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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$311,002
Total expenses
$237,880
Contributions and grants received
$289,303
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,945
Investment income
$7,754
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$427,010
Total liabilities, end of year
$171,948
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$255,062
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$232,635
Management and general expenses
$5,245
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$232,635

Program services were 97.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $11,547

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $43,545

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $234,211

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $13,945 · related or exempt $13,945

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,754 · related or exempt $7,754

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $59,155 · program services $59,155

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $41,667 · program services $37,500 · management and general $4,167

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,000 · program services $2,700 · management and general $300

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,784 · program services $7,006 · management and general $778

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,800 · program services $3,800

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,820 · program services $2,820

  • 17 · Travel

    total $260 · program services $260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,251 · program services $5,251

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $103,523 · program services $103,523

  • 24b · Other expenses: OFFICE EXPENSES

    total $7,586 · program services $7,586

  • 24c · Other expenses: OFFICE SUPPLIES

    total $1,386 · program services $1,386

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $1,239 · program services $1,239

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $409 · program services $409

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $207,930 · end of year $427,010

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,055

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $51,045 · end of year $171,948

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $181,940 · end of year $255,062

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS CULTIVATES COMMUNITY THROUGH CONSERVATION. WE MAKE SUSTAINABILITY FUN, REALISTIC, AND INCLUSIVE OF ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS CULTIVATES COMMUNITY THROUGH CONSERVATION. WE BRING SUSTAINABILITY TO UNEXPECTED PLACES. WHETHER IT'S PLANTING NATIVE WILDFLOWER MEADOWS AT LANDFILLS, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O, STATEMENT 1)

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS EMPOWERS EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR THE EARTH. WE PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION BOTH TO COMMITTED ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND TO NON-TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIENCES. OUR WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION COVER A RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS, INCLUDING ZERO-WASTE PRACTICES, THE RECYCLING MARKET, GREEN FARMING PRACTICES, RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPING ALTERNATIVES, AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES. IN 2023, WE ALSO LAUNCHED ECOLOGIGALS, AN EIGHT-WEEK SUMMER ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR TEEN GIRLS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

    Expenses $161,331 · Grants $138,545

  • CONSERVATION PROGRAMS: THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF NATIVE MEADOWS AND OTHER PROJECTS, WE TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPES, FOSTERING AN ECOSYSTEM THAT CAN SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF NATIVE PLANTS, NATIVE WILDLIFE, AND HUMANS. MUCH OF OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAMMING IS HELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCIES. SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS' FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE, MAKING TRACH BLOOM, PLANTS NATIVE POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY MEADOWS AT LANDFILLS, CONVERTING "DEAD" LAND INTO HABITAT AND USING IT AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $71,304 · Grants $54,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sari Carp

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $59,155
    From this org
    $59,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dan Ciesla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Don Gust

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Lilly

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amanda Scheetz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katherine Vaughan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202422989349300947

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