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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SUSTAINABLE CT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,640,364
Total expenses
$1,183,871
Contributions and grants received
$1,636,949
Grants paid
$285,266
Program service revenue
$2,800
Investment income
$615
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,265,513
Total liabilities, end of year
$85,442
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,180,071
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$950,962
Management and general expenses
$205,522
Fundraising expenses
$27,387
Program service expenses (Part III)
$950,962

Program services were 80.3% 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

    $1,636,949

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE REVENUE

    total $2,800 · related or exempt $2,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $615 · excluded $615

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $266,566 · program services $266,566

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,700 · program services $18,700

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $569,108 · program services $460,206 · management and general $88,737 · fundraising $20,165

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,054 · management and general $48,054

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,906 · program services $35,786 · management and general $10,587 · fundraising $1,533

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,500 · management and general $13,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,212 · program services $17,400 · management and general $11,206 · fundraising $2,606

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,933 · program services $23,506 · management and general $1,834 · fundraising $593

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,434 · program services $24,201 · management and general $24,907 · fundraising $2,326

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,461 · program services $18,461

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,760 · program services $4,481 · management and general $2,193 · fundraising $86

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,491 · management and general $4,491

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY MATCH FUND FEES

    total $55,586 · program services $55,586

  • 24b · Other expenses: WORKSHOPS

    total $18,960 · program services $18,869 · management and general $13 · fundraising $78

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $7,200 · program services $7,200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $586,947 · end of year $587,690

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $260,532 · end of year $226,127

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $946,953 · end of year $1,441,554

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,275 · end of year $10,142

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,829 · end of year $66,962

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $11,300 · end of year $18,480

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $400,399 · end of year $220,008

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,323,179 · end of year $1,960,063

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE, SUPPORT, AND CERTIFY SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS BY CONNECTICUT TOWNS AND CITIES.

  • SUSTAINABLE CT PROVIDES CONNECTICUT MUNICIPALITIES WITH: A MENU OF COORDINATED, VOLUNTARY ACTIONS, TO CONTINUALLY BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE; RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES IN IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS AND ADVANCING THIER PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS; AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTIFICATION TO RECOGNIZE MUNICIPALITIES FOR THEIR ONGOING SUSTAINABILITY ACHIEVEMENTS. CURRENTLY 138 MUNICIPALITIES (COMPRISING OVER 87% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION) ARE REGISTERED FOR SUSTAINABLE CT AND 68 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE EARNED BRONZE OR SILVER CERTIFICATIONS (REPRESENTING 40% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION). COLLECTIVELY, THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED SOLUTIONS THAT BUILD THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMIES, INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, HEALTHY AND DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS, CLEAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, VIBRANT AND CREATIVE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS, EFFICIENT AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, WELL-STEWARDED LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, FORWARD-THINKING LAND USE PRACTICES, AND INCLUSIVE PUBLIC SERVICES. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED COMMUNITIES REFLECT THE GEOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND DEMOGRAPHIC RANGE OF CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING THE STATE'S LARGEST CITIES (POPULATIONS GREATER THAN 100,000) AND SMALLEST TOWNS (POLULATIONS LESS THAN 1,500) AND MUNICIPALITIES IN EVERY COUNTY.

    Expenses $665,696

  • SUSTAINABLE CT'S COMMUNITY MATCH FUND HAS SUPPORTED OVER 299 COMMUNITY-LED SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH DOLLAR- FOR-DOLLAR MATCHING FUNDS. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY GARDENS, BIKE FIX-UP JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, ENERGY EFFICIENT CAMPAIGNS, OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, DANCE AND ARTS PROGRAMS, POLLINATOR PATHWAYS, GREEN JOBS PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, TREE PLANTINGS, FOOD COMPOSTING PROGRAMS, SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSION SERIES AND EVENTS, AND PUBLIC MURALS AND ART.

    Expenses $285,266 · Grants $285,266

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bryan Garcia

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Francis

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila McKay

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Steele Kelly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Chesebrough

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Chevalier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Dickson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Fulda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Ghio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Piersall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Purcaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Latha Swamy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolynn Stoddard

    PRIOR EXECUT

    Total calculated
    $69,913
    From this org
    $69,913
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jessica Leclair

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $97,287
    From this org
    $97,287
    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

  • FARMINGTON LAND TRUST

    $15,000

    SOLARIZE THE WILCOX-

  • CT RC&D

    $9,000

    2024 CT COMPOST CONF

  • EXTENDING OUR REACH

  • BREAKFAST LUNCH & DINNER

    $7,500

    SUPPORT

  • CHICKS AHOY FARM

    $7,500

    PLANTING SEEDS

  • 2024 BRIDGEPORT FILM

  • EAST LYME HIGH SCHOOL

    $7,500

    FOOD SCRAP COLLECTIO

  • ELLINGTON FARMERS MARKET

    $7,500

    HELPING TO BUILD HEA

  • KID TO NATURE SUMMER

  • SUPPORTING ORGANIZIN

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202502179349300120

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