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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,246,970
Total expenses
$1,184,006
Contributions and grants received
$918,702
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$275,588
Investment income
$619
Other revenue
$52,061
Total assets, end of year
$2,250,232
Total liabilities, end of year
$344,900
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,905,332
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,025,651
Management and general expenses
$85,841
Fundraising expenses
$72,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,025,651

Program services were 86.6% 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

    $40,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $878,202

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,900

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $236,636 · related or exempt $236,636

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $34,349 · related or exempt $34,349

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $4,603 · related or exempt $4,603

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $619 · excluded $619

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,195

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $6,195

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $6,195 · excluded $6,195

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,906

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

    $40,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,932

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,974 · excluded $3,974

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $38,627

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,348

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $35,279 · related or exempt $35,279

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $6,613 · related or exempt $6,613

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,613

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $105,459 · program services $63,275 · management and general $21,092 · fundraising $21,092

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $384,465 · program services $384,465

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,991 · program services $7,991

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,044 · program services $1,044

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,422 · program services $37,422

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,131 · management and general $2,131

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,690 · fundraising $1,690

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $420,416 · program services $354,880 · management and general $15,804 · fundraising $49,732

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,062 · program services $5,062

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $101,635 · program services $85,900 · management and general $15,735

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,448 · program services $2,599 · management and general $6,849

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,925 · program services $28,446 · management and general $479

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,701 · program services $14 · management and general $1,687

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,058 · management and general $9,058

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $54,553 · program services $54,553

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,006 · management and general $13,006

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $545,072 · end of year $438,514

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $128,975

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $5,399

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,357 · end of year $7,420

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

    $1,754,128

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

    $84,204

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,414,358 · end of year $1,669,924

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $63,851

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $124,564

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $170,021 · end of year $156,485

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,447,816 · end of year $1,653,717

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $336,950 · end of year $251,615

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE AND NATURE THRIVE TOGETHER.

  • CEI OFFERS SEVEN CORE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:-A COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES IN NATURE (CFIN): THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FREQUENT, FUN, AND FRIENDLY NATURE-BASED EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY THE ENTIRE FAMILY - CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. -ROOTS & WINGS LEARNING COMMUNITY: THE MISSION IS TO OFFER SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION FOR HOME-SCHOOLED CHILDREN THAT NURTURES A DEEP CONNECTION TO SELF, COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT EMPHASIZES CREATIVITY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND HANDS-ON, NATURE-BASED EXPLORATION.-GREEN SEEDS INTERNSHIP: THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH-SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ACROSS A RANGE OF SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL THEMES.-NOURISHING GARDENS: THE MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM LAWNS INTO GARDENS THAT NOURISH OUR FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TWO-FOLD: (1) INSTALLING FOOD AND POLLINATOR GARDENS IN YARDS, COMMUNITY SPACES, AND WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES, AND (2) PROVIDING A GREEN-INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM BRINGS THE BENEFITS, LEARNING, AND EXPERIENCE OF FREETOWN FARM DIRECTLY TO THE FRONT DOORS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.- ECOSTEWARDS VOLUNTEERS: THE MISSION IS TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A WAY THAT WELCOMES THEM INTO CEI'S STEWARDSHIP OF FREETOWN FARM AND THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN, PROVIDES THEM WITH DIRECT WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK ON THESE PROPERTIES, AND PROVIDES DIRECT EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM.- SUSTAINABLE SKILLS WORKSHOPS: THE MISSION IS TO OFFER A STRATEGIC SELECTION OF WORKSHOPS THAT WELCOME A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO CEI'S WORK AND PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION ON SKILLS THAT SUPPORT BOTH SUSTAINABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.- AGROECOLOGY IN ACTION: THE MISSION IS TO STEWARD CEI'S TWO PROPERTIES, FREETOWN FARM AND THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN, IN WAYS THAT CONNECT THEIR AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEIR ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES ALL WHILE MAKING BOTH PROPERTIES SPACES IN WHICH OUR OTHER CORE PROGRAMS CAN THRIVE AND BE A HOME FOR EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION.

    Expenses $710,233 · Revenue $265,756

  • FREETOWN FARM: IN 2019, CEI PURCHASED A 6.4-ACRE ORGANIC FARM IN OUR HOMETOWN OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND. WE HAVE CREATED A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN THROUGH HANDS ON EXPERIENCES ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HAVE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE CONNECTED, AND SUSTAINABLE LIVES. WE ARE ACTIVELY FARMING THIS PROPERTY AND COLLABORATIVELY GROW TONS OF PRODUCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY EACH YEAR WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION AND PROVISION OF FOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY. IN 2022 WE PURCHASED A SECOND 6-ACRE PROPERTY, THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN IN FULTON, WHICH IS A UNIQUE MEDICINAL BOTANICAL GARDEN. FROM BOTH PROPERTIES AND ACROSS OUR SEVEN CORE PROGRAMS, IN 2023 ALONE WE PROVIDED EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION TO OVER 3,500 DIVERSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EQUATED TO OVER 52,000 HOURS OF LEARNING.

    Expenses $247,867 · Revenue $33,641

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

    Expenses $67,551 · Revenue $18,083

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

  • Chiara D'Amore

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,759
    From this org
    $102,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,465
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jean Silver-Isenstadt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Monica Lewis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Curtis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Margo Duesterhaus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tonya Aikens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mabrooka Chaudhry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Coady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Akil Cole

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Flyr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $1,350
    From this org
    $1,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eduardo Marin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan McKinney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Pilarchik

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Vankirk

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Zhao

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413179349308156

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