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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GRASS ROOTS EVENTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$204,019
Total expenses
$259,254
Contributions and grants received
$163,976
Grants paid
$140,196
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$367
Other revenue
$39,676
Total assets, end of year
$166,478
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,003
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$164,475
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$218,966
Management and general expenses
$32,301
Fundraising expenses
$7,987
Program service expenses (Part III)
$218,966

Program services were 84.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $163,976

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $367 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $367

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $89,328

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $52,237

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $37,091 · related or exempt $37,091 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $2,585 · related or exempt $2,585 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,585

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,174 · program services $15,174

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,067 · program services $3,067

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $121,955 · program services $121,955

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $14,214 · program services $14,214

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,800 · management and general $9,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,194 · program services $37,194

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,498 · fundraising $1,498

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,393 · program services $4,282 · management and general $11,156 · fundraising $5,955

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,586 · management and general $2,586

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,454 · program services $16,889 · management and general $565

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,920 · program services $6,189 · management and general $224 · fundraising $507

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $4,439 · program services $2 · management and general $4,410 · fundraising $27

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,560 · management and general $3,560

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $273,167 · end of year $128,517

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,519

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,068

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,395 · end of year $14,224

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,376

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $23,737

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $2,003

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,918

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $282,607 · end of year $164,475

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE CLASSROOM; THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC; THE ARTESIAN COLLECTIVE OR THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PROJECT. GRASS ROOTS EVENTS, INC. AND SCHOOLS FOR CHIAPAS BROADLY SUPPORTS ALL ASPECTS OF AUTONOMOUS EDUCATION. SCHOOLS FOR CHIAPAS SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF AUTONOMOUS MAYAN COMMUNITIES OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO TO PROVIDE A JUST AND DIGNIFIED EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCHOOL FOR CHIAPAS SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF AUTONOMOUS MAYAN COMMUNITIES OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO TO PROVIDE A JUST AND DIGNIFIED EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

  • SENDAS IS AN EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER IN SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS CHIAPAS DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES ON ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, DEFENSE OF TERRITORY AND PEOPLES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTONOMY. OUR COLLABORATORS, IMAGENARTE, ACTIVELY WORK WITH COMMUNITY COLLECTIVES TO FOSTER JUST ECONOMIES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF THEIR PRODUCTS IN A PHYSICAL STORE WITHIN THE SPACE. OUR LIBRARY HOLDS BOOKS ON MOVEMENT HISTORY, INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES, AND OTHER AREAS. WE HOLD BI-WEEKLY PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL CONVERSATIONS IN THE LIBRARY FOR NEW-COMERS TO THE RICH SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE REGION.

    Expenses $192,237 · Grants $140,196

  • THE ONLINE STORE WAS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED TO COMMERCIALIZE PRODUCTS FROM INDIGENOUS ARTISANS' COLLECTIVES IN THE U.S. THEREBY PROVIDING NOT ONLY AN OUTLET FOR THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGIONS WHERE THE COLLECTIVES RESIDE. OUR ONLINE STORE BRINGS DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF THEIR PRODUCTS.

    Expenses $20,834

  • THE VIVERO IS OUR NURSERY IN SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS BUILT TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR WORK WITH COMMUNITIES IN AGROECOLOGY, RANGING FROM SEED PRESERVATION TO MEDICINAL AND EDIBLE PLANT CULTIVATION AND DISTRIBUTION TO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE WORKSHOPS. OVER THE COURSE OF 7 YEARS, THE NURSERY, HOUSED AT THE SITE OF OUR OFFICE IN SAN CRISTÓBAL, HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF OUR WORK.

    Expenses $5,895

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katherine Keller

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $14,214
    From this org
    $14,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Concepcion Martinez Valdes

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Francisco Vazquez Mota

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Adriana Barraza Canedo

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
28 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322419349301727

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