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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by E-TECH INTERNATIONAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$299,417
Total expenses
$302,374
Contributions and grants received
$299,417
Grants paid
$130,687
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$127,108
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,098
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$124,010
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$295,743
Management and general expenses
$6,631
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$295,743

Program services were 97.8% 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

    $299,417

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $130,687 · program services $130,687

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $27,950 · program services $25,155 · management and general $2,795

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,474 · program services $2,474

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,506 · program services $2,807 · management and general $3,699

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,961 · program services $100,961

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,059 · program services $5,031 · management and general $28

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $100 · program services $100

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,050 · program services $22,050

  • 24a · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES

    total $3,541 · program services $3,541

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,009 · program services $910 · management and general $99

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $910 · program services $900 · management and general $10

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $495 · program services $495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $632 · program services $632

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $49,541 · end of year $126,108

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $75,000

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $826

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $1,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $422 · end of year $3,098

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $478

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $126,967 · end of year $45,059

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $78,951

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

E-TECH PROVIDES SOUND DEFENSIBLE, TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC ENGINEERING ADVICE AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXPERIENCING ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM LARGE-SCALE EXTRACTIVE AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS. MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES E-TECH SERVES ARE INDIGENOUS AND CONFRONTED BY FORMIDABLE MULTINATIONAL MINING AND ENERGY SECTOR COMPANIES. E-TECH AIMS TO HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY, TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, AND ECOLOGICAL HEALTH. HISTORICALLY, A CONNECTION BETWEEN PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVING TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPES AS CARBON SINKS AND THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO A SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY CONSIDERED. E-TECH BELIEVES THAT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE BEST SUITED TO PROTECT LOCAL BIODIVERSITY. THE RESIDENTS OF THESE REMOTE AREAS WITH PROPER TRAINING, TOOLS, AND RESOURCES COUPLED WITH THEIR TRADITIONAL LOCAL KNOWLEDGE CAN BECOME EFFECTIVE STEWARDS. MOREOVER, THE MODEL

  • E-TECH CONTINUED THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OIL REMEDIATION STRATEGIES UNDER AN INDIGENOUS-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT IN THE LORETO, PERU AMAZON BASIN INCLUDING MONITORING, TRAINING AND FIELD OVERSIGHT OF ACTUAL CRUDE OIL CLEANUP ON BEHALF OF INDIGENOUS FEDERATIONS. AT THE REQUEST OF INDIGENOUS FEDERATIONS, E-TECH COORDINATED WITH THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT A NEW MULTI-DECADE LONG PROGRAM TO TRAIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE EMPLOYED IN REMEDIATION AND REHABILITATION OF THEIR TERRITORY. E-TECH CONTINUED THE PROMOTION OF BEST LARGE-SCALE MINING PRACTICES AT SEVERAL MINES IN ECUADOR AND CONTINUED FOCUSING ON THE CHINESE MIRADOR COPPER MINE AND FURTHER TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF MINE-TAILING STABILITY AT THAT MINE INCLUDING ONGOING REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN ECUADOR IN THE STATE OF ZAMORA, CHINCHIPE. E-TECH WORKED WITH RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNTIES TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF WATERSHED PROTECTION FOR COMMUNITIES ON THE RIO SONORA, MEXICO, DOWNSTREAM OF THE GRUPO MEXICO CANANEA MINE AND WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO APPLY BEST PRACTICES AND AUDITS TO THE MINE. E-TECH BEGAN WORKING WITH A GERMAN- BASED TECHNICAL POLICY GROUP, LINGO, IN EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CROSS-BORDER EXPLOITATION OF OIL, NATURAL GAS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLEX OF LNG STORAGE AND SHIPPING FACILITIES IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ. WE ALSO WORKED WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS ON THE ARIZONA-SONORA BORDER TO EVALUATE LONG TERM PRACTICAL COLLABORATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

    Expenses $295,743 · Grants $130,687

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Kamp

    PRESIDENT/EX

    Total calculated
    $27,950
    From this org
    $27,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Denise Humphreys Bebbington

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Silvan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Maest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Holly Dressel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Kostishack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paxty Weddy Tananta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tami Okamoto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
19 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202520799349300627

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