IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile
Literacy for Environmental Justice
Literacy for environmental justice (lej) was founded in 1998 by passionate bayview-hunters point youth who saw the environmental injustices, pollution, and health crises plaguing their neighborhood and envisioned a greener, healthier future for their community. since then, lej has worked with and for the community to fight environmental injustices in bayview-hunters point such as toxic pollution from the former hunters point naval shipyard; grown and planted 250,000+ native plants to restore local urban parklands such as herons head park and candlestick point sra for the health of the community and environment; introduced thousands of bayview-hunters point school children to the wonders of nature right in their community through the eco-adventures program; and provided green job training, through the eco-apprenticeship program, for hundreds of underserved, local youth ages 18-25 who have gone on to environmental careers. today, lej serves more than 1,200 youth and community members ann
- Filing year
- 2024
- Total revenue
- $1.2M
- Total expenses
- $1.4M
- Program expenses
- $1.0M
- Administration
- $242K
- Fundraising
- $112K
- Program share of expenses
- 75%
- EIN
- 10777856
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
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