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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OSTARA INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$679,587
Total expenses
$827,807
Contributions and grants received
$671,293
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,925
Investment income
$369
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$517,221
Total liabilities, end of year
$103,379
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$413,842
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$661,155
Management and general expenses
$86,549
Fundraising expenses
$80,103
Program service expenses (Part III)
$661,155

Program services were 79.9% 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)

    $225,275

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $446,018

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $7,925 · related or exempt $7,925

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $369 · excluded $369

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $63,300 · program services $51,906 · management and general $6,963 · fundraising $4,431

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $373,703 · program services $306,437 · management and general $41,107 · fundraising $26,159

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,053 · program services $29,563 · management and general $3,966 · fundraising $2,524

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,284 · management and general $1,284

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,664 · management and general $13,664

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $85,660 · program services $46,132 · management and general $3,048 · fundraising $36,480

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,779 · program services $7,199 · management and general $965 · fundraising $615

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,790 · program services $1,468 · management and general $197 · fundraising $125

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,316 · program services $38,800 · management and general $5,205 · fundraising $3,311

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,099 · program services $4,181 · management and general $561 · fundraising $357

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,269 · program services $24,820 · management and general $3,330 · fundraising $2,119

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $103,990 · program services $103,990

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $29,344 · program services $24,062 · management and general $3,228 · fundraising $2,054

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $22,475 · program services $18,430 · management and general $2,472 · fundraising $1,573

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $3,337 · program services $2,737 · management and general $367 · fundraising $233

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,744 · program services $1,430 · management and general $192 · fundraising $122

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $380,311 · end of year $181,116

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $150,008 · end of year $151,128

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $76,800 · end of year $183,977

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,975 · end of year $80,312

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $23,067

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $11,082

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $335,297 · end of year $171,993

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $226,765 · end of year $241,849

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

RENEWING THE COUNTRYSIDE STRENGTHENS RURAL AREAS BY CHAMPIONING AND SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES, FARMERS, ARTISTS, ENTREPRENEURS, EDUCATORS, ACTIVISTS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE RENEWING THE COUNTRYSIDE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES, BUSINESSES, AND PROJECTS. WE DO THIS BY SHARING STORIES OF RURAL RENEWAL, BUILDING AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE ENDEAVORS, CONNECTING PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO EACH OTHER, PROVIDING PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WORKING TO IMPROVE RURAL AMERICA, AND FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL PEOPLE.

  • MNPDP IN 2022 MNPDP SERVED 215 INDIVIDUAL PARENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES. WE HELD 133 IN PERSON PARENTING EDUCATION AND PREGNANCY SUPPORT CLASSES AT MULTIPLE SITES AND ASSISTED 14 CLIENTS IN GIVING BIRTH. THIS YEAR, FOR THE RST TIME EVER, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH STORAGE AND SHIPPING OF BREAST MILK FROM MOTHERS TO CAREGIVERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 5 MOTHER/BABY PAIRS TOTAL WITH LACTATION SUPPORT. AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF LOCKDOWN AND PROGRAM SUSPENSIONS DUE TO COVID-19, OUR PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO REENTER THE PRISONS AND JAILS THIS YEAR. WHILE WE WORKED TO RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC SERVICE LEVELS, WE USED STA TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTIPLE STA TRAININGS INCLUDING, PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST TRAINING AND A BUILDING RACIAL JUSTICE ALL STA TRAINING."PROGRAM" -ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECTIN 2022, THE ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECT COMPLETED 868 CLIENT HOURS. THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS TIME SPENT CONDUCTING PARENTING EDUCATION AND PREGNANCY SUPPORT CLASSES, HOLDING GROUP SUPPORT SESSIONS, PROVIDING HEALTHY MEALS, AND MORE. WE HELD 47 CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND HELPED 17 CLIENTS GIVE BIRTH AND WELCOMED 18 BABIES (ONE SET OF TWINS). WE PROVIDED 434 NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR INCARCERATED MOTHERS IN THE JULIA TUTWILER PRISON FOR WOMEN, AND ASSISTED 14 INCARCERATED MOTHERS WITH PUMPING AND SHIPPING BREAST MILK TO HER NEWBORN LIVING WITH TEMPORARY CAREGIVERS IN THE COMMUNITY.IN 2022, APBP ALSO WORKED WITH DIRECTLY-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS TO HELP PASS HB230 INTO LAW. THE LAW LIMITS HOW A PREGNANT PERSON IN CUSTODY MAY BE RESTRAINED, ISOLATED, AND SEARCHED IN ALABAMA. A FORMER CLIENT OF OUR PROGRAM SHARED HER STORY WITH LAWMAKERS FOLLOWING HER OWN EXPERIENCE WHEN, AS SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH TWINS, HER WRISTS WERE ATTACHED TO HER BELLY CHAIN AND SHE COULD NOT HOLD ON TO A HAND RAILING IN THE STAIRWAY. SHE WAS ALSO FORCED TO KEEP HER LEG IRONS ON DURING AN INTIMATE EXAM RELATED TO HER PREGNANCY.OUR NEWEST PROGRAM OF OSTARA WORKS TO CREATE NEW PATTERNS OF THOUGHT, POLICY, AND PRACTICE WITH AND FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN THAT ARECONSTITUTIONALLY-ALIGNED AND ROOTED IN HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED STANDARDS. THIS YEAR WE COMPLETED THE CREATION OF A VISION CLASS, THIS FREE, 7-PART VIDEO SERIES IS OUR SHARED, COLLABORATIVE VISION FOR INNOVATION AND AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AT THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH AND JUSTICE FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING PEOPLE. IN LATE 2022, WE DEVELOPED AND OERED THE RST PRISON DOULA CERTICATION TRAINING IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WHERE WE TRAINED 25 NEW PRISON DOULAS.

    Expenses $661,155

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Gerrity

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,300
    From this org
    $63,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

  • Colin Bell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Florence Holland

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Franklin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Christofferson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Rice

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Genevieve Bojado

    MEMBER

    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349307010

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