Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$298,523

Total expenses

$302,308

Contributions and grants received

$264,897

Grants paid

$2,150

Program service revenue

$32,290

Investment income

$25

Other revenue

$1,311

Total assets, end of year

$43,534

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,043

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$40,491

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$223,498

Management and general expenses

$23,475

Fundraising expenses

$55,335

Program service expenses (Part III)

$223,498

Program services were 73.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ONE EARTH FILM FESTIVAL (OEFF) IS OUR FLAGSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE CHALLENGES THROUGH COMPELLING, SOLUTION-ORIENTED FILMS AND FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS. OVER 14 YEARS, OEFF HAS REACHED MORE THAN 49,000 ATTENDEES, CATALYZING AWARENESS SPARKING MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. IN APRIL 2025, WE PRESENTED OUR 14TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL, A WEEK-LONG SERIES OF IN-PERSON EVENTS ACROSS CHICAGO (INCLUDING THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES), OAK PARK, PARK RIDGE, RIVER GROVE, WAUKEGAN, AND DUPAGE/KANE COUNTY, ASWELL AS TWO VIRTUAL FILM EVENTS TO AUDIENCES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

  Expenses $129,606 · Revenue $16,570

• ONE EARTH LOCAL ("OEL") WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TO BUILD AND DEVELOP REPLICABLE MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIALLY JUST COMMUNITIES IN THE GREATER CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA. OEL'S WORK INCLUDES (1) WESTSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE (WEJA), WORKING WITH OTHER LEADERS, ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CHICAGO'S WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS TO COORDINATE, SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY OUR COLLECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EFFORTS; (2) FOOD & FILM SHOWCASES FOR AUSTIN EATS, A CONSORTIUM OF 26 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO, HIGHLIGHTING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN BLACK, BROWN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE POWER OF EXERCISE AND DIET ON HEALTH OUTCOMES; (3) CLIMATE READY COOP (CLIMATE OUTREACH OAK PARK), HELPING THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK'S SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE DEPARTMENT LEAD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH REGARDING OAK PARK'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, HEAT SAFETY, LOCAL CLIMATE COACHING, AND ENERGY GRANTS FOR HOMEOWNERS; (4) GREEN BLOCK PARTIES, DELIVERING 30-MINUTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR BLOCK PARTIES ACROSS OAK PARK, IL, REACHING MORE THAN 120 RESIDENTS WITH ACTION-SPARKING INFORMATION ABOUT GREEN ENERGY, NATIVE PLANT GARDENING, RESIDENTIAL FLOODING, LOCAL CLIMATE COACHING, AND WASTE/RECYCLING.

  Expenses $63,659 · Revenue $1,250

• ONE EARTH YOUTH VOICES EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY IN THE CLIMATE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS THROUGH ART, ACTIVISM, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, WITH PROGRAMMING INCLUDING (1) YOUNG FILMMAKERS CONTEST (YFC), WHICH INVITES STUDENTS FROM GRADES 3 THROUGH AGE 25 TO CREATE SHORT, FOCUSED FILMS ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY. IN 2025, WE RECEIVED 363 SUBMISSIONS AND WINNING FILMS AND FILMMAKERS WERE CELEBRATED AT AWARDS CEREMONIES IN SEPTEMBER AND FEATURED AT THE APRIL FILM FESTIVAL, WHERE THEIR VOICES ARE ELEVATED TO A BROAD AUDIENCE; (2) YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL (YAC), WHERE YOUTH GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF YOUTH-FOCUSED PROGRAMMING DURING THE ONE EARTH FILM FESTIVAL; AND (3) AUSTIN GROWN, WORKING WITH BUILD CHICAGO, TO ENGAGE HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS IN AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL ARTS, CULINARY SKILLS, AND FOOD EDUCATION, A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE THAT CONNECTS YOUTH TO THE LAND, TO ONE ANOTHER, AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $30,233 · Grants $2,150 · Revenue $14,470

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

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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