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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOWLANDER CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$858,346
Total expenses
$811,823
Contributions and grants received
$858,346
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$803,756
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,805
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$722,951
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$773,456
Management and general expenses
$38,367
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$773,456

Program services were 95.3% 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

    $858,346

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $22,662 · program services $22,662

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,775 · program services $1,775

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,185 · program services $3,863 · management and general $1,322

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $426,969 · program services $415,957 · management and general $11,012

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,300 · program services $780 · management and general $9,520

  • 17 · Travel

    total $49,247 · program services $49,247

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,701 · program services $11,701

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,816 · management and general $8,816

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $171,267 · program services $169,267 · management and general $2,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATION EXPENSES

    total $50,645 · program services $47,149 · management and general $3,496

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM RELATED COSTS

    total $32,521 · program services $32,521

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $17,500 · program services $16,500 · management and general $1,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,235 · program services $2,034 · management and general $201

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $811,601 · end of year $797,670

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $6

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $60 · end of year $6,080

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $134,796 · end of year $79,788

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $437 · end of year $1,017

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $676,428 · end of year $722,951

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO HELP CREATE SOLUTIONS TO LIVING WITH AN EVER-CHANGING COASTLINE AND LAND LOSS WHILE VISIONING A FUTURE THAT BUILDS CAPACITY AND RESILIENCE FOR PLACE AND PEOPLE.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION THROUGH COMMUNITY DRIVEN DESIGN AND VISION FOR A SUSTAINABLE LIVEABLE COAST INCLUDING CANALS, HOUSING, FOOD SOVERIGNTY- COASTAL COMMUNITIES COLLABORATION AND FIRST PEOPLE'S CONSERVATION COUNCIL WITH A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH A NSF COPE 5 YEAR PROGRAM THROUGH HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY.

    Expenses $37,188 · Revenue $25,519

  • COASTAL COMMUNITIES COLLABORATION - THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INCLUDE BAYOU COMMUNITIES AT RISK DUE TO LAND LOSS FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION, MOSTLY FROM OIL-RELATED WORK, AND FROM CLIMATE CHANGE. MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES HAVE SIMILARITIES IN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY GENERATIONS. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DISPLACED, ESCAPED, SOLD, OR PUSHED OUT OF OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD. THE BAYOU COMMUNITIES HAVE DEEP ROOTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAND, WATER, AND TRADITIONS OF THEIR AREA, WHICH IS NOW THREATENED. NEW MAPS CREATED EVERY SEVERAL MONTHS BY VARIOUS AGENCIES AND RESEARCH TEAMS ARE ONLY CONFIRMING WHAT THE PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW- THE LAND IS VANISHING FASTER THAN PLANS FOR RESTORATION OR ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THE INHABITANTS, HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN. OUT OF THESE CONCERNS, A LOOSE COALITION OF COMMUNITIES, TRIBES, AND PEOPLE HAVE FORMED VARIOUS NETWORKS AND TIMELY ALLIANCES TO ADDRESS BOTH ROOT CAUSES AND TO BUILD AGENCY- CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO HAVE VOICE AND DECISION POWER OVER THEIR LIVES AND OF THE PLACES THEY LOVE SO MUCH. AS ONE LEADER HAS SAID, 'WE CAN ONLY CONTINUE TO ADAPT IN PLACE UNTIL THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE AND THOSE ALTERNATIVES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO US UNLESS WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.' THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES COLLABORATIVE PROJECT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $91,414 · Revenue $88,462

  • CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AND BETWEEN AT-RISK DELTA COMMUNITIES TO FIND AND ENHANCE OLD AND NEW WAYS OF LIVING WITH WATER AND RISKS THROUGH INNOVATION AND RESTORATION, AND REMATRIATION OF LAND AND PLACE. SEVERAL NATIONAL MEDIA PIECES INCLUDING NOVA, WEATHER CHANNEL AND PBS.

    Expenses $161,095 · Revenue $171,346

  • TO HELP CREATE SOLUTIONS TO LIVING WITH AN EVER-CHANGING COASTLINE AND LAND LOSS WHILE VISIONING A FUTURE THAT BUILDS CAPACITY AND RESILIENCE FOR PLACE AND PEOPLE.

    Expenses $483,759

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristina J Peterson

    KEY PERSONNE

    Total calculated
    $54,862
    From this org
    $54,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

  • Rosina Philippe

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $35,110
    From this org
    $35,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Theresa Dardar

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $28,806
    From this org
    $28,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Alessandra Jerolleman

    KEY PERSONNE

    Total calculated
    $13,252
    From this org
    $13,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Evan Ponder

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $3,760
    From this org
    $3,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shirley Laska

    KEY PERSONNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michele Companion

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jackie Cummings

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • May Nguyen

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
2 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202432289349302518

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