Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,780,394
Total expenses: $724,212
Contributions and grants received: $1,502,213
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $244,780
Investment income: $185
Other revenue: $33,216
Total assets, end of year: $1,964,787
Total liabilities, end of year: $180,021
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,784,766
Program services expenses (Part IX): $530,316
Management and general expenses: $189,831
Fundraising expenses: $4,065
Program service expenses (Part III): $530,316

Program services were 73.2% 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.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$906,100
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$596,113
2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

total $244,780 · related or exempt $244,780
3 · Investment income

total $185 · excluded $185
6a · Gross rents

real property $4,500
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $4,500
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $4,500 · excluded $4,500
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$27,943
10b · Cost of goods sold

$0
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $27,943 · related or exempt $27,943
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

total $773 · excluded $773
11e · Other revenue, total

$773

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $136,442 · program services $126,592 · management and general $5,910 · fundraising $3,940
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $78,012 · management and general $78,012
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $1,341 · management and general $1,341
10 · Payroll taxes

total $17,709 · management and general $17,709
11c · Fees: accounting

total $1,290 · management and general $1,290
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $125 · fundraising $125
11g · Fees: other

total $303,520 · program services $246,315 · management and general $57,205
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $7,408 · program services $2,225 · management and general $5,183
13 · Office expenses

total $119,755 · program services $111,507 · management and general $8,248
14 · Information technology

total $6,333 · program services $2,399 · management and general $3,934
16 · Occupancy

total $35,221 · program services $32,824 · management and general $2,397
17 · Travel

total $1,858 · program services $322 · management and general $1,536
20 · Interest

total $8,132 · program services $8,132
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $1,981 · management and general $1,981
23 · Insurance

total $5,085 · management and general $5,085

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $575,511 · end of year $545,072
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $4,554 · end of year $5,357
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$1,419,861
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$5,503
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $323,385 · end of year $1,414,358
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $3,739 · end of year $10,000
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $38,416 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $149,881 · end of year $170,021
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $408,502 · end of year $1,447,816
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $302,912 · end of year $336,950

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY FOSTERING DIVERSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE AND NATURE THRIVE TOGETHER.

CEI OFFERS FOUR 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.

Expenses $294,930 · Revenue $255,526
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.

Expenses $140,853 · Revenue $14,888
Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Expenses $2,530
Expenses $92,003 · Revenue $2,309

As filed on the 2022 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'AmoreCHIARA D'AMORE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$97,737

From this org

$96,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$1,737

Hours/week

35
Jean Silver-IsenstadtJEAN SILVER-ISENSTADT

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Monica LewisMONICA LEWIS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Patrick CurtisPATRICK CURTIS

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Chelsea ClarkCHELSEA CLARK

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$21,945

From this org

$21,945

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

3
Tonya AikensTONYA AIKENS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Akil ColeAKIL COLE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$1,000

From this org

$1,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

2
Margo DuesterhausMARGO DUESTERHAUS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
James HandleyJAMES HANDLEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Erica JonesERICA JONES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$7,500

From this org

$7,500

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

2
Leah MillerLEAH MILLER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Gary PilarchikGARY PILARCHIK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$7,500

From this org

$7,500

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

2
Jason VankirkJASON VANKIRK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jason ZhaoJASON ZHAO

BOARD MEMBER

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: 2022
Filed: 8 November 2023
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202343129349305214

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