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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SUSTAINABLE JERSEY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,373,373
Total expenses
$2,558,388
Contributions and grants received
$3,300,936
Grants paid
$632,406
Program service revenue
$33,389
Investment income
$88,852
Other revenue
-$49,804
Total assets, end of year
$3,791,693
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,505,413
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,286,280
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,154,316
Management and general expenses
$185,787
Fundraising expenses
$218,285
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,154,316

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $53,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,247,186

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $33,389 · related or exempt $33,389

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $88,852 · excluded $88,852

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $36,652

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

    $53,750

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $89,867

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$53,215 · excluded -$53,215

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $3,411 · excluded $3,411

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,411

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $632,406 · program services $632,406

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $471,521 · program services $329,939 · management and general $30,860 · fundraising $110,722

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $194,574 · program services $154,321 · management and general $14,327 · fundraising $25,926

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,482 · program services $98,661 · management and general $9,517 · fundraising $8,304

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,378 · management and general $64,378

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $51,554 · fundraising $51,554

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $772,265 · program services $751,041 · management and general $9,224 · fundraising $12,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,788 · program services $27,206 · management and general $1,266 · fundraising $316

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,749 · program services $27,787 · management and general $3,522 · fundraising $440

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,220 · management and general $4,220

  • 24a · Other expenses: INDIRECT COSTS

    total $107,905 · program services $91,456 · management and general $8,285 · fundraising $8,164

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & SUBSCRIPTION

    total $28,804 · program services $20,755 · management and general $8,049

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $22,660 · management and general $22,660

  • 24d · Other expenses: PLAQUES & PROMOTIONAL I

    total $21,836 · program services $20,744 · management and general $235 · fundraising $857

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,246 · management and general $9,244 · fundraising $2

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $730 · end of year $164,504

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,432,642 · end of year $3,459,116

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $408,010 · end of year $80,915

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,131 · end of year $81,670

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,921 · end of year $5,488

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $287,561 · end of year $275,419

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,114,578 · end of year $1,229,994

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $479,245 · end of year $1,676,616

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $992,050 · end of year $609,664

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SUSTAINABLE JERSEY'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH THE TOOLS, TRAINING, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES NECESSARY TO PURSUE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC INITIATIVES. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS A NETWORK AND MOVEMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO BRING ABOUT A SUSTAINABLE NEW JERSEY. ACTING WITH STATE AGENCIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY, SUSTAINABLE JERSEY RESEARCHES BEST PRACTICES FOR WHAT COMMUNITIES COULD AND SHOULD DO, CREATES DETAILED GUIDANCE CALLED "ACTIONS, AND ASSISTS MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL GREEN TEAMS AS THEY WORK TOWARD COMPLETING. THEIR EFFORTS RESULT IN A PRESTIGIOUS MUNICIPAL OR SCHOOL CERTIFICATION AWARD WHEN THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUSTAINABLE JERSEY PROGRAM STANDARDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUSTAINABLE JERSEY'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH THE TOOLS, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES NECESSARY TO PURSUE CRITICAL SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES.

  • MUNICIPAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM:SUSTAINABLE JERSEY, LAUNCHED IN 2009, IS A FREE MUNICIPAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC ACTIONS COMMUNITIES CAN TAKE TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, ADDRESS THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAVE MONEY, AND SUSTAIN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE OVER THE LONG TERM. BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024, 466 NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES (REPRESENTING 83% OF THE STATE) WERE REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND WERE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES WITH 208 CERTIFIED. IN ADDITION TO CERTIFICATION, MUNICIPALITIES CAN EARN GOLD STARS IN KEY DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY SUCH AS ENERGY, HEALTH AND WATER. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 18,192 PROGRAM ACTIONS AND 9 GOLD STARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED.SCHOOL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: IN 2014, SUSTAINABLE JERSEY LAUNCHED THE SUSTAINABLE JERSEY FOR SCHOOLS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH LEADING NEW JERSEY SCHOOL-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. IT IS IS A FREE, VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR NEW JERSEY PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH-GRADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024, 67% ON NEW JERSEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, 375 SCHOOLS WERE CERTIFIED, AND 48 SCHOOLS RECEIVED DIGITAL SCHOOLS STAR RECOGNITION. COLLECTIVELY, THESE SCHOOLS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DOCUMENTED OVER 9,864 PROGRAM ACTIONS.

    Expenses $608,058 · Revenue $33,389

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $576,681 · Grants $632,406

  • SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ALSO COLLABORATES WITH STATE AGENCIES, NON-PROFITS, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK. IN FY24 THIS INCLUDED DEVELOPING 20 INTERDISCIPLINARY K-12 UNITS ADDRESSING THE NEW JERSEY CLIMATE CHANGE STUDENT LEARNING STANDARDS, HELPING MUNICIPALITIES TO BECOME MORE BIKE AND WALK FRIENDLY, AND SUPPORTING OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL AND STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $969,577

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Caroline Ehrlich

    VICE - CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terence Wall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paola Toro

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Brown-Dancy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beatrice Daggett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Potosnak III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Schmid

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wanda Monahan Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Salvatore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy McDonough

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marissa McKenzie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Matheus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Jiampetti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Mahaney EdD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Sondermeyer

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Guiseppe Grillo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charnette Frederic

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Tony Perry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randall Solomon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,524
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $141,682
    Other
    $34,842
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $141,682 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,138 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,704 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $176,524 related

  • Renee Haider

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,249
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,458
    Other
    $27,791
    Hours/week
    35

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • CLINTON TOWN

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • EVESHAM TOWNSHIP

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • HOLMDEL TOWNSHIP

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • MONTCLAIR TOWNSHIP

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • TINTON FALLS BOROUGH

    $20,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI & SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • BLANQUITA B VALENTI COMMUNITY SCHOOL

    $10,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI & SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • BOGOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $10,000

    2024 PSESG MUNI & SCHOOL REGRANTS

  • BOROUGH OF BARRINGTON

    $10,000

    2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

    501(C)3 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION WITH OFFICE SPACE, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL SERIVCES · NJ

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510789349301661

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