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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOCAL FIRST FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$231,339
Total expenses
$132,736
Contributions and grants received
$222,492
Grants paid
$21,000
Program service revenue
$8,620
Investment income
$227
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$121,336
Total liabilities, end of year
$26,307
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$95,029
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$114,051
Management and general expenses
$18,685
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$114,051

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $27,700

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $194,792

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Administrive Fee

    total $8,620 · related or exempt $8,620

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $227 · related or exempt $227

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $38,226 · program services $31,833 · management and general $6,393

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,914 · program services $2,427 · management and general $487

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,601 · program services $7,162 · management and general $1,439

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,495 · program services $2,078 · management and general $417

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $210 · program services $175 · management and general $35

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,427 · program services $3,687 · management and general $740

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $433 · program services $361 · management and general $72

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,912 · program services $1,592 · management and general $320

  • 17 · Travel

    total $702 · program services $585 · management and general $117

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $825 · program services $687 · management and general $138

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,278 · program services $1,064 · management and general $214

  • 24a · Other expenses: Payroll resource sharing

    total $45,927 · program services $38,246 · management and general $7,681

  • 24b · Other expenses: Payroll Processing Fees

    total $991 · program services $825 · management and general $166

  • 24c · Other expenses: Development and training

    total $862 · program services $718 · management and general $144

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $603 · program services $502 · management and general $101

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,330 · program services $1,109 · management and general $221

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $72,859 · end of year $121,086

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,250 · end of year $250

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $450 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,056

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $83,828 · end of year $26,307

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$8,325 · end of year -$4,971

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of the Local First Foundation is to build self-reliance, sense of place, and well-being for the stakeholders of the La Plata County community.

  • Local First Foundations Healthcare Initiative serves as a locus of community accountability to foster community well-being. We partner with Peak Health Alliance, a nonprofit healthcare purchasing cooperative, to increase health insurance affordability and reduce the cost of living for residents of southwest Colorado. We collaborated with the League of Women Voters to help launch the La Plata Healthcare Improvement Coalition, which brought together 40 community members to address challenges affecting local residents; Foundation staff co-chaired two coalition workgroups to support this work. We compiled a directory of local mental healthcare providers and regularly shared resources with the business community to support workforce mental health following the pandemic. Staff also served on a steering committee to guide the community health needs assessment conducted by San Juan Basin Public Health.

    Expenses $55,549

  • The Local Self-Reliance Program includes working with the Local First Independent Business Alliance to sponsor campaigns that raise public awareness of the value of participating in the local circular economy and of adopting sustainable business practices. This program provides general sponsorship of Durango First Fridays in which local businesses serve as a venue where local artists and artisans can showcase their work to the general public, thereby advancing community arts and culture and strengthening the local creative economy.

    Expenses $28,008 · Grants $21,000

  • Program Development focuses on building a local movement to invest in addressing our communitys most pressing concerns. During 2023, our efforts focused on collaborating with other community nonprofits and government agencies to assess how the community can meet the need for affordable housing and childcare, as well as ongoing efforts to promote local business resilience and continued recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Expenses $21,873

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kip Koso

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jeanne Sczech

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Lopez

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lauren Berutich

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433199349318863

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