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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,481,390
Total expenses
$9,064,540
Contributions and grants received
$2,874,123
Grants paid
$2,504,965
Program service revenue
$433,250
Investment income
$149,419
Other revenue
$24,598
Total assets, end of year
$7,191,894
Total liabilities, end of year
$577,152
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,614,742
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,133,988
Management and general expenses
$2,690,658
Fundraising expenses
$239,894
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,133,988

Program services were 67.7% 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)

    $1,693,395

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,180,728

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $433,250 · related or exempt $433,250

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $147,254 · excluded $147,254

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,240,919 · other assets $2,165

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,240,919 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $2,165

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,165 · excluded $2,165

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $24,598 · excluded $24,598

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,598

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,273,942 · program services $2,273,942

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $231,023 · program services $231,023

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $273,644 · program services $20,718 · management and general $249,346 · fundraising $3,580

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,704,117 · program services $1,498,683 · management and general $1,059,810 · fundraising $145,624

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $122,848 · management and general $122,848

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $364,712 · program services $323,429 · management and general $1,680 · fundraising $39,603

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $243,349 · program services $48,409 · management and general $194,940

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,466 · program services $9,293 · management and general $11,173

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $127,789 · program services $59,835 · management and general $65,038 · fundraising $2,916

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,555,097 · program services $1,153,220 · management and general $401,473 · fundraising $404

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,255 · program services $25,920 · management and general $1,538 · fundraising $797

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $69,250 · program services $31,231 · management and general $19,195 · fundraising $18,824

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $198,541 · program services $20,182 · management and general $165,608 · fundraising $12,751

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,856 · program services $41,562 · management and general $37,294

  • 17 · Travel

    total $246,409 · program services $122,380 · management and general $113,200 · fundraising $10,829

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $287,655 · program services $250,878 · management and general $35,711 · fundraising $1,066

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,009 · management and general $19,781 · fundraising $228

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,802 · management and general $28,802

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF RECRUITMENT & DEV

    total $185,295 · program services $20,692 · management and general $161,331 · fundraising $3,272

  • 24b · Other expenses: REGISTRATIONS

    total $4,481 · program services $2,591 · management and general $1,890

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $275,546 · end of year $37,548

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,274,345 · end of year $4,771,772

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,247,568 · end of year $2,134,307

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $329,686 · end of year $124,691

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,138 · end of year $81,188

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

    $92,969

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

    $54,954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,971 · end of year $38,015

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,621 · end of year $4,373

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,032,942 · end of year $577,152

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,378,331 · end of year $575,814

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,810,602 · end of year $6,038,928

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES (ISC) IS AN INTERNATIONAL, 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS), BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BY CREATING, IMPLEMENTING, AND SCALING EQUITABLE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE MOST PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS BY FORMING COLLABORATIVE, PEOPLE-FOCUSED PARTNERSHIPS. ISC'S MISSION IS TO HELP COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE SHAPED AND SHARED BY ALL. ISC'S APPROACH TO ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IS CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING ISSUES SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, WHERE CITIZEN COMMITMENT, BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT AND LOCAL LEADERSHIP ARE NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOST IMPACT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HELP COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE SHAPED AND SHARED BY ALL.

  • THE DISMANTLING ENERGY INSECURITY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR (DEICC) BEGAN IN 2022 WITH THE GOAL TO ACTIVATE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND DISMANTLE ENERGY INSECURITY IN 10 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ACROSS THE US THROUGHTHE DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HUBS.

    Expenses $1,699,689 · Grants $1,047,500

  • THE PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES (PRC), ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED IN 2019 WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE JPB FOUNDATION, IS HELPING TO TRANSFORM THE NATIONAL URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE FIELD. PRC IS BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF 14 BLACK AND BROWN-LED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) TO DEVELOP GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE USING CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (LIKE SOLAR) TO STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITY'S CAPABILITY TO BE LESS IMPACTED BY AND RECOVER FROM EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND NATURAL DISASTERS EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. ISC IS PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO EACH PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATION IN THIS INTENSIVE CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM IN THE FORM OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANT FUNDING. THE PROGRAM HAS CREATED A NATIONWIDE NETWORK THAT BUILDS INFLUENCE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR-LED CBOS WHILE IMPROVING THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCALLY-LED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, POLICY APPROACHES, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

    Expenses $1,618,750 · Grants $1,177,273

  • THE MEKONG SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE (THE ALLIANCE), A $8.8 MILLION PROJECT FUNDED BY THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID), IMPLEMENTED BY ISC AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ELEVATE AND THE ASIAN INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY, LAUNCHED AT THE END OF 2020 AND CONCLUDED IN SEPTEMBER 2023. THE ALLIANCE STRENGTHENS SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE MULTI-SECTOR MANUFACTURING IN CAMBODIA, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM BY SUPPORTING FACTORIES TO ADVANCE INITIATIVES THAT INCREASE THE REGIONAL ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) STANDARDS.

    Expenses $1,589,463 · Grants $280,192

  • OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THAT SUPPORTS COUMMUNITIES, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNEMENT AGENCIES BY CREATING, IMPLEMENTING, AND SCALING EQUITABLE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS FOR THOS MOST PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS BY FORMING COLLABORATIVE, PEOPLE-FOCUSED PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $787,087 · Revenue $433,250

  • OTHER PROGRAMS IN ASIA TO SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CLUSTERS IN INDIA BY FACILITATING DECARBONIZATION AND ADOPTION OF CLEAN TECH IN THE MANUFACTORING SECTOR; BUILDING A GENDER-EQUITABLE GREEN WORKFORCE AND DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING A SCALABLE ROADMAP TO ADVANCE A GENDER-EQUITABLE GREEN WORKFORCE AND CLEAN TECH DEPLOYMENT AT A SUBNATIONAL LEVEL.

    Expenses $438,999

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Kaduru

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John A Dooley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Luann Bennett

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Lash

    CHAIR UNTIL 10/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Condon Interim President

    UNTIL 8/23, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Taryn Akiyama

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Barton

    BOARD MEMBER UNTIL 10/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Blomstrann

    BOARD MEMBER UNTIL 10/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Garcia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shivani Ganguly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Grant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Susan M Pepin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr J Marshall Shepherd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathaniel Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Eugene Taylor Sutton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derek Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas Stevens

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER UNTIL 7/23

    Total calculated
    $189,170
    From this org
    $160,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,439
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,731
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,034
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,405
    Filer's total
    $189,170

  • Pradnya Haldipur

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $218,804
    From this org
    $189,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,871
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,933
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,998
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,873
    Filer's total
    $218,804

  • Trina Mallik

    VP OF GLOBAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $167,315
    From this org
    $147,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,839
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,476
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,113
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,726
    Filer's total
    $167,315

  • Sonia Joshi

    DIRECTOR, US PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $137,281
    From this org
    $117,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,240
    Hours/week
    40

  • Russell Paez

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,754
    From this org
    $107,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,059
    Hours/week
    40

  • Deeohn Ferris

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $415,075
    From this org
    $400,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,927
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,729
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $95,419
    Deferred
    $9,588
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,339
    Filer's total
    $415,075

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
DEEOHN FERRIS RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $95,419.

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

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ORGANIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

    501(C)(3) · DEVELOP ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY CENTER · IN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

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.

  • ISC ENTERPRISES L3C

    FURTHER ISC MISSION · VT · income $422,517 · assets $88,490

    Directly controlled by INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

    C · FURTHER ISC MISSION · IN · 100% owned · share of income $426,785 · share of assets $89,384 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by ISC ENTERPRISES L3C

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202432289349301718

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