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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SUSTAINING OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE SOUL.

Totals

Total revenue
$749,701
Total expenses
$821,576
Contributions and grants received
$745,658
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,043
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$120,476
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,631
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$112,845
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$505,183
Management and general expenses
$289,175
Fundraising expenses
$27,218
Program service expenses (Part III)
$505,183

Program services were 61.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $214,336

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $531,322

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tree Planting

    total $4,043 · related or exempt $4,043

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 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 $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $71,333 · program services $15,918 · management and general $44,735 · fundraising $10,680

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $217,006 · program services $149,244 · management and general $53,648 · fundraising $14,114

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $37,882 · management and general $37,882

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,909 · management and general $18,909

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,495 · management and general $26,495

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,369 · program services $26,156 · management and general $3,213

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $948 · program services $749 · management and general $40 · fundraising $159

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,954 · program services $1,734 · management and general $33,163 · fundraising $57

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,000 · program services $811 · management and general $7,189

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,442 · management and general $35,442

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,684 · program services $4,470 · management and general $214

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,962 · program services $362 · management and general $2,759 · fundraising $1,841

  • 20 · Interest

    total $114 · management and general $114

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,994 · program services $3,630 · management and general $364

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,687 · program services $5,243 · management and general $16,444

  • 24a · Other expenses: Watering Service

    total $123,109 · program services $123,109

  • 24b · Other expenses: Trees

    total $116,170 · program services $116,170

  • 24c · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $35,788 · program services $35,788

  • 24d · Other expenses: Tree Delivery

    total $7,778 · program services $7,778

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,952 · program services $14,021 · management and general $8,564 · fundraising $367

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100,868 · end of year $52,645

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $297,845 · end of year $36,512

  • 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 $16,382 · end of year $12,224

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

    $31,153

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

    $14,059

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,876 · end of year $17,094

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 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 $2,500 · end of year $2,001

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,393 · end of year $7,194

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $244,358 · end of year $437

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $136,158 · end of year $112,845

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,562

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Sustaining Our Urban Landscape's mission is to drive a resilient and environmentally equitable New Orleans through reforesting our city.

  • Community Forestry Project - SOUL plants large, native trees one neighborhood at a time to reduce flooding, slow subsidence, lower ambient temperature, and improve the community health of New Orleans.

    Expenses $505,183 · Revenue $4,043

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susannah Burley

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $69,800
    From this org
    $69,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Scott Howard

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Betsy Davidson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alex Dunn Jr

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Eugene Green

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jerome Jackson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Andreas Merkl

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hayley Solsky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
14 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520459349301497

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