Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,055,945

Total expenses

$739,513

Contributions and grants received

$976,876

Grants paid

$4,000

Program service revenue

$78,224

Investment income

$31

Other revenue

$814

Total assets, end of year

$518,605

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,951

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$516,654

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$582,911

Management and general expenses

$86,908

Fundraising expenses

$69,694

Program service expenses (Part III)

$582,911

Program services were 78.8% 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 · 2023

• CONSCIOUS HOMESTEAD FUND (CHF) IS A BRANCH OF THE CONSCIOUS HOMESTEAD BIPOC URBAN FARM AND WHOLENESS RETREAT IN WINOOSKI VERMONT STEWARDED BY CANDACE TAYLOR. CONSCIOUS HOMESTEAD IS COMMITTED TO CO-CREATING A SPACE THAT IS ROOTED IN HEALING OUR ANCESTRAL CONNECTION TO THE LAND WHILE CENTERING BIPOC WHOLENESS AND LIBERATION. THIS LUSH AND BEAUTIFUL HAVEN IS TUCKED AWAY IN CANDACE'S RECENTLY TRANSFORMED BACKYARD. WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT THIS MAGICFULL SPACE IS AVAILABLE AS A RETREAT DEDICATED TO THE REST, NOURISHMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF BIPOC. OUR OFFERINGS ARE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL BIPOC COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE CONSCIOUS HOMESTEAD FUND, AS SPONSORED BY CROS, WILL EXPAND CAPACITY TO RAISE AND DIRECT FUND TOWARDS COMMUNITY CARE, MUTUAL AID AND AFFORDABLE OFFERINGS AT THE HOMESTEAD.

  Expenses $360,123 · Revenue $47,831

• REGENERATION CORPS' (RC) MISSION IS TO EMPOWER YOUTH WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO MITIGATE AND RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONSTITUENT IMPACTS, ALL WHILE BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS. WE OFFER THIS PROGRAMMING IN SCHOOLS THROUGH A COHORT OF TEACHING ARTISTS, LOCAL ADULTS WHO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THESE ISSUE AREAS WITH STUDENTS USING A JUSTICE-INFORMED APPROACH.

  Expenses $83,343 · Grants $4,000 · Revenue $18,398

• OTHER PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ORGANIZATIONS (CROS) - HELPING TO CREATE WELCOMING, RESOURCEFUL COMMUNITIES THAT CAN ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY AND THE FUTURE - WHETHER CLIMATE CHANGE, SOCIAL DISCONNECTS, ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS OR OTHER UNFORESEEN DISRUPTIONS. CROS WILL MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE AT AND HELP YOU ASSESS VULNERABILITIES, DETERMINE PRIORITIES, IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT BUILD LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE AND CELEBRATE SUCCESS. RE-LOCALIZATIONS OF CRITICAL RESOURCES LIKE WATER, ENERGY AND FOOD IS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION, ADAPTATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES AND FRAMEWORKS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO COMBAT SOCIETAL INEQUITIES BY RESOURCING THOSE FIRST AND MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND MARGINALIZATION. WE DO THIS THROUGH AN ORGANIZING HUB FOR LOCALIZED SOLUTIONS AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP.

  Expenses $107,097 · Revenue $5,537

• RADICAL IMAGINATION (RI) IS A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND ARTISTS OF COLOR IN CONNECTING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE LAND. THEIR WORK INCLUDES RUNNING AN ARTS RESIDENCY, CREATING LAND ACCESS, AND HOSTING EVENTS. RI IS LED BY A TRIO OF INTERNATIONAL BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN ARTISTS AND IS BASED IN CORINTH, VERMONT.

  Expenses $4,277 · Revenue $4,005

• MIDDLEBURY YOGA EQUITY PROJECT EXISTS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALING SPACES FOR PEOPLE OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY. WE CREATE TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIPOC TEACHERS (ESPECIALLY BLACK FEMMES AND QUEER FOLKS), AND WE PAY STUDENTS TO ATTEND CLASSES. OUR MOTTO IS "EVERYONE DESERVES TO RELAX AND OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE RADICAL BARRIER REMOVAL AND WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION. WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOGA IS A CULTURAL PRODUCT OF INDIA, WITH MANY GLOBAL CROSS-POLLINATIONS, AND WE SEEK TO OFFER THESE TEACHINGS IN THE MOST RESPECTFUL, JOYOUS, AND NON-APPROPRIATIVE WAYS POSSIBLE. WE ARE ALWAYS LEARNING AND ALWAYS SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE WAYS WE BUILD COMMUNITY AND ADDRESS AND REPAIR HARM.

  Expenses $8,866

• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NETWORK (VT-EJ) NETWORK WILL BRIDGE OVERBURDENED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DECISION-MAKERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS AND CREATING CONTINUITY BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENT, INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES, AND SUPPORTING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION. THE VT-EJ NETWORK WILL STRATEGICALLY BUILD ON WORK ADDRESSING LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND DEVELOP ALLIANCES BETWEEN GRASSROOTS GROUPS IN A HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE. THIS NETWORKED APPROACH WILL ALLOW US TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN SETTING PRIORITIES AND ESTABLISHING PRACTICES FOR BUILDING CONSENSUS AND ALIGNMENT. THESE PRACTICES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AS WELL AS INFORM OUR AGENCY ALLIES. LONG TERM, THE NETWORK STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES' ABILITY TO EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS AND BENEFITS.

  Expenses $19,205 · Revenue $3,267

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

5 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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