Non-profit

Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah)

Website:

www.healutah.org/

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT

Tax ID:

84-1409393

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2021):

Revenue: $977,413
Expenses: $554,261
Assets: $1,046,324

Type:

Climate Advocacy

Formation:

1999 (Gained Non-Profit Status)

Latest Tax Filing:

2021 990 Form

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Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah) is a left-leaning climate advocacy nonprofit which focuses on Utah’s energy sources, how it maintains air quality, and how it deals with nuclear waste. They advocate for an end to using coal for electricity, greater restrictions on vehicle emissions, and an end to nuclear waste disposal in Utah. The group works exclusively within Utah. 1 2 3

History

The Healthy Environmental Alliance of Utah received its charitable tax status in 1999. The group originally worked to oppose nuclear power and the siting of nuclear waste in Utah. In 2005, it helped pass Utah Senate Bill 24, which declared that only nuclear waste that loses its hazardous properties in one hundred years could be disposed in Utah. In 2007, it opposed the building of Utah’s first commercial nuclear reactor which would have brought a zero-carbon emissions source of power to the state. The group was successful in their campaign and the reactor was never built. In 2010, it published the eUtah report, which laid out a path to run Utah entirely on weather-dependent energy by 2050. 4

Advocacy

Energy Sources

HEAL Utah wants to get rid of coal power entirely to adopt a completely weather-dependent power grid made up of wind farms and solar panels; the group has speculated this could be done by 2050. The group wants people to act individually by setting up solar and wind energy for personal use and advocates that the Utah government implement these forms of energy state-wide. 5

Air Quality

HEAL Utah, although opposed to zero-carbon nuclear energy, is concerned with carbon emissions. The group argues that the majority of emissions are from vehicles, area sources, and industry. The group wants to force stronger emissions standards on cars and trucks on the road; 6 create legislation to restrict the size, location, and energy requirements of new buildings; 7 and order large industrial developments to manage themselves in more “environmentally and socially responsible ways.” 8

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

In its 2021 IRS filing, HEAL Utah reported that its mission was to “protect public health and the environment from dirty, toxic and nuclear energy threats.” A recap of the group’s accomplishments for 2022 boasted of leading “an advocacy campaign to convince eight Utah cities to withdraw from participating in a risky proposed nuclear power project” known as the Carbon Free Power Project. 9 10

Leadership

Board Chair

Evangeline Burbidge is the chair of the board for HEAL Utah, as of August 2023.  Since 2014, she has also been listed as a partner with boutique law firm Lewis & Llewellyn LLP. From 2009 through 2014, she worked as an associate for law firm Latham & Watkins. Prior to this, she worked as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office in 2008 and then as special assistant district attorney for the District Attorney’s Office of San Francisco in 2009. 11 12

Executive Director

Lexi Tuddenham is the executive director of HEAL Utah, as of August 2023. Prior to this, from 2016 to 2021, she was the executive director of Sheep Mountain Alliance, a conservation organization based in Telluride, Colorado. 13 She worked for several conservation organizations abroad including the Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge in China and the dZi Foundation in Nepal; she also worked on environmental anthropological research related to the Pebble Mine project in Alaska. 14

References

  1. “Energy and Climate.” HEAL Utah, March 22, 2022. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/energyandclimate/.
  2. “Clean Air.” HEAL Utah, March 14, 2022. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/cleanair/.
  3. “Radioactive Waste.” HEAL Utah, March 22, 2022. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/radioactivewaste/.
  4. “About.” HEAL Utah, May 16, 2023. https://www.healutah.org/about/.
  5. “Energy and Climate.” HEAL Utah, March 22, 2022. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/energyandclimate/.
  6. “Clean Air.” HEAL Utah, March 14, 2022. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/cleanair/.
  7. “Area Source Emissions.” HEAL Utah, April 14, 2021. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/cleanair/area-source-emissions/.
  8. “Industry Emissions.” HEAL Utah, April 8, 2021. https://www.healutah.org/ourwork/cleanair/industry-emissions/.
  9. Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah). 2021 IRS Form 990. Accessed August 3, 2023. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/841409393/202211549349301411/full
  10. “23 years of continued impact.” Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah). Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.healutah.org/23-years-of-continued-impact/
  11. “Meet Our Team.” HEAL Utah, Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.healutah.org/about/team/
  12. “Evangeline Burbidge.” LinkedIn, Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/evangeline-burbidge-36ab9961
  13. “Meet Our Team.” HEAL Utah, Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.healutah.org/about/team/
  14. “Meet Our Team.” HEAL Utah, Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.healutah.org/about/team/
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: January 1, 1999

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2021 Dec Form 990 $977,413 $554,261 $1,046,324 $34,674 N $971,040 $0 $8,863 $89,337
    2020 Dec Form 990 $536,302 $506,640 $610,372 $21,643 N $507,089 $0 $11,658 $80,703
    2019 Dec Form 990 $559,626 $510,009 $553,715 $744 N $536,658 $17,000 $11,944 $73,929 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $502,423 $456,711 $510,420 $13,007 N $379,703 $19,800 $11,404 $55,043 PDF
    2017 Dec Form 990 $543,801 $480,947 $462,127 $8,056 N $533,248 $0 $10,553 $8,053 PDF
    2016 Dec Form 990 $452,959 $340,778 $402,655 $11,438 N $442,515 $0 $10,444 $50,359 PDF
    2015 Dec Form 990 $287,313 $296,820 $291,177 $12,141 N $281,877 $0 $5,436 $46,500 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $310,504 $286,879 $307,215 $10,818 N $302,696 $0 $7,808 $44,000 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $363,003 $301,898 $286,923 $10,646 N $353,792 $0 $9,211 $42,177 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $274,925 $253,399 $224,504 $9,332 N $263,437 $0 $11,488 $40,000 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $299,823 $253,782 $202,859 $9,213 N $297,753 $0 $5,322 $42,896 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah)

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