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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TREES WATER AND PEOPLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,525,907
Total expenses
$2,427,483
Contributions and grants received
$2,423,114
Grants paid
$655,048
Program service revenue
$30,147
Investment income
$72,646
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,805,989
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,302
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,783,687
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,932,374
Management and general expenses
$212,289
Fundraising expenses
$282,820
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,932,374

Program services were 79.6% 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

    $2,423,114

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Svc Revenue

    total $27,054 · related or exempt $27,054

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $3,093 · related or exempt $3,093

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $72,646 · excluded $72,646

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $47,799 · program services $47,799

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $607,249 · program services $607,249

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,053 · program services $74,443 · management and general $9,305 · fundraising $9,305

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $773,451 · program services $524,195 · management and general $89,834 · fundraising $159,422

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $129,821 · program services $91,905 · management and general $14,014 · fundraising $23,902

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,151 · program services $53,992 · management and general $8,941 · fundraising $15,218

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,196 · program services $992 · management and general $204

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,520 · management and general $7,260 · fundraising $7,260

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $191,217 · program services $172,668 · management and general $10,753 · fundraising $7,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,519 · program services $16,144 · fundraising $9,375

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,174 · program services $5,770 · management and general $10,579 · fundraising $12,825

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,847 · program services $3,745 · management and general $841 · fundraising $1,261

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,287 · program services $1,953 · management and general $15,048 · fundraising $1,286

  • 17 · Travel

    total $116,700 · program services $109,241 · management and general $5,967 · fundraising $1,492

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,725 · program services $10,083 · management and general $4,913 · fundraising $7,729

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,562 · program services $8,262 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $2,007

  • 24a · Other expenses: Reforestation supples

    total $65,505 · program services $65,505

  • 24b · Other expenses: Partner workshops/events

    total $63,890 · program services $63,890

  • 24c · Other expenses: Outreach/education/events

    total $53,224 · program services $38,913 · management and general $5,256 · fundraising $9,055

  • 24d · Other expenses: Impact investing

    total $4,528 · program services $4,528

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,065 · program services $31,097 · management and general $26,081 · fundraising $14,887

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $180,550 · end of year $236,364

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $811,284 · end of year $885,157

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $35,000

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $56,500 · end of year $56,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,620 · end of year $43,340

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

    $596,537

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

    $202,725

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $410,862 · end of year $393,812

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $10,369

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $242,906 · end of year $145,447

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,488 · end of year $14,337

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $7,965

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $18,971

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,157,303 · end of year $994,771

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $527,960 · end of year $788,916

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Providing a community-based approach to sustainable development through reforestation, watershed protection, clean-tech/cookstoves, solar energy and education in Latin America and U.S. indigenous lands.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Trees Water People is dedicated to providing a communitybased approach to sustainable development See Schedule O for more detail

  • Central American Program - Education, training and community development in the areas of reforestation, fuel-efficient cookstoves, food security and environmental education programs in Central American countries. Program expansion into Mexico began towards the end of the current fiscal year.

    Expenses $1,168,852 · Grants $607,249

  • Indigenous Lands Program - Education, training and community development on Native American reservations focusing on reforestation, solar energy, efficient and clean heating systems, renewable energy, employment and food security.

    Expenses $763,522 · Grants $47,799

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Irene Romsa

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jenny Bramhill

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jon Becker

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Zilis

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cynthia Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyrone Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raul Tuazon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Taylor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sebastian Africano

    Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $93,053
    From this org
    $93,053
    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

  • CSU Foundation

    $20,000

    Youth Development

  • Kwiyagat Community Academy

    $14,452

    irrigation

  • Pueblo of Jemez Nat'l Res

    $13,000

    Range grassland preserve

  • Montezuma Land Conservancy

    $347

    reforestation

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431569349300543

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