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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL OF RHODE ISLAND EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$264,402
Total expenses
$375,581
Contributions and grants received
$264,402
Grants paid
$90,058
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$80,767
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$80,767
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$317,220
Management and general expenses
$47,076
Fundraising expenses
$11,285
Program service expenses (Part III)
$317,220

Program services were 84.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $29,955

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $234,447

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,058 · program services $90,058

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $142,887 · program services $107,093 · management and general $25,441 · fundraising $10,353

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,747 · program services $8,987 · management and general $1,891 · fundraising $869

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $26,700 · program services $10,500 · management and general $16,200 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,500 · program services $0 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $79,713 · program services $79,650 · management and general $0 · fundraising $63

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,169 · program services $4,169 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,574 · program services $6,323 · management and general $251 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $848 · program services $0 · management and general $848 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,275 · program services $7,000 · management and general $275

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,440 · program services $3,440 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $670 · program services $0 · management and general $670 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $174,870 · end of year $80,767

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $17,076 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,235 · end of year $13,602

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $122,711 · end of year $67,165

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To sponsor and support efforts of environmental, climate and justice organizations to promote environmental and public health, natural resource protection and community restoration.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Fiscal agency to new environmental projects and collaborations between allied organizations, e.g. Racial Environmental Justice Committee (rejc401.com) and the Green Infrastructure Coalition (https://www.greeninfrastructureri.org/).

  • Racial Environmental Justice Committee. The REJC works to ensure our members are making the decisions and embody the principle set forward in our Just Providence Framework. To achieve that goal our ways of being need to reflect our principals. Development of the Providence Climate Justice Plan. Development of Rhode Island Green Justice Zones.

    Expenses $226,077 · Grants $28,052 · Revenue $236,924

  • Green Infrastructure Coalition. Facilitated coalition of organization members of our sister organization the Environment Council of Rhode Island. Its vision is for RI Municipalities to have sustainable storm water management programs which prioritize implementing green infrastructure, which uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater where it falls.

    Expenses $48,567 · Grants $35,025 · Revenue $11,325

  • School Recycling Club. Teaches students how to be stewards of their environment and reduce food waste, keeping it out of the landfill.

    Expenses $17,076 · Grants $17,076

  • Climate behavior program.

    Expenses $15,000 · Grants $13,950 · Revenue $15,000

  • Strategic Planning

    Expenses $10,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Rhodes

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $16,200
    From this org
    $16,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Priscilla De La Cruz

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Amanda Barker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kate Sayles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • James Crowley

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Paul Beaudette

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jonaliza Ceklic

    VP of Communications

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Eugenia Marks

    VP of Membership

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Peter Trafton

    Co-VP of Policy

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Erin Ritter

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Angela Tuoni

    Co-VP of Policy

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511369349302101

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