Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$576,395

Total expenses

$667,009

Contributions and grants received

$572,262

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$4,133

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,066,189

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,206

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,038,983

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$522,869

Management and general expenses

$144,140

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$522,869

Program services were 78.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• RESOURCE DEPOT - THE RESOURCE DEPOT IS THE ONLY THRIFT STORE ON ST. JOHN. WE ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TOURISTS WHO MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE TRASH THEIR UNWANTED ITEMS, SENDING THEM TO THE OVERBURDENED LANDFILL. THESE ITEMS ARE INSTEAD GIVEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE AND SOLD BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. OUR GOAL IS TO RETRAIN THE WAY THE COMMUNITY VIEWS "TRASH", INSTEADSEEING IT AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT SHOULD BE REUSED AND CONSERVED. TO DATE, THE RESOURCE DEPOT HAS KEPT MORE THAN ONE MILLION LBS OF MATERIAL FROM ENTERING THE LANDFILL.

  Expenses $255,152 · Revenue $144,279

• ALUMINUM CAN CRUSHING & OCEAN BOUND PLASTIC RECYCLING- ISLAND GREEN LIVING OPERATES ST. JOHN'S ONLY ALUMINUM AND OCEAN-BOUND PLASTIC RECYCLING PROGRAMS. THE ALUMINUM RECYCLING PROGRAM HAS COLLECTED AND RECYCLED NEARLY 3.7+ MILLION CANS SINCE INCEPTION. APPROXIMATELY 100,000 LBS OF CERTIFIED OCEAN-BOUND #1,2 AND 5 PLASTICS HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED SINCE PARTNERSHIP WITH PADNOS, A TOP US RECYCLING COMPANY IN 2022. IN ADDITION TO DROP-OFFS OF RECYCLABLES BY THE COMMUNITY AT THE RESOURCE DEPOT, COLLABORATION WITH VI WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ALLOWS ISLAND GREEN TO COLLECT THE MATERIAL AT SPECIALLY MARKED BINS AT POPULAR TRASH SITES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND. ITEMS ARE THEN PROCESSED BY ISLAND GREEN AND SHIPPED TO PADNOS.

  Expenses $259,606 · Revenue $44,489

• FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVES - ISLAND GREEN IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO INCREASING FOODSECURITY AND SOVERIGNTY IN THE USVI AND ENCOURAGING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AQUAPONICS PROGRAM AT GIFFT HILL SCHOOL ON ST. JOHN, ISLAND GREEN IS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE LAUNCH OF "SEEDS OF SECURITY," A PROGRAM OF PLANET GREEN FORCE TO ENHANCE K-12 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. WE SERVED ON THE VI AGRICULTURAL PLAN TASK FORCE, AND NOW THE LOCAL FOOD & FARM COUNCIL, CHARGED WITH EXECUTING THE AGRICULTURAL PLAN, AS WELL AS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS CONSERVATION DISTRICT. ADDITIONALLY, WE PARTICIPATE IN THE AG FAIR AND ORGANIZE FARM COUNCIL TOWN HALLS AND EVENTS.

• Expenses $8,111

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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