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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by IDEAS FOR US.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,258,470
Total expenses
$1,020,809
Contributions and grants received
$1,136,906
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$75,093
Investment income
$889
Other revenue
$45,582
Total assets, end of year
$406,389
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,135
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$306,254
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$879,336
Management and general expenses
$124,007
Fundraising expenses
$17,466
Program service expenses (Part III)
$879,336

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $129,582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,007,324

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $75,093 · related or exempt $75,093

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $889 · excluded $889

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $45,582 · related or exempt $45,582

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $45,582

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $69,433 · program services $69,433

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $56,906 · program services $49,451 · management and general $6,516 · fundraising $939

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $936 · program services $936

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $200,880 · program services $174,566 · management and general $23,001 · fundraising $3,313

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $101 · management and general $101

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,199 · program services $3,750 · management and general $3,449

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,669 · program services $91,373 · management and general $3,490 · fundraising $3,806

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,599 · program services $1,785 · management and general $10,814

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,345 · program services $1,299 · management and general $779 · fundraising $267

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,327 · program services $7,601 · management and general $19,696 · fundraising $30

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,969 · program services $5,739 · management and general $1,748 · fundraising $3,482

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,884 · program services $4,958 · management and general $5,216 · fundraising $4,710

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,474 · management and general $2,474

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,222 · management and general $10,222

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $397,774 · program services $367,813 · management and general $29,961

  • 24b · Other expenses: AWARDS GRANTS

    total $76,808 · program services $76,808

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $18,317 · program services $18,317

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $10,851 · program services $4,994 · management and general $5,857

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,115 · program services $513 · management and general $683 · fundraising $919

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $93,188 · end of year $403,188

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,000

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,799

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,201 · end of year $3,201

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,140 · end of year $100,135

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$185,618 · end of year $52,387

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $253,867 · end of year $253,867

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEVELOP IDEAS, FUND ACTION, AND SCALE SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS & ACTIONS

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: WE PROVIDE EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, WITH A FOCUS ON TOPICS INCLUDING ENERGY, WATER, FOOD, WASTE AND ECOLOGY. EDUCATION COMES IN THE FORM OF MONTHLY COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS CALLED "THE HIVE," COORDINATING STATEWIDE RALLIES, ORGANIZING REGIONAL SCREENINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FILMS/ DOCUMENTARIES, AND HOSTING TOURS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES (E.G. RECYCLING PLANT, SOLAR FARM, WATER UTILITY, LANDFILL, ETC.).

    Expenses $438,106 · Revenue $3,502

  • PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: WE ORGANIZE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ENGAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THESE INCLUDE BUILDING COMMUNITY GARDENS, TRASH CLEAN-UPS, TREE PLANTINGS, CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE.

    Expenses $387,562 · Revenue $69,792

  • MICROGRANTING: WE EMPOWER CREATIVE THINKERS BY PROVIDING PROJECT FUNDING OF UP TO $1,000 FOR PILOT AND PROOF-OF-CONCEPT PROJECTS THAT WORK TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. WE IDENTIFY MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND TRACK THE IMPACT OF THESE PROJECTS OVER TIME.

    Expenses $53,668

  • Revenue $47,381

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • George Kylan McNemar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Steve Goldman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Reginald Burroughs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Patrick O Odoyo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • John R Seydel

    DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Chris Castro

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Jeff Benavides

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Clayton L Ferrara

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $69,433
    From this org
    $69,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601959349300800

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