SIERRA CLUB: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: SIERRA CLUB (EIN 94-1153307)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-11-12
IRS object ID: 201513169349303266
Schema version: 2014v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-11-12T11:08:49-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RK Taylor & Associates	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2890 North Main St Suite 305	AddressLine1Txt
City	Walnut Creek	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94597	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	941153307	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Sierra Club	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SIER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4159775500	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	85 Second Street 2nd Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94105	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Adrienne Frazier	PersonNm
Person Title	Asst Secretary	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-11-11	SignatureDt
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Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	John M Kikuchi	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00009948	PTIN
Phone	9259447662	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Michael Brune	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	85 Second St 2nd Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94105	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.sierraclub.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
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Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To explore,enjoy,and protect the wild places of the earth; practice & promote responsible use of the earth's ecosystems & resources;educate & enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural & human environment;use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
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Total Volunteers	8955	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$984,226	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$207,613	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$84,168,338	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$88,310,980	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$8,663,420	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$9,122,151	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,994,761	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,413,743	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$3,328,375	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,522,417	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$98,154,894	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$104,369,291	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$942,914	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,138,062	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$39,218,300	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$1,556,519	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$1,498,368	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$3,895,238	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
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CY Other Expenses	$60,230,989	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$97,891,373	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$102,085,719	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$263,521	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,283,572	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$82,374,347	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$84,867,399	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$18,970,200	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$20,259,188	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$63,404,147	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$64,608,211	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization on the planet. Its mission remains: to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. But todays Sierra Club is not your parents Sierra Club. Faced with the most important environmental and public health imperative of our timeto end our addiction to dirty fossil fuels and power America with clean energythe Club is the grassroots army of a new environmental movement. We are leading efforts to build a domestic and global movement with the scope and power to confront the carbon industry head-on. When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe, said Sierra Club founder John Muir in My First Summer in the Sie	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$47,991,720	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,138,062	GrantAmt
Desc	Studying and influencing public policy: staff and volunteers engage in legislative and non-legislative activities, including research, education, lobbying, legal and policy development.The Sierra Club made significant progress on many of our frontline environmental campaigns, working with a diverse range of allied organizations and communities most effected by industrial pollution and the effects of climate change. Here are some highlights: 400,000 take to the streets in the Peoples Climate MarchPublic demand for action on climate change reached an all-time high in 2014, as demonstrated by the historic Peoples Climate March (PCM). The Sierra Club played an instrumental role in making this the largest environmental demonstration ever. More than 400,000 environmental, faith, indigenous, labor, and social justice activists --including more than 25,000 Sierra Clubbers -- joined with businesses and communities to flood the streets of New York City to call for real climate action. We were joined by celebrity and global leader allies -- including Leonardo DiCaprio, Darren Aronofsky, Mark Ruffalo, Ban Ki-Moon, Al Gore, and Jane Goodall -- to bring awareness of climate inaction ahead of the UN Climate Summit in NYC. Marchers spread out over more than four miles as they waited to march, and more than 2,600 solidarity events took place worldwide in cities across the United States, in 162 countries, and on every continent except Antarctica. The march drew more than four times the anticipated number of participants to the streets of New York and reached billions more through traditional and social media. We hope that future generations will look back on the Peoples Climate March as the moment in history that public demand for climate action reached critical mass, and leaders across the globe began taking meaningful steps towards change. 350,000 acres protected with San Gabriel Mountains National MonumentLand preservation is important not only for protecting our nations wild legacy, but also in preparing for the effects of inevitable climate change and helping species and communities adapt to a changing world. The Sierra Clubs volunteer leaders in communities surrounding the San Gabriel Mountains have been working for more than a decade to get urban youth and families out into nature and involved in helping protect their big backyard. This work to build community involvement and an active coalition of local groups paid off in 2014 when President Obama used his power under the Antiquities Act to declare the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument covering 350,000 acres in Southern California. This is the president's third landscape-scale designation on our public lands, and it is an important part of our overall goal to protect 3-5 million acres of land through new administrative designations. The voices supporting this national monument come from a broad and diverse coalition that includes elected officials, countless businesses, faith leaders, environmental justice groups, public health leaders, COFEM (Consejo de Federaciones Mexicanas en Norte Amrica), the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON), Amigos de los Rios, and the City Project, among many others. This project represents the Sierra Clubs vision for our role in future lands protection work: providing technical support and resources to local groups with the deepest connections and the most at stake in preserving local lands. U.S. Moving Beyond Coal to Clean EnergyThe Sierra Clubs strategic, comprehensive advocacy through the Beyond Coal Campaign has put the United States on track to lock in the retirement of one-third of its entire coal fleet by 2015. We are simultaneously laying the groundwork for replacing the remaining, increasingly expensive coal fleet with cheaper clean energy no later than 2030. We continue to invest in building a broad and growing coalition of more than 100 local, regional, and national allies. Since the launch of our campaign, we have worked with our partners to:Stop the development of 183 proposed coal-fired power plants;Maintain the resulting de facto moratorium on building new coal-fired power plants in the United States;Secure the largest wave of announced retirements of existing coal-fired power plants178 to date and countingin U.S. history; andReplace retired coal capacity with huge investments in energy efficiency and clean energy.Thanks to years of organizing and legal actions by the Sierra Club and other groups, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a groundbreaking regulation in 2014 limiting the harmful carbon pollution from power plants across the country. Since then, the Sierra Club has successfully mobilized activists in states across the country to demonstrate their support for the Clean Power Plan. We turned out thousands of supporters to all four public hearings, recruited more than 1,000 testifiers, brought in more than 89,000 online comments, and reached more than 730,000 people through social media. In addition, we held multiple rallies and press conferences all making clear to the EPA: the American public supports the Clean Power Plan. 1 Billion Metric Tons of CO2 Prevented while KXL DelayedOur Beyond Oil Campaign fights big oil interests across the countryworking to stop oil at all stages: extraction, transport, and end use. Our most significant accomplishment in 2014 has been to force the Department of State to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline again. This latest delay will likely be until sometime in 2015 and was attributed to two factorsboth of which we played a key role in making happen. The first factor was the significant number of comments to the environmental impact statement that needed to be reviewed. The Club was responsible for submitting some of the most detailed comments through our legal team, which were later edited into a public report and used by many different groups. We also helped to generate over 200,000 public comments from our network of supporters.The second factor was the successful legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Nebraska Governors approval of the pipeline route. Our Nebraska Chapter was instrumental in identifying and promoting this strategy. In this time period we also played a role in getting President Obama to set climate as the critical criterion for approving KXL. We organized numerous visibility events wherever the President traveled for fundraisers and dozens of vigils around the country in response to the final environmental impact statement. We understand that any strategy to end our dependence on fossil fuels must also include clean energy as a viable alternative. To this end, the Sierra Club is working on a number of campaigns to increase both the availability and desirability of clean energy around the country. Significant examples include market research and partnership plans for increasing electric vehicle sales and working with policymakers to increase wind energy by as much as 100% in the Northeast.U.S. Leading in International Climate EffortsWe were delighted in June 2013 to see President Obama respond to administrative pressure from the Sierra Club and our allies by outlining a climate plan that includes, with rare exceptions, a ban on U.S. public financing of overseas coal plants. The plan calls for an end to U.S. government support for public financing of new coal plants overseas, except for (a) the most efficient coal technology available in the worlds poorest countries in cases where no other economically feasible alternative exists, or (b) facilities deploying carbon capture and sequestration technologies. This announcement gives the Sierra Club and our partners much greater leverage in opposing U.S. financing of coal projects and in encouraging investment in off-grid clean energy to bring safe, rapid, and cost-effective energy access to communities in need. Due in part to our efforts, we have seen the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) shifting their portfolios away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy. In FY 2013, Ex-Im rejected the last coal plant in its pipeline, a 1,200 MW plant in Vietnam. Just this summer Ex-Im proposed and then withdrew consideration of support for a new 4 GW coal plant in India, citing the presidents Climate Action Plan (CAP) as the reason for withdrawal. Additionally, the United States and China released a groundbreaking announcement to set ambitious goals for climate action and carbon pollution reductions. President Obama has made a pledge for 2025 that keeps the United States on track to cut its carbon pollution 80 percent by 2050 and setting a high bar for future administrations. And for the first time ever, China committed to peak its carbon emissions by 2030 at the latest. In conjunction with our international program, The Sierra Club Foundation played a role in this accomplishment by making targeted grants to partner organizations in countries that confront	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$18,343,700	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Membership: support and funding of 63 volunteer led chapters and approximately 375 groups, and the development of a broad-based volunteer membership.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$17,200,384	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Information and education: literary programs of Sierra Club Books, SIERRA, the organization's magazine, and Communications Group include non-print media channels and Digital Strategies (mission is to align the online activities and technological investments with the broader strategy and success of the Club).SIERRA Magazine: published 6 issues per year with an average print run in excess of 564,000 magazines. Sierra Club Books: offered approximately 100 books about nature or the environment for sale to retailers and other resellers, as well as directly to the public.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Program Service Expenses	$92,612,681	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
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Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
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Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
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Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
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Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
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Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
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Investment In Joint Venture	Yes (true)	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (35 entries)

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Lane E Boldman
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael Dorsey
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Larry Fahn
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dean Wallraff
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jessica Helm
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Donna Buell
Treasurer	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Aaron Mair
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rob Wilder
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Spencer Black
Vice-President	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Dougherty
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$10,596	$0	$0
Susana Reyes
Fifth Officer	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Liz Walsh
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David A Scott
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Chris Warshaw
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Loren Blackford
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Charles Frank
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robin Mann
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Louis Barnes
CF Executive	50.00	0.00		$192,326	$0	$28,899	Yes (X)
Hamilton Leong
Controller	50.00	0.00		$158,582	$0	$25,758	Yes (X)
Phil Eager
General Counsel	50.00	0.00		$127,430	$0	$19,581	Yes (X)
Tom Neff
Asst Treas	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Michael Brune
Executive Direc	50.00	0.00		$209,615	$0	$35,348	Yes (X)
Adrienne Frazier
Dir of Finance	50.00	0.00		$111,767	$0	$18,469	Yes (X)
Sarah Hodgdon
Natl Program Dir	50.00	0.00		$188,144	$0	$24,413		Yes (X)
Bruce Nilles
Sr Campaign Dir	50.00	0.00		$180,558	$0	$16,140		Yes (X)
Michelle Epstein
Depty Chf Adv Officers	50.00	0.00		$162,835	$0	$27,221		Yes (X)
David Simon
Dir Info Tech	50.00	0.00		$159,265	$0	$30,032		Yes (X)
Jesse Simons
Chief of Staff	50.00	0.00		$177,929	$0	$31,662		Yes (X)
Jennifer Trahan
Sr Dir for Cons Fin & Op	50.00	0.00		$155,715	$0	$29,865		Yes (X)
Mary Nemerov
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Helen Sweetland
Publisher	50.00	0.00		$203,263	$0	$18,973			Yes (X)
Bruce Hamilton
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Catherine Duvall
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Jacquelyn Brown
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Robert Sipchen
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Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	69	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Target Mkt Team
600 Northpark Town Center	Atlanta	GA	30328	Marketing	$1,185,487
Palm Coast Data LLC
3787 Solutions Cir	Chicago	IL	60677	IT Processing	$1,464,494
Blue State Digital
406 7th St NW	Washington	DC	20004	Consultants	$1,538,875
Blackbaud Inc
PO Box 930256	Atlanta	GA	31193	Market consultants	$618,520
Synapse
485 Massachusetts Ave	Cambridge	MA	02139	Environmental Conslt	$681,360

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	32	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$699,365	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$87,611,615	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$88,310,980	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Other program service rev	$1,170,789	$1,170,789
Outings & lodging	$7,951,362	$7,951,362

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$9,122,151	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$730,300	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$730,300	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$13,971,529	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$12,276,586	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$11,500	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,694,943	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$11,500	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,683,443	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,683,443	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$18,309	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$699,365	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$548,462	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$530,153	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$530,153	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,958,498	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$673,479	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,285,019	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,285,019	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Advertising	$1,010,877	$984,226	$26,651
Litigation award fees	$1,667,900			$1,667,900
Royalties	$1,060,110		$1,060,110

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$28,664	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$28,664	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$3,767,551	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$104,369,291	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$12,103,734	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$984,226	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,970,351	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,138,062	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,138,062	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,321,703	TotalAmt
Program Services	$898,443	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$906,957	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$516,303	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,829,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,559,955	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$87,266	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,182,611	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,292,193	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,002,068	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$78,104	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$212,021	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,718,662	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,121,024	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$160,889	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$436,749	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,055,910	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,668,910	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,184	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$282,816	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,246,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,133,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$98,900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,800	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$168,991	TotalAmt
Management And General	$168,991	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$464,031	TotalAmt
Program Services	$464,031	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,498,368	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$1,498,368	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,300	TotalAmt
Management And General	$123,300	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,890,614	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,008,073	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$280,909	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$601,632	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,858,800	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,518,800	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$331,800	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,366,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,273,300	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$76,900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,016,100	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$910,278	TotalAmt
Program Services	$866,478	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$26,000	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$270,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$270,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,268,822	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,608,222	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$269,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$391,100	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,686,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,974,200	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$282,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$430,300	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,023,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$936,400	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,100	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$498,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$481,700	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,200	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Chapter	$15,257,858	$11,508,458	$2,658,600	$1,090,800
Printing and Publications	$5,555,200	$4,883,200	$72,800	$599,200
Membership f/r	$1,944,038	$1,944,038
Other	$1,827,300	$1,674,900	$103,600	$48,800

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	-$9,130,343	TotalAmt
Program Services	-$3,321,081	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	-$5,848,462	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$102,085,719	TotalAmt
Program Services	$92,612,681	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,577,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,895,238	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,564,902	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,192,835	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,993,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,610,100	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,302,980	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,170,402	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$92,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$67,200	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,160,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,625,200	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$16,704,300	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$8,988,900	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,253,803	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,715,400	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,066,262	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,193,062	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,726,400	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,033,100	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$214,900	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,260,100	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,374,347	BOYAmt
EOY	$84,867,399	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,458,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,125,692	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,972,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,621,796	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,539,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,511,700	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,970,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,259,188	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$31,335,272	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,301,900	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,875,375	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,445,811	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,193,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,860,500	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,404,147	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,608,211	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,374,347	BOYAmt
EOY	$84,867,399	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,283,572	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$961,057	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$2,040,565	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$1,213,282	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	1420	VolunteerHoursCnt
Expended527 Activities	$992,531	Expended527ActivitiesAmt
Total Exempt Function Expend	$992,531	TotalExemptFunctionExpendAmt
Form1120 POL Filed	Yes (true)	Form1120POLFiledInd

Section527 Political Org Section527PoliticalOrgGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Sierra Club Voter Education Fund	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	85 Second Street 2nd Fl	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94105	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	943244759	EIN
Contributions Rcvd Dlvr	$2,399,232	ContributionsRcvdDlvrAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$18,759,100	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$2,113,387	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$2,113,387	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$18,759,100	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I-A, Line 1 - Direct and Indirect Political Campaign Activities	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Sierra Club provides administrative and fundraising support to its separate segregated funds (Sierra Club Political Committee and Sierra Club Voter Education Fund) and communicates with its members about candidates, including expressly advocating for their election or defeat.The Sierra Club notifies its members in all membership solicitations that no portion of the membership dues paid to Sierra Club is deductible for charitable tax purposes.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$25,065,800	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$667,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,309,200	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,027,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$27,015,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$20,518,400	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$641,600	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,905,800	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$25,065,800	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,148,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$618,600	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,751,800	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$20,518,400	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,400,800	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$614,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$866,800	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$18,148,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$16,145,200	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$728,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,527,600	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$18,400,800	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.88000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.12000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$562,700	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$562,700	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,937,840	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,617,341	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$320,499	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,554,960	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,330,066	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,224,894	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,745,800	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,831,002	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,914,798	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,903,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$210,491	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,692,509	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$7,715,400	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Book Value Securities	$7,033,100	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Deferred lease liability	$2,409,100
Pension liability	$4,102,600

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$6,511,700	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$114,673,999	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$961,057	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$11,940,851	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$12,901,908	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$101,772,091	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$2,597,200	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$2,597,200	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$104,369,291	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$113,530,399	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$11,444,680	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$11,444,680	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$102,085,719	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$102,085,719	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, o	The Club does not capitalize donated paintings, photographs, and rare books, as these items are held for public exhibition, education, or research in furtherance of public service and are protected and cared for by the Club throughout the life of the assets. Audited Financial Statements, footnote 1.
Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose.	The Sierra Club's fine art and library collections serve as reference materials for Club staff, members, and public researchers. They provide an educational resource about the history of the Sierra Club as well as environmental and mountaineering history, and current environmental topics
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	The Club's endowment consists of a Life Member Fund and a donor-restricted fund established to further the mission of the Club. The organization's objective is to maintain the fair value of the endowment assets held in perpetuity as well as to provide additional real growth though new gifts and investment return in accordance with CUPMIFA requirements.
Part X : FIN48 Footnote	As required by U.S. GAAP, the Club has identified and evaluated its significant tax positions for which the statute of limitations remains open and determined there is no material unrecognized benefit or liability to be recorded.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	Segregated fund eliminations $5418911 Reclass fundraising reimbursements $5300000 Reclass cost of sales $673479 Pension related charges $0 Special events expense $548461
Part XI, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S	Pension related charges $2597200
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	Segregated fund eliminations $4922740 Reclass fundraising reimbursements $5300000 Reclass to cost of sales $673479 Special event expense $548461

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (10 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Target Mkt Team
1050 Crown Pte	Atlanta	GA	30338	Direct Mail	false	$9,896,091	$3,512,062	$6,384,029
SD&A Teleserv
5757 W Century	LA	CA	90045	Telemarketing	false	$746,122	$533,024	$213,098
Telefund Inc
59 Temple Pl	Boston	MA	02111	Telemarketing	false	$1,320,542	$503,172	$817,370
Donor Svs Grp
11500 WOlympic	Los Angele	CA	90064	Telemarketing	false	$982,810	$477,956	$504,854
Grassroots Cmpg
1321 15th St	Denver	CO	80202	Canvassing	Yes (true)	$151,944	$315,996
M&R Strat
1901 L St NW	Washington	DC	20036	Telemarketing	false	$3,188,954	$139,359	$3,049,595
Comnet Mkt
1214 Stowe Ave	Medford	OR	97501	Telemarketing	false	$102,973	$122,048
Harris Mktg
21250 Calif St	Woodland H	CA	91367	Telemarketing	false	$138,564	$108,038	$30,526
PDR II
79 Chapel Stree	Newton	MA	02458	Telemarketing	false	$107,995	$62,148	$45,847
(no name)
					false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$16,635,995	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$5,773,803	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$11,045,319	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Other chapter events	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$447,871	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$434,812	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$13,059	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1	$280	CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$111,041	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$29,297	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$17,555	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$97,306	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Trailblazer Ball	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$172,816	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$167,566	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$5,250	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$9,686	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$62,793	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$2,500	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$136,468	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$96,987	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$96,987	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$74,755	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$1,911	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$4,870	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$717,674	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$699,365	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$18,309	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events	$280	CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$195,482	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$94,001	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$20,055	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$238,644	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$548,462	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$530,153	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2b - Fundraiser Additional Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. has custody of funds for less than a day as the funds are forwarded to Sierra Club home office prior to being sent to the processing office.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (31 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Allegheny Defense Project
117 West Wood Lane	Kane	PA	16735	251834508	501(c)(3)	$10,800	$0	Environmental Support
Amer Relief Agency
3900 Jackson St NE	Columbia Hts	MN	55421	411989714	501(c)(3)	$6,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Animal Rescue League of Weste
6620 Hamilton Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15206	250325750	501(c)(3)	$6,800	$0	Enviornmental Support
Coal to Update Bottle Bill
294 Washington St ste 500	Boston	MA	02108	463607179	501(c)(4)	$597,000	$0	Ballot initiative
Coalition for Litter Free MA
44 Winter St 4th Fl	Boston	MA	02108	463607179	501(c)(4)	$10,000	$0	Ballot initiative
Deep South Ctr for Env Just
6841 Lake Willow Dr	New Orleans	LA	70126	562466977	501(c)(3)	$12,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Dine CARE
10A Town Plaza 138	Durango	CO	81301	860670809	501(c)(3)	$7,320	$0	Enviornmental Support
Env Amer Resarch
218 D St SE 2nd Fl	Washington	DC	20003	134339865	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Env Health Coalition
2727 Hoover Ave 202	National City	CA	91950	953798792	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Faith Action for Comm Equity
PO Box 235950	Honolulu	HI	96823	991335935	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Environmental Support
Faith in Place
70 E Lake St 920	Chicago	IL	60601	364540756	501(c)(3)	$7,000	$0	Environmental Support
FL Water & Land Legacy
1700 N Monroe 11-286	Tallahassee	FL	32303	460560492	501(c)(4)	$6,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
George Washington U
2121 I St NW 301	Washington	DC	20052	530196584	501(c)(3)	$10,345	$0	Enviornmental Support
GirlTrek Inc
3933 Park Ave	Fairfield	CT	06825	061811886	501(c)(3)	$7,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Great Basin Wtr Network
PO Box 75	Baker	NV	89311	352278153	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Environmental Support
Heritage Conservancy
85 Old Dublin Pike	Doylestown	PA	18901	236296515	501(c)(c)(3)	$5,200	$0	Environmental Support
Hip Hop Caucus Educ
20 F St NW 7th Fl	Washington	DC	20001	271165010	501(c)(3)	$25,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
J Gordon Comm Develop
2726 Forest Ave	Kansas City	MO	64109	421590883	501(c)(3)	$13,400	$0	Environmental Support
Kentucky Coalition
PO Box 1450	London	KY	40743	311113237	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Movement Strategy Ctr
436 14th St 5th Fl	Oakland	CA	94612	201037643	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
NAACP Lake County Branch
PO Box 272	North Chicago	IL	60014	366208243	501(c)(4)	$8,000	$0	Environmental Support
North Shore Land Alliance
151 Post Rd	Westbury	NY	11568	131610809	501(c)(3)	$6,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Res Publica Inc
857 Broadway 3rd Fl	New York	NY	10003	134286728	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Riverkeeper
20 Secor Rd	Ossining	NY	10562	273430200	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Environmental Support
San Bernadino Mtn Land Tr
Box 490	Lake Arrowhead	CA	92352	330700417	501(c)(3)	$5,500	$0	Enviornmental Support
Society fr Wilderness Stewar
25903 N Turkey Creek Rd	Evergreen	CO	80439	202591129	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Sunflower Community Action
1751 N Ash	Wichita	KS	67214	481126805	501(c)(3)	$5,750	$0	Environmental Support
WBAB Radio
555 Sunrise Hwy	West Babylon	NY	11704	320297943	501(c)(3)	$10,000	$0	Environmental Support
Western NC Alliance
29 N Market St 610	Asheville	NC	28806	561422691	501(c)(3)	$6,000	$0	Enviornmental Support
Western Penn Conservancy
800 Waterfront Drive	Pittsburg	PA	15222	251053485	501(c)(3)	$5,800	$0	Environmental Support
Wild Earth Guardians
312 Montezuma Ave	Santa Fe	NM	87501	850406306	501(c)(3)	$8,200	$0	Enviornmental Support

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	27	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	4	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Project Managers work with field staff to monitor the use of funds that are granted locally in the field. Our grant agreements require that the grantee either provide documentation of work and related grant expenses or agree to be audited.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Bruce Hamilton
Dep Exec Dir	$191,968	$3,903	$25,097	$220,968
Bruce Nilles
Sr Campaign Dir	$180,558	$3,323	$12,817	$196,698
Catherine Duvall
Dir Public Advoc	$158,873	$3,193	$19,209	$181,275
David Simon
Dir Info Tech	$159,265	$3,377	$26,655	$189,297
Hamilton Leong
Controller	$158,582	$3,223	$22,535	$184,340
Helen Sweetland
Publisher	$203,263	$622	$18,351	$222,236
Jacquelyn Brown
Chief Advancement	$188,447	$3,382	$26,346	$218,175
Jennifer Trahan
Sr Dir for Cons Fin & Op	$155,715	$3,337	$26,528	$185,580
Jesse Simons
Chief of Staff	$177,929	$3,623	$28,039	$209,591
Louis Barnes
CF Executive	$192,326	$3,898	$25,001	$221,225
Mary Nemerov
Chief Advancement Officer	$153,339	$4,599	$12,265	$170,203
Michael Brune
Executive Direc	$209,615	$5,125	$30,223	$244,963
Michelle Epstein
Depty Chf Adv Officers	$162,835	$2,767	$24,454	$190,056
Robert Sipchen
Dir of Commun.	$215,674	$4,026	$31,179	$250,879
Sarah Hodgdon
Natl Program Dir	$188,144	$3,776	$20,637	$212,557

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Gwyn Jones	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Employment	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$62,088	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Spouse of BD member	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The spouse of board member, James Dougherty, was on the staff of the organization during 2014.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (13 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Membership: support and funding of 63 volunteer led chapters and approximately 375 groups, and the development of a broad-based volunteer membership. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Chapter allocations: to support activities of local chapters.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	Any person interested in advancing the purposes of the Sierra Club maybecome a member. There shall be several classes of membership: Regular, Life, and such other special classes as the Board of Directors may establish.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body	All actions requiring a vote of the membership shall be decided by written ballotas provided for in Bylaw 5, Section 2, and Bylaw 11. A quorum for any ballot or forany meeting of the members shall be five percent (5%) of the membership on thedate of record set by the Board of Directors in accordance with law. Each personwho is a renewed member on the date of record shall be eligible to vote and shall have one vote on any issue presented to the membership except as provided in Paragraph 5.7. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. All life members and renewed regular members of record on January 31 shall be sent ballots for the annual election of Directors, as provided in the Bylaws.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders	In accordance with Corporation Law section 5057, the only membership rights ofmembers of the Club are the rights specifically provided by the Articles, Bylaws,and the Corporation Law. All other privileges or opportunities granted tomembers of the Club under its Standing Rules, policies, or the bylaws or rules ofClub subentities are not rights of membership in the Club for purposes ofCorporation Law section 5057.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A draft of the Form 990 is reviewed by the Finance Department and the Assistant Secretary. After review, a copy is sent for review to the Audit Committee who has been designated by the Board of Directors to review the 990 on their behalf prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Board of Directors and other senior volunteers must complete and sign a written disclosure form annually. For employees (current and former) plus independent contractors are responsible for disclosing any potential conflicts of interest related to their Club activities. The policy is included in the Employee Handbook. In-house legal Counsel will investigate complaints of violations. When a potential conflict is disclosed by an employee, the Human Resources department makes a determination regarding the appropriate action in order to comply with the Club's policies.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	Compensation of Directors, if any, is reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors utilizing external data from like organizations, the rationale for which is documented. The Executive Director compensation is determined by the Board of Directors after an evaluation of performance and interviews with appropriate parties. Compensation is based on external data from like organizations. A documented performance evaluation is maintained. Executive Director salary is determined by the Board Executive Committee. The Committee reviews the salaries and yearly increases. It also establishes budgeted increase rate for all management personnel. The Committee has comparative salary data available from the Human Resources Department. Annual performance reviews are conducted and documented. With respect to all officers and key employees, the Human Resources Department conducts a salary comparison survey every other year to ensure that Club salaries for these individuals are within external market salary practices. This includes the Executive Director's salary. Salaries for officers and key employees other than the Executive Director are determined according to the Club's established procedure and guidelines for annual merit raises, as administered by the Human Resources Department, and approved by the Board of Directors. The Executive Team, the Executive Director, and the Director of Human Resources must approve specific raises.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The organization's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Standing Rules (which contains the conflict of interest policy) are available on its public website: www.sierraclub.org. Portions of the audited financial statements along with a link to the full audited financial statements are published in SIERRA magazine (Nov-Dec issue). Form 990 and Form 990-T are available upon request.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	Pension related charges = $0
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Pension related charges = -$2597200
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Segregated fund eliminations = -$0
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	Segregated fund eliminations = $556635
Part VI, Section B, Line 16(b)	Sierra Club did not participate or invest in any new joint ventures or similar arrangements with taxable entities during 2014. Sierra Club has a long-standing procedure that it follows when reviewing potential new investment or participation in joint ventures and similar arrangements with taxable entities and the possible impact of such investments on its tax-exempt status, including the negotiation of terms and safeguards to ensure that the organization's exempt status is protected. Sierra Club's procedure was followed for Sierra Clubs investment and participation in such entities during prior tax years but the procedure had not been adopted in writing as of the end of tax year 2014. Sierra Club's procedure for such arrangements involves senior management review and negotiation of any possible transaction, including in-house legal and financial review, and review by Sierra Clubs Board of Directors, as necessary. Proposed transactions are also reviewed by outside legal or tax advisors as appropriate or necessary to safeguard Sierra Club's exempt status for the venture or arrangement.