Southern Environmental Law Center – SELC
Group
You can always find the SELC at the forefront of environmental policy in North Carolina. They are the first to the litigation table and work hand in glove with the Democrats when they are at the helm at NC DEQ, sometimes appearing as an adversary, but always pushing the most leftist policies.
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has received more than $3 million, in 4 grants, from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation since 2003. SELC has received more than $4.5 million from the Energy Foundation.
Two massive, radical extremist environmental out-of-state groups spent millions in 2014 to defeat North Carolina legislators. The SELC, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), whose headquarters is in China and New York, worked to defeat six Republican legislative candidates by creating and funneling money to a shell group known as North Carolina Environmental Partnership (NCEP). Civitas filed a complaint with the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBOE) against SELC and NRDC contending that they had violated state law and federal regulations by paying for TV ads but indicating the ads were paid for by the NCEP. There is no evidence that the NCEP actually exists. NCEP appeared to be a shell group used to hide the identities of SELC and NRDC. Because neither the NRDC nor the SELC identifies donors in their reports, millions of dollars were spent in this state by groups that refuse to identify their funding sources.
A 2014 United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Minority Staff report, titled “The Chain of Environmental Command – How a Club of Billionaires and Their Foundations Control the Environmental Movement and Obama’s EPA,” describes the Energy Foundation this way:
“The Energy Foundation is a pass-through public charity utilized by the most powerful Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) members to create the appearance of a more diversified base of support, to shield them from accountability, and to leverage limited resources by hiring dedicated energy/environment staff to handle strategic giving. The Energy Foundation is the largest recipient of grants from the foreign-funded Sea Change Foundation; yet, it appears the Energy Foundation attempts to hide donations from Sea Change, as it is not listed as one of Energy Foundation’s partners.”
| Financials: Source IRS 990s | |||||
| Year | Revenue | Expenditures | Net Assets | ||
| 2015 | $35,398,817 | $22,279,867 | $78,658,169 | ||
| 2014 | $39,032,095 | $20,811,748 | $66,998,516 | ||
| 2013 | $23,854,021 | $17,097,949 | $46,703,255 | ||
| 2012 | $17,080,456 | $14,192,984 | $36,996,788 | ||
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People Connections:
| Association | Position & Time |
|---|---|
| David Neal | Staff Attorney Current |
| Chandra Taylor | Senior Attorney Current |
| Gudrun Thompson | Senior Attorney Current |
| Derb Carter, Jr. | Director, Chapel Hill Office Current |
| John Suttles | Litigation Director Current |
| Frank Holleman | Senior Attorney Current |
| Mary Maclean Asbill | Senior Attorney Current |
| Sierra Weaver | Senior Attorney Current |
| Geoff Gisler | Senior Attorney Current |
| Kym Hunter | Staff Attorney Current |
| Nick Torrey | Staff Attorney Current |
| Myra Blake | Staff Attorney Current |
| Brooks Pearson | Staff Attorney Current |
| Will Hendrick | Associate Attorney Current |
| Kara Kooken | Development Officer Current |
| Patrick Hunter | Staff Attorney Former |
| Amelia Burnette | Senior Attorney Former |
| Sam Evans | Staff Attorney Former |
| D.J. Gerken | Managing Attorney Former |
| Peter Ledford | Legal Practice Fellow Associate Attorney Former |
| Will Scott | Attorney Former |
| Lauren Bowen | Staff Attorney Current |
| Blakely Hildebrand | Associate Attorney Current |
| Nadia Luhr | Associate Attorney Current |
| Peter Stein | Associate Attorney Current |
| Ramona McGee | Associate Attorney Current |
| Leslie Griffith | Associate Attorney Current |
| Kathleen Sullivan | Senior Program Communications Manager (NC) Current |
| Jovian Sackett | Senior Geospatial Analyst Current |
| Shannon Groff | Geospatial Analyst Current |
This group funded by:
| Funder | Year | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2016 | 240,000 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2015 | 720,000 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | 720,000 | General Support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2009 | 825,000 | General Support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | 825,000 | General Support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | 750,000 | General Support |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2015 | 11,726 | For alliances and advocacy |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | 2,000 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | 2,000 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | 2,000 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | 2,000 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | 25,000 | For unrestricted use |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | 2015 | 20,000 | Protect the Chesapeake Bay from fracking on lands perilously close to the Bay and from coal ash storage in unlined ponds adjacent to Virginia rivers in the Bay watershed |
| Julian Price Family Foundation | 2013 | 3,500 | General purpose of charity |
| Julian Price Family Foundation | 2014 | 6,000 | General purpose of charity |
| Julian Price Family Foundation | 2015 | 5,000 | General purpose of charity |
| The Frances & William H Beattie Foundation | 2015 | 10,000 | General usage |
| F M Kirby Foundation Inc | 2013 | 25,000 | For continued efforts in NC |
| F M Kirby Foundation Inc | 2014 | 30,000 | For continued efforts in NC |
| F M Kirby Foundation Inc | 2015 | 30,000 | For continued efforts in NC |
| F M Kirby Foundation Inc | 2016 | 30,000 | For continued efforts in NC |
| F M Kirby Foundation Inc | 2017 | 30,000 | For continued efforts in NC |
| The Blumenthal Foundation | 2014 | 1,000 | For general operating support |
| Energy Foundation | 2014 | 400,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2013 | 640,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2012 | 200,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2012 | 525,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2011 | 450,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2010 | 515,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2010 | 160,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2009 | 375,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2008 | 375,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2007 | 300,000 | Program development |
| Energy Foundation | 2007 | 525,000 | Program development |
| Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundation | 2015 | 1,000 | General support |
| Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundation | 2016 | 2,000 | General support |
| Challenge Fund | 2014 | 2,000 | |
| Overton and Katherine Dennis Fund | 2017 | 10,000 | General charitable purposes |
| James P. and Rebecca T. Craig Foundation | 2017 | 75,000 | |
| Futch Foundation, Inc. | 2015 | 250 | |
| Futch Foundation, Inc. | 2014 | 250 | |
| Futch Foundation, Inc. | 2013 | 250 | |
| Futch Foundation, Inc. | 2016 | 250 | |
| Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation | 2017 | 238,000 | |
| Msb Cockayne Fund, Inc | 2016 | 12,000 | General support |
| Msb Cockayne Fund, Inc | 2016 | 6,000 | General support |
| Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation | 2013 | 190,000 | For Low Country Land Conservation Partnership |
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Address 1:
601 West Rosemary Street Suite 220
City:
Chapel Hill
State:
NC
Zip:
27516