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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOWLANDER CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$536,520
Total expenses
$543,002
Contributions and grants received
$536,520
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$736,815
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,346
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$716,469
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$490,699
Management and general expenses
$52,303
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$490,699

Program services were 90.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $176,316

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $360,204

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,691 · program services $174 · management and general $1,517

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $103,461 · program services $78,814 · management and general $24,647

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,553 · program services $5,404 · management and general $5,149

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,488 · program services $26 · management and general $5,462

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,913 · program services $30,946 · management and general $967

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,266 · program services $4,104 · management and general $162

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,280 · management and general $12,280

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM RELATED COSTS

    total $369,892 · program services $368,091 · management and general $1,801

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,448 · program services $1,448

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $1,100 · program services $1,100

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $812 · program services $500 · management and general $312

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $98 · program services $92 · management and general $6

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $797,670 · end of year $680,854

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6 · end of year $6

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $50,100

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $6,080 · end of year $5,855

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $79,788 · end of year $20,346

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,017

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $722,951 · end of year $716,469

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • RISING VOICES, CHANGING COASTS (RVCC)-NSF COPE CONVERGENT SCIENCE. LOWLANDER CENTER AND FIRST PEOPLES CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF LA. FORM THE LOUISIANA HUB OF THE NSF-FUNDED RVCC PROJECT, BRINGING TOGETHER UNIVERSITY-TRAINED SCIENTISTS WITH ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE-HOLDERS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN FOUR DIVERSE COASTAL REGIONS: ALASKA (ARCTIC), LOUISIANA (GULF OF MEXICO), HAWAI'I (PACIFIC), AND PUERTO RICO (CARIBBEAN). WORKING WITH THE HASKELL FNDT AND HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS U., OUR TEAM INCLUDES PARTNERS FROM THE NSF NCAR, UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND NON-PROFITS WITH LOCAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE IN COASTAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $37,435 · Revenue $65,303

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $91,434 · Revenue $129,428

  • SOLAR ENERGY FOR THE COAST-SKY POWER FOR THE PEOPLE. LOWLANDER'S SOLAR ENERGY WORK TARGETS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR RELIABLE ENERGY BY OFFERING PORTABLE, REPLICABLE SOLAR SOLUTIONS ADAPTABLE TO THE REGION'S UNIQUE NEEDS. COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO LOSE POWER AND THE LAST TO HAVE IT RESTORED; POWER OUTAGES THREATEN HEALTH AND LIVELIHOODS DURING EXTREME HEAT AND STORMS. IN 2024, LOWLANDER EARNED THE GNO FOUNDATION PITCHIT PRIZE WHICH SUPPORTED THE BUILD OF 5 PORTABLE SOLAR UNITS AND PROVIDED FOR TWO TRAININGS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON HOW TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SOLAR UNITS. TO DATE WE HAVE BUILT 7 UNITS AND HELD 3 WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $57,713 · Revenue $52,035

  • 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 $304,117

As filed on the 2024 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

  • Kristina J Peterson

    KEY PERSONNE

    Total calculated
    $25,803
    From this org
    $25,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

  • Alessandra Jerolleman

    KEY PERSONNE

    Total calculated
    $9,744
    From this org
    $9,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Rosina Philippe

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Theresa Dardar

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shirley Laska

    KEY PERSONNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michele Companion

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jackie Cummings

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • May Nguyen

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Evan 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
2024
Filed
7 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202531499349301323

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