Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $163,217
- Total expenses
- $163,217
- Contributions and grants received
- $163,217
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $93,822
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $93,822
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $145,418
- Management and general expenses
- $17,799
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $145,418
Program services were 89.1% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$83,922
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$79,295
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $27,784 · program services $20,784 · management and general $7,000
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $2,472 · program services $1,849 · management and general $623
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,535 · program services $1,000 · management and general $535
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0 · program services $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,968 · program services $1,218 · management and general $750
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14 · Information technology
total $679 · management and general $679
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0
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17 · Travel
total $119 · program services $119
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0
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23 · Insurance
total $3,212 · program services $0 · management and general $3,212
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24a · Other expenses: Relief support for farmers
total $45,000 · program services $45,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Workshop contracting, services, stipends, equipment
total $65,448 · program services $60,448 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Legal & contract fees
total $15,000 · program services $15,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $58,822 · end of year $13,340
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $26,764
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $53,718
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $93,822 · end of year $93,822
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit green think tank and project incubator based in Santa Cruz, California. SSRF seeks to: Address complex and wicked environmental and sustainability problems that confound communities, defy singular technical or social solutions and cannot be addressed successfully at a global scale. Bring together numerous stakeholders with competing interests, capacities and approaches while addressing the critical importance of equity and justice. Collaborate with partner organizations to incubate and develop local projects and programs that promote community sustainability and development. Pursue projects that are replicable and scalable, based on best practices and insights drawn from successful projects. Our philosophy is that a project or program implemented successfully at one site can be replicated in many other places, with appropriate adjustments to local conditions.
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SSRF and its collaborators conducted a series of regenerative agriculture and farm management workshops for Latine farmers across the Central California Coast region (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties). A portion of the expenses were funded by government grants received in 2022.
Expenses $85,418
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SSRF provided relief funds to farmers in the four counties that had been heavily impacted by the storms and flooding during Winter 2023
Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000
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SSRF continued its work related to solar community energy systems and guaranteed basic income streams from the sale of solar electricity.
Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Marisela Lara
Employee
- Total calculated
- $14,858
- From this org
- $14,858
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7.6
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Ami Chen Mills
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $12,926
- From this org
- $12,926
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 17.3
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Ronnie D Lipschutz
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
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Kevin W Bell
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
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Adina Paytan
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Dustin Mulvaney
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Ann Lopez
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Sheila Davis
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Marisha Farnsworth
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Steven Mentor
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Beatriz Smith
Board members
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Thomas Rettenwender
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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 April 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202441649349300149
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