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STORY OF STUFF PROJECT

EIN 46-4334785 BERKELEY, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,232,188
Expenses 2024
$1,956,944

Program services were 85.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C60
Classification
2000
Street
1442A WALNUT STREET 272

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of The Story of Stuff Project is to build a movement to change the way we make, use, and throw away stuff.

  • Through the community engagement program, Story of Stuff told stories about important environmental and public health issues through a documentary and animated movies, a library of movies, and robust social media engagement with a global network of community members. The organization campaigned to save water for the public good and prevent plastic from trashing the environment. Catalog Choice is a program that provides a free junk mail opt out service that saves environmental resources and helps people simplify their lives.

    Expenses $1,665,152 · Grants $100,000 · Revenue $39,134

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michael O'Heaney

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $131,603
    From this org
    $131,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elisa Ringholm

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $111,211
    From this org
    $111,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andre Carothers

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Eleni Sotos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Michael Silberman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jen Sokolove

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Annie Leonard

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jericho Apo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Judith Enck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Tommy McDonald

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,232,188
    Expenses
    $1,956,944
    Contributions
    $2,150,580
    Grants paid
    $100,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,235,976
    Expenses
    $1,963,799
    Contributions
    $2,150,580
    Grants paid
    $100,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,598,616
    Expenses
    $1,625,570
    Contributions
    $1,506,701
    Grants paid
    $97,081
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,103,181
    Expenses
    $1,616,453
    Contributions
    $1,064,506
    Grants paid
    $96,700

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,862,693
    Expenses
    $1,463,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,643,551

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,554,276
    Expenses
    $1,351,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,383,423

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,691,052
    Expenses
    $1,355,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,517,019

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,581,157
    Expenses
    $1,529,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $891,561

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,287,787
    Expenses
    $1,121,805
    Assets (EOY)
    $828,247

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,100,409
    Expenses
    $863,644
    Assets (EOY)
    $667,565

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $866,116
    Expenses
    $983,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $421,691

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $440,836
    Expenses
    $5,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $510,985

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013
Principal officer
Darryl Young
Mailing address
1442A Walnut Street Suite 272Berkeley CA 94709
Website
storyofstuff.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • Misc grants 5K and Under

    $90,000

    2024 small grants program

  • Misc grants 5K and Under

    $87,081

    2023 small grants program

  • Misc grants 5K and Under

    $81,700

    2022 small grants program

  • Sure We Can

    $15,000

    2022 small grants program

  • River Valley Organizing

    $10,000

    2023 small grants program

  • Save Our Forest Assn Inc

    $10,000

    2024 small grants program

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • STORY OF STUFF PRODUCTIONS LLC

    501c3 · FILM COSTS - THE STORY OF PLASTIC · CA

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • STORY OF STUFF PRODUCTIONS LLC

    FILM COSTS - THE STORY OF PLASTIC · CA · income $3,789 · assets $33,380

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • STORY OF STUFF PRODUCTIONS LLC

    CA · share of income $3,789 · share of assets $33,380

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.