Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$674,690

Total expenses

$663,746

Contributions and grants received

$287,676

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$375,893

Investment income

$301

Other revenue

$10,820

Total assets, end of year

$456,433

Total liabilities, end of year

$88,593

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$367,840

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$546,653

Management and general expenses

$86,851

Fundraising expenses

$30,242

Program service expenses (Part III)

$546,653

Program services were 82.4% 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 · 2022

• NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING (NOAH) - THROUGH OUR NOAH PROJECT AND THE EFFICIENCY NAVIGATOR, WE ENGAGE WITH AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THE NOAH STOCK IN DANE COUNTY MORE SUSTAINABLE. WE ARE OFFERING THE EFFICIENCY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM TO HELP SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, AFFORDABLE, AND RESILIENT WHILE REDUCING OPERATING COSTS FOR OWNERS AND ENERGY COST BURDEN FOR RESIDENTS. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO ADDRESS HOUSING RESILIENCE, EQUITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE. WE PROVIDE COMPLIMENTARY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS AND STEP-BY-STEP NAVIGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE PROGRAM IS FOR RENTER-OCCUPIED BUILDINGS WITH RENTS AFFORDABLE TO RESIDENTS AT OR BELOW 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THE HOUSING STOCK IS KNOWN AS NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING (NOAH). THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES BI-LINGUAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY LEADERS, MULTIFAMILY SOLAR OPPORTUNITIES AND HEALTHY BUILDING ELEMENTS, ELECTRIFICATION, THE RELAY NETWORK, A DIVERSE CONTRACTOR ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.

  Expenses $307,651 · Revenue $308,714

• SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND NETWORK - SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND NETWORK IS A LEARNING GROUP OF PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT HOLISTIC SUSTAINABILITY (ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EQUITY AND SOCIAL WELLBEING, AND A JUST ECONOMY). VIA COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND THE NETWORK, SUSTAIN DANE SHARES SKILLS AND STRATEGIES, RESEARCH FINDINGS, AND LOCAL CASE STUDIES. THERE ARE QUARTERLY BREAKFAST MEETINGS, MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, MEMBERSHIP, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. OTHER WORK INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY RECYCLING PROGRAM, CLIMATE ACTION COMMITMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS ON FOOD WASTE REDUCTION, AND SUSTAINABILITY ART. IT ALSO INCLUDES SUSTAIN DANE'S SUSTAINABILITY STORIES PLATFORM, WHICH AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, RACES, GENDERS, AND GEOGRAPHIES THAT ARE WORKING ON AND WANT TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $118,287 · Revenue $58,661

• SUSTAIN DANE SUMMIT - AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT CONVENES SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVISTS WHO EMBRACE HOLISTIC SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, AND DESIRE TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE GREATER MADISON REGION. APPROXIMATELY 250 INDIVIDUALS CONVENED TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE SUMMIT WAS DEEMED SUCCESSFUL BASED UPON METRICS ACHIEVED AND PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK.

  Expenses $50,487 · Revenue $5,528

• BUSINESS OUTREACH AND PROJECTS - ACCELERATE SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP (ASW) IS A ONE YEAR, FULLY-CUSTOMIZABLE PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WISH TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WHILE SAVING COSTS AND CREATING A HEALTHIER AND MORE ENGAGING WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY. ASW BUILDS ON THE SUCCESS OF SUSTAIN DANE'S MPOWER PROGRAM. BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COMPLETED MORE THAN 600 SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS RELATED TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLEAN ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, EQUITY, WATER OR WASTE REDUCTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MORE.

  Expenses $70,228 · Revenue $2,990

As filed on the 2022 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

2022

Filed

23 August 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202302489349301230

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