Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,629,905

Total expenses

$2,803,741

Contributions and grants received

$3,593,100

Grants paid

$129,577

Program service revenue

$34,755

Investment income

$2,050

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,578,864

Total liabilities, end of year

$40,181

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,538,683

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,294,829

Management and general expenses

$321,978

Fundraising expenses

$186,934

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,294,829

Program services were 81.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• LNG GAS EXPORTS: THERE ARE CURRENTLY PLANS TO BUILD OR EXPAND TWELVE GAS EXPORT TERMINALS IN LOUISIANA - SEVEN IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND FOUR IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH. WHILE WE ARE SUPPORTING CONCERNED RESIDENTS IN PLAQUEMINES, OUR FOCUS IS ON CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, WHERE WE ESTABLISHED A ROBUST CAMPAIGN BEGINNING IN EARLY 2022. OUR STRATEGY FOR DEFEATING THIS EXPANSION IS TO IDENTIFY LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO CAN ADVOCATE TO FEDERAL AGENCIES WHILE ALSO CREATING MORE VISIBLE LOCAL RESISTANCE - VIA EVENTS AND MEDIA - TO THE PLANNED EXPANSION. ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES INCLUDE: MAPPING BUILDOUT IMPACTS OF LOCAL FISHING GROUNDS; ACCIDENT AND OPERATIONS WATCH; COMPILING COMMENTS FOR VARIOUS REGULATORY AGENCIES; PARTICIPATION IN COALITION WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE INSURANCE AND FINANCIERS BEHIND PROJECTS; AND INTERNATIONAL COALITION BUILDING.

  Expenses $1,133,710

• SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES: EARLY WARNING NETWORK - WE KNOW THAT OUR RESISTANCE IS STRONGER WHEN WE BEGIN EARLY. IN ST. JAMES PARISH, FOR EXAMPLE, WORK TARGETING THE ST. JAMES PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUDED AN OPEN MEETINGS LAWSUIT AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT CAUSED THE CANCELLATION OF THE BILLION DOLLAR WANHUA CHEMICAL PLANT. THE EARLY WARNING NETWORK WILL FOCUS ON THE AREAS OF THE STATE TARGETED FOR INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION. IN CANCER ALLEY THESE INCLUDE ST. JAMES, ST. JOHN, AS WELL AS ST. CHARLES, ASCENSION, IBERVILLE AND JEFFERSON. THE EARLY WARNING NETWORK IS A PLAN TO DO THREE THINGS: 1/ BUILD OUT A BROADER RESISTANCE TO MORE FACILITIES WITH THE DEPTH ON EACH FACILITY NECESSARY TO WIN; 2/ CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE CHALLENGING LOCAL PROJECTS WITH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK; 3 / FIND OUT ABOUT PROJECTS AT THE EARLIEST STAGES OF PLANNING. THERE IS OFTEN INTERNAL INFORMATION IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - THE LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, THE GOVERNORS OFFICE, THE ASSESSORS FILES WHERE PROPERTY TRANSFERS ARE RECORDED - YEARS BEFORE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE. OUR PLAN PROPOSES TO FIND THAT INFORMATION AND ACT ON IT. CURRENT STRATEGY INCLUDES THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PHYSICAL/DIGITAL TOOLKIT FOR CONCERNED RESIDENTS WITH ACTIONABLE STEPS.

  Expenses $747,665 · Grants $129,577

• MOVEMENT BUILDING:DOWN BY THE RIVER BIKE RIDE - THE GOAL FOR OUR BIKE RIDE IS TO BUILD INSPIRATION AND POWER BY BRINGING THE POWER OF HISTORY TO TODAYS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT ALONG CANCER ALLEY. OUR STRATEGY IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPES WHERE PETROCHEMICAL FACILITIES ARE LOCATED SO THEY CAN SEE THE SCALE OF THE PLANTS, THEIR PROXIMITY AND THEIR IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS FIRSTHAND. BY EXPLORING THE CONFLUENCE OF BLACK HISTORY IN THE RIVER PARISHES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT, AND ECOLOGY ON BIKES RATHER THAN CARS OR A BUS, WE ARE CREATING A DEEPER EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - WE ARE IN THE DEEP SOUTH WHERE RESOURCES FOR FUNDING BLACK-LED GROUPS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELDS OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. A CORE PART OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT WHERE, RATHER THAN A SCRAMBLE FOR RESOURCES, GROUPS OF ALL SIZES HAVE THEIR FUNDING NEEDS MET. AS MORE MONEY COMES INTO THE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SPACE THAN EVER BEFORE, WITH NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS KEEN TO FUND BLACK-LED GROUPS, WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH GROUPS TO ENSURE THAT THIS MONEY IS SPENT WELL, WHILE ALSO MAKING A PLAN FOR HOW THESE GROUPS CAN RETAIN FUNDING WHEN THIS MOMENT HAS PASSED. IN ADDITION TO CO-FACILITATING A BIWEEKLY COHORT OF GRASSROOTS GROUPS, LABB ALSO PROVIDES STAFF TIME TO SUPPORT GROUPS TO DEVELOP BUDGETS, HIRING PROCESSES, AND BUILD OUT THEIR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES. THE LONG TERM GOAL FOR THIS WORK IS TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SIX BLACK-LED STAND-ALONE ORGANIZATIONS IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN LOUISIANA.

  Expenses $196,764

• STANDING WITH ST. JAMES: OUR SIX YEAR LONG COLLABORATION WITH FENCELINE COMMUNITIES IN THE MAJORITY BLACK 4TH AND 5TH DISTRICTS OF ST. JAMES PARISH IS WORK THAT WE CALL STANDING WITH ST. JAMES. THIS WORK IS ANCHORED BY OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF RISE ST. JAMES AND INCLUSIVE LOUISIANA, TWO LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS LED BY BLACK WOMEN AND LONG-TIME RESIDENTS WHOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS PRIME LOCATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION. WITHOUT A DEDICATED CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT THESE HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITIES AND POINT OUT THE VERY CLEAR INJUSTICE, THEIR COMMUNITIES WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE EVER EXPANDING PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY. STANDING WITH ST. JAMES STRATEGIES INCLUDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, LEGAL ACTION, POLLUTION MONITORING, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.

  Expenses $146,971

• ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN TO CREATE A SHIFT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS WHERE PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND GAS EXPORT ARE HEAVILY CONCENTRATED. CURRENTLY THAT INCLUDES THE RIVER PARISHES AS WELL AS CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. CREATING AND PUBLICIZING NON- PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND THE RESULTING JOBS WILL FREE RESIDENTS AND LEADERS FROM THE ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION THAT LOUISIANA NEEDS THIS INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO THRIVE. REFASHIONING THE ECONOMIC IDENTITY OF AREAS DOMINATED BY INDUSTRY IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN THE WORK TO PROTECT LOUISIANA FROM ACCEPTING ALL BAD IDEAS - INCLUDING MAMMOTH PLASTICS PLANTS AND GAS EXPORT TERMINALS - THAT COME OUR WAY. STRATEGIES TO DATE HAVE INCLUDED: JOB FAIRS ADVERTISING FILM AND ENVIRONMENTAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE RIVER PARISHES; GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROFICIENT FREELANCE GRANT WRITERS; CONNECTING PARTNERS TO SOLAR AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; AND CONVENING A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS, PRESERVATION INSTITUTIONS AND NONPROFITS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING BLACK CULTURAL ECONOMIC DISTRICTS ALONG THE RIVER ROAD.

  Expenses $69,719

As filed on the 2022 return.

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

• THE DESCENDANTS PROJECTS

  $70,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• RESTORE TRUST

  $15,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• RESIDENTS FOR AIR NEUTRALIZATION

  $5,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• CONCERNED CITIZENS OF ST JOHN

  $5,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• INCLUSIVE LA

  $5,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• LA LEAGUE OF CONSCIOUS VOTERS

  $5,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• GNOICC

  $5,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

• THE VESSEL PROJECT

  $5,000

  SUPPORTING FENCELINE COMMUNITIES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

10 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202411359349312011

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