2025-11-12T16:00:07-08:00 2024-12-31 842760961 R & H Accounting Solutions 2205 Miguel Chavez Road Ste F Santa Fe NM 87505 990 2024-01-01 237337100 Montana Environmental Information Center MONT 4064432520 PO Box 1184 Helena MT 59624 Julie Wintersteen CFO 2025-11-12 true true Jamie Haffey CPA P02269347 5055691999 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Julie Wintersteen 2389367 false X www.meic.org X 1974 MT MEIC 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. 12 12 13 20 0 1067591 2234864 0 21505 30654 44379 112043 1133475 2377561 0 0 667487 684067 0 85786 215227 240761 882714 924828 250761 1452733 1111100 1318503 47250 40295 1063850 1278208 X MEIC's mission is to protect and restore Montana's clean and healthful natural environment. false false 535725 Monitored 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. 146774 MEIC 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. 36694 Continued to support other non-profit organizations and individuals address areas of local concern. 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To financially support the activities of the Montana Environmental Information Center false false false 19983 8593 false 19983 8593 8593 11390 MT false Ocassional charitable raffle to raise money for the organization false false false 1.00000 false false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 MEIC 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 7a Members, 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 7b Members 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 11b A 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 12c MEIC'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 15a No 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 19 MEIC 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 9 Transfers to MEIC Permanent Fund = -$1238375 MT Environmental Info Center Action Fund PO Box 1184 Helena MT 59624 810407466 Legislative Lobbying MT 501(c)(4) Montana Environmental Information Center true MT Environmental Info Center Perm Fund PO Box 1184 Helena MT 59624 363447080 Endowment Holding MT 501(c)(3) 509(a)(3), Type 1 Montana Environmental Information Center true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false MT Environmental Info Center Perm Fund b 1238375 CASH TRANSFER