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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,826,461
Total expenses
$6,001,139
Contributions and grants received
$4,583,010
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,154,095
Investment income
$117
Other revenue
$89,239
Total assets, end of year
$9,092,295
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,122,416
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,969,879
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,279,057
Management and general expenses
$1,262,352
Fundraising expenses
$459,730
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,279,057

Program services were 71.3% 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

    $4,583,010

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $941,182 · related or exempt $941,182

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LITIGATION INCOME

    total $212,913 · related or exempt $212,913

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $117 · excluded $117

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENT

    total $81,322 · excluded $81,322

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $7,917 · excluded $7,917

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $89,239

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $243,744 · program services $61,742 · management and general $127,881 · fundraising $54,121

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,448,413 · program services $2,613,626 · management and general $629,852 · fundraising $204,935

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $387,747 · program services $316,061 · management and general $54,881 · fundraising $16,805

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $319,322 · program services $242,021 · management and general $58,324 · fundraising $18,977

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $116,484 · management and general $116,484

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $521,457 · program services $324,928 · management and general $87,366 · fundraising $109,163

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $167,088 · program services $124,339 · management and general $36,300 · fundraising $6,449

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $319,782 · program services $256,373 · management and general $39,469 · fundraising $23,940

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,830 · program services $83,851 · management and general $2,884 · fundraising $95

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,395 · program services $17,954 · management and general $2,764 · fundraising $1,677

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,462 · management and general $32,462

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $113,296 · program services $96,414 · management and general $11,946 · fundraising $4,936

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $93,145 · program services $50,563 · management and general $37,321 · fundraising $5,261

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM COSTS

    total $70,484 · program services $64,542 · management and general $5,881 · fundraising $61

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE

    total $33,007 · program services $8,024 · management and general $12,437 · fundraising $12,546

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,483 · program services $18,619 · management and general $6,100 · fundraising $764

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,308,547 · end of year $6,717,382

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,999,833 · end of year $1,199,183

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $202,006 · end of year $635,912

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,228 · end of year $66,408

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

    $176,423

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

    $166,166

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,390 · end of year $10,257

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $269,526 · end of year $463,153

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $424,164 · end of year $659,432

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $282,809 · end of year $462,984

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,458,200 · end of year $5,561,910

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,686,357 · end of year $2,407,969

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF CBE IS TO BUILD PEOPLE'S POWER IN CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE BY PREVENTING AND REDUCING POLLUTION AND BUILDING GREEN, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTS. CBE PROVIDES RESIDENTS IN BLIGHTED AND HEAVILY POLLUTED URBAN COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA WITH ORGANIZING SKILLS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY CONFRONT THREATS TO THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOXIN-FREE COMMUNITIES.

  • PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDED CONDUCTING RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION WITH THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCACY. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS WITH THE INTEREST OF PROMOTING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.

    Expenses $4,279,057 · Revenue $1,154,095

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Torri Estrada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Oscar Gutierrez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrian Martinez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lizette Ruiz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caroline Farrell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason A Douglas PhD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Iliana Alvarado

    DIRECTOR OF FIN & OPS

    Total calculated
    $114,150
    From this org
    $92,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,660
    Hours/week
    50

  • Darryl Molina Sarmiento

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,594
    From this org
    $108,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,824
    Hours/week
    50

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 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349327061

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