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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$39,210,071
Total expenses
$30,565,908
Contributions and grants received
$38,070,926
Grants paid
$8,473,094
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,139,145
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$44,167,374
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,619,122
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$42,548,252
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$29,895,834
Management and general expenses
$670,074
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,895,834

Program services were 97.8% 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

    $38,070,926

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,086,608 · excluded $1,086,608

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,550,297

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

    securities $1,497,760

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $52,537

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $52,537 · related or exempt $52,537

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,188,538 · program services $7,188,538

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,284,556 · program services $1,284,556

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $288,803 · program services $88,028 · management and general $200,775

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $229,754 · management and general $229,754

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,901 · program services $63,901

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,452 · program services $30,974 · management and general $2,478

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,972 · program services $6,148 · management and general $46,824

  • 17 · Travel

    total $663,039 · program services $652,986 · management and general $10,053

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,262 · program services $11,262

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $936 · management and general $936

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,805 · program services $8,038 · management and general $767

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

    total $5,303,918 · program services $5,303,918

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECT Mgmt/dir

    total $3,015,258 · program services $3,015,258

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $2,318,074 · program services $2,318,074

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEDIA DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,458,890 · program services $1,458,890

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,643,750 · program services $8,465,263 · management and general $178,487

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,329,379 · end of year $498,645

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,625,246 · end of year $13,881,820

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,357,292 · end of year $582,110

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,930 · end of year $405,029

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

    $4,681

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

    $1,404

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,213 · end of year $3,277

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $28,695,493

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $103,258 · end of year $101,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $736,572 · end of year $1,619,122

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,045,030 · end of year $6,623,855

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,669,716 · end of year $35,924,397

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CONSUMER PROTECTION, HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND GOOD GOVERNMENT.

  • CLIMATE CHANGE - A PROGRAM TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP REPORTS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE NEED FOR BOLD ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DISSEMINATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS THROUGH THE MEDIA, BLOGS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND HOLDING PUBLIC EVENTS ACROSS THE U.S. TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

    Expenses $11,866,126 · Grants $1,784,883

  • CLEAN ENERGY & JUST TRANSITION - A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEED TO LOOK BEYOND FOSSIL FUELS TO A FUTURE THAT IS SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR EVERYONE AND ADDRESS THE ONGOING CLIMATE, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EMERGENCY CAUSED BY THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THE NEED TO PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION WITH A JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION THAT PROTECTS WORKERS, COMMUNITIES, AND ECONOMIES.

    Expenses $8,563,841 · Grants $3,031,426

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION - A PROGRAM TO RESEARCH, AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON, THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES, RECYCLING, AND PRESERVATION OF CLEAN AIR, WATER, AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS.

    Expenses $4,551,532 · Grants $2,451,620

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Hitchcock

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Kleinberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Richard

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAY R HALFON dir gen Counl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part II, Compensation from Unrelated Organizations
HALFON & BOEHM, PC, A LAW FIRM, PROVIDED LEGAL SERVICES TO SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION AND RECEIVED COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 200,000.00. JAY R HALFON IS A SHAREHOLDER.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441979349302444

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