Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$71,158

Total expenses

$74,491

Contributions and grants received

$610

Grants paid

$51,215

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$70,548

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,391,962

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,391,962

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$51,215

Management and general expenses

$23,276

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$51,215

Program services were 68.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT - COMMON GROUND GRANT-TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A MOBILE MARKET.

  Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000

• MENUNKATUCK AUDUBON SOCIETY GRANT- TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR NATIVE PLANTS FOR A BIRD FRIENDLY NEW HAVEN.

  Expenses $7,783 · Grants $7,783

• SAVE THE SOUND GRANT CREATED AND NURTURED NEW CONNECTIONS WITH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OF FAIR HAVEN, IN ORDER TO AMPLIFY COMMUNITY VOICE AND LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND JUSTICE WITHIN THE LOWER MILL RIVER WATERSHED.

  Expenses $7,549 · Grants $7,549

• NEW HAVEN LEON SISTER CITY PROJECT GRANT

  Expenses $7,500 · Grants $7,500

• CT AUDUBON: THE GRANT MONEY WAS USED TO DEVELOP A SCHOOLYARD HABITAT PROGRAM AT MOMAUGUIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN EAST HAVEN CT THAT PROVIDED PLACE-BASED, COMMUNITY-FOCUSED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP. THE PROGRAM CONNECTED CHILDREN TO NATURE, TRAINED TEACHERS AND ENLISTED LOCAL RESIDENTS AS PARTNERS THAT RESTORED NATURAL RESOURCES AT THE SCHOOL.

  Expenses $6,258 · Grants $6,258

• 2500 GRANTS X 2

  Expenses $5,000 · Grants $5,000

• ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANTS X

  Expenses $5,000 · Grants $5,000

• 1500 GRANTS

  Expenses $1,500 · Grants $1,500

• 500 GRANT & 125 GRANT

  Expenses $625 · Grants $625

• RIVER ADVOCATES OF SOUTH CENTRAL CT GRANT

• NEW HAVEN URBAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE GRANT

• NEW HAVEN LAND TRUST: THE GROWING ENTREPRENEURS COMPOSTING TRACK PROGRAM PROVIDED THREE INTERNS WITH PROFESSIONAL AND LIFE SKILLS BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO OPERATE A COMMUNITY COMPOSTING BUSINESS. THE PANDEMIC INTERFERED WITH RECRUITING FOOD SCRAP DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE BUT THE INTERNS WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR PROGRAM USING DONATIONS FROM A DOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN AND WINCHESTER COMMUNITY GARDEN TO CONVERT FOOD SCRAPS INTO HEALTHY SOIL THAT THEY DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.

• NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT: THE PLANNED FARM AND GARDEN CONFERENCES BECAME TEN WORKSHOPS BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON ATTRACTING 311 PARTICIPANTS. WORKSHOPS WERE HELD FROM OCTOBER 2020 THROUGH JUNE OF 2021. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDED SEEDKEEPING, NATURAL DYES, FOOD PRESERVATION, HERBAL DIY, PRESERVING FOOD-SAUERKRAUT, MAPLE SUGARING, BEE KEEPING, GARDENING WITH KIDS AND URBAN AGRICULTURE IN SPECIFIC UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEW HAVEN.

• SCSU FOUNDATION GRANTEXPAND HARVEST AND DONATION OF THE CAMPUS GARDEN THROUGH KELP FERTILIZATION. PROVIDE INTERDISCIPLINARY SKILL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TO SCSU STUDENTS THROUGH INTERNSHIPS THAT FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, LAND AND MARINE STEWARDSHIP, AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND START-UP DEVELOPMENT. ENGAGE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH EVENTS AND THE LARGER INTERNET COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH. FEATURE PROJECT AT LISOCS KELP FESTIVAL, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN MILFORD, CT IN SUMMER 2021. DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE KELP FERTILIZER TO PRESENT AT COASTAL TRANSITIONS CONFERENCE SHARK TANK PITCH COMPETITION IN 2022.

• SOUTHWEST CONSERVATION DISTRICT GRANTFIRST STEPS FOR THE CREATION OF A FARM RIVER GREENWAY TRAIL IN EAST HAVEN. THE MAIN DELIVERABLE OF THE PROJECT IS A SET OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PLANS AND SCHEMATICS FOR THE GREENWAY TRAIL.

• WEST RIVER WATERSHED COALITION PROJECT GRANTPRODUCE ENGINEERING DESIGN PLANS AND INITIATE PERMITTING TO INSTALL BIOENGINEERED BANK STABILIZATION OF THE WEST RIVER CONSISTING OF NATIVE VEGETATION AND BIODEGRADABLE SOIL EROSION CONTROL.

• SOLAR YOUTH GRANT

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT

  $10,000

• MENUNKATUCK AUDUBON SOCIETY

  $7,783

• SAVE THE SOUND

  $7,549

• NEW HAVEN LEON SISTER CITY PROJECT

  $7,500

• CT AUDUBON SOCIETY

  $6,258

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

8 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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