Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$327,481

Total expenses

$428,820

Contributions and grants received

$327,481

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$0

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$0

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$397,728

Management and general expenses

$31,092

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$397,728

Program services were 92.7% 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 · 2023

• RESTORATION, DECONSTRUCTION, SALVAGE, WEATHERIZATION, AND RE-BUILDING THE LOWER 9th WARD: Revitalizing the Lower 9h Ward begins with the thousands of homes and businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina and Rita-to ensure they become health, comfortable, energy-efficient places to live and work. That community-wide focus extends to making our streets, parks, schools and gathering places safer and more sustainable. The CSED works to create energy independent, economically viable, beautiful and resilient neighborhoods. This includes working towards restoring and developing parks and community gardens. It includes providing returning residents with sustainable building resources and training to restore their homes and other residential type structures via bulk purchasing, low or no cost re-building materials, sustainable technologies and materials, and providing volunteer labor from all over the United States. Volunteer labor for the year is valued at $240,983, based on a $22.14/hour labor rate and 10,885 volunteer hours. This amount is not included as revenue or expenditures in this return.

  Expenses $142,940 · Grants $109,160 · Revenue $109,160

• FOOD SECURITY:Food Security is a vital element of a sustainable community. It is a return to the traditions of urban farming and independent living rooted in the Lower 9th Ward. CSED works to promote this initiative through community gardens, local markets and ongoing education and outreach about the importance of urban agriculture to community revitalization. The CSED supports the Backyard Gardners Network to promote food security, the Guerrilla Garden located at Chartres & Charbonnet, and the Ernst Community Garden located at Chartres and Forstall. The CSED Food Planning Community, in response to the communitys poor access to fresh food, is currently organizing Lower 9th Ward community leaders and residents to create a Neighborhood Food Action Plan. Also, the CSED is developing a local Urban Farm that will provide local quality food to residents and New Orleans area restaurants with a community hiring component to include an apprenticeship in farming.

  Expenses $142,940 · Grants $109,160 · Revenue $109,160

• SUSTAINABLE COASTAL RESTORATION: To increase and strengthen collaboration between local and national efforts in order to advance innovative policies and mechanisms forcomprehensive coastal restoration and community protection efforts in coastal Louisiana. The health and well-being of the Lower 9th Ward is deeply intertwined with the Mississippi River to the south and the Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle to the north. This geographic relationship continues to inform coastal sustainability and the critical role of wetlands throughout New Orleans, across Louisiana, and along the Gulf Coast.

  Expenses $111,848 · Grants $109,160 · Revenue $109,160

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

• Bill Walters

  President Board of Directors

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Calvin Alexander

  Vice President Board of Directors

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Charles E Allen III

  Secretary Board of Directors

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Walterine Griffin

  Member

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Dennis Griffin

  Ex Officio Member Board of Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Walter Goodwin

  Member Board of Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Charles Duplessis

  Member Board of Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Greta Gladney

  Member Board of Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• Greer Mendy

  Member Board of Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

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

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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