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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RURAL STUDIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$725,700
Total expenses
$728,537
Contributions and grants received
$725,213
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$25
Other revenue
$462
Total assets, end of year
$568,617
Total liabilities, end of year
$109,471
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$459,146
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$595,186
Management and general expenses
$111,447
Fundraising expenses
$21,904
Program service expenses (Part III)
$595,186

Program services were 81.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $725,213

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25 · excluded $25

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $462 · excluded $462

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $462

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $411,558 · program services $350,491 · management and general $42,928 · fundraising $18,139

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,579 · management and general $2,579

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,967 · program services $17,048 · management and general $17,919

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,265 · program services $26,428 · management and general $3,400 · fundraising $1,437

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,470 · management and general $11,470

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $183,254 · program services $180,668 · management and general $600 · fundraising $1,986

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $708 · program services $15 · management and general $693

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,362 · program services $9,395 · management and general $2,967

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,855 · program services $2,699 · management and general $3,878 · fundraising $278

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,976 · program services $240 · management and general $1,736

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,947 · program services $4,168 · management and general $3,779

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,957 · program services $500 · management and general $1,457

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $346 · management and general $346

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,180 · management and general $7,180

  • 24a · Other expenses: AWARDS

    total $5,667 · program services $60 · management and general $5,607

  • 24b · Other expenses: PARTICIPANT STIPENDS

    total $2,700 · program services $2,700

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $2,419 · program services $177 · management and general $2,242

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,281 · management and general $1,281

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,046 · program services $597 · management and general $1,385 · fundraising $64

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $309,625 · end of year $543,452

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $248,821 · end of year $9,993

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $12,500

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

    $3,592

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

    $3,420

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $518 · end of year $172

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,926 · end of year $35,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $156,731 · end of year $32,303

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,824 · end of year $42,168

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $279,921 · end of year $245,755

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $182,062 · end of year $213,391

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RURAL STUDIES CONDUCTS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESEARCH FOR ACTION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WORKING FOR JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND HEALTH. WE HAVE A VISION FOR RURAL LIFE IN CALIFORNIA THAT IS RADICALLY TRANSFORMED AS SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION AND EXTRACTION GIVE WAY TO SYSTEMS WHICH ARE LIFE-AFFIRMING, SENSITIVE TO MANY TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE, EQUITABLE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE RICH CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF RURAL CALIFORNIA.

  • CIRS CREATES RESEARCH-BASED TOOLS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO ARE WORKING TO ERADICATE WHITE SUPREMACY, TAKE DOWN COLONIAL POWER STRUCTURES AND REPLACE DYSFUNCTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. OUR RESEARCH METHODS REFLECT OUR BELIEF THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES AND THAT RESEARCH WHICH DEEPENS THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND, INTERPRET AND DESCRIBE THEIR LIVED REALITIES IS A KEY FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION. IN 2022, WE MOVED TWO KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS FORWARD: THE COVID-19 FARMWORKER STUDY (COFS) AND THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY DATA PROJECT. THE COVID-19 FARMWORKER STUDY (COFS) PROVIDES CRITICAL MISSING INFORMATION ON FARMWORKERS' ABILITIES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE STUDY BROUGHT TOGETHER A COLLECTIVE OF COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCHERS AND ADVOCATES TO REVEAL INFORMATION THAT CAN ONLY BE GATHERED DIRECTLY FROM FARMWORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. OUR WORK IN EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY CONTINUED TO PUSH FOR CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT INVISIBILIZE AND BURDEN UNINCORPORATED RURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $318,542

  • CIRS SHINES A LIGHT ON HIDDEN HISTORIES AND UPLIFTS RURAL VOICES IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH MULTI-MEDIA DIGITAL AND AUDIO STORYTELLING PROJECTS. IN 2022, OUR STORYTELLING TEAM RELEASED THE PODCAST SERIES FOR AN EAR TO THE GROUND, WHICH UPLIFTED HISTORIES OF LATINO FARMERS IN RURAL CALIFORNIA.

    Expenses $104,539

  • CIRS' COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK BRINGS TOGETHER A CONSTELLATION OF RURAL PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE INCLUDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, ARTISTS, HEALING PRACTITIONERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESEARCHERS THROUGH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EVENTS AND PARTICIPATION IN COALITION WORK. IN 2022 CIRS HOSTED OUR FIRST IN-PERSON RURAL JUSTICE SUMMIT SINCE THE PANDEMIC. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL COALITION WORK THROUGH THE FOOD CHAIN WORKERS ALLIANCE AND THE DIGNITY CAMPAIGN FOR WORKERS RIGHTS.

    Expenses $172,105

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amie Frisch

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $10,373
    From this org
    $10,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Benner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kassandra Hishida

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Paola Ilescas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Megan Beaman Jacinto

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • J Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Juan De Lara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Oralia Maceda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ignacio Ornelas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • A-Dae Romero-Briones

    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
2022
Filed
16 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343209349303919

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