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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 22 August 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total expenses
$22,335,139 changed to $22,346,028
Total assets, end of year
$69,302,284 changed to $69,384,333
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,950,242 changed to $26,043,178
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,352,042 changed to $43,341,155
Program services expenses
$17,880,129 changed to $17,891,018
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,880,129 changed to $17,891,018

Totals

Total revenue
$30,300,813
Total expenses
$22,335,139
Contributions and grants received
$19,335,346
Grants paid
$30,080
Program service revenue
$10,388,713
Investment income
$125,155
Other revenue
$451,599
Total assets, end of year
$69,302,284
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,950,242
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,352,042
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,880,129
Management and general expenses
$2,966,354
Fundraising expenses
$1,488,656
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,880,129

Program services were 80.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $240,267

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $15,651,894

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,443,185

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FOOD ACCESS

    total $5,081,755 · related or exempt $5,081,755

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PARTICIPANT RENTAL FEE

    total $4,810,271 · related or exempt $4,810,271

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER FEES

    total $457,960 · related or exempt $457,960

  • 2d · Program service revenue: GREENMARKET TOKEN PROCESSING

    total $25,265 · related or exempt $25,265

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $13,462 · related or exempt $13,462

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $113,159 · excluded $113,159

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $11,996

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,996

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,996 · excluded $11,996

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,983

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $240,267

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $56,983

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $451,599 · related or exempt $451,599

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $451,599

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,600 · program services $6,600

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $23,480 · program services $23,480

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $780,815 · management and general $426,994 · fundraising $353,821

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,222,200 · program services $8,388,412 · management and general $1,160,062 · fundraising $673,726

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $258,313 · program services $240,910 · management and general $7,688 · fundraising $9,715

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,361,403 · program services $1,036,643 · management and general $164,755 · fundraising $160,005

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $933,391 · program services $711,593 · management and general $134,631 · fundraising $87,167

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $117,635 · program services $9,185 · management and general $108,450

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $94,200 · management and general $94,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,250 · management and general $15,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,144,343 · program services $695,629 · management and general $344,218 · fundraising $104,496

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $112,844 · program services $109,190 · management and general $3,138 · fundraising $516

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $406,219 · program services $325,776 · management and general $72,211 · fundraising $8,232

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $176,182 · program services $85,552 · management and general $63,064 · fundraising $27,566

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $697,685 · program services $697,685

  • 17 · Travel

    total $130,325 · program services $123,461 · management and general $5,634 · fundraising $1,230

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $71,377 · program services $57,795 · management and general $12,040 · fundraising $1,542

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $110,252 · program services $107,817 · management and general $2,435

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $527,170 · program services $413,442 · management and general $113,728

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF FOOD/PLANTS

    total $3,730,492 · program services $3,730,492

  • 24b · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES

    total $454,273 · program services $446,661 · management and general $7,428 · fundraising $184

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $333,411 · program services $253,491 · management and general $76,447 · fundraising $3,473

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASE/RENTAL

    total $289,220 · program services $285,878 · management and general $3,342

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $338,059 · program services $130,437 · management and general $150,639 · fundraising $56,983

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,320,730 · end of year $312,790

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $768,218 · end of year $2,774,305

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $26,460,545 · end of year $27,650,244

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,131,945 · end of year $1,031,107

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $21,862,500 · end of year $21,862,500

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $184,156 · end of year $251,544

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $257,475 · end of year $237,147

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

    $1,434,892

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

    $781,032

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $643,205 · end of year $653,860

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,618,894 · end of year $748,039

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,533,889 · end of year $13,780,748

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,043,990 · end of year $8,550,747

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $514,751 · end of year $367,840

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $18,062,489 · end of year $16,876,611

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $155,044

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,900,525 · end of year $38,955,533

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,259,802 · end of year $4,396,509

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INC. D/B/A GROWNYC ("GROWNYC") EMPOWERS ALL NEW YORKERS TO EQUITABLY ACCESS FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN FOOD AND NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN SPACES, REDUCE WASTE, AND CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG NEW YORKERS AND SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.

  • WHOLESALE, WHICH PURCHASES FRESH PRODUCE AND OTHER FARM PRODUCTS FROM NORTHEAST REGIONAL FARMS AND DISTRIBUTES TO FOOD PANTRIES, SENIOR CENTERS, DAYCARES, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS. UNDER THIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT MODEL, FARMERS GET A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR PRODUCT AND PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES GAIN RELIABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, NUTRIENT-DENSE FOODS. MORE THAN 60% OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTED GOES TO NUTRITIONALLY AT-RISK POPULATIONS, THE EQUIVALENT OF 2.6 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD IN 2021.

    Expenses $5,870,689 · Revenue $4,211,247

  • FOOD ACCESS & AGRICULTURE, WHICH OPERATES 80 RETAIL FOOD ACCESS LOCATIONS INCLUDING GREENMARKETS, FARMSTANDS, AND FRESH FOOD BOX SITES. THESE LOCATIONS PROVIDE MORE THAN 200 SMALL, REGIONAL PRODUCERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THEIR FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER FARM PRODUCTS TO NEW YORKERS. THE FARMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDES TECHNICAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO EXPERIENCED AND BEGINNING FARMERS TO INCREASE LONG-TERM VIABILITY. ANNUALLY, A CLASS OF YOUNG ADULTS ENGAGES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY RECEIVING CAREER DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AND HANDS-ON WORK EXPERIENCE AT FARMSTANDS.

    Expenses $5,753,841 · Grants $27,180 · Revenue $6,044,704

  • ZERO WASTE, WHICH OPERATES MORE THAN 50 FOOD SCRAP DROP-OFF SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, COORDINATES TEXTILE COLLECTIONS, ORGANIZES STOP 'N' SWAP COMMUNITY REUSE EVENTS AND PROVIDES OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO ALL NEW YORKERS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S ZERO WASTE PROGRAMS AND HELP CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES. ZERO WASTE DROP-OFF SITES COLLECTED 2.3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD SCRAPS IN 2021.

    Expenses $2,308,672 · Revenue $8,386

  • EDUCATION, WHICH CONNECTS K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE NATURAL WORLD WITH AN EYE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. STUDENTS LEARN SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIORS THAT LAST A LIFETIME THROUGH THE SCHOOL GARDENS PROGRAM, ZERO WASTE SCHOOLS PROGRAM, EXPERIMENTAL FIELD TRIPS TO THE TEACHING GARDEN AT GOVERNORS ISLAND, GREENMARKET TOURS, AND IN-CLASS CURRICULUM. ADDITIONALLY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL RESOURCES PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES.

    Expenses $2,565,059 · Grants $2,900 · Revenue $1,150

  • GREEN SPACE, WHICH CREATES, REJUVENATES, AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SEVERAL NEW COMMUNITY GARDENS EACH YEAR IN ADDITION TO HELPING MORE THAN 100 GARDENS CREATED IN PRIOR YEARS; BUILDS RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS AND PROMOTES BEST PRACTICES IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS; AND OPERATES A SUBSTANTIAL TEACHING GARDEN ON GOVERNORS ISLAND.

    Expenses $1,105,203 · Revenue $120,294

  • PROJECT FARMHOUSE, WHICH ALLOWS ALL NEW YORKERS TO EXPLORE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THROUGH THE LENS OF FOOD, HORTICULTURE, ARTS, RECYCLING, COOKING, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. LOCATED AT 76 EAST 13TH STREET IN MANHATTAN, PROJECT FARMHOUSE IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART SUSTAINABILITY AND EDUCATION CENTER, AND A HOME

    Expenses $136,179 · Revenue $74,888

  • GROWNYC PARTNERS, WHICH PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO BRING FOOD, FARMING, GARDENING, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, RECYCLING, AND WASTE PREVENTION PROJECTS TO FRUITION ON BEHALF OF A DIVERSE LIST OF CLIENTS INCLUDING BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

    Expenses $39,265 · Revenue $59,481

  • NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL FOOD HUB, WHICH WILL ESTABLISH A WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION HUB TO SERVE SMALL- TO MID-SIZED FARMS IN NEW YORK STATE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WAREHOUSE FACILITY IN THE HUNTS POINT SECTION OF THE BRONX. THE FACILITY WILL INCLUDE APPROX. 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF REFRIGERATED/FREEZER AND FOOD PROCESSING SPACE AND WILL SERVE AS A NEW HOME FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXTANT WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO OTHER TENANTS. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS $40 MILLION INCLUDING PRE-CONSTRUCTION SOFT COSTS, WHICH COMMENCED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2017. FORMAL GROUND-BREAKING OCCURRED IN MARCH 2021. THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS IN 2024.

    Expenses $101,221 · Revenue $293,971

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anita Kawatra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arline Bronzaft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Samuelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bret Csencsitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlene Balfour

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Ramat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eugene Schneur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Everard Findlay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacqueline Dryfoos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Johan Segergren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John S Lyons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jordan Barowitz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lea Savoji

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liz Neumark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marianne Spraggins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Izeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Elder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas Scharlatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Kafin Esq

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Samara Daly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Contino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wellington Chen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Gewolb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcel Van Ooyen

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $354,892
    From this org
    $295,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,149
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,743
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,849
    Filer's total
    $354,892

  • Julie Walsh

    ASST. DIRECTOR/ASST. SEC.

    Total calculated
    $191,095
    From this org
    $167,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,178
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,917
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,514
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,664
    Filer's total
    $191,095

  • Dennis Conroy

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $177,453
    From this org
    $167,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,430
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,023
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,564
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $177,587

  • Angela Davis

    DIRECTOR, FOOD ACCESS & AG

    Total calculated
    $142,574
    From this org
    $141,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,142
    Hours/week
    35

  • Gerard Lordahl

    DIRECTOR, GREEN SPACE

    Total calculated
    $178,162
    From this org
    $153,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,381
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,781
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,299
    Filer's total
    $178,163

  • Michelle Sarria

    DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $138,434
    From this org
    $130,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,210
    Hours/week
    35

  • Nicholas Rolf

    DIRECTOR, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $141,499
    From this org
    $122,509
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,990
    Hours/week
    35

  • David Hurd

    DIRECTOR, ZERO WASTE MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $136,567
    From this org
    $118,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,250
    Hours/week
    35

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • FOOD HUB QALICB INC

    501(C)(3) · TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE EFFORTS OF COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INC. · NY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL FOOD HUB LLC

    TO OWN ASSETS AND CARRY ON ACTIVITIES SUPPORTIVE OF THE ORG'S MISSION · NY · income $8,797,980 · assets $55,608,706

    Directly controlled by COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411369349312266

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