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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FOR SOCIAL SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS.

Totals

Total revenue
$89,892
Total expenses
$50,862
Contributions and grants received
$56,892
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$33,000
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$188,303
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,010
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$186,293
Program service expenses (Part III)
$38,881

Program services were 76.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

THE ORGANIZATION ENVISIONS A SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY, AND THRIVING COMMUNITY WHERE TRADITIONS CONNECTED TO LAND AND WATER ARE PROTECTED, PRESERVED, AND PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE MISSION IS TO PROTECT HISTORICAL ACEQUIAS, WATER, AND LAND IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE REGION.

  • WHILE CESSOS'S PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RE- ORGANIZE THE ACEQUIAS UNDER THE NEW MEXICO WATER LEGAL CODE OUR WORK HAS EXPANDED BEYOND ACEQUIA PRESERVATION IN INCLUDE WATER AND LAND ADVOCACY AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AGUA SAGRADA, AN INITIATIVE WOR WORK ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES - WATER. THIS INITIATIVE ENCOMPASSES VARIOUS PIECES, ACADEMIA CE AKATAL, WATER RIGHTS EDUCATIONAL PROJECT AND THE ACEQUIA TALK AND WALK. GOALS OF OUR HIDDEN GEMS PROGRAM ARE THREEFOLD: 1) IT ITENDS TO MAKE VISIBILE THE INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE IN INFORMAL AND FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR STORES OF HOW THEY ARE STRENGTHENING FAMILIES/CLANS, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD; 2) UNCOVER THE LOCAL RESOURCES AND CULTURE; AND 3) TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR MORE CONNECTED AND FUNCTIONAL LOCAL SYSTEMS. CESSOS HAS ALSO DEVELOPED "CICLOS DE LA TIERRA: CULTIVATING QUERENCIA THROUGH MUTUALISMO RESOLANA AND SELF GOVERNANCE," A CURRICULUM REPRESENTING AN ONGOING COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $38,881

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Alicia Chavez

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Santiago Maestas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Rip Anderson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcia Fernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jorge Garcia

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $16,800
    Compensation
    $16,800
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
22 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342349349200834

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