Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
“Protect the wild lands and waters of Southeast Alaska.”
56 years on the ground, 2 live lawsuits.
The origin
How they started
SEACC formed in 1970 when Southeast Alaskans organized to fight large-scale clearcut logging of old-growth in the Tongass National Forest, then driven by pulp mills holding long-term Forest Service contracts. It became a federally recognized nonprofit in 1977 and still works across the Panhandle and Inside Passage on logging, mining, and roadbuilding. Based in Juneau, it fights for protection of the Tongass and the salmon runs and communities that depend on it.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “SEACC's mission is to protect the special places of the world's largest temperate rainforest, promote conservation, and advocate for sustainability in human use of natural resources.” as filed.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
The Tongass
$348K, 34% of spendingProtect the Tongass old-growth trees by advocating to keep the Tongass roadless and wild.
Including $1,150 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
The Tongass: Protect the Tongass old-growth trees by advocating to keep the Tongass roadless and wild.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Inside Passage Waters
$292K, 28% of spendingThe Inside Passage Waters Program protects the Inside Passage Water resource by watchdogging mining projects across the border in Canada, and here in Alaska.
Read it as they filed it
Inside Passage Waters: The Inside Passage Waters Program protects the Inside Passage Water resource by watchdogging mining projects across the border in Canada, and here in Alaska.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
62 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$639,822 programs, $326,497 management, $60,389 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at SEACC? Claim this page.
Those 9 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If SEACC is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe record
The court record
And 3 more in our case database: a selection we track, not their full docket.
Fights alongside Center for Biological Diversity (7 shared cases), Natural Resources Defense Council (7 shared cases), Sierra Club (5 shared cases), Alaska Wilderness League (4 shared cases) and Defenders of Wildlife (4 shared cases) and 8 more. Same case, same side, on the federal docket.
The filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2012 | $709,843 |
| 2013 | $780,121 |
| 2014 | $695,326 |
| 2015 | $845,769 |
| 2016 | $622,179 |
| 2017 | $740,065 |
| 2018 | $5,036 |
| 2018 | $895,564 |
| 2019 | $865,619 |
| 2020 | $1,169,155 |
| 2021 | $1,761,738 |
| 2022 | $1,153,185 |
| 2023 | $1,221,487 |
| 2025 | $1,157,808 |
From $710K in 2012 to $1.2M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024). 2021, at $1.8M, stands well above the other years on file.
Year by year
The record, in order
- 1970Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is formed.the directory; the return’s own formation year is 1976
- 20112011 to 2025: 6 cases filed, all since closed: Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. U.S. Forest Service; In re Big Thorne Project & 2008 Tongass Forest Plan and 4 more.the docket
The other 4
2020, Organized Village of Kake v. Vilsack, closed; 2011, State of Alaska v. United States Department of Agriculture, closed; 2025, Alaska Forest Association v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, won; 2018, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. Stewart, closed.
- 2023State of Alaska v. The United States Department of Agriculture: intervenor, still in court.the docket
- 2026Ketchikan Indian Community v. United States Forest Service: plaintiff, still in court.the docket
Rust, a case still in court. Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 8 federal cases with the group on the docket. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
The places they defend
See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Alaska congressional delegation averages 4 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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