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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEOPLES PORT AUTHORITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$203,982
Total expenses
$175,767
Contributions and grants received
$203,946
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$138,729
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$138,729
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$119,248
Management and general expenses
$56,519
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$119,248

Program services were 67.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $203,946

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36 · excluded $36

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $80,000 · program services $59,000 · management and general $21,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $39,103 · program services $29,327 · management and general $9,776

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,319 · program services $8,394 · management and general $2,925

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,600 · management and general $1,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,845 · management and general $8,845

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,094 · program services $16,094

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,100 · management and general $1,100

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMIN. EXPENSES

    total $10,095 · management and general $10,095

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES & SUPP

    total $6,546 · program services $6,433 · management and general $113

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $735 · management and general $735

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & INTERNET

    total $292 · management and general $292

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $38 · management and general $38

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100,324 · end of year $64,178

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,190 · end of year $45,151

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $25,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,500

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,100

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,514 · end of year $138,729

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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.

  • 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.

    Expenses $21,764

  • 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 $97,484

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

Listed in Part VII

  • 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
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANDREW POYANT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGEL RAMOS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431359349307933

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