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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$917,119
Total expenses
$1,436,667
Contributions and grants received
$886,974
Grants paid
$673,412
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,600
Other revenue
$23,545
Total assets, end of year
$932,512
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,418
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$893,094
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,112,703
Management and general expenses
$142,063
Fundraising expenses
$181,901
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,112,703

Program services were 77.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $886,974

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,600 · excluded $6,600

  • 11a · Other revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FEE

    total $19,945 · excluded $19,945

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,600 · excluded $3,600

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $23,545

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $117,717 · program services $117,717

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $26,115 · program services $26,115

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $529,580 · program services $529,580

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,422 · program services $55,624 · management and general $12,051 · fundraising $21,747

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $229,836 · program services $142,967 · management and general $30,974 · fundraising $55,895

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,208 · program services $16,431 · management and general $378 · fundraising $2,399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,345 · program services $17,196 · management and general $3,573 · fundraising $7,576

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,785 · management and general $44,785

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $9,985 · fundraising $9,985

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $239,307 · program services $155,177 · management and general $30,000 · fundraising $54,130

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,366 · fundraising $2,366

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,226 · program services $7,590 · management and general $5,357 · fundraising $3,279

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,645 · program services $12,786 · management and general $1,617 · fundraising $6,242

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,101 · program services $22,043 · management and general $3,793 · fundraising $6,265

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,705 · program services $8,852 · management and general $266 · fundraising $8,587

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,957 · program services $388 · management and general $3,391 · fundraising $178

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,367 · program services $237 · management and general $5,878 · fundraising $3,252

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $142,029 · end of year $215,857

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,017,098 · end of year $701,653

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $248,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $549 · end of year $32

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,818 · end of year $14,970

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,498 · end of year $39,418

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,309 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $881,213 · end of year $389,620

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $503,474 · end of year $503,474

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO SPREADING COMPASSION-CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR MISSION IS TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER GRASSROOTS CHANGE-MAKERS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH MICRO-GRANTS AND SUPPORT, FOSTERING A GLOBAL NETWORK OF KINDNESS AND ACTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL, ANIMAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECTS THROUGH GRANT MAKING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES.

  • GRANTMAKING:OUR PURPOSE IS TO UPLIFT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES PEOPLE SEE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. OUR GRANTMAKING TAKES AN AGNOSTIC APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO GEOGRAPHIC AREA OR OUR FOCUS AREAS, INCLUDING: PLANETARY & HUMAN HEALTH, EQUITY & DIGNITY, ANIMAL PROTECTION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION. THE POLLINATION PROJECT'S NETWORK OF GRANT ADVISORS--MANY OF WHOM PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED SUPPORT FOR THEIR OWN PROJECTS--AWARDS SEED GRANTS OF $500-10K TO CHANGEMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD EVERYDAY.

    Expenses $597,598 · Grants $335,410

  • ANIMAL RIGHTS:THE POLLINATION PROJECT'S ANIMAL ADVOCACY GRANT-MAKING PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS OF DEDICATED, GLOBAL ANIMAL ACTIVISTS. WE'VE SEEN CHANGEMAKERS CREATE NEW PROGRAM IDEAS THAT HAVE BECOME THE MOST UTILIZED RESOURCES IN THE FARMED ANIMAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT. HAVING BUILT PROGRAMS IN INDIA, BRAZIL, MEXICO AND CHINA WHILE FUNDING GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN EUROPE, AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND ASIA, THE POLLINATION PROJECT IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND ITS REACH AND IMPACT.

    Expenses $488,605 · Grants $311,502

  • PHILANTHROPY:BELIEVING THAT REAL CHANGE IS BUILT UPON A SOLID FOUNDATION, WE INVEST IN INDIVIDUAL GRASSROOTS CHANGEMAKERS DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS. THIS APPROACH IS NOT ONLY MORE EQUITABLE, IT'S MORE POWERFUL AS IT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR COMMUNITIES TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF DIVERSE AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED.

    Expenses $26,500 · Grants $26,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ariel Nessel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Klempner

    VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Birju Pandya

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexis Fox

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM SEPT 2023)

    Total calculated
    $35,577
    From this org
    $35,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • LIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC

    $65,800

    SEED GRANTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531329349306583

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