Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,281,450
- Total expenses
- $929,991
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,277,008
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $4,442
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,095,947
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $28,019
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,067,928
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $884,553
- Management and general expenses
- $45,438
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $884,553
Program services were 95.1% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$216,694
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,060,314
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3 · Investment income
total $4,442 · related or exempt $4,442
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $60,297 · program services $60,297
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $37,400 · program services $29,600 · management and general $7,800
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,555 · management and general $7,555
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,908 · program services $281 · management and general $3,627
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11g · Fees: other
total $127,381 · program services $120,884 · management and general $6,497
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13 · Office expenses
total $11,596 · program services $5,509 · management and general $6,087
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17 · Travel
total $29,641 · program services $27,760 · management and general $1,881
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $786 · program services $786
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23 · Insurance
total $7,584 · management and general $7,584
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM RELATED COSTS
total $641,511 · program services $638,421 · management and general $3,090
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24b · Other expenses: REGISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP
total $895 · program services $715 · management and general $180
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24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $642 · program services $270 · management and general $372
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24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $564 · management and general $564
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24e · All other expenses
total $231 · program services $30 · management and general $201
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $680,854 · end of year $681,262
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $6 · end of year $340,972
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $50,100 · end of year $68,505
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $5,855
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $5,208
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $20,346 · end of year $22,291
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $5,728
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $716,469 · end of year $1,067,928
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE LOWLANDER CENTER SUPPORTS LOWLAND COMMUNITIES AND PLACES, BOTH INLAND AND COASTAL, FACING CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL EROSION. OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS ON ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IS DRIVEN BY DECADE-LONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH HISTORIED AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST PEOPLES' CONSERVATION COUNCIL (FPCC). ALL OUR WORK ENGAGES PEOPLE, KNOWLEDGE, AND WISDOM TO CO-CREATE PLACE-BASED ADAPTATION PRACTICES WITH NATURE-BASED, LOCALLY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE: OUR WORK WITH LIVING SHORELINES, CANAL BACKFILLING AND REFORESTATION ARE EXAMPLES OF LOCALLY-DRIVEN, ECOLOGICALLY-ATTUNED SOLUTIONS THAT ACTIVELY PRESERVE LAND, PROTECT HISTORIED AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE INCREASED HABITAT FOR ALL LIFE FORMS. WE KEEP PEOPLE AND PLACE AT THE CENTER OF OUR WORK, ONLY SUPPORTING CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE EFFORTS THAT BUILD CAPACITY FOR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND INCREASES THE HEALTH OF OUR LIFEWORLD.
Activities or mission (Part I)
LOWLANDER CENTER SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES FACING CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL EROSION WITH LOCALLY-DRIVEN, ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $459,559 · Revenue $822,077
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SOLAR ENERGY FOR THE COAST AS WELL AS SAFE DRINKING WATER IS CRITICAL FOR COASTAL AND DELTA COMMUNITIES IN LOUISIANA. OUR WORK TARGETS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR RELIABLE WATER AND ENERGY TO THE REGIONS UNIQUE NEEDS. COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO LOSE POWER AND WATER, AND THE LAST TO HAVE IT RESTORED. POWER AND WATER OUTAGES THREATEN HEALTH LIVELIHOODS DURING EXTREME HEAT AND STORMS. IN THIS PAST YEAR LOWLANDER HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF SOLAR AND STORAGE BATTERIES IN CRITICAL AREAS ACROSS THE MOST AT-RISK AREAS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING SEVERAL IN-LAND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MODERN CISTERNS THAT CAN PROVIDE POTABLE WATER IS CLEARLY NEEDED AND BEING PLANNED AT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED REGULAR IRREGULARITIES WITH WATER.
Expenses $134,165 · Revenue $166,233
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ENVIRONMENTAL CARE, HEALING PROJECTS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PERMITTING FOR BACKFILLING CANALS, LIVING SHORELINES, BIO-CHAR AND SEED BALLS WITH COMMUNITIES WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH RISING VOICES, CHANGING COASTS, A NSF COPE CONVERGENT SCIENCE PROJECT. LOWLANDER IS PART OF THE HUB OF THE NSF FUNDED PROJECT BRINGING TOGETHER UNIVERSITY-TRAINED SCIENTISTS WITH EXPERT ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE-HOLDERS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVE HEALTHY WAYS OF ADAPTATION. WORKING WITH PARTNERS WITH NCAR, HUBS IN ALASKA, HAWAII AND PUERTO RICO AS WELL AS HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY, OUR HOST PI.
Expenses $119,912 · Revenue $50,000
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TO HELP CREATE SOLUTIONS TO LIVING WITH AN EVER-CHANGING COASTLINE AND LAND LOSS WHILE VISIONING A FUTURE THAT BUILDS CAPACITY AND RESILIENCE FOR PLACE AND PEOPLE.
Expenses $170,917 · Revenue $238,055
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
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Alexandria BrahlerALEXANDRIA BRAHLER
KEY EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Michele CompanionMICHELE COMPANION
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jackie CummingsJACKIE CUMMINGS
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
-
Theresa DardarTHERESA DARDAR
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Shirley LaskaSHIRLEY LASKA
KEY PERSONNE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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May NguyenMAY NGUYEN
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
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Kristina J PetersonKRISTINA J PETERSON
KEY PERSONNE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 55
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Rosina PhilippeROSINA PHILIPPE
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Evan PonderEVAN PONDER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 14 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202611489349300991
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