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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EDUCATED CHOICES PROGRAM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,594,750
Total expenses
$1,388,521
Contributions and grants received
$1,594,628
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$122
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$624,293
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,447
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$621,846
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,235,464
Management and general expenses
$139,745
Fundraising expenses
$13,312
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,235,464

Program services were 89.0% 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

    $1,594,628

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $122 · excluded $122

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $179,409 · program services $179,409

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $855,376 · program services $772,593 · management and general $72,436 · fundraising $10,347

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299,186 · program services $265,066 · management and general $34,120

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $545 · fundraising $545

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,039 · management and general $6,039

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,187 · management and general $9,767 · fundraising $2,420

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,851 · management and general $13,851

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,634 · program services $12,634

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,294 · program services $5,762 · management and general $3,532

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $416,608 · end of year $624,293

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $991 · end of year $2,447

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $415,617 · end of year $621,846

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE EDUCATED CHOICES PROGRAM PROVIDES SCIENCE-BASED EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FOOD CHOICES, EMPOWERING CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSUMERS AND LEADERS TO HELP CREATE A HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FOOD CHOICES, EMPOWERING CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSUMERS AND LEADERS TO HELP CREATE A HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM FOR ALL.

  • THE EDUCATED CHOICES PROGRAM IS AN ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS FREE EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FOOD CHOICES, EMPOWERING CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSUMERS AND LEADERS TO HELP CREATE A HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM FOR ALL. OUR VISION IS A WORLD IN WHICH ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THEIR INDIVIDUAL FOOD CHOICES IMPACT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WORLDWIDE, LEADING TO IMPROVED PERSONAL AND PLANETARY HEALTH. OUR INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS ARE SHOWN IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND COMMUNITY VENUES SUCH AS LIBRARIES, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, CHURCHES AND MORE.

    Expenses $1,235,464

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patricia Priest PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Eckmann

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Kaufman MD

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Williams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Lorena Mucke

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $92,271
    From this org
    $92,271
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kip Andersen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karyn Knox

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $80,726
    From this org
    $80,726
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341319349302184

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