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← YEARS PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by YEARS PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,575,016
Total expenses
$2,870,468
Contributions and grants received
$7,255,322
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$305,000
Investment income
$513
Other revenue
$14,181
Total assets, end of year
$6,621,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,577
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,613,555
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,835,932
Management and general expenses
$898,860
Fundraising expenses
$135,676
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,835,932

Program services were 64.0% 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

    $7,255,322

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $305,000 · related or exempt $305,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $513 · excluded $513

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $12,910 · excluded $12,910

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $1,271 · unrelated business $1,271

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,271

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,038,265 · program services $338,421 · management and general $577,363 · fundraising $122,481

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $867,837 · program services $653,346 · management and general $214,491

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $228,955 · program services $193,082 · management and general $25,342 · fundraising $10,531

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,043 · management and general $10,043

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,081 · management and general $38,081

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $253,974 · program services $253,974

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $197,127 · program services $185,189 · management and general $11,938

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,342 · program services $64,342

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,300 · program services $44,300

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $90,606 · program services $90,606

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,249 · program services $12,672 · management and general $21,577

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $2,664 · fundraising $2,664

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $25 · management and general $25

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $699,351 · end of year $162,432

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $99,656 · end of year $2,058,634

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $534,551 · end of year $3,514,551

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,623 · end of year $108,397

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

    $1,157,074

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

    $1,138,063

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,123 · end of year $19,011

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $786,919 · end of year $698,425

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,400 · end of year $59,682

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,677 · end of year $6,077

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,280,563 · end of year $2,863,555

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $851,883 · end of year $3,750,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CORPORATION'S CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ARE: 1) TO GENERATE A SUSTAINED EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, 2) TO GALVANIZE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND 3) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTION TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE.

  • IN 2023, THE YEARS PROJECT GREW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER NETWORK TO OVER 275 MEMBERS WITH A COMBINED REACH OF ALMOST 700 MILLION FOLLOWERS. WE RAN CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT CORPORATE CLIMATE COMPLIANCE GAINING MORE THAN 21 MILLION IMPRESSIONS AMONG INVESTORS, CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE TARGET COMPANIES. WE ENTERED INTO PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING CLIMATE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CERES, BEYOND PLASTICS, CLIMATE POWER, POTENTIAL ENERGY, THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, THE SOLUTIONS PROJECT, STAND.EARTH, THE SUNRISE PROJECT, MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE AND BEYOND PETROCHEMICALS PRODUCING CONTENT COVERING MANY OF THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ISSUES OF THE YEAR. WE CONTINUED TO PUBLISH INSIDE THE MOVEMENT, OUR SUBSCRIBER CLIMATE NEWSLETTER AND ACTION TOOLKIT THAT ACHIEVED A 25% OPEN RATE.

    Expenses $1,835,932 · Revenue $305,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joel Bach

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $367,443
    From this org
    $318,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,443
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $318,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,443
    Filer's total
    $367,443

  • Andrew Magratten

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $236,582
    From this org
    $215,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,642
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,940
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,642
    Filer's total
    $236,582

  • Kate Daly

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JANUARY 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jacob Kornbluth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Fred Siegel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • David Gelber

    FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $214,880
    From this org
    $174,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,888
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,992
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,888
    Filer's total
    $214,880

  • Vernon Church

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $219,360
    From this org
    $219,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,360
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $219,360

  • Maya Lilly

    PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $133,299
    From this org
    $128,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,299
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anna Pinchuk

    EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $143,299
    From this org
    $138,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,299
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Colavita

    PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT

    Total calculated
    $112,530
    From this org
    $107,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,299
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • THE YEARS PROJECT LLC

    PRODUCTION COMPANY · NY · assets $0

    Directly controlled by THE YEARS PROJECT INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433059349300328

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