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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAND EMPOWERMENT ANIMALS PEOPLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$811,544
Total expenses
$652,013
Contributions and grants received
$811,544
Grants paid
$508,395
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$527,360
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,464
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$522,896
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$596,792
Management and general expenses
$45,329
Fundraising expenses
$9,892
Program service expenses (Part III)
$596,792

Program services were 91.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $811,544

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $448,395 · program services $448,395

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $111,480 · program services $86,544 · management and general $15,228 · fundraising $9,708

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1 · program services $0 · management and general $1 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,528 · program services $0 · management and general $8,528 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,183 · program services $0 · management and general $7,183 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,694 · program services $0 · management and general $1,694 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,000 · program services $0 · management and general $6,000 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $500 · program services $500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $269 · program services $0 · management and general $85 · fundraising $184

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,960 · program services $0 · management and general $1,960 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,353 · program services $1,353 · management and general $1,000 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,650 · program services $0 · management and general $3,650 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $363,934 · end of year $225,378

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $300,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,982 · end of year $1,982

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,551 · end of year $4,464

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $363,365 · end of year $522,896

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Facilitate committed and open partnerships and projects that enable habitats, species and cultures to thrive, and to provide sustainable economic activities that place equal value on income security, quality of life and the health of our shared environment.

  • We helped fund five eco-cultural resilience programs managed by our Malaysian partner Forever Sabah Berhad (FS, foreversabah.org) that continue a transition towards a diversified, equitable, living economy. The over-arching program entitled "Forever Sabah: To the Edge & Into the Emerging Future" sunsetted and our new "Forever Sabah: Into a Relational Future" began, focusing on robust and diversified micro-economic growth strategies moving forward. Thirdly, 100% of Oregon State University income through us supported FS's iterative success training model's international spread. We granted other income for FS's Human Elephant Harmony (HEH, foreversabah.org/human-elephant-harmony) that continues to grow human appreciation of wild elephant neighbors. We also funded FS's palm oil transition to diversified agroforestry education. Finally, our own program salary apportioning and Zoom costs finalized our expenses.

    Expenses $418,252 · Grants $375,961

  • For 2023 we funded and just two of our Malaysian partner LEAP Spiral's (LS, leapspiral.org) ongoing programs. One of their newest programs, Carbon Sovereign Sabah (web-hosted by FS at foreversabah.org/programs-projects-partnerships/css) arose in response to an obtuse agreement between the Sabah State Government and a Singapore company that granted exclusive rights to monetise 2 million hectares of Sabah's forest reserves for carbon and non-carbon assets. Indigenous communities surrounding and inhabiting these forests were overlooked. We also funded their ongoing Pangolin Rescue Rehabilitation & Release (P3R, leapspiral.org/sundapangolins) program. These grants, together with our own program costs helped keep pangolins in the news, and challenged foreign corporate climate greenwashing, engaging wide ranging demographics around forest biodiversity, cultural participation, and economic sustainability all supporting entrepreneurial growth opportunities.

    Expenses $90,136 · Grants $70,000

  • We continue to directly micro-fund ($2,434.05) a very long running program of ours, the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (bsbcc.org.my) even though it has become quite self-sufficient and popular with locals and tourists alike. This contrasts with a brand new project we also directly funded ($60,000) that is right on mission and coincident with our recent focus on adaptive learning strategies moving forward. This new USA granting supports the creation of a parent-child driven podcast exploring our children's future from a child's inquisitive perspective, that is currently called The Future How Show. What skills do our kids need, to be equipped for their lifetime? Finally, though no granting, we did have some salary apportioned costs and one small Honorarium expense in supporting another ongoing Bornean project called KampOng Campus, an eco-literacy and leadership training facility.

    Expenses $88,404 · Grants $62,434

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cynthia Ong

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $82,680
    From this org
    $82,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 20 related

  • Kenneth Wilson

    Trustee, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15 + 5 related

  • Mark Stafford

    Admin, CFO

    Total calculated
    $4,800
    From this org
    $4,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Caroline Gabel

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Margaret Lowman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 30 related

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

  • Soil and Shadow LLC CA entity #201603310399

    $60,000

    This was a podcast development grant intended to help USA parents and youth begin to prepare for living into our inevitable collective future. Much of USA culture teaches living in the present, which implies both 1. not learning the lessons of history, and 2. not steering your own life towards an intentional future. This "future how" question is something that Land Empowerment Animals People Inc has been steering towards for several years, so this USA effort matched well with our mission and present focus.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413219349302066

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