Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,198,126

Total expenses

$1,897,452

Contributions and grants received

$2,142,263

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$52,275

Investment income

$3,588

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,790,028

Total liabilities, end of year

$265,099

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,524,929

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,697,873

Management and general expenses

$156,332

Fundraising expenses

$43,247

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,697,873

Program services were 89.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS AND THE CAPACITY OF K-12 SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BY ADVANCING ECOLOGICAL LITERACY AND FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE. IN 2022, WE DEVELOPED ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, THE NUTRITION POLICY INSTITUTE, THE OFFICE OF KAT TAYLOR, NEXTGEN CALIFORNIA, AND THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS, WE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR A RECORD $2 BILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL. SEE SCHEDULE O - CONTINUATIONECOLOGICAL EDUCATIONTHE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY DEVELOPED ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR K-12 STUDENTS TO SUPPORT FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH INDIGENOUS ADVISORS, THE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY PUBLISHED THE GATHER VIEWING GUIDE, A RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE NATIVE AMERICAN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY BY FILMMAKER SANJAY RAWAL. THE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF SEVEN NATIONAL CURRICULUM PARTNERS BY TEN STRANDS FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM TO BEGIN DRAFTING A SIXTH-GRADE UNIT FOR THE CURRICULUM. OUR EATING LEARNING GROWING PROJECT TO DEVELOP A CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE K-12 FARM TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK AND CULTURALLY-INCLUSIVE LARGE-SCALE GRAPHIC INSTALLATION DESIGNS COMPLETED ITS FIRST YEAR OF A 32-MONTH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.SCHOOL FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGETHE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY'S CALIFORNIA FOOD FOR CALIFORNIA KIDS NETWORK GREW TO 106 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 2022. A NETWORK OF THIS SCALE CAN CATALYZE LASTING SYSTEMS CHANGE FOR SCHOOL MEALS IN CALIFORNIA. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH SCHOOL NUTRITION LEADERS IN THE NETWORK AND BEYOND THROUGH IN-PERSON SITE VISITS TO AUGMENT OUR VIRTUAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVENTS. TO SUPPORT OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A MORE JUST, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE PEOPLE WHO NOURISH THEM, WE CREATED AND PROMOTED TWO BILINGUAL VIDEOS HIGHLIGHTING YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN THE FARM TO SCHOOL MOVEMENT AND CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL FARMERS. OUR SCHOOL FOOD INNOVATOR SERIES FOCUSED ON INCREASING LOCAL PROCUREMENT, ADVANCING FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND SHARING LESSONS FROM THE FIELD TO STRENGTHEN SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS. IN VIRGINIA, WE PROVIDED TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ADVISED ON THE PILOT OF VIRGINIA FOOD FOR VIRGINIA KIDS, A PROGRAM OUT OF THEIR STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT FOLLOWS OUR SUCCESSFUL MODEL IN CALIFORNIA.POLICY AND ADVOCACYAS CALIFORNIA PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT ITS GROUNDBREAKING 2021 SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL LEGISLATION, THE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY COLLABORATED WITH CORE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL COALITION TO SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATE FOR A RECORD $2 BILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL MEALS, INCLUDING THE HIGHEST STATE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY. THE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY RAISED THE VOICES OF SCHOOL NUTRITION DIRECTORS AS THEY EMBRACED THE HISTORIC FUNDING PACKAGE AND THE IMPACT OF SYSTEMS-WIDE INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL, INCREASED REIMBURSEMENTS, KITCHEN INFRASTRUCTURE, STAFF TRAINING, FARM TO SCHOOL, EVALUATION, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE CENTER CREATED A GUIDE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL TASK FORCE, AND CONDUCTED ONGOING ACTIVITIES TO INFORM POLICY ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.THE CENTER FOR ECOLITERACY SERVES AS AN ANCHOR TENANT AT THE DAVID BROWER CENTER, A HOME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ACTION AND ONE OF THE BAY AREA'S MOST ADVANCED GREEN BUILDINGS. BEING LOCATED AT THE DAVID BROWER CENTER ENABLES US TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES WHILE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH DOZENS OF OTHER LEADING NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $1,697,873 · Revenue $52,275

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

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• DAVID BROWER CENTER

  501(C)(3) · OFFICE RENTAL TO NPO AND OTHER COMPANIES · CA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

14 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202303189349317845

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