Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$395,769

Total expenses

$1,434,227

Contributions and grants received

$388,037

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$3,400

Investment income

$4,332

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,146,719

Total liabilities, end of year

$126,697

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,020,022

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$995,826

Management and general expenses

$296,202

Fundraising expenses

$142,199

Program service expenses (Part III)

$995,826

Program services were 69.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• 1- RESEARCH, POLICY, AND ADVOCACYCEED WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES, POLICY MAKERS AND RESEARCHERS, COMBINING TECHNICAL RESEARCH WITH A PRIORITY FOR UNDERSTANDING POLICY IMPACTS ON JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. AS PUBLIC DIALOGUE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE BECOMES MORE AND MORE "EXPERT DRIVEN," CEED IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SPACE FOR INCLUSIONARY AND INFORMED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND SELF-GOVERNANCE. WE WORK TO HIGHLIGHT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY CONTROL. IN 2023, CEED CONDUCTED RESEARCH, POLICY, AND ADVOCACY BOTH IN THE MIDWEST AND NATIONALLY THROUGH THE EJNCF. CEED PLAYS A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE EJNCF COALITION THROUGH CONVENING AND COORDINATING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COALITION IN AN ONGOING WAY. THE PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS IN 2023 WERE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUSTICE40 (J40) INITIATIVE AND THE EJ INVESTMENTS IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) AND BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (IIJA) AND REDUCING LOCAL POLLUTION FROM THE POWER SECTOR IN EJ COMMUNITIES. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO J40 AND IRA IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDED DEVELOPING JOINT RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE EJ SCORECARD, STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION ON THE DESIGN OF J40 PROGRAMS, DEVELOPING JOINT RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM, AND MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY IRA FUNDED PROGRAMS. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO REDUCING LOCAL POLLUTION FROM THE POWER SECTOR INCLUDED ADMINISTRATION OUTREACH TO INFORM THE DESIGN OF POWER PLANT CARBON POLLUTION STANDARDS SUCH THAT THE STANDARD MAXIMIZES BENEFITS TO EJ COMMUNITIES AND RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING A POLICY PRIMER EXPLAINING MANDATORY EMISSIONS REDUCTION (MER) POLICY. THE MER PRIMER WAS SHARED BROADLY WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, AND RESEARCHERS TO RAISE AWARENESS AROUND MER AS AN INSTRUMENTAL APPROACH FOR REDUCING LOCAL POLLUTION FROM THE POWER SECTOR. 2- POPULAR EDUCATIONCEED CONDUCTS POPULAR EDUCATION WITHIN GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO ENGAGE IN THEIR OWN VOICE ON CRITICAL ENERGY, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PLANNING THAT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH AND LIVELIHOODS. IN 2023, CEED DEVELOPED AND CONDUCTED POPULAR EDUCATION MATERIALS [FOR LOCAL EJ COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZERS, FAMILIES, YOUTH, AND MORE] THAT POSITIONS COMMUNITIES TO SHARE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT ADDRESS INJUSTICE AND ADVANCE ADVOCACY AND LIBERATION. WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OFFERINGS TO OUR MIDWEST CONSTITUENCIES WHILE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONAL PARTNERS THROUGH THE EJNCF. CEED'S CURRICULUM IS ORGANIZED BY SERIES, INCLUDING THE POLLUTION SERIES, ENERGY SERIES, CLIMATE SERIES, NATURE SERIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERSECTIONALITY SERIES. EACH CONTAINS VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SERIES' THEME; MATERIALS MAY INCLUDE FACILITATION GUIDES, OUTLINING AN ENTIRE LESSON PLAN FOR A WORKSHOP, OR SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS AN INFOGRAPHIC, A ZINE, A COLORING BOOK, A GRAPHIC STORY, OR A COOKBOOK. EXPANDED OFFERINGS INCLUDED CURRICULUM ON JUSTICE 40 AND EDUCATION MATERIALS ON THE IRA IMPLEMENTATION. THESE RESOURCES SUPPORT COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN UNDERSTANDING THESE COMPLICATED FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND HOW TO UTILIZE AVAILABLE FUNDING. CEED WORKED WITH ARTISTS TO CREATE VISUAL RESOURCES SUCH AS GEOGRAPHICALLY CUSTOMIZED ZINES TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE IRA.

  Expenses $995,826 · Revenue $3,400

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

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

28 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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