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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OLYMPIA COMMUNITY SOLAR.

Totals

Total revenue
$755,307
Total expenses
$440,274
Contributions and grants received
$663,985
Grants paid
$1,675
Program service revenue
$91,322
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$674,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$86,129
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$588,098
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$362,370
Management and general expenses
$77,904
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$362,370

Program services were 82.3% 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)

    $340,021

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $323,964

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Solarize Thurston

    total $17,772 · related or exempt $17,772

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CPRG

    total $24,000 · related or exempt $24,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Thurgood Marshall

    total $11,203 · related or exempt $11,203

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Project Management

    total $8,320 · related or exempt $8,320

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Sponsorship

    total $10,300 · related or exempt $10,300

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $19,727 · related or exempt $19,727

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,675 · program services $1,675

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,711 · management and general $37,711

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,480 · management and general $4,480

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $250 · management and general $250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,725 · management and general $10,725

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,800 · management and general $1,800

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $832 · management and general $832

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,702 · program services $490 · management and general $6,212

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3 · program services $3

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,963 · program services $7,675 · management and general $288

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $155,727 · program services $155,727

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,119 · management and general $1,119

  • 24a · Other expenses: State and Local Taxes

    total $2,183 · management and general $2,183

  • 24b · Other expenses: Development

    total $8,676 · program services $1,152 · management and general $7,524

  • 24c · Other expenses: Fundraising

    total $88 · program services $88

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies - Other

    total $3,914 · program services $2,887 · management and general $1,027

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $194,426 · program services $192,673 · management and general $1,753

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,544 · end of year $217,124

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $60,554

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $62,240

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

    $629,586

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

    $315,527

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $210,587 · end of year $314,059

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $16,999 · end of year $20,250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $682 · end of year $2,864

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $83,265

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $277,448 · end of year $588,098

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To steward an equitable and accessible transition to clean energy through community solar education, policy, and project development.

  • Homes First. Olympia Community Solar served as the fiscal sponsor and project managers to install seven solar energy systems on non-profit owned low-income housing buildings. A total of 28 residents will experience reduced energy bills thanks to the installations.

    Expenses $192,343

  • THURGOOD MARSHALL community solar: Olympia Community Solar is the owner/operator of a 150 kW solar energy installation on Thurgood Marshall Middle School. The project serves 37 private subscribers and one low-income service provider with clean energy benefits. The vast majority of the project is dedicated to low-income housing providers, funded by the WSU low-income community solar program.

    Expenses $59,766 · Revenue $11,203

  • SOLARIZE: Solarize is a solar group purchasing program aimed at promoting the installation of solar panels on homes and businesses. The program offers participants access to discounted rates on high-quality solar panel installations, as well as support from a team of experienced solar professionals throughout the installation process. Solarize is committed to promoting the use of clean, renewable energy and helping communities to reduce their carbon footprint. The 2023 Solarize program supported 49 homeowners to invest about $800,000 dollars in their own solar energy systems.

    Expenses $5,326 · Revenue $17,772

  • Merritt Manor depreciation and South Sound Street Medics, Grant Writing, Management Revenue, Commissions, and Climate Solution Reduction Service Grant

    Expenses $104,935 · Revenue $62,347

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kyle Nicholas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Adam Harrison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ben Silesky

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Adam Powers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mason Rolph

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Katrina Taylor

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connor Tibke

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Sunflower Community Solar LLC

    Related · Management of Solar Installation · WA · 50% owned · general or managing partner

  • Hummingbird CSP LLC

    Related · Management of Solar Installation · WA · 50% owned · general or managing partner

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202431819349300203

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