2024-11-12T15:58:17-06:00 2023-12-31 521186096 RUBINO AND COMPANY CHARTERED 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE SUITE 300 BETHESDA MD 208171818 990 2023-01-01 810954815 THE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INSTITUTE COMM 4438323824 8000 HARRIET TUBMAN LANE COLUMBIA MD 21044 CHIARA D'AMORE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4438323824 2024-11-12 1 0 KAY VOLLANS CPA P01404047 3015643636 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z CHIARA D'AMORE 8000 HARRIET TUBMAN LANE COLUMBIA MD 21044 1257250 0 X WWW.COMMUNITYECOLOGYINSTITUTE.ORG X 2016 MD TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE AND NATURE THRIVE TOGETHER. 16 16 23 600 0 0 1502213 918702 244780 275588 185 619 33216 52061 1780394 1246970 0 0 0 0 233504 536381 125 1690 72514 490583 645935 724212 1184006 1056182 62964 1964787 2250232 180021 344900 1784766 1905332 X TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE AND NATURE THRIVE TOGETHER. 1 0 710233 265756 CEI OFFERS SEVEN CORE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:-A COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES IN NATURE (CFIN): THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FREQUENT, FUN, AND FRIENDLY NATURE-BASED EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY THE ENTIRE FAMILY - CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. -ROOTS & WINGS LEARNING COMMUNITY: THE MISSION IS TO OFFER SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION FOR HOME-SCHOOLED CHILDREN THAT NURTURES A DEEP CONNECTION TO SELF, COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT EMPHASIZES CREATIVITY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND HANDS-ON, NATURE-BASED EXPLORATION.-GREEN SEEDS INTERNSHIP: THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH-SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ACROSS A RANGE OF SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL THEMES.-NOURISHING GARDENS: THE MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM LAWNS INTO GARDENS THAT NOURISH OUR FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TWO-FOLD: (1) INSTALLING FOOD AND POLLINATOR GARDENS IN YARDS, COMMUNITY SPACES, AND WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES, AND (2) PROVIDING A GREEN-INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM BRINGS THE BENEFITS, LEARNING, AND EXPERIENCE OF FREETOWN FARM DIRECTLY TO THE FRONT DOORS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.- ECOSTEWARDS VOLUNTEERS: THE MISSION IS TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A WAY THAT WELCOMES THEM INTO CEI'S STEWARDSHIP OF FREETOWN FARM AND THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN, PROVIDES THEM WITH DIRECT WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK ON THESE PROPERTIES, AND PROVIDES DIRECT EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM.- SUSTAINABLE SKILLS WORKSHOPS: THE MISSION IS TO OFFER A STRATEGIC SELECTION OF WORKSHOPS THAT WELCOME A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO CEI'S WORK AND PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION ON SKILLS THAT SUPPORT BOTH SUSTAINABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.- AGROECOLOGY IN ACTION: THE MISSION IS TO STEWARD CEI'S TWO PROPERTIES, FREETOWN FARM AND THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN, IN WAYS THAT CONNECT THEIR AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEIR ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES ALL WHILE MAKING BOTH PROPERTIES SPACES IN WHICH OUR OTHER CORE PROGRAMS CAN THRIVE AND BE A HOME FOR EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION. 247867 33641 FREETOWN FARM: IN 2019, CEI PURCHASED A 6.4-ACRE ORGANIC FARM IN OUR HOMETOWN OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND. WE HAVE CREATED A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN THROUGH HANDS ON EXPERIENCES ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HAVE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE CONNECTED, AND SUSTAINABLE LIVES. WE ARE ACTIVELY FARMING THIS PROPERTY AND COLLABORATIVELY GROW TONS OF PRODUCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY EACH YEAR WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION AND PROVISION OF FOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY. IN 2022 WE PURCHASED A SECOND 6-ACRE PROPERTY, THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN IN FULTON, WHICH IS A UNIQUE MEDICINAL BOTANICAL GARDEN. FROM BOTH PROPERTIES AND ACROSS OUR SEVEN CORE PROGRAMS, IN 2023 ALONE WE PROVIDED EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION TO OVER 3,500 DIVERSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EQUATED TO OVER 52,000 HOURS OF LEARNING. 67551 18083 IN DECEMBER 2022, CEI BECAME THE NEW OWNER AND STEWARD OF THE GREEN FARMACY GARDEN, A UNIQUE TEACHING GARDEN BASED ON THE WORK OF WORLD-RENOWNED ETHNOBOTANIST DR. JAMES A. DUKE, WHO CURATED MORE THAN 300 PLANT SPECIES TRADITIONALLY USED AND/OR RESEARCHED FOR THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES. THE 6.08-ACRE PROPERTY IS IN FULTON, MARYLAND, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEI'S FREETOWN FARM LOCATION AND WILL BE USED TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. IN 2023 WE HAD OUR FIRST YEAR OF STEWARDSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY AND BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY. 1025651 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MD X CHIARA D'AMORE 4438323824 8000 HARRIET TUBMAN LANE COLUMBIA MD 21044 CHIARA D'AMORE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 102294 0 3465 JEAN SILVER-ISENSTADT PRESIDENT 4.00 X X 0 0 0 MONICA LEWIS VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PATRICK CURTIS TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARGO DUESTERHAUS SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TONYA AIKENS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MABROOKA CHAUDHRY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERICA COADY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 AKIL COLE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIM FLYR BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERICA JONES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 1350 0 0 EDUARDO MARIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN MCKINNEY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEAH MILLER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 GARY PILARCHIK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JASON VANKIRK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JASON ZHAO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 103644 0 3465 1 0 0 0 0 40500 878202 19900 918702 TUITION 611600 236636 236636 CONTRACTED SERVICES 900099 34349 34349 MEMBERSHIP FEES 900099 4603 4603 275588 619 619 6195 0 6195 6195 6195 10906 40500 6932 3974 3974 38627 3348 35279 35279 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 6613 6613 6613 1246970 317480 0 10788 X 105459 63275 21092 21092 384465 384465 7991 7991 1044 1044 37422 37422 2131 2131 1690 1690 420416 354880 15804 49732 5062 5062 101635 85900 15735 9448 2599 6849 28925 28446 479 1701 14 1687 9058 9058 54553 54553 13006 13006 1184006 1025651 85841 72514 545072 438514 128975 5399 5357 7420 1754128 84204 1414358 1669924 1964787 2250232 10000 63851 124564 170021 156485 180021 344900 X 1447816 1653717 336950 251615 1784766 1905332 1964787 2250232 62964 101257 -43655 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 336210 268949 455689 1502213 742113 3305174 336210 268949 455689 1502213 742113 3305174 126260 3178914 7028 5462 6262 4685 6814 30251 772 7306 8078 3343503 788452 0.95080 0.93100 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER INCOME - 2022 AMOUNT: $ 772. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 7,306. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 458608 458608 1230685 48240 1182445 64835 35964 28871 1669924 X 1358507 101257 101257 1257250 -10280 -10280 1246970 1194286 10280 10280 1184006 0 1184006 PART X, LINE 2: THE INSTITUTE IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (THE CODE) AND COMPARABLE STATE LAW, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO IT ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE CODE. THE ACCOUNTING STANDARD ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES ADDRESSES THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER TAX BENEFITS CLAIMED OR EXPECTED TO BE CLAIMED ON A TAX RETURN SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UNDER THAT GUIDANCE, THE INSTITUTE RECOGNIZES THE TAX BENEFIT FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITIONS. THERE WERE NO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IDENTIFIED OR RECORDED AS LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023. THE INSTITUTE FILES FEDERAL AND STATE INFORMATION RETURNS. THE INSTITUTE'S FEDERAL FORM 990 REMAINS OPEN FOR THREE YEARS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE EXAMINATION. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES -6,932. COST OF GOODS SOLD -3,348. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES 6,932. COST OF GOODS SOLD 3,348. HARVEST GALA 51406 40500 10906 1132 5000 300 500 51406 40500 10906 1132 5000 300 500 6932 3974 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 CEI FORMALIZED THREE PREVIOUS AREAS OF WORK (VOLUNTEERISM, WORKSHOPS, AND STEWARDSHIP OF OUR PROPERTIES) INTO PROGRAMS. THE NATURE OF OUR WORK DID NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE, RATHER WE MADE SURE EACH OF THESE EXISTING AREAS OF WORK WERE GETTING THE ATTENTION AND RECOGNITION APPROPRIATE TO THEIR EVOLUTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD APPROVED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REGULARLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES THIS POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A EACH YEAR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR. FOR COMPARABILITY DATA THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A PART OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND THEY UTILIZE THE 990S OF OTHER LOCAL NON PROFITS AS WELL AS PUBLISHED COMPENSATION SURVEYS TO INFORM THEIR ANALYSIS. THE LAST TIME COMPENSATION WAS REVIEWED AND INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSED WAS IN DECEMBER 2023. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTORS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 354,880. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 15,804. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 49,732. TOTAL EXPENSES 420,416.