Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

For a thriving New England

aka CLF   |   Boston, MA   |  www.clf.org

Mission

The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) works to solve the most significant environmental challenges facing New England. CLF's advocates use law, economics and science to create innovative strategies that conserve natural resources, protect public health and promote vital communities in our region. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Boston, CLF is a nonprofit, member-supported organization with offices in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Ruling year info

1967

President

Mr. Bradley M. Campbell

Main address

62 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02110 USA

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EIN

04-6149986

NTEE code info

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (C01)

Energy Resources Conservation and Development (C35)

Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management (C32)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

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Our programs

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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Clean Energy and Climate Change Program

The Clean Energy and Climate Change Program focuses on improving air quality, combating global climate change, promoting and siting renewable energy sources, and advocating for energy efficiency. The Clean Energy and Climate Change Program is pushing for policies that boost low-cost locally-made clean energy, stopping unnecessary new natural gas pipelines, making sure new gas power plants don’t sink our region’s climate goals, and fighting to shut down New England’s remaining dirty coal plants that harm our health and pollute our climate.

Population(s) Served

The Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice Program focuses on transit-oriented development, environmentally sound land use practices, transportation reform, and farm and food policy advocacy and services, with an emphasis on the needs of underserved populations. The Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice Program is working to end the unfair environmental burdens imposed on low-income and communities of color; cutting pollution from our vehicles and creating alternatives to driving; pushing for better and more affordable public transit options across New England; and helping build a regional food system that supports access to fresh healthy food, creates jobs, cuts emissions, protects farmland, and grows our local economy.

Population(s) Served

The Ocean Conservation Program focuses on sustainable fisheries management and marine environmental protection. CLF’s advocates are pushing for permanent protection of our ocean’s most at-risk places, working with stakeholders throughout New England to achieve the right balance between ocean protection and development, and fighting to restore New England’s legendary fish populations before they vanish for good. This program works to protect endangered wildlife and underwater habitat in New England’s ocean waters, and to build a more sustainable future for our fisheries and coastal communities.

Population(s) Served

The Clean Air and Water Program focuses on air and waterway protection. Our advocates are fighting for new protections and creative solutions to keep stormwater pollution from wreaking havoc on our communities, working at both the state and individual waterbody level to control nitrogen pollution that causes dead zones and toxic algal blooms. We are holding polluting businesses accountable to the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, one polluter at a time.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Accreditations

Charity Navigator - 4 Star Rating (2013) 2016

Financials

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Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.

Board of directors
as of 11/13/2019
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Ms. Sara Molyneaux

Community Volunteer

Term: 2012 -

Eugene Clapp

Penobscot Investment Management Co., Inc.

Thaleia Schlesinger

Schlesinger & Associates

David Ellis

Retired

Gordon Hall

The Hall Company, Inc.

Sara Molyneaux

Community Volunteer

Peter Nessen

Nessen and Associates, Ltd.

M. Robin Barone

Vermont Law School

Douglas Foy

Serrafix Corporation

Daniel Amory

Drummond Woodsum

Whitney Hatch

The Trust for Public Land

Sharon Malt

Ropes & Gray, LLP

John Goodhue

MA Green High Performance Computing Center

EkOngKar Singh "EK" Khalsa

Amah Mutsun Land Trust

Kate Kilguss

Community Volunteer

Paul Lee

Goodwin Procter LLP

Travis McCready

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Stuart Smith

Community Volunteer

John Teal

Community Volunteer

Bradley Campbell

Conservation Law Foundation

Alice Chamberlin

Community Volunteer

Andy Falender

Retired

Thea James

Community Volunteer

Lois Schiffer

Community Volunteer

Michael Moskow

Community Volunteer

Christopher Klem

Retired

Loretta Mickley

Harvard Univeristy

Board leadership practices

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  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes