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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON GROUND RELIEF.

Totals

Total revenue
$228,195
Total expenses
$285,321
Contributions and grants received
$184,726
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$43,469
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$333,125
Total liabilities, end of year
$98,543
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$234,582
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$242,744
Management and general expenses
$30,923
Fundraising expenses
$11,654
Program service expenses (Part III)
$242,744

Program services were 85.1% 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

    $184,726

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VOLUNTEER HOUSING FEES

    total $35,510 · related or exempt $35,510

  • 2b · Program service revenue: VOLUNTEER PROJECT FEE

    total $4,624 · related or exempt $4,624

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICES

    total $3,335 · related or exempt $3,335

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $97,127 · program services $77,702 · management and general $19,425

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60 · program services $60

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,600 · program services $6,080 · management and general $1,520

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $323 · management and general $323

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,000 · fundraising $1,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,519 · program services $11,019 · fundraising $8,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,435 · program services $1,966 · management and general $315 · fundraising $2,154

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,384 · program services $8,307 · management and general $2,077

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,556 · program services $9,245 · management and general $2,311

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,739 · program services $20,739

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,249 · program services $14,804 · management and general $2,445

  • 24a · Other expenses: WETLANDS PLANTS AND MAT

    total $25,283 · program services $25,283

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATION

    total $21,236 · program services $21,236

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD FREE PANTRY

    total $11,104 · program services $11,104

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM STIPENDS

    total $10,760 · program services $10,760

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,946 · program services $24,439 · management and general $2,507

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $152,497 · end of year $110,765

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $436

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $10,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $498,328

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $286,018

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $233,052 · end of year $212,310

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50 · end of year $50

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $104,327 · end of year $98,543

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $291,708 · end of year $234,582

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CREATE RESILIENT GULF COAST COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, FINANCIALLY VIABLE AND PERSONALLY COHESIVE. COMMON GROUND RELIEF REMAINS COMMITTED TO ITS GRASSROOTS, VOLUNTEER-BASED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. ACHIEVES ITS MISSION BY FOCUSING ON RESTORING AND PRESERVING LOUISIANA'S DISAPPEARING COASTAL WETLANDS. THE ORGANIZATION GROWS PLANT MATERIAL IN ITS LOWER NINTH WARD NURSERY, EDUCATES ABOUT WETLAND ECO-SYSTEMS AND HORTICULTURE, AND PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, NON-GOVER

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE RESILIENT GULF COAST COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, FINANCIALLY VIABLE AND PERSONALLY COHESIVE. COMMON GROUND RELIEF REMAINS COMMITTED TO ITS GRASSROOTS, VOLUNTEER-BASED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. ACHIEVES ITS MISSION BY FOCUSING ON RESTORING AND PRESERVING LOUISIANA'S DISAPPEARING COASTAL WETLANDS. THE ORGANIZATION GROWS PLANT MATERIAL IN ITS LOWER NINTH WARD NURSERY, EDUCATES ABOUT WETLAND ECO-SYSTEMS AND HORTICULTURE, AND PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO RE-PLANT THREATENED WETLANDS USING VOLUNTEER LABOR.

  • MAINTAINED OPERATIONS DESPITE INCREASED DEMAND OF THE FREE PANTRY,WHICH SERVED AN AVERAGE OF INCREASE OF 50 FAMILIES PER WEEK IN 2023,INCREASED TO 75-90 FAMILIES PER WEEK THROUGH 2023.

    Expenses $48,548 · Revenue $3,335

  • RESTORED DOZENS OF LINEAR MILES OF COASTLAND THROUGHOUT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA BY PLANTING 3,703 NATIVE TREES,44,000 PLUGS OF MARSH GRASS, AND 6,400 NATIVE IRISES.

    Expenses $97,098 · Revenue $20,067

  • HOSTED, GUIDED,AND EDUCATED 1,000 VOLUNTEERS BETWEEN THE WETLANDS RESTORATION AND FREE PANTRY PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $97,098 · Revenue $20,067

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicholas Karel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Stram

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Chaisson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ethan Chichester

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Blaise Pezold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rollin Black

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kellyn Lacour-Conant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Sage Marshall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Selena Bolton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annie Moran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bek Markel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlotte Clarke

    CO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $31,640
    From this org
    $31,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joshua Benitez

    CO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $45,000
    From this org
    $45,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christina Lehew

    CO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,265
    From this org
    $13,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
25 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432709349301543

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