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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by PEOPLES PORT AUTHORITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$188,887
Total expenses
$96,867
Contributions and grants received
$188,869
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$18
Total assets, end of year
$110,514
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$110,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$74,601

Program services were 77.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

THE PEOPLE'S PORT AUTHORITY IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION LED BY RESIDENTS OF SOUTH PROVIDENCE AND WASHINGTON PARK TO EDUCATE, MOBILIZE, AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. THE LEGACY OF EXTRACTION, COLONIALISM, AND SLAVERY THAT RESULTS IN THE CONCENTRATION OF TOXIC INDUSTRIES AND POLLUTION IN BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR CAUSING DISPROPORTIONATE HARM, HEALTH CRISES, AND EARLY DEATH AMONG THEIR RESIDENTS. OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE FACILITIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THREATEN OUR WELL BEING, MOBILIZE THE COMMUNITY TO RESIST THE EXPANSION OF THESE FACILITIES, URGE GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKERS TO SHUT THEM DOWN AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT, AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS OUR LIVES ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK BY SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE.

  • YOUTH PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM ENRICHES THE PARTICIPANTS' LIVES AND STIMULATES THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY PAYING FOR LOCAL CHILDCARE SERVICES AND LOCAL LODGING AND PAYING PEOPLE FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TOWARDS THE PROGRAM. CALLE LA PAZ PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO WORK AND LEARN IN PUERTO RICO. OVER THE COURSE OF TWO WEEKS, THEY WILL BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND ENGAGE IN SOLIDARITY WORK WITH LOCAL FARMERS. THEY WILL DEVELOP SOLIDARITY BY ENGAGING IN FARMING WITH LOCAL FARMERS WHO LIVE IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PUERTO RICO, LAS MARIAS. DEVELOPING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMUNITY OF RIO CAAS ARRIBA USED AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO, WITHSTAND, AND THRIVE FROM 500 YEARS OF COLONIZATION, HURRICANES, AND MORE. (LIVE/WORK WITH THE PEOPLE.

    Expenses $22,059

  • GREEN JUSTICE ZONES PROGRAM - A GREEN JUSTICE ZONE IS AN INNOVATIVE NEW MODEL TO PROTECT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FROM CORPORATE POLLUTERS AND FUND LONG-OVERDUE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PROJECTS. GREEN JUSTICE ZONE WILL ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO DISMANTLE POLLUTION-INTENSIVE FACILITIES SUCH AS PETROLEUM REFINERIES AND HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE SITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREA, PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM THE SEVERE HEALTH IMPACTS OF HIGHLY TOXIC INDUSTRIES. THE GREEN JUSTICE ZONE PROGRAM WILL ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PROJECTS SUCH AS WEATHERIZATION, BUILDING MICROGRIDS, REPLACING LEAD PIPES, AND INSTALLING AIR FILTRATION SYSTEMS IN ZONE RESIDENTS' HOMES TO BE ALLOCATED BY A PARTICIPATORY PROCESS IN WHICH ZONE RESIDENTS WILL CHOOSE, THROUGH A LOCAL REFERENDUM, WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PROJECTS TO PRIORITIZE.

    Expenses $8,191

  • PROGRAMS - GENERAL

    Expenses $44,351

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • ELLEN TUZZOLO

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE CARTAGENA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVERETT POPE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONICA HUERTAS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $48,179
    Compensation
    $48,179
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANDREW POYANT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGEL RAMOS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312989349201236

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