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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHANGE IS SIMPLE INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$639,131
Total expenses
$824,132
Contributions and grants received
$361,088
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$202,986
Investment income
$3,953
Other revenue
$71,104
Total assets, end of year
$1,579,365
Total liabilities, end of year
$254,076
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,325,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$630,919
Management and general expenses
$87,366
Fundraising expenses
$105,847
Program service expenses (Part III)
$630,919

Program services were 76.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $361,088

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $23,763

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCHOOL PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $202,986 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,953 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT INCOME

    total $71,104 · related or exempt $71,104 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $71,104

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $137,536 · program services $79,084 · management and general $17,166 · fundraising $41,286

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $372,695 · program services $341,361 · management and general $0 · fundraising $31,334

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,521 · program services $27,521 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,364 · program services $40,478 · management and general $1,975 · fundraising $6,911

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,300 · program services $0 · management and general $10,300 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,043 · program services $0 · management and general $4,043 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $32,579 · program services $0 · management and general $31,063 · fundraising $1,516

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,218 · program services $0 · management and general $9,218 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $127 · program services $0 · management and general $127 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $33,681 · program services $33,681 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,887 · program services $7,816 · management and general $71 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,103 · program services $0 · management and general $1,103 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: COOP STIPENDS

    total $6,199 · program services $6,199 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $72,579 · program services $72,579 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: STUDY COSTS

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $16,200 · program services $16,200 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,100 · program services $0 · management and general $12,300 · fundraising $24,800

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $656,047 · end of year $783,105

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $770,388 · end of year $479,999

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $30,578 · end of year $31,949

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,900 · end of year $4,900

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

    $99,006

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

    $8,844

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $71,516 · end of year $90,162

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,054

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $187,196

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,139 · end of year $27,717

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $39,047

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $187,312

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $663,581 · end of year $820,289

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $846,709 · end of year $505,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO INSTILL LIFELONG SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THAT INSPIRES ACTION FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE, PLANET AND COMMUNITY

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMS: CHANGE IS SIMPLE'S SUPER-CHARGED STEM CURRICULUM BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL, SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE EDUCATION TO MORE THAN 7,000 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA EACH YEAR. THE PROGRAM TRANSFORMS CLASSROOMS INTO ECOSYSTEMS AND LABS, AND KIDS INTO ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS; SOLVING THE MOST PRESSING ENVIROMENTAL AND CLIMATE ISSUES. BUT WHAT THE STUDENTS LEARN IS NOT JUST SCIENCE; IT IS MATH, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, ENGINEERING, PROBLEM SOLVING, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND MORE, ALL TAUGHT THROUGH THE LENS OF SUSTAINABILITY. LESSONS BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE HIGHLY COMPLEX MODERN WORLD IN WHICH WE ALL RESIDE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR LEARNING, IMPROVING SKILLS, AND TAKING MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $624,919 · Revenue $132,786

  • LOGITUDINAL STUDY - A TWO-YEAR EVALUATION RESEARCH STUDY OF CHANGE IS SIMPLE'S TEACHING METHODOLOGY IMPLEMENTED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION, RESEARCH AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN SEVERAL NORTH SHORE OF BOSTON ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $6,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard P Grandoni

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alex Devereaux

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emma Hess

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanna Murphy Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Georges Dyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Greiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Jennings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natasha Lamb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Mead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ingrid Miles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodney Sinclair

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren W Belmonte

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,367
    From this org
    $68,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,599
    Hours/week
    40
  • Patrick C Belmonte

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $68,768
    From this org
    $68,768
    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
2022
Filed
31 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343129349301149

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