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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CLIMATE ADVOCATES VOCES UNIDAS.

Totals

Total revenue
$565,582
Total expenses
$573,662
Contributions and grants received
$565,531
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$51
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$238,217
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,202
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$235,015
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$397,121
Management and general expenses
$108,041
Fundraising expenses
$68,500
Program service expenses (Part III)
$397,121

Program services were 69.2% 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

    $565,531

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51 · excluded $51

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $121,500 · program services $84,784 · management and general $18,343 · fundraising $18,373

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $263,797 · program services $184,079 · management and general $39,825 · fundraising $39,893

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,291 · program services $2,296 · management and general $497 · fundraising $498

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,168 · program services $20,354 · management and general $4,403 · fundraising $4,411

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $275 · program services $275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,421 · program services $175 · management and general $16,246

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $71,576 · program services $71,576

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,076 · program services $8,736 · management and general $1,006 · fundraising $3,334

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,571 · program services $449 · management and general $483 · fundraising $639

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,085 · program services $1,930 · management and general $4,045 · fundraising $1,110

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,241 · program services $4,512 · management and general $1,729

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,014 · program services $9,118 · management and general $5,786 · fundraising $110

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $2,142 · program services $788 · management and general $1,354

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $935 · management and general $935

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,320 · management and general $3,320

  • 24a · Other expenses: AWARDS

    total $5,176 · program services $5,051 · management and general $125

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,013 · management and general $5,013

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $4,651 · management and general $4,651

  • 24d · Other expenses: WORKSHOPS/TRAINING

    total $3,196 · program services $2,946 · management and general $250

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $214 · program services $52 · management and general $30 · fundraising $132

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $41,955 · end of year $180,464

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $136,869 · end of year $54,375

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $65,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,773 · end of year $2,833

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

    $14,399

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

    $13,854

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,480 · end of year $545

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,482 · end of year $3,202

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $185,727 · end of year $190,803

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $57,368 · end of year $44,212

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CLIMATE ADVOCATES VOCES UNIDAS (CAVU) INSPIRES LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS VIA VISUAL STORYTELLING AND YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CAVU USES HIGH QUALITY MULTIMEDIA, VISUAL STORYTELLING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SUPPORT LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE PROBLEM. CAVU UNIQUELY BLENDS SCIENCE AND PERSONAL STORIES TO RECONNECT PEOPLE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE PLANET THEY LIVE ON. WE BELIEVE ELEVATING DIVERSE VOICES IS AN ANTIDOTE TO PREJUDICE, PARTISANSHIP, AND CYNICISM BY CREATING HOPE AND COMMON GROUND TO CREATE CHANGE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES. CAVU RECOGNIZES THE POWER THAT VISUAL STORYTELLING HAS TO AFFECT CHANGE AND BE AN ANTIDOTE TO PREJUDICE, PARTISANSHIP, AND CYNICISM WHEN WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES. THIS WORK LED TO AN EMMY AND CAVU IS NOW FEATURED IN A PERMANENT EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM FOR CAVU'S USE OF FLIGHT AND FILM FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES.

  • CAVU AIMS TO CREATE A COMMON VISION OF THE AMERICAN WEST, IN WHICH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ARE ACHIEVED IN BALANCE WITH WHAT MAKES THIS REGION VIBRANT: ITS PEOPLE, LANDS, WATER AND WILDLIFE. SINCE 2005, WE HAVE CONDUCTED NUMEROUS PROJECTS IN NINE COUNTRIES WITH MORE THAN 100 PARTNERS. CAVU HAS DEVELOPED CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND A HOST OF RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES. WE HAVE CREATED A 10-PART VIDEO SERIES WHICH HAS BEEN SEEN BY OVER TWO MILLION VIEWERS AND A SEVEN-PART WEBINAR SERIES SEEN BY OVER 500,000 VIEWERS. RECENTLY, CAVU CREATED THE CLIMATE INNOVATION CHALLENGE (CIC). CIC IS A FREE STEAM PROGRAM BUILT ON CAVU'S SCIENCE AND STORYTELLING CURRICULUM. THE PROGRAM CULTIVATES STUDENT LEADERS TO THINK INNOVATIVELY AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ABOUT ADAPTING TO OUR CHANGING CLIMATE. CIC WAS BORN OUT OF THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS THE DEFINING CHALLENGE FOR TODAY'S YOUTH, IMPACTING THEIR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, CULTURE, AND FUTURE JOB PROSPECTS. WE WORK ACROSS THE AMERICAS AND AFRICA TO ENGAGE YOUTH, WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS: STUDENTS FROM INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING ACUTE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND COMMUNITIES BURDENED BY ECONOMIC DISPARITIES. WE SERVE STUDENTS ANNUALLY IN GRADES 3-12. WE CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO CREATE LOCALLY-LED, CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE SOLUTIONS THAT BUILD RESILIENCE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS, THROUGH PROMOTING A SENSE OF AGENCY IN OUR FUTURE LEADERS. LAST YEAR CAVU REACHED OVER 11,000 STUDENTS IN 15 STATES AND 7 COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $397,121

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kurt Gutjahr

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $121,500
    From this org
    $121,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Roger Fragua

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kimi Green

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffery Phipps

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Delaney Reynolds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David S Smith

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jordan Vaughan Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Sebastian Troeng

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Garrett Venneklasen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teddy Warria

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
21 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333399349300023

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