NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC (EIN 13-2654926)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-05-15
IRS object ID: 201721359349306182
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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	2017-05-15T12:20:19-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	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 AVE 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	2015-07-01	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	2017-05-15	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	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	$210,267,389	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's mission is to safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	38	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	36	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	677	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$12,852	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$65,612	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$134,361,787	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$127,497,252	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$701,716	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,089,789	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$19,445,143	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$380,773	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$683,991	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$841,447	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$155,192,637	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$129,809,261	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$3,739,477	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,927,829	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$63,511,162	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$66,697,751	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$461,523	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$930,163	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$10,109,673	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$59,037,524	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$60,879,746	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$126,749,686	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$133,435,489	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$28,442,951	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,626,228	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$306,293,488	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$301,556,189	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$62,607,924	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$65,029,561	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$243,685,564	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$236,526,628	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL'S PURPOSE IS TO 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. WE SEEK TO ESTABLISH SUSTAINABILITY AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH AS CENTRAL ETHICAL IMPERATIVES OF HUMAN SOCIETY. NRDC AFFIRMS THE INTEGRAL PLACE OF HUMAN BEINGS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. WE STRIVE TO PROTECT NATURE IN WAYS THAT ADVANCE THE LONG-TERM WELFARE OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 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 PEOPLE OF COLOR AND OTHERS WHO FACE SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC INEQUITIES. ULTIMATELY, NRDC STRIVES TO HELP CREATE A NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR HUMANKIND, ONE THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED INDEFINITELY WITHOUT FOULING OR DEPLETING THE RES	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$112,671,530	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$4,927,829	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,089,789	RevenueAmt
Desc	See Schedule O for a detailed description of all of NRDC's various environmental programs.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$112,671,530	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	386	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	677	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	38	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	36	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (true)	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 (61 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)	$189,583	$0	$77,323
Adam Albright
Trustee (Thru 12/2015)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
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
V Chair (thru 12/2015)/Trustee	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
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
Michel Gelobter
Trustee (Thru 12/2015)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kate Greswold
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 (As of 12/2015)	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	1.0	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
Jonathan F P Rose
Trustee (Thru 12/2015)	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 (as of 12/2015)	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	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Welch
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kathleen Welch
Trustee (as of 12/2015)	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 Colasacco
Assistant Secretary	1.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Steven Baginski
Chief Financial Officer	40.0	1.0		$438,404	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Mitchell Bernard
COO (as of 11/2015)	40.0	1.0		$233,965	$0	$50,714	Yes (X)
Peter Lehner Thru 082015
Executive Director	40.0	1.0		$567,053	$0	$39,448	Yes (X)
John Murray thru 122015
Director of Development	40.0	0.0		$238,172	$0	$33,909	Yes (X)
Rhea Suh
President	40.0	1.0		$541,142	$0	$10,157	Yes (X)
Lisa Benenson
Chief Communications Director	40.0	0.0		$295,402	$0	$37,666		Yes (X)
Dale Bryk
Director of Programs	40.0	0.0		$211,112	$0	$48,999		Yes (X)
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
Director of Programs	40.0	0.0		$214,235	$0	$48,999		Yes (X)
David Goldston
Director of Government Affairs	40.0	0.0		$221,459	$0	$21,216			Yes (X)
David Hawkins
Senior Attorney III	40.0	0.0		$225,976	$0	$49,986			Yes (X)
Joel Reynolds
Western Director & Sr Attorney	40.0	0.0		$221,831	$0	$50,250			Yes (X)
Abby Schaefer Orfaly
Dir., Bd & Strategic Relations	40.0	0.0		$225,796	$0	$33,837			Yes (X)
Raya Salter
Senior Utility Advocate	40.0	0.0		$209,320	$0	$12,522			Yes (X)
Frances Beinecke
Former President	5.0	1.0		$183,372	$0	$0				Yes (X)
Sarah A Gillman
Former Chief Financial Officer	40.0	1.0		$189,146	$0	$9,245				Yes (X)
Judy Keefer
Former Chief Operating Officer	0.0	0.0		$259,640	$0	$0				Yes (X)
Ashok Gupta
Former Key Employee	40.0	0.0		$211,457	$0	$48,856				Yes (X)
Linda Lopez
Dir. of Membership Public Ed.	0.0	0.0		$210,404	$0	$0				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$5,087,469	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$573,127	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	167	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
Thompson Mailing
21 Naus Way	BLOOMSBURG	PA	17815	Mailing Services	$2,130,000
Princeton South Inc
200 Ludlow Drive Bldg E	EWING	NJ	08638	Mailing Services	$1,564,585
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA LLC
25 WHITLOCK PLACE SW SUITE 201	MARIETTA	GA	20064	Media Consultants	$1,535,619
GCCI General Contractors
875 Battery Street	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94111	Construction	$1,202,626
RR Donnelly
PO Box 93514	CHICAGO	IL	606733514	Mailing Services	$1,157,439

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	108	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$162,934	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$26,781,107	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$237,390	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$208,644	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$100,107,177	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$4,015,120	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$127,497,252	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
COURT AWARDED FEES	900099	$1,080,770	$1,080,770
BOOK INCOME (ON EARTH)	900099	$9,019	$9,019

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,089,789	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,314,441	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$65,151	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,379,592	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	$727,164	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$727,164	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$727,164	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$78,003	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$649,161	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$78,388,483	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$80,322,151	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$1,933,668	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,933,668	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$1,933,668	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$48,128	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$237,390	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$135,977	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$87,849	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$87,849	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

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	$133,703	$133,703
HONORARIA	900099	$6,152	$6,152
MISCELLANEOUS	900099	$62,277	$62,277

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$202,132	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$129,809,261	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,089,789	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$12,852	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,209,368	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,206,552	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,206,552	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	$1,721,277	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,721,277	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	$2,788,167	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,039,818	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$332,871	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$415,478	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	$49,151,699	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,466,641	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,499,702	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,185,356	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,945,528	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,145,446	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$459,575	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$340,507	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,323,121	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,324,118	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$600,389	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$398,614	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,489,236	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,924,752	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$324,245	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$240,239	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$605,636	TotalAmt
Program Services	$507,657	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,280	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$41,699	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,443,485	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,209,960	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$134,139	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$99,386	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$283,340	TotalAmt
Program Services	$237,502	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,330	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,508	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,837	TotalAmt
Program Services	$67,759	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,078	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$930,163	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$930,163	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,495,745	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,253,765	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$138,996	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$102,984	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,270,829	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,895,368	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$375,461	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,661,417	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,461,997	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,841	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$150,579	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,760,805	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,790,403	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$366,004	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,604,398	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$797,216	TotalAmt
Program Services	$719,125	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,006	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$37,085	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,047,314	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,074,725	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$559,607	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$412,982	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,578,417	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,933,487	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$464,155	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$180,775	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	$1,113,652	TotalAmt
Program Services	$796,447	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$207,750	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$109,455	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	$2,735,048	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,292,710	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$254,083	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$188,255	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$347,366	TotalAmt
Program Services	$291,169	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32,280	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,917	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
TEMPORARY CLERICAL	$1,711,378	$123,552	$1,564,951	$22,875
LIST RENTALS	$1,164,303	$856,082		$308,221
RECRUITING EXPENSE	$458,522	$398,914	$51	$59,557
ENVIRONMENT COALITION	$18,500	$18,500

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,305,936	TotalAmt
Program Services	$913,804	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$154,492	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$237,640	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$133,435,489	TotalAmt
Program Services	$112,671,530	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,654,286	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,109,673	FundraisingAmt

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

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,323,870	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,509,254	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$2,814,616	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	$28,842,455	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,030,576	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,789,031	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,568,510	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$187,599	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,068,067	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	$4,265,807	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,228,909	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$60,960,342	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$22,035,273	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,668,777	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,925,069	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,942,535	BOYAmt
EOY	$110,627,508	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$133,597,284	BOYAmt
EOY	$105,107,550	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	$306,293,488	BOYAmt
EOY	$301,556,189	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,760,823	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,767,803	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	$10,923,786	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,634,197	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	$10,899,993	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,353,873	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	$24,023,322	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,273,688	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,607,924	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,029,561	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$160,294,398	BOYAmt
EOY	$154,393,848	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,385,259	BOYAmt
EOY	$62,029,479	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,005,907	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,103,301	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$243,685,564	BOYAmt
EOY	$236,526,628	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$306,293,488	BOYAmt
EOY	$301,556,189	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$3,626,228	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$1,346,500	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$13,870	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$4,893,078	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	$92,736,241	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$110,866,444	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$116,474,388	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$134,361,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,497,252	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$581,936,112	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	$92,736,241	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$110,866,444	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$116,474,388	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$134,361,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,497,252	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$581,936,112	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$48,687,771	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$533,248,341	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,630,293	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,665,731	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,253,331	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,384,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,388,753	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$16,322,600	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$9,180	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$29,288	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$17,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,536	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$78,003	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$158,267	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$868,252	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$627,920	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$475,356	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$357,842	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$250,260	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,579,630	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$600,996,609	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$5,803,280	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.88727	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.88337	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	$149,611	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$664,351	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$813,962	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$132,621,527	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$133,435,489	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	$942,783	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$840,540	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$979,448	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$813,962	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$3,576,733	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	$81,605	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$144,066	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$241,994	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$149,611	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$617,276	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 $80,837 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) have 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	$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 Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$121,644,788	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,607,210	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,523,175	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$9,022,568	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$787,680	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$117,964,925	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.81770	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.12920	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.05310	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	$46,264,685	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$17,249,985	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$29,014,700	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,076,108	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$352,639	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$723,469	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,454,107	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,447,367	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,006,740	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,180,160	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$3,180,160	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$38,925,069	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
HEDGE FUNDS	$40,049,938	F
PRIVATE EQUITIES	$2,591,273	F
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS	$44,108	F
EX FOSSIL FUELS INDEX FUND	$42,274,922	F
INT. IN SPLIT INT. AGREEMENTS	$20,147,309	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$105,107,550	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES	$13,089,751
POOLED INCOME FUNDS	$335,053
DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN OBLIGATION	$12,848,884

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$26,273,688	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$133,297,513	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$1,346,500	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$4,116,644	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$5,463,144	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$127,834,369	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,495,744	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$479,148	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,974,892	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$129,809,261	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$136,178,495	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$4,102,773	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,102,773	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$132,075,722	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,495,744	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	-$135,977	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,359,767	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$133,435,489	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.
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 an uncertain tax position. The tax years ended June 30, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 remain open to audit for both federal and state purposes. This standard had no impact on NRDCs 2016 and 2015 consolidated financial statements. NRDC does not believe its 2016 and 2015 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 ($135,977) Bad Debt Expense Adjustment 615,124 ---------- $479,148
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 ($135,977)

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (7 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	$6,137,215
South Asia			Program Services	CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCACY	$270,956
South America			Program Services	CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCACY	$23,687
North America			Program Services	ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY	$343,414
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)			Program Services	ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY	$190,059
Sub-Saharan Africa			Program Services	CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCACY	$6,375
Central America and the Caribbean			Investments		$31,504,146

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	32	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	32	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$38,475,852	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$38,475,852	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (16 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$70,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$70,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$70,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$80,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$109,849	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$100,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$70,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$500,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$140,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$70,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$100,000	wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Clean Energy Advocacy	$21,428	wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Biogems Advocacy	$100,000	wire
North America	Biogems Advocacy	$100,000	wire
North America	Biogems Advocacy	$50,000	wire
South Asia	Clean Energy/Water Advocacy	$70,000	WIRE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	16	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 in domestic and foreign limited partnerships that may own an interest in a foreign corporation, passive foreign investment company, or foreign partnership. Nevertheless, the Council's investment activities may not reach the thresholds required for filing the Forms 926, 5471, 8621 or 8865. To the extent such a form was completed, it has been filed with the Organization's Form 990-T.

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 (5 entries)

ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
DONOR SERVICES
TELEMRKTNG	false	$92,549	$68,276	$24,273
TELEFUND Inc
TELEMRKTNG	false	$55,925	$20,444	$35,481
O'Brien Garret
fundraising consultant	false		$181,669	-$181,669
YOUR VOICE MEDIA
TELEMRKTNG	false	$126,395	$106,291	$20,104
SD A Teleservices Inc
TELEMRKTNG	false	$81,866	$39,670	$42,196

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$356,735	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$416,350	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	-$59,615	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	MONTAUK EVENT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$119,650	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$111,476	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$8,174	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$19,740	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$22,976	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	SF BENEFIT	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$63,658	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$57,158	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$6,500	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$14,242	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$9,522	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	6	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$102,210	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$68,756	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$33,454	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$13,020	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$56,477	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$285,518	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$237,390	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$48,128	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$47,002	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$88,975	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$135,977	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$87,849	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 does not specifically raise funds for Natural Resources Defense Council. O'Brien Garret provides consulting services with relation to NRDC's activities, and determining an accurate allocation of receipts specifically related to their endeavors is difficult for 990 purposes.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (62 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	Address Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Alliance to Save Energy
1850 M St NW	Ste 1050	Washington	DC	200365803	521082991	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
American Wind Wildlife Institute
1110 VT Ave NW	St 950	Washington	DC	200053544	261587829	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Association for Energy Affordability Inc
105 Bruckner Boulevard		Bronx	NY	10454	133374285	501(c)(3)	$7,000	Env. Advocacy
Blacks In Green
6011 S St Lawrence Ave		Chicago	IL	60637	452453557	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Blue Frontier Campaign
PO Box 19367		Washington	DC	20036	141861309	501(c)(3)	$7,000	Env. Advocacy
Blue Green Alliance Foundation
1300 Godward St NE	ste 2625	Minneapolis	MN	55413	203477309	501(c)(3)	$105,000	Env. Advocacy
Blue Hills Community Services Corporation
5008 Prospect Ave		KC	MO	641302651	510141323	501(c)(3)	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
California League Of Conservation Voters
350 Frank H Ogawa Plaza		Oakland	CA	94612	943232552	501(c)(3)	$8,000	Env. Advocacy
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue		Pittsburgh	PA	15213	250969449	501(c)(3)	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
Catskill Mountainkeeper
PO Box 1000		Livingston Manor	NY	12758	510583769	501(c)(3)	$65,000	Env. Advocacy
Center For Rural Affairs
PO Box 1074		Hudson	NY	12537	470553823	501(c)(3)	$12,500	Env. Advocacy
City of Atlanta Office of Sustainability
55 Trinity Avenue SW		Altanta	GA	30303	586000511	gov't	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
Clean Water Fund
23885 Denton	STE B	Clinton Township	MI	48036	521043444	501(c)(3)	$12,500	Env. Advocacy
Climate and Energy Project Inc
PO Box 1858		Hutchinson	KS	67504	263450854	501(c)(3)	$25,000	Env. Advocacy
Coalition for Green Capital
1875 CT Ave NW		Washington	DC	20009	900868299	501(c)(3)	$207,000	Env. Advocacy
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
789 Sherman St STE 250		Denver	CO	80203	841493585	501(c)(3)	$13,000	Env. Advocacy
Deep South Ctr For Envir Justi
7325 Palmetto St		NO	LA	701251098	562466977	501(c)(3)	$5,500	Env. Advocacy
Dream Corps
1611 Telegraph Avenue		Oakland	CA	94612	261140201	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Earthjustice
633 17th Street		Denver	CO	802022536	941730465	501(c)(3)	$23,000	Env. Advocacy
Elevate Energy
322 S Green St STE 300		Chicago	IL	60607	364443093	501(c)(3)	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
Environment America Research
600 Penn Ave SE		Washington	DC	20003	134339865	501(c)(3)	$20,000	Env. Advocacy
Environment North Carolina R & PC Inc
1543 Wazee St Ste 400		Denver	CO	80202	421712369	501(c)(3)	$579,463	Env. Advocacy
Evangelical Environmental Network
9365 Counselors Row		Indianapolis	IN	46240	232827214	501(c)(3)	$70,000	Env. Advocacy
Faith in Place
70 E Lake St STE 920		Chicago	IL	60601	364540756	501(c)(3)	$31,000	Env. Advocacy
Global Green USA
2218 Main St	2 Floor	Santa Monica	CA	90405	770387124	501(c)(3)	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
Grant Housing & Economic Development Corp
10435 S Central Ave		LA	CA	90002	470553823	501(c)(3)	$27,000	Env. Advocacy
Grassroots Global Justice
PO Box 610663		North Miami	FL	33261	264633127	501(c)(3)	$6,000	Env. Advocacy
Green Latinos
801 PA Ave NW 1010		Washington	DC	20004	263386082	501(c)(3)	$25,000	Env. Advocacy
Illinois PIRG Education Fund
328 S Jefferson		Chicago	IL	60661	363848017	501(c)(3)	$12,500	Env. Advocacy
Interwest Energy Alliance
PO Box 8526		Santa Fe	NM	87504	473109672	501(c)(6)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
1920 L St Nw STE 800		Washington	DC	20036	521379661	501(c)(3)	$18,000	Env. Advocacy
Maryland Public Interest Research Fdtn Inc
3121 St Paul St STE 26		Baltimore	MD	21218	521033638	501(c)(3)	$20,000	Env. Advocacy
Monarch Watch
1200 Sunnyside Ave		Lawrence	KS	660457435	480680117	501(c)(3)	$57,346	Env. Advocacy
National Association of City
120 Park Ave 23rd fl		NY	NY	10017	201874085	501(c)(3)	$25,000	Env. Advocacy
National Hispanic Medical Association
1920 L St Nw Ste 725		Washington	DC	20036	521884446	501(c)(3)	$18,000	Env. Advocacy
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
110 MD Ave NE STE 203		Washington	DC	20002	136996770	501(c)(3)	$61,800	Env. Advocacy
NCSL Foundation for State Legislature
7700 East First Place		Denver	CO	80230	742232576	501(c)(3)	$17,500	Env. Advocacy
NEO Philanthropy Inc
45 W 36th St 6th Fl		NY	NY	10018	133191113	501(c)(3)	$45,000	Env. Advocacy
New York League of Conservation Voters Ed Fund
30 Broad Street		New York	NY	10004	133727122	501(c)(3)	$7,500	Env. Advocacy
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
50 Miles Street		Greenfield	MA	01301	237437167	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Oceana Inc
1350 Connecticut Ave	NW - 5th Floor	Washington	DC	20036	510401308	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy Biogems Advocacy Biogems Advocacy Biogems Advocacy Biogems Advocacy Biogems Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Clean Energy Advocacy Water Advocacy Water Advocacy
Oil Change International
714 G Street SE		Washington	DC	20003	203272355	501(c)(3)	$100,000	Env. Advocacy
Oregon Environmental Council
222 NW Davis Street		Portland	OR	972093900	930578714	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
Partnership Project Inc
1501 M St NW STE 1010		Washington	DC	20005	522192070	501(c)(3)	$595,000	Env. Advocacy
Physicians for Social Responsibility
617 S Olive Street		Los Angeles	CA	90014	237059731	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Princeton in Asia
194 Nassau Street		Princeton	NJ	08542	136163215	501(c)(3)	$49,443	Env. Advocacy
Project South
9 Gammon Avenue		Atlanta	GA	30315	581956686	501(c)(3)	$11,000	Env. Advocacy
Renewable Northwest Project
421 SW 6th Avenue		Portland	OR	97204	911815618	501(c)(3)	$15,000	Env. Advocacy
ReVision International
4200 Morrision Road		Denver	CO	80219	261204343	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc
4000 Bridgeway		Sausalito	CA	94965	030576666	501(c)(3)	$175,000	Env. Advocacy
Centennial Valley Association Inc
PO Box 240076		Dell	MT	59724	202063285	501(c)(3)	$6,000	Env. Advocacy
Keystone Center
1628 Saints John Road		Keystone	CO	80435	840688506	501(c)(3)	$13,000	Env. Advocacy
Tom Miner Basin Association LLC
527 Tom Miner Creek Rd		Emigrant	MT	59027	472837284		$9,000	Env. Advocacy
Transit Alliance
1536 Wynkoop		Denver	CO	80202	841483080	501(c)(3)	$50,000	Env. Advocacy
Trust for America's Health
1730 M St NW	Ste 900	Washington	DC	20036	522257066	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
University of Illinois
28392 Network Place		Chicago	IL	606731283	376000511	501(c)(3)	$20,000	Env. Advocacy
University of Kansas Endowment Association
PO Box 928		Lawrence	KS	660440928	480547734	501(c)(3)	$130,000	Env. Advocacy
US Climate Action Network
50 F St NW 8th Fl		Washington	DC	20001	204597308	501(c)(3)	$20,000	Env. Advocacy
Virginia Poverty Law Center
919 E Main Street		Richmond	MD	23219	541093402	501(c)(3)	$32,000	Env. Advocacy
Watts Century Latino Organization
10360 Wilmimgton Ave		Los Angeles	CA	90002	954429533	501(c)(3)	$12,000	Env. Advocacy
West Harlem Environmental Acti
1854 Amsterdam Ave		New York	NY	10031	133800068	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Env. Advocacy
Yale University
195 Prospect St		New Haven	CT	065112189	060646973	501(c)(3)	$7,500	Env. Advocacy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	60	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	2	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 2016, the NRDC provided various grants to 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	Yes (true)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (19 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	$189,583	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$77,323	$0	$266,906	$0	$0	$0
Frances Beinecke
Former President	$86,372	$0	$97,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$183,372	$0	$0	$0
Steven Baginski
Chief Financial Officer	$438,404	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$438,404	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Benenson
Chief Communications Director	$289,902	$0	$5,500	$0	$0	$0	$19,397	$0	$18,269	$0	$333,068	$0	$0	$0
Mitchell Bernard
COO (as of 11/2015)	$233,965	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$32,445	$0	$18,269	$0	$284,679	$0	$0	$0
Dale Bryk
Director of Programs	$211,112	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$30,730	$0	$18,269	$0	$260,111	$0	$0	$0
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
Director of Programs	$214,235	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$30,730	$0	$18,269	$0	$263,234	$0	$0	$0
Sarah A Gillman
Former Chief Financial Officer	$64,396	$0	$0	$0	$124,750	$0	$4,630	$0	$4,615	$0	$198,391	$0	$0	$0
David Goldston
Director of Government Affairs	$221,459	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,866	$0	$1,350	$0	$242,675	$0	$0	$0
David Hawkins
Senior Attorney III	$225,976	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$31,717	$0	$18,269	$0	$275,962	$0	$0	$0
Peter Lehner Thru 082015
Executive Director	$211,953	$0	$0	$0	$355,100	$0	$27,902	$0	$11,546	$0	$606,501	$0	$0	$0
John Murray thru 122015
Director of Development	$238,172	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$29,000	$0	$4,909	$0	$272,081	$0	$0	$0
Joel Reynolds
Western Director & Sr Attorney	$221,831	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$31,981	$0	$18,269	$0	$272,081	$0	$0	$0
Linda Lopez
Dir. of Membership Public Ed.	$3,904	$0	$5,000	$0	$201,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$210,404	$0	$0	$0
Abby Schaefer Orfaly
Dir., Bd & Strategic Relations	$215,796	$0	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$25,910	$0	$7,927	$0	$259,633	$0	$0	$0
Rhea Suh
President	$446,142	$0	$55,000	$0	$40,000	$0	$0	$0	$10,157	$0	$551,299	$0	$0	$0
Ashok Gupta
Former Key Employee	$211,457	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$30,587	$0	$18,269	$0	$260,313	$0	$0	$0
Judy Keefer
Former Chief Operating Officer	$12,540	$0	$0	$0	$247,100	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$259,640	$0	$0	$0
Raya Salter
Senior Utility Advocate	$90,020	$0	$0	$0	$119,300	$0	$6,199	$0	$6,323	$0	$221,842	$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 2016, 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 Judy Keefer, Sarah Gillman, Peter Lehner, Raya Salter and Linda Lopez received severance payments in Calendar Year 2015; these amounts are reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column B(iii). Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments During the calendar year 2015, the organization paid a bonus to Former President Frances Beinecke $97,000, Chief Communications Director Lisa Benenson $5,500, Director of Board and Strategic Relations Abby Schaefer Orfaly $10,000, and President Rhea Suh $55,000. 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, Mr. JOHN ADAMS RETIRED ON APRIL 1, 2006 and BECAME A PART-TIME CONSULTANT FOR NRDC. This fiscal year, Mr. Adams received $189,583 FOR THESE SERVICES. 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 $13,706 LTC $63,617 PER YEAR Part II, Compensation Reporting of CFO, Mr. Steve Baginski STEVE BAGINSKI, SERVED AS NRDC'S INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FROM APRIL 27TH, 2015 THROUGH DECEMBER 21ST, 2015. DURING THAT TIME, MR. BAGINSKI WAS THE EMPLOYEE OF AN EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM AND NRDC PAID THAT THIRD PARTY FOR MR. BAGINSKI'S SERVICES. STEVE BAGINSKI WAS HIRED AS NRDC'S FULL-TIME CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2015, AND HE RECEIVED HIS COMPENSATION FROM NRDC FROM THAT DATE. On the Form 990, amounts reported in Part VII, Column (d) represent a combination of amounts NRDC paid to the third party executive search firm for Mr. Baginski's services as well as amounts NRDC paid Mr. Baginski directly. Form 990, Schedule J Compensation Some of the officers reported on the NRDC Form 990, Mitchell Bernard, Rhea Suh, Peter Lehner, and John Murray provided 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 each such officer's 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 Sarah A. Gillman $1,097 $304 Mitchell Bernard $440 $121 Rhea Suh $24,696 $6,828 Peter Lehner $14,145 $3,925 Lisa Benenson $7,917 $2,189 Dale Bryk $213 $59 Susan Casey-Lefkowitz $1,411 $391 David Goldston $33,491 $9,249 Joel Reynolds $441 $122 Abby Schaefer Orfaly $1,716 $475 John Murray $6,363 $1,760	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	$2,095,803	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	0.00010	PrivateBusUseByOthersPct
Private Bus Concerning UBI	0.00010	PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use	0.00020	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.
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	$358,042	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 $358,042 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	270	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$4,000,790	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	24	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$14,380	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 (27 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
GOVERNING BODY AND MANAGEMENT	Part VI, Line 1B - The NRDC Board of Trustees is comprised of 36 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 Colasacco, have a business relationship. Board of Trustees Members, Wendy Neu, Josephine Merck and Jonathan Rose have a business relationship. Board of Trustees member, Eric Wepsic and Board of Trustee/Vice Chair, Max Stone, have a business relationship. Board of Trustees members, Jonathan Rose and Shelly Malkin, have a business relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 3 STEVE BAGINSKI, SERVED AS NRDC'S INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FROM APRIL 27TH, 2015 THROUGH DECEMBER 21ST, 2015. DURING THAT TIME, MR. BAGINSKI WAS THE EMPLOYEE OF AN EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM AND NRDC PAID THAT THIRD PARTY FOR MR. BAGINSKI'S SERVICES. STEVE BAGINSKI WAS HIRED AS NRDC'S FULL-TIME CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2015, AND HE RECEIVED HIS COMPENSATION FROM NRDC FROM THAT DATE. On the Form 990, amounts reported in Part VII, Column (d) represent a combination of amounts NRDC paid to the third party executive search firm for Mr. Baginski's services as well as amounts NRDC paid Mr. Baginski directly. 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 and audit committee of the Board of Trustees. 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 for their review. 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 persons 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 ($817,573) Change in Value of Split-Interest Agreements ($698,330) Pension related activity other than net periodic expense ($2,762,051) Bad Debt Expense Adjustment ($615,124) Total Other Changes in Net Assets ($4,893,078)
program service Accomplishments	part III, line 4 The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the most effective and influential environmental organization in the United States and around the world, combining the grassroots power of more than 2.4 million members and online activists with courtroom clout and the expertise of more than 500 scientists, advocates, lawyers, and other professionals. NRDCs priorities are: - Curbing global warming and creating a clean energy future $56,039,672 - Reviving the worlds oceans $6,879,249 - Defending endangered wildlife and wild places $15,714,551 - Protecting public health by preventing pollution $13,067,358 - Ensuring safe and sufficient water $7,110,246 - Fostering sustainable communities $13,860,453 Over the past year, we worked both in the U.S. and abroad to curb global warming, put in place clean energy solutions; protect public health; foster sustainable communities; and safeguard our natural resources.
Curbing Climate Change and Creating a Clean Energy Future	NRDCs climate 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 2016, we drove historic climate commitments by the United States, China, and India; pushed for policies and tools that scale up clean energy and efficiency at the federal and state level; waged and won campaigns to block reckless oil and gas projects; and helped communities build their resilience to the impacts of climate change. Our climate and energy milestones included: - In August 2015, backed by overwhelming public support, President Obama released the Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan put in place nationwide regulations designed to reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants by more than 30 percent by 2030. Power plants are the single biggest source of carbon pollution, which drives climate change. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to halt enforcement of the plan in February 2016 until a lower court ruled on a lawsuit challenging it. In the meantime, NRDC has continued to work with state partners to meet its requirements by increasing their investment in clean energy and efficiency. - In California, our legislative and policy experts helped ensure the adoption of a groundbreaking law that doubles energy efficiency savings targets, increases renewable energy generation 50 percent by 2030, and puts more Californians behind the wheels of electric vehicles. A second approved measure boosts energy efficiency standards in buildings and helps residents better understand their home energy bills and use. Meanwhile, a new report by NRDC and a partner group found that Californias 40-year commitment to energy efficiency has saved Californians $90 billion on their utility bills, created hundreds of thousands of efficiency jobs, and will have avoided the pollution from 41 power plants by the end of the next decade. - On the other side of the country, New York Governor Cuomo formally set in a motion a process to enact its own new clean energy standard requiring that the state get 50 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The action doubled the proportion of renewable energy sources. NRDC will be working to ensure the success of the standard by working with the Public Service Commission, which regulates the states utilities, to develop smart implementation plans that maximize the amount of renewable energy installed per dollar invested. - In November 2015, President Obama officially rejected the proposal for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, citing our nations obligation to be a leader on climate action. The pipeline would have moved more than 800,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands oil across six U.S. states. This win was made possible by NRDC research, advocacy, and by the dedication of a grassroots coalition of partners. When TransCanada first filed the permit for the pipeline in 2008, NRDC was one of the first environmental groups to stand up against its construction. - The U.N. climate conference in Paris culminated in December 2015 with an ambitious global agreement to tackle climate change and accelerate the shift to clean energy. On the ground at the conference, NRDC staff helped broker and secure strong climate commitments from key countries such as China and India. Meanwhile, actor and NRDC Trustee Robert Redford took the stage at UNESCO with indigenous artists, activists, and storytellers from across the globe to share stories about special places threatened by climate change. Nearly 180 countries signed the Paris climate accord on Earth Day April 22, 2016, agreeing to pursue efforts to hold the global temperature rise to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius. - In a major step forward in curbing the climate and health impacts of fossil fuels development, the Department of the Interior ordered a halt to the decades old coal-leasing program on federal lands to reexamine its health and environmental impacts. Burning coal is one of the biggest contributors to climate change and hundreds of thousands of NRDC members and activists called on President Obama in 2016 to end the development of fossil fuels on our public lands. In 2015, more than 40 percent of the 900 million tons of coal produced in America came from our public lands, mainly in the Interior West. - Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is an extremely potent climate pollutant, many times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide. In March 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency launched a voluntary program to address methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. NRDC and our coalition partners advocated for strengthening the proposal in several key ways, including addressing both new and existing sources of methane pollution. While the EPAs final standards, released in May 2016, applied only to new sources, we helped move the agency to announce that it would begin the process for setting existing source standards by initiating a formal information collection request that called for comprehensive data from a range of methane sources throughout the oil and gas industry. - The U.S. Department of Energy released energy efficiency standards for new rooftop air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces that heat and cool more than half of America's commercial floor space. The standards, which are the result of negotiations among a broad group of stakeholders that included NRDC and other environmental groups, manufacturers, utilities, and consumer groups, will save nearly enough energy over the next 30 years to offset the annual carbon dioxide emissions of more than 120 million homes.
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: - In October 2015, following powerful advocacy by NRDC, our millions of members and activists, and our environmental partner groups, the Obama administration canceled proposed oil and gas lease sales in America's Alaskan Arctic waters, the last pristine sea on the globe, whose shores are home to polar bears, seals, and other iconic wildlife. The previous month, Royal Dutch Shell abandoned drilling in the region after its exploratory well failed to yield enough oil and gas to make its mission worth the tremendous risk and cost. - In a related victory, in March 2016, the Obama administration announced it was excluding waters off the Atlantic coast from its next five-year plan for drilling and leasing. One month earlier, a coalition of groups, including NRDC, delivered more than 2 million petitions of protest, calling on the president to move beyond fossil fuels and not open any more of our federally owned offshore areas to dangerous oil and gas drilling. Over the previous year, opposition to drilling had built quickly along the southeastern coast, from Virginia to Georgia, where the local economies are heavily dependent on tourism and fishing. - Meanwhile, NRDC took the U.S. Navy to court over its high-intensity sonar and explosives training off the coasts of Southern California and Hawaii, which was threatening the wellbeing of more than 60 whale, dolphin, seal, and sea lion populations. In September 2015, following a major legal victory and extensive negotiations, the U.S. Navy agreed to designate significant habitat in the Pacific as off-limits to such military exercises. - Following advocacy by NRDC and our partners, the Obama administration announced in September 2015 that it would consider giving marine national monument status to several New England deep sea canyons and underwater mountains. The canyons and seamounts are exceptional for their diversity and abundance of deep sea corals, which, together with associated species including sponges and anemones, form the foundation of deep-sea ecosystems. They are also extremely vulnerable to disturbance. The designation would be the first ever marine monument anywhere off the continental United States.
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. And we 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: - The greater sage grouse is an icon of the American West, and a bellwether of the health of its vase sagebrush-sea ecosystem. As that grassland habitat has shrunk, so has the birds population. In recent decades, NRDC has gone to court for the sage grouse, and local conservation groups have joined forces to protect its habitat. In a major milestone in our campaign, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in September 2015 that it would protect 35 million acres of western sagebrush habitat. - In a big victory for elephants and for NRDC members who have called for an end to our nation's role in the ivory trafficking that fuels poaching, the Obama administration issued the last in a series of regulations that add up to a near total ban on the U.S. commercial ivory trade. While commercial imports of African elephant ivory are already banned, these new rules will strengthen the ban by closing loopholes in the intrastate trade of elephant ivory and restrict the number of elephants that trophy hunters can import into the U.S. The tough new rules do not cover sales within states, but NRDC has helped enact laws shutting down the nation's three biggest ivory markets: New York, California, and Hawaii. - Meanwhile, after South Africas president introduced a plan to legalize the international rhino horn trade, a misguided move that almost certainly would have increased demand, NRDC fought back with careful analysis and tireless advocacy. As a result, South Africa announced in April 2016 that it would shelve the disastrous proposal. Over the past three years, rhino killings have risen 7,000 percent, a rate that if sustained, would push the animals to extinction within a decade. - The monarch butterflys annual migration is one of the most awe-inspiring on earth, but heavy use of herbicide called glyphosate (marketed by Monsanto as Roundup) is putting this majestic species at serious risk. NRDC filed a lawsuit in 2015 that led the EPA to admit in court that its approval of Enlist Duo, an herbicide containing glyphosate, should be withdrawn due to inadequate environmental review. And we mobilized more than 113,000 of our Members and activists to sign a petition demanding Dow AgroSciences remove Enlist Duo from the market. - After years of campaigning by NRDC and our allies, Montana agreed to expand year-round habitat outside Yellowstone National Park for Americas most famous bison. Historically, thousands of wild bison have been hazed or slaughtered in the spring as they migrated out from Yellowstone into Montana in search of food for survival. While there is still work to do to win stronger protections, expanding the bisons range is a major advance in the fight to save this icon of our natural heritage. - In November 2015, the Department of the Interior released a milestone plan for conservation and renewable energy development on public lands in Californias Mojave Desert. The long awaited plan addresses solar, wind, and geothermal development and features elements of "smart from the start" siting that NRDC has been championing for years, including landscape level planning; steering development toward areas that minimize impacts to wildlife and wildlands; coordinating transmission and generation; and strategic, regional mitigation for project impacts. - In July 2015, in a victory for our fight to protect Americas western natural heritage, President Obama designated three new national monuments, protecting an area spanning roughly 704,000 acres in central Nevadas Basin and Range and smaller ones in Californias Berryessa Snow Mountain and Texas Waco Mammoth. The three monuments will safeguard some of Americas most biodiverse mountain ecosystems, wild tracts of desert and nationally significant fossil beds.
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. And we team up with local communities to eliminate health dangers in their homes. Here are some key milestones from the year: - Over the course of more than a decade, the chemical company Mallinckrodt dumped tons of toxic mercury into Maines Penobscot River. NRDC and the Maine Peoples Alliance sued the company in 2000, and in September 2015, after years of tenacious litigation and citizen action, a judge ordered Mallinckrodt to find viable effective ways to clean up the river. A shining example of community justice, the victory holds the promise of protecting the health of countless people, preserving the states longstanding tradition of lobster and crab fishing, and restoring an ecosystem that spans more than 20 miles along this great waterway. - Following years of steady advocacy by members of Congress, the White House, NRDC, and other groups, federal lawmakers unveiled an agreement to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act, a 1976 law governing the Environmental Protection Agencys regulation of toxic chemicals. The bill, Congress's first major rewrite of a fundamental environmental statute in two decades, will give the EPA a clear and enforceable mandate to review chemicals, and will require the agency to evaluate chemicals based on their impact on human health. It also contains loopholes and rollbacks sought by the chemical industry and NRDC will press hard to ensure the strong implementation of the bill. - Livestock producers routinely give antibiotics to animals to make them grow faster or help them survive crowded, stressful, and unsanitary conditions. When these drugs are overused, some bacteria become antibiotic-resistant, threatening the future effectiveness of these medicines for human health. In October 2015, an NRDC campaign helped persuade the restaurant chain Subway to commit to eliminate antibiotics from its meat supply and California set the strictest antibiotics standards in the nation with a measure NRDC helped strengthen. We scored another big win in April 2016 when the restaurant chain Taco Bell also pledged to eliminate antibiotics from its meat supply. - Meanwhile, a new report and scorecard released by NRDC and several consumer, health, and environmental groups graded Americas 25 largest fast food and fast casual chains on their meat and poultry antibiotics policies, with all but five of them earning "F"s for allowing routine antibiotic use by their meat suppliers. - In a tremendous victory for at-risk communities across the country, NRDC and our partners reached a legal settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency that will force the agency to put in place new safeguards to help protect communities from chemical spills at thousands of industrial facilities nationwide. Chemicals released in industrial spills can contaminate waterways and exposure to these substances can be dangerous, and in some instances, fatal. These health effects are experienced disproportionately by residents of low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, where facilities that manufacture, store, and use hazardous substances tend to cluster. - In response to a lawsuit filed by NRDC and our partners, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a ban on all agricultural uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos due to the health risks from contaminated drinking water. The EPA had already eliminated household uses in home gardens, insect sprays and other products in 2000, in response to a lawsuit by NRDC and other groups-because the chemical damages the developing brains of children. During the public comment period on the EPAs proposal, more than 80,000 people spoke out in favor of the ban.
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. - More than 18 million Americans got their drinking water from systems with lead violations in 2015, according to a report published by NRDC. The problem could be significantly more pervasive because many more water systems known to have such violations, including that in Flint, Michigan, do not show up as having lead violations in the government database designed to track such problems. Our report also highlighted that water systems can use testing methods to avoid detecting lead problems. In cities like Flint, Chicago, and Philadelphia, where localized lead spikes may put the public at risk, officials allegedly have "gamed" water testing in ways that may obscure lead contamination. - NRDC has placed special focus on the water crisis in Flint, where residents still did not have access to safe tap water more than two years after lead began leaching from water pipes. Alongside local partners, NRDC petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency in October 2015 to use its emergency powers to secure safe, lead-free water for the citys children and families. The following month, NRDC joined residents of Flint and many of the same groups and announced their intent to sue city and state officials in federal court. - President Obama acted promptly in January 2016 to veto a measure passed by Congress designed to kill the Clean Water Rule. This critical rule, issued in 2015 by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, restored protection under the Clean Water Act to lakes, streams, and wetlands that help prevent flooding, filter pollution and supply one in three Americans with safe drinking water. More than 800,000 NRDC supporters and other activists sent messages in support of the rule. - By showing how rebuilding in the wake of floods leads to steep federal costs, a new interactive map and analysis unveiled in November 2015 by NRDC illustrated why its so important for Congress to keep updated federal flood protection standards in place. The updated standards, which will guide the design of federally funded projects along coastlines or near floodplains, will require an additional margin of safety and account for the rising risk of flooding and future impacts of sea level rise and climate change. President Obama issued an executive order earlier in 2015 that updated the standards, which dated back to the 1970s. - As California continued to suffer through an epic drought, the states energy commission followed NRDCs recommendations in August 2015 and approved new standards for showerheads that go beyond the Environmental Protection Agencys WaterSense performance criteria. As new products gradually replace existing showerheads in the years ahead, water savings are expected to reach 38 billion gallons of water per year by 2028, which is approximately the amount used annually by the city of San Francisco today. Earlier in the year, at the urging of NRDC, the commission set similar standards for toilets, urinals and faucets, which will save California billions of gallons of water. - Meanwhile, a report card released by NRDC in December 2015 found that California was making mixed progress on solutions that would make the state more resistant to future droughts. Though the state had made strides in some key areas, it scored poorly in agricultural efficiency, stormwater capture and management of the Bay-Delta. Our report card described specific ways that California should improve its target-setting, implementation, enforcement, and incentives. - In a significant legal victory, a federal court sided with NRDC and our partners and ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency had failed to protect U.S. waters from aquatic invasive species. We argued successfully that the EPAs ballast water permit was ineffective and would not stave off future invasions of non-native species. The courts decision has ramifications for waters across the country, from Long Island Sound to the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico to San Francisco Bay. - Following NRDC legal action, a federal court approved a settlement in which the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to implement an earlier court order to update national regulations for stormwater runoff, one of America's most widespread forms of water pollution. In response to a 2003 NRDC lawsuit, a federal court had ordered the EPA to correct and strengthen urban runoff rules for communities with populations under 100,000 and make a science-based determination of whether polluted runoff from forest roads is so severe that national pollution control standards are necessary. - A report released in November 2015 by NRDC found that cover crops can absorb tons of carbon pollution from the air, significantly cut crop losses, and prevent the loss of a trillion gallons of water. In fact, planting cover crops on half the corn and soybean acres in the top 10 agricultural states (California, Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Indiana) could sequester more than 19 million metric tons of carbon annually, which is the equivalent of taking more than 4 million cars off the road.
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 help empower communities to find solutions that work and then take the best ideas nationwide. - In an important victory for the nearly half million New Yorkers who live in public housing, a federal judge ruled in December 2015 that the New York City Housing Authority had failed to provide timely and sufficient repairs to rampant mold and moisture problems in public housing that aggravate tenants asthma, as required by a settlement reached with NRDC and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice two years earlier. As part of the settlement, the housing authority had agreed to respond to mold and moisture complaints within a specific, reasonable timeline: The simplest of repairs in seven days and more complex repairs in 15 days, among other measures. - Meanwhile, a report released by NRDC and Energy Efficiency for All, a coalition of energy, environmental, and housing organizations, detailed cost-saving strategies to upgrade the most prevalent type of heating system in New York City apartment buildings: steam generated from burning oil or natural gas. Buildings are the single largest source of climate pollution in the city, and a lot of that pollution is the result of energy used to heat them. Making the upgrades in this report is critical to helping the city reach its goal of reducing climate change pollution 80 percent by 2050. - In December 2016, the city of Los Angeles passed the most comprehensive building efficiency policy of any big city in the nation. As part of the effort, the City Energy Project, a joint initiative of NRDC and the Institute for Market Transformation, joined forces with the Department of Building and Safety and convened a transparent and inclusive stakeholder process to help develop a package of policies and programs to improve the energy and water efficiency of Los Angeles' existing buildings. The ordinance will reduce L.A.s greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 10 percent in 2025 and energy consumption by 7 percent. - A climate resilience toolkit, released by NRDC and our partners in December 2015 at the U.N. climate conference in Paris, is designed to help cities plagued by dangerous heat waves and soaring temperatures to better protect their most vulnerable citizens. The toolkit, which serves as a step-by-step guide for the development of local and regional early warning systems and heat preparedness plans, is based on the Indian city of Ahmedabad's pioneering "heat action plan," as well as international experiences and best practices. In March 2016, India launched new heat action plans in the Nagpur region of Maharashtra and the Bhubaneswar coastal region of Odisha, the first regional early warning systems and preparedness plans in South Asia.
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 have a strong social media presence that keeps followers informed of wins, setbacks, and breaking news. We communicate via our membership newsletter, Natures Voice, and across digital channels supported by our English and Spanish websites. We also publish cutting-edge journalism on NRDCs digital news channels, Earthwire and OnEarth. In 2016, we: - Grew the audience on our global Facebook page from 345,395 fans to 581,060 fans (an increase of 68 percent) and reached an average of more than 7 million Facebook users monthly through our messaging. On Twitter, our global channel grew its audience from 179,363 followers to 201,771 followers (an increase of 13 percent) and generated 50,048,774 impressions. We began building an audience on Instagram as well, reaching more than 45,000 followers. - Launched a dynamic new version of our primary online platform, NRDC.org, which aims to help foster collective action by building awareness, driving action, and spurring donations. The site provides compelling entry points and paths for environmental enthusiasts, as well as deep, policy-specific sections for environmental experts. - Rolled out a national campaign urging Kentucky Fried Chicken, the largest fast-food chicken chain in the country, to commit to phasing out chicken raised with the routine use of antibiotics. The campaign featured a series of online videos; a mobile billboard near KFCs headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky; an online petition addressed to KFC CEO Roger Eaton; and social channels on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. - Partnered with the Ad Council to launch "Save The Food," a major national public service campaign to combat food waste from its largest source, consumers, who collectively waste more food than grocery stores, restaurants or farms. The initiative aims to encourage consumers to reduce the amount of food they trash in their homes, thereby saving the water, energy and money that are lost along with it. - Created an award-winning documentary film, Sonic Sea, about the devastating impact of human-produced ocean noise on whales and other marine life that premiered globally on the Discovery Channel and toured both the United States and Europe. The film is narrated by the Oscar-nominated actress Rachel McAdams and features interviews with Grammy Award-winning musician, human rights and environmental activist, Sting, as well as the renowned oceanographic explorers and educators, Sylvia Earle and Jean-Michel Cousteau.
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