2024-05-01T14:11:48-05:00 2023-12-31 990PF 2023-01-01 465440616 OPEN SOURCE SEED INITIATIVE INC OPEN 4136240214 PO BOX 5664 MADISON WI 53705 PAUL N LAWN TREASURER 4136240214 2024-04-28 PAUL LAWN 999009999 1 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X 128557 X 21354 0 0 21354 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 111 2544 0 0 2544 1384 0 0 1384 4039 0 0 4039 0 0 4039 0 0 4039 17315 0 0 110694 128138 128138 548 419 419 111242 128557 128557 0 0 X 111242 128557 0 0 0 0 111242 128557 111242 128557 111242 17315 0 128557 0 128557 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 WI 1 1 0 0 0 1 OSSEEDS.ORG PAUL N LAWN 4136240214 400 ADAMSVILLE RD COLRAIN MA 013409734 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CAROL DEPPE 7263 VALLEY VIEW DR CORVALLIS OR 97330 BOARD CHAIR 7.00 0 0 0 JACK KLOPPENBURG 2318 ROWLEY AVE MADISON WI 53726 BOARD SECRETARY 15.00 0 0 0 TOM MICHAELS 613 OAK STW STILLWATER MN 55082 VICE CHAIR 2.00 0 0 0 PAUL N LAWN 400 ADAMSVILLE RD COLRAIN MA 01340 TREASURER 5.00 0 0 0 ERIC GEORGE 302 S 19TH ST PHILOMATH OR 97370 BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0 0 0 CLAIRE LUBY 213 S 7TH AVE BOZEMAN MT 59715 BOARD MEMBER 1.50 0 0 0 NIKOS KAVANYA 669 WANING RD UNITY ME 04988 BOARD MEMBER 1.50 0 0 0 ANDREW STILL 25079 BRUSH CREEK RD SWEET HOME OR 97386 BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 NONE 0 NONE 0 BREEDER, SEED COMPANY & NURSERY PARTNERSHIPS: OSSI MAINTAINS A LIST OF CROP VARIETIES PLEDGED AS "FREED SEED AND PROVIDES A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE WWW.OSSEEDS.ORG TO COMMERCIAL SOURCES FOR THEM. FREED SEED IS FREE TO BE PLANTED, SHARED, BRED AND SOLD WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS. A VARIETY REVIEW COMMITTEE OF FIVE BOARD MEMBERS, EACH A PLANT BREEDER, RIGOROUSLY REVIEWS VARIETY PLEDGE APPLICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT EACH CULTIVAR IS GENETICALLY UNIQUE AND THAT ITS BREEDERS DIDN'T USE PLANT GERMPLASM RESTRICTED BY IPR. THE PLEDGE IS OSSI'S PRIMARY TOOL TO FOSTER COMMITMENT TO THE UNFETTERED EXCHANGE OF GERMPLASM. OSSI HAS 600+ PLEDGED VARIETIES FROM 50 BREEDER-PARTNERS. OSSI DEVOTES ITS MOST PRO BONO HOURS TO THESE PARTNERSHIPS. OSSI'S WEBSITE LINKS ITS 81 SEED COMPANY PARTNERS FROM 9 COUNTRIES TO EACH OF THEIR VARIETIES AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERS REACHES AT LEAST 250,000 POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS EACH YEAR. 573 OSSI INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY. OSSI EXPANDED ITS INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY IN 2023 BY SENDING BOARD SECRETARY JACK KLOPPENBURG TO FLORENCE, ITALY IN JULY TO JOIN WITH ALLIED OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVES FROM FIVE OTHER COUNTRIES FOR A FIRST TIME FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIVE MEETING. THERE THEY BRAINSTORMED JOINT PROJECTS INCLUDING PARTICIPATORY BREEDING OF TOMATOES, SUPPORT FOR A SEED ENTERPRISE IN KENYA AND ENHANCED ADVOCACY AT UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS. OSSI EXPENDED $2,544 FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR THIS CONFERENCE. KLOPPENBURG DEVOTES FIVE VOLUNTEER HOURS PER WEEK TO INTERNATIONAL OPEN SOURCE SEED WORK. 2544 POINT OF SALE MARKETING INITIATIVES FOR OSSI-PLEDGED VARIETIES: AS A PILOT PROJECT OSSI COLLABORATED WITH ONE OF OUR BREEDER PARTNERS TO MARKET AN OSSI-PLEDGED SUMMER SQUASH TO FARM MARKETS, RESTAURANTS, CO-OP AND REGIONAL GROWERS AND AN ORGANIC DISTRIBUTOR, GENERATING $15,000 IN SALES. OSSI ALSO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A NEW POINT-OF-PURCHASE PROGRAM BY HELPING DESIGN AND ARRANGING TO PURCHASE TWO KINDS OF OSSI PLANT TAGS WITH QR CODE LINKS TO OSSI'S WEB PAGE THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FREE FOR INCLUSION IN SEEDLING POTS AND PACKS TO TWO OF OUR NEW NURSERY PARTNERS AND TWO ORGANIC FARMS IN THREE STATES WHO ARE RETAILING SEEDLINGS OF OSSI-PLEDGED VARIETIES. 0 OPEN SOURCE PLANT BREEDING FORUM: OSSI'S ONLINE PLANT BREEDING FORUM CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A TOOL FOR BREEDERS OF ALL KINDS TO INTERACT, SHARE INFORMATION AND COOPERATE. ANYONE MAY JOIN THE FORUM, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED AT HTTP://OPENSOURCEPLANTBREEDING.ORG/FORUM/. OSSI IS GRATEFUL TO JOSEPH LOFTHOUSE FOR FOUNDING AND MANAGING THE FORUM. IT HAS AVERAGED ABOUT 3,000 NEW POSTS PER YEAR WITH AVERAGE VISITS OF ABOUT 32 PEOPLE PER DAY. BREEDING TOMATOES AND SWEET POTATOES AND BREEDING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ARE AMONG THE MOST POPULAR TOPICS. 25 0 0 119416 419 119835 0 0 119835 1798 118037 5902 X 4039 0 4039 X 0 48 86 197 331 0 41 73 167 281 4039 14037 3524 10711 32311 0 0 0 0 0 4039 14037 3524 10711 32311 0 0 3935 3285 2903 2159 12282 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 ELECTRA D DEPEYSTER PO BOX 1455 HEALDSBURG CA 954481455 20000 X DETERMINATION LETTER FEE 0 0 0 0 CHARITABLE ORG REGISTRATION FOR WISCONSIN 25 0 0 25 ANNUAL CORPORATE REGISTRATION FOR WISCONSIN 54 0 0 54 PAY-PAL FEES 32 0 0 32 BOARD EXPENSES 150 0 0 150 CONTRACT LABOR 205 0 0 205 SOFTWARE 105 0 0 105 MARKETING 132 0 0 132 OFFICE SUPPLIES 5 0 0 5 PODCASTS 144 0 0 144 POSTAGE 19 0 0 19 RENTALS 194 0 0 194 SHIPPING 37 0 0 37 WEBSITE EXPENSES 225 0 0 225 TRIAL SEED 168 0 0 168