacks, NRDC stood strong, fighting to preserve important federal safeguards for our climate.
Reviving the World's Oceans	Oceans help feed the world, provide a living for multitudes, and sustain most of the life on the globe. NRDC is working to protect and restore our seas from rampant exploitation. Weve worked for decades to spotlight whats happening below the surface, to strengthen laws that allow overfished species to rebound and to advocate for the protection of coastal communities from offshore drilling. From the United Nations to regional fishery councils, we promote healthy oceans by advocating for international agreements that protect ocean biodiversity and measures that restore depleted fish populations. Healthy oceans support trillions of dollars in economic activity. NRDC made important progress this year on several key fronts: - Following years of advocacy by NRDC and our partners, the World Conservation Congress adopted two motions in September to protect oceans: one to advance conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, including the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs), in high seas areas that are beyond national jurisdiction, and another to support protection for 30 percent of the worlds oceans. MPAs can help safeguard the ocean from many human activities and are scientifically supported to conserve and enable recovery of species and habitats, and build ecosystem resilience to rapid environmental change. - The same month, President Obama established Americas first marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean, designating a 4,900 square-mile ocean area about 150 miles southeast of the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The monument area will be permanently off limits to offshore oil and gas drilling, commercial fishing, deep seabed mining and other forms of commercial exploitation. NRDC worked for years to map out the area proposed for protection and rally the support of a diverse coalition. - Mid-Atlantic states from New York to Virginia, along with federally recognized tribes, the regional fishery management council, and eight federal agencies together released a first-ever draft plan to coordinate sustainable use and conservation of the ocean along the Atlantic coast. The plan aims to improve governance among dozens of federal and state agencies with overlapping and sometimes conflicting responsibilities for addressing ocean development. - Meanwhile, New York released its own action plan, a blueprint for the states ocean protection and sustainable development efforts over the next 10 years. As part of a coalition of state and national environmental nonprofits, NRDC urged state agencies to join forces in developing the plan and provided multiple rounds of comments. The state also established a task force to respond to the impacts of ocean acidification. - In California, NRDC and our partners persuaded the states lands commission to reject a proposal to expand oil drilling in state waters off the coast of Santa Barbara. In a related milestone, the California Senate passed a resolutin with broad bipartisan support, stating unequivocal support for the current ban on new oil and gas drilling in federal waters offshore California. NRDC staff provided the first draft of the resolution and worked with key Senate staff to usher it through the legislative process. - At the same time, our oceans also came under increasing attacks from The Trump Administration and many in Congress who are pushing to undermine safeguards on our fisheries and oceans to allow unsustainable fisheries practices and offshore oil drilling along our coasts. NRDC is standing strong in court and through research and advocacy to keep safeguards for our oceans in place.
Defending Endangered Wildlife and Wild Places	NRDC protects wildlife and unspoiled lands from the threats of industrial development, commercial exploitation, pollution, and climate change. We partner with ranchers, farmers, clean energy companies, and the government to promote solutions that help wild predators coexist with livestock and people. We push for international agreements and domestic policies that shield elephants, rhinos, and other animals from being killed for trade. We also fight to keep reckless oil and gas drilling out of wild areas, from Utahs red rock country to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Several long-term efforts came to fruition this year with the protection of some of the worlds most fragile and embattled wildlife and wild places: - In an historic victory, President Obama announced in December 2016 that he would permanently remove most U.S. Arctic waters and huge portions of the U.S. Atlantic Ocean from oil and gas leasing. One of the last truly wild places on earth, the Arctic Ocean, is vital to a rich and diverse array of marine life, including salmon, pollack, and 96 other species of fish, as well as bowhead, beluga, and gray whales. NRDCs multifaceted advocacy in support of the decision included a policy report, based on state-of-the-art modeling, showing that an oil spill would spread throughout Arctic waters, jeopardizing vulnerable wildlife and iconic coasts. - Less than a week later, President Obama made conservation history again by designating Bears Ears - a massive swath of land in southeastern Utah - as a national monument and creating a tribal commission to help manage it. In a separate victory for Utahs extraordinary wildlands, a federal judge sided with NRDC and our partners and blocked drilling permits approved by the Bureau of Land Management in Desolation Canyon until the agency assesses the cumulative impacts of the project. - In a breakthrough in our efforts to protect pollinators, the rusty patched bumble bee - which has disappeared from almost 90 percent of its historic range over the past two decades - was added to the U.S. endangered species list. After legal pressure from NRDC compelled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose federal protection for this important pollinator, the Trump administration attempted to freeze the protections shortly after taking office. Facing another NRDC lawsuit and more than 130,000 messages from NRDC activists and others, the administration reversed course. - NRDC helped secure a number of big wins at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg. We helped lead the effort to ban the international commercial trade in pangolins, whose scales are used for medicine. We were instrumental in restricting the trade in thresher and silky sharks (fins) and mobula ray (gill plates), all of which have suffered steep declines due to unsustainable demand from Asian markets. We helped ensure passage of a hotly-debated resolution encouraging countries to ban their domestic ivory markets and one cracking down on trafficking in totoaba fish, which has also decimated vaquita dolphin populations. We also defeated proposals from several African countries to open up trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn. - In a related victory, China announced it would shut down its commercial ivory market, the largest in the world, by the end of 2017. Leading up to the move, NRDC staff met with Chinese government officials, sponsored publications on how to overcome legal barriers to an ivory ban, and supported motions and resolutions at global conservation conferences to show that other countries would follow Chinas lead. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it would keep the coastal California gnatcatcher on the threatened species list, despite a challenge from property developpers regarding the scientific basis for protecting the species. NRDC has worked for decades to protect the small insect-eating bird. - Siding with NRDC and our partners, a federal appeals court ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service illegally approved a permit authorizing the Navy to use its high-intensity long-range sonar in more than 70 percent of the worlds oceans. Designed for submarine detection over vast expanses of deep sea, the Navys powerful sonar systems have the capacity to injure and kill whales and other marine mammals. - In a major victory in our work to fight tar sands, the Canadian federal government rejected the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline that would have crossed British Columbia terminating at the Great Bear Rainforest. NRDC staff, members, and activists fought for many years to defeat this pipeline project and protect the Spirit Bear Coast. - The U.S. Department of the Interior released the landmark Wind and Solar Leasing Rule, originally proposed jointly by NRDC and the Wilderness Society five years earlier. The rule is designed to speed the responsible development of wind and solar projects on public lands by modernizing an antiquated permitting system and enshrining low-conflict development. - In a victory in our work to protect wildlands in Southern California, NRDC and a broad coalition of environmental groups achieved a successful settlement with the Transportation Corridor Agencies of Orange County to protect one of Californias most popular state parks, San Onofre State Beach, from a major toll road. - Also in Southern California, we helped prevent the development of the Gregory Canyon Landfill, a proposed 300-acre garbage dump on the banks of the San Luis Rey River in northern San Diego County. The Pala Tribe of Mission Indians and other Luiseno tribes had been battling the project for decades, supported by NRDC and a broad coalition of individuals and organizations in the region. - At the same time, the threats to our wild places and wildlife have never been more dire from the Trump Administration and many in Congress. NRDC is holding the line in the courts and through our research and advocacy to try to safeguard our monuments and other precious public lands and to protect bedrock environmental laws such as the "Endangered Species Act."
Protecting public health by preventing pollution	Getting rid of toxic chemicals in our environment - in the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the products we buy - can help protect the health of millions of people. When public agencies fail to protect consumers, workers, and children from dangerous chemicals, NRDC takes them to court. We build pressure on major food companies to adopt safer and more sustainable practices throughout their supply chain. We also team up with local communities to eliminate health dangers in their homes. Here are some key milestones from the year: - Following years of steady legal pressure from NRDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dangerous chemical triclosan in antibacterial hand soaps. Triclosan has been shown to alter hormone function and disrupt muscle function. The FDA had proposed a rule to ban the chemical nearly four decades ago, but never finalized it. - Under pressure from a multi-front campaign by NRDC, KFC announced it would phase out chicken raised with medically important antibiotics from its 4,200 U.S. restaurants by 2018 - a landmark victory in our efforts to protect public health. NRDC also helped secure a new law in Maryland to rein in the misuse and overuse of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals that are not sick. To advance the legislation, we led a coalition of stakeholders, engaged medical professionals, recruited the governors support, educated legislators, and drafted the model policy. - In response to an NRDC lawsuit, the Environmental Protection Agency reinstated a rule that will protect the public from more than five tons of mercury discharges each year from dental offices across the nation. Mercury can disrupt brain function and harm the nervous system, and is especially harmful to pregnant women, babies and young children, even at tiny levels of exposure. - A California agency added glyphosate - the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup and other herbicide products and a threat to both humans and monarch butterflies - to its public list of substances "known to the state to cause cancer." After Monsanto sued the agency to try to stop the listing, NRDC convened a coalition of environmental and labor groups to defend it. Monsanto lost in trial court, and the California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal denied the company's requests to stay the listing pending appeal. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture took action in December to help make expiration date labeling on eggs, meat and dairy products less confusing, and eliminate a key cause of consumer food waste in the U.S. The move came in the midst of a national public service campaign from NRDC and the Ad Council called "Save the Food" which is designed to combat consumer food waste. Meanwhile, a report co-released by NRDC provided a road map for the federal government to reduce food waste and combat hunger through federal policy. In a related milestone, the two major food industry retail and manufacturer associations announced voluntary guidelines to help make date labeling on food products less confusing. - Siding with NRDC and our partners, a federal appeals court in California revoked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys conditional approval of a nanosilver product used in a variety of household, office, plastic, and textile products as an antimicrobial agent. Nanosilver is known to be highly toxic to aquatic life and may be hazardous to humans. - In the wake of President Trumps announcement that he planned to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, a new NRDC report showed that worsening summer heatwaves could kill 14,000 Americans each year by mid-century, and as many as 30,000 a year by the end of the century, if the country does not fullfill its commitments under the global pact. - President Trump has also directed his agencies to undermine critical safeguards against toxic chemicals in food and household products, toxins that are especially dangerous for our children. Through litigation, research and advocacy, NRDC is working to hold the line of safeguards for our health.
Ensuring Safe and Sufficient Water	Water is one of the most critical natural resources when it comes to sustaining our communities, economies, and health. NRDC fights for a clean, safe, and sufficient water supply. We push the federal government to strengthen protections for drinking water, and we find ways for cities to keep pollution out of rivers and lakes. Our work also helps homes, buildings, farms, and power plants use water as efficiently as possible, so that there's plenty for all of us and for future generations. - In response to a lawsuit filed by NRDC and our local partners, the City of Flint and State of Michigan agreed in March to replace lead service lines and institute an effective lead-monitoring system for the city. Five months earlier, in response to legal action by NRDC and our partners, a federal district court in Detroit granted a preliminary injunction requiring city and state officials to provide door-to-door bottled water delivery to all Flint homes or verify that a faucet filter is properly installed and maintained in the home. For more than two years, unfiltered tap water in the city had been unsafe due to elevated lead levels. - In a separate milestone in our work to ensure safe drinking water, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law a bill requiring all elementary schools and daycare centers to test drinking water for lead. The law is the result of negotiations, led by Attorney General Lisa Madigan and variety of organizations including NRDC, which began in early 2016 when Chicago Public Schools began voluntarily testing school drinking water for lead and finding alarming results. - According to a groundbreaking report released by NRDC, 77 million people - roughly a quarter of U.S. population - spread across all 50 states were served by water systems reporting violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2015. The offenses ranged from arsenic to nitrate contamination, and included often serious failures to test or report contamination levels. A report on drinking water violations in Puerto Rico showed that virtually the entire population drew tap water in 2015 from water systems that violated federal rules set under the Safe Drinking Water Act. - Half of the drinking water in drought-prone Californias cities is used outdoors. In response, the state's water officials convened a panel in 2013 to recommend steps that would dramatically reduce outdoor water use. NRDC was the only environmental group invited to join and our staff helped draft many of its 19 recommendations. In September, one of the proposals - a measure requiring state landscape efficiency standards to be updated every three years and included in state building code - was signed into law. - In response to a barrage of federal-level rollbacks, the California Senate passed "Preserve California", a trio of bills aimed at protecting everything from water quality and endangered species to worker safety and whistleblowers. NRDC staff helped draft the legislation, including a bill that would make existing federal laws such as the "Clean Air"Clean Water" acts enforceable under California law. - The California State Water Resources Control Board voted to extend the emergency regulations which require water suppliers to enforce prohibited wasteful practices such as allowing irrigation runoff to flow to hardscapes, report water use monthly, and meet conservation targets established under a self-certification framework. NRDC worked with progressive water suppliers to ensure a high turn out to support the extension and managed to get many water suppliers to speak in support. - As part of our decades-long effort to restore California's San Joaquin River, the Bureau of Reclamation signed a Record of Decision to officially start a bypass project that would allow for fish passage around Mendota Dam. This marks an important step in allowing salmon once again to migrate up the river to spawn below Friant Dam. - In a victory for our work to reduce stormwater pollution in Los Angeles, a judge approved a settlement between NRDC, LA Waterkeeper, the County of Los Angeles, and the LA County Flood Control District. The settlement resolves a lawsuit originally filed in 2008 that held the county liable for more than 500 violations of its federal Clean Water Act permit. As part of the settlement, the county is funding $4 million in environmental improvements, including a Green Streets project in the historic community of Watts and residential retrofits across the county to capture stormwater. - The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing & Insurance released a package of discussion bills for reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program that included many of NRDCs legislative proposals. These proposals are widely supported and include a pilot program providing low and middle income owners of repeatedly flooded homes the ability to relocate with a guarantee of pre-flood value buyout, homeowner right-to-know provisions of flood damage history, and direction to FEMA to make more of their flood loss and zoning compliance data available. - The Trump Administration and many in Congress are working to undermine the Clean Water Rule. NRDC is fighting back to preserve this critical rule that helps protect our nations waters.
Fostering Sustainable Communities	More than 80 percent of Americans live in cities and nearby suburbs, and this number is growing rapidly. As our cities grow, NRDC works to make sure they become healthier, more sustainable places to live. Our lawyers go to court on behalf of communities seeking to defend themselves from polluters. We partner with communities to increase energy efficiency in their buildings and expand access to clean energy solutions and healthier food. We also help empower communities to find solutions that work, and then take the best ideas nationwide. - Through the Strong, Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC), NRDC joined forces with community members, local practitioners, policymakers, and investors across the country to help ensure that new investments in infrastructure, transit, housing, health, and climate resilience create communities where everyone can thrive. SPARCC leverages NRDCs urban solutions work while tapping into expertise from across our program areas, from food equity and green infrastructure to car sharing. The first recipients in SPARCC's three-year, $90 million initiative are Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis, and the San Francisco Bay area. - Mayors from 10 U.S. cities announced that they were joining the City Energy Project (CEP), a joint initiative between NRDC and the Institute for Market Transformation that aims to improve energy efficiency in buildings, the leading source of climate pollution in our urban centers - doubling the number of participants. Eleven of the 20 participating cities have enacted comprehensive energy efficiency policies for public and private buildings. * With strong support from CEP, Los Angeles passed one of the nations most ambitious building energy and water efficiency policies. * A second CEP site, Salt Lake City, passed a law aimed at cutting energy costs, improving local air quality, and reducing the citys carbon footprint, which is projected to save local building owners $15.8 million in annual energy costs and eliminate over 29 tons of air pollution. - In a milestone in our work to promote electric vehicles, the New York City Council adopted a bill establishing a pilot program for electric vehicle charging stations. The bill would require the city to build 25 charging stations, with at least two in each borough by 2018. - Working with our partners in Energy Efficiency for All, a coalition of energy, environmental, and housing organizations, NRDC helped secure a new law in Maryland that requires savings of 2 percent in electricity sales annually through 2023. The legislation also requires that health and other non-energy benefits be accounted for in determining the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency programs. - Following two years of determined advocacy in California, NRDC succeeded in helping to transform a polluting highway-funding bill that threatened to gut environmental protections into a major milestone for sustainable transportation. Partnering with health organizations, as well as bicycle advocacy and equity groups, NRDC helped secure a final $52 billion package - which passted both houses of the legislature with two-thirds super majorities - that includes strategies NRDC has long supported to limit pollution and habitat loss. NRDC also succeeded in tripling the bills investment in public transportation and nearly doubling state funding for safe walking and biking. - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti launched the Blue LA Electric Car Sharing Program - a direct result of NRDC's legislative advocacy to secure cap and trade funding for the program and our participation in the local steering committee with community - based organizations. The program will bring 200 electric carshare vehicles and 200 electric vehicle-charging stations to lower-income neighborhoods in the city. - In a related milestone, the city of Los Angeles adopted the Transit Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentive Program. NRDC worked with community members for several years to design the program, a key component of an NRDC-supported ballot measure that will allow extra density and parking reductions in developments built within a half mile of a major transit stop in exchange for guaranteeing affordability and promoting walkable, transit-connected, sustainable and vibrant neighborhoods. - Also in Los Angeles, we launched the "100 Hours Campaign". The name refers to the 104 hours a year that Los Angeles residents lose to traffic congestion - the worst in the nation and among the worst in the world. NRDC is working with the Southern California Association of Governments to launch a dialogue about what it will take to finally tackle LAs notorious traffic congestion, and how we can make our communities healthier, more climate-friendly, and more affordable at the same time. - Meanwhile, the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach issued a joint directive that will spur transportation electrification initiatives for years to come. In particular, the mayors committed their ports to achieving a zero-emissions cargo handling equipment fleet and a zero-emissions heavy duty truck fleet by 2030 and 2035, respectively. NRDC staff worked with environmental justice and other environmental groups to provide the first draft of the directive.
BUILDING A MOVEMENT	NRDC is committed to engaging the public around solutions to environmental challenges. Our federal, national, and international media teams ensure that NRDC is cited in the press on a daily basis. Our experts are quoted in top-tier newspapers, and we are frequent guests on leading national TV and radio news outlets. Our communications team publishes more than 100 policy documents every year, ensuring that NRDCs environmental solutions are at the forefront among the professional community. We produce award-winning films and videos that bring our issues to life and spur viewers to action. We have a strong social media presence that keeps followers informed of wins, setbacks, and breaking news. We communicate via our membership newsletter, "Natures Voice,across digital channels supported by our English and Spanish websites. We publish engaging, informative environmental content on our website and other digital news channels. We also join forces with leading outlets, including Discovery, Global Citizens, Facebook, and the Ad Council, to reach new audiences and broaden the impact of our advocacy. In 2017, NRDC saw an unprecedented surge in support for our mission. From the previous year, our base of members and activists jumped from 2.2 million to 3.02 million - an increase of 37 percent. The Trump administration's environmental rollbacks also sparked an increase in grassroots activism, with many Americans asking, "What can I do?" NRDC responded with a range of new tools and resources to keep our members, activists, and staff, as well as the broader public, informed about why, where, and when to take action, and make themselves heard. - On social media, we grew the audience on our global Facebook page from 582,943 fans to 895,313 fans (an increase of 54 percent) and reached an average of more than 741,000 Facebook users daily through our messaging. On Twitter, our global channel grew its audience from 202,405 followers to 263,540 followers (an increase of 30 percent) and generated 97,617,510 impressions. Our Instagram audience grew from 45,777 followers to 100,165 followers (an increase of 119%). - On January 21, NRDC staff, Trustees, members, and activists joined more than 2 million women and men in cities across the United States and on every continent to march for a vision of an undivided and just world in reaction to President Trumps deeply divisive and hostile positions. NRDC was proud to be a partner in the Womens March and NRDC President Rhea Suh spoke out on behalf of women and environmental justice from the stage in Washington, D.C. - NRDC and our supporters were also on the ground alongside more than 150,000 people in Washington D.C. and in cities around the country on April 29 for the Peoples Climate March, calling for climate action on President Trumps 100th day in office. - Meanwhile, we launched a range of new online resources to track the anti-environmental actions of the Trump administration and Congress, including a federal campaign page with comprehensive coverage of President Trumps anti-environmental actions since the inauguration, harmful congressional actions, and federal defense policy documents. We also released an online guide featuring practical tips for activists, including how to call Congress. To also underscore that significant climate and clean energy action continued unhindered in other parts of the world, we launched a new monthly blog written by our International program director. - Our Energy & Transportation team took part in a #DefendEfficiency radio tour - including 20 interviews at stations across 13 targeted states. Aimed at staving off the federal governments assault on energy efficiency - including President Trump's proposed FY18 budget, delays in standards implementation, and legislative and regulatory attacks - the tour helped raise awareness about the benefits of strong energy efficiency policies. - In support of NRDCs clean energy goals in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, we launched two E2 campaigns to showcase how clean energy promotes jobs in each state. Our E2 project organizes CEOs, investors, and others to bring the business voice to NRDCs advocacy work and advance policies that protect the environment while creating jobs and bolstering the economy. - Through a multi-faceted national campaign, we helped persuade KFC, the largest fast-food chicken chain in the country, to phase out chicken raised with medically impportant antibiotics from its 4,200 U.S restaurants by 2018. The campaign featured a series of online videos; a mobile billboard near KFC's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky; an online petition addressed to KFC CEO Roger Eaton; and social channels on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. - "Save The Food," our national public service campaign launched in 2016 with the Ad Council to combat food waste from its largest source - consumers, garnered nearly $45 million in donated media support nationally. This included: broadcast TV of our award winning PSA; billboards; traditional print advertising; radio air-time; and digitial ad mechanisms. Through the campaign, NRDC also partnered with Facebook, Good Housekeeping, the Food Network, and several other outlets to bring our message directly to consumers.
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