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MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization
MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER INC (EIN 23-7337100)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-11-12
IRS object ID
202513169349308721
Schema version
2024v5.2
Source
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Activity Or MissionMEIC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental advocate. Its mission is to protect and restore Montana's clean and healthful natural environment. Its most significant activities include: monitoring and influencing Montana state government actions (including using litigation as a last resort); educating the public about the environment and environmental issues; and helping other nonprofit organizations with similar concerns. MEIC works on a wide range of environmental issues including: global warming and climate change; energy policies and promoting renewable energy; air pollution; water pollution; hardrock and coal mining; local land use planning and development; management of state-owned lands; and defending Montanans' rights to a clean and healthful environment and to participate in government. MEIC's financial support comes from its members and other nonprofit organizations.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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DescMonitored and influenced the decisions and activities of the State Government in Montana as well as Federal and local governments that affected the State of Montana and Montanans right to a clean and healthful environment. MEICs 10 staff and volunteers met with, talked to and wrote letters to government officials in preparation for the 2025 legislative session. Our members wrote and had published over 45 OpEds in local, regional and sometimes nation news outlets. MEIC was also plaintiff in several legal proceedings involving environmental decisions.Desc

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DescMEIC continued to educate individuals about environmental issues, and their constitutional rights, affecting the State of Montana and its citizens. MEIC printed and distributed quarterly newsletters to our members and made copies of them available to over 11,500 interested parties and organizations. In addition, MEIC sent out over 23 action alerts and emails to over 6820 individuals. We increased our Social Media Outreach to over 13,000 people on various platforms.Desc

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DescContinued to support other non-profit organizations and individuals address areas of local concern. MEIC participated in over 31 events open to the public and partnered with multiple other organizations on educational events.Desc

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Diana Hammer
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Eva Molina
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Roger Sullivan
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Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$915,357CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$681,049CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$733,283CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,095,148CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,243,753CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,668,590TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$915,357CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$681,049CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$733,283CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,095,148CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,243,753CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,668,590TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$784,575SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$4,884,015PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,207CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,370CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,612CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$21,505CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$32,424CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$69,118TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$21,280CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$29,120CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$27,840CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$31,916CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$105,310CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$215,466TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$5,953,174TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$147,353GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.82040PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.87790PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$66FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$66FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$924,762FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$924,828FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$163,724FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$40,931FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$117,649CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$133,901CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$157,407CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$163,724CurrentYearAmt
Total$572,681TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$859,022LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$26,386CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus1$26,100CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$66CurrentYearAmt
Total$52,552TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$29,412CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$33,475CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$39,352CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$40,931CurrentYearAmt
Total$143,170TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$214,755GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$13,444CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus1$14,935CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total$28,379TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$933,101BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,294,780ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$201,521InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$4,477OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$1,863AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$2,423,062EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$762,410BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$50,101ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$124,653InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$3,134OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$929AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$933,101EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$840,369BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$13,256ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$87,738InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$2,542OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$935AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$762,410EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$592,472BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$213,054ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$36,447InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$1,604OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$840,369EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$375,747BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$177,199ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$27,890InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$1,364OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$579,472EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.90100BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.09900PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RYes (true)RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis-$11,586OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation-$9,693DepreciationAmt
Book Value-$1,893BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$47,148OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$24,271DepreciationAmt
Book Value$22,877BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$8,060OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$8,060DepreciationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$20,984TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTo financially support the activities of the Montana Environmental Information CenterExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteer Labor BingofalseVolunteerLaborBingoInd
Volunteer Labor Pull TabsfalseVolunteerLaborPullTabsInd
Gross Revenue Other Gaming$19,983GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming$8,593NonCashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other GamingfalseVolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Gross Revenue Total Gaming$19,983GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming$8,593NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Direct Expense Summary Gaming$8,593DirectExpenseSummaryGamingAmt
Net Gaming Income Summary$11,390NetGamingIncomeSummaryAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming ConductedMTStatesWhereGamingConductedCd
LicensedfalseLicensedInd
Explanation If NoOcassional charitable raffle to raise money for the organizationExplanationIfNoTxt
License Suspended EtcfalseLicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With NonmembersfalseGamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other EntityfalseMemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Other Facility1.00000GamingOtherFacilityPct
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game RevfalseCntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd
Charitable Distribution RqrfalseCharitableDistributionRqrInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6MEIC is an organization that is supported, in part, through the payment of voluntary contributions. Members receive only insubstantial goods and services in exchange for their contributions, and therefore their payments are reported in Part VIII as contributions, not membership dues.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aMembers, who are not divided into classes, elect all of the directors of the organization, although the Board may elect directors to fill vacancies until the next annual election
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7bMembers must approve the provisions of the By-Laws relating to the number of directors, the terms of office of directors, and the manner in which directors are elected
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bA draft copy of Form 990 is provided to the Board of Directors and staff members for review and comments prior to filing
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cMEIC's conflict of interest policy covers all officers, directors, and key employees. These individuals are required to complete a potential conflict of interest form annually, and the forms are used to monitor any potential conflicts. Any conflicts are resolved by the Board. No one with a potential conflict is allowed to participate in any affected decisions
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15aNo Directors receive compensation from the organization for their work as board members. Each year the Board approves employee salaries as part of the budget adoption process. The decisions are documented in writing. The approval process includes a discussion or review of salaries for comparable positions in comparable organizations, but the review is informal because MEIC's salaries are known to be considerably below those of its peers.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19MEIC makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available on request, and posts its financial statements (as part of Form 990) on its website
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9Transfers to MEIC Permanent Fund = -$1238375

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCdExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxtBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1TxtControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationIndPublic Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt
MT Environmental Info Center Action Fund
PO Box 1184HelenaMT59624810407466Legislative LobbyingMT501(c)(4)Montana Environmental Information CenterYes (true)
MT Environmental Info Center Perm Fund
PO Box 1184HelenaMT59624363447080Endowment HoldingMT501(c)(3)Montana Environmental Information CenterYes (true)509(a)(3), Type 1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesfalseSharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingfalsePaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1MT Environmental Info Center Perm FundBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transaction TypebTransactionTypeTxt
Involved$1,238,375InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount DeterminationCASH TRANSFERMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt