2024-09-18T09:25:37-07:00 2023-12-31 202571677 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2023-01-01 562139120 Dogwood Alliance Inc DOGW 8282512525 PO Box 7645 Asheville NC 28802 Damie Sesay Treasurer 8282512525 2024-09-13 true true Todd Oldenburg P02281691 8282360206 2024-09-18 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z Damie Sesay PO Box 7645 Asheville NC 28802 2749505 false X dogwoodalliance.org X 1998 NC Dogwood Alliance advances environmental justice and climate action by mobilizing diverse voices to protect southern forests and communities from industrial logging. 15 15 23 28 0 0 2634803 2652066 0 19075 97439 44 0 2653922 2749505 191200 211000 0 1706740 1583039 0 231373 766632 713723 2664572 2507762 -10650 241743 4693995 4910089 133227 107578 4560768 4802511 Dogwood Alliance advances environmental justice and climate action by mobilizing diverse voices to protect southern forests and communities from industrial logging. false false 760493 110000 0 Our Forests Arent Fuel (OFAF) - Policy makers in Europe and the United States are promoting the burning of wood as a renewable climate friendly alternative coal for electricity generation under the guise of renewable energy even though the science documents that burning wood releases more carbon than coal per unit of electricity generated and further degrades forests. Over the past several years, the forests of the Southern US have been the target of this growing global market. In response, in 2013 Dogwood Alliance, launched the Our Forests Arent Fuel campaign educating and activating citizens, policy makers and industry on both sides of the Atlantic to stop the further expansion of this industry. This campaign continued to be a major focus of work in 2023 leveraging significant results. Over the course of 2023, our campaigns successfully continued to delay biomass industry expansion plans across the US South. The worlds largest wood pellet biomass producer, Enviva Biomass, stated in its third quarter report that it may not be able to continue operations. As a result, their stock price continues to bottom out, dipping to its lowest price per share (below $1). Additionally, a large wood pellet facility in Adel, GA continues to be delayed in its construction. These financial struggles and facility delays are strong indicators that our campaign strategies are being effective. . In North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper (NC) signed a new Executive Order on Environmental Justice, increasing the political influence of impacted communities and the state EJ advisory board. Additionally, we worked directly with Gov. Coopers staff and state legislators (NC) worked with our campaign to strike language from a transportation bill designating wood pellets as waste wood. Across our priority states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama we experienced a significant increase in state-level policy engagement evidenced by the number of advocacy events held as well as expanding elected official support across the region. 645595 20000 0 Forests and Climate (F&C) - The Paris Climate Agreement gave the world a charge: decarbonize all energy sectors and simultaneously remove carbon dioxide from the air. The best and most cost-effective technology we have to remove carbon from our atmosphere right now lies in the power of forests. Standing forests are the natural life support that we need to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change and protect those most profoundly impacted, often low income communities and people of color. Logging in the US releases large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere while simultaneously degrading the nations forests ability to provide critical climate benefits. - Despite these facts, forest protection continues to remain on the sidelines of the national climate agenda and renewable energy policy in the US. Dogwood Alliances groundbreaking forest and climate program is designed to shift this dynamic, by elevating the climate, forest and community impacts created by industrial logging in the US, while providing conservation solutions that place the needs of those most impacted at the forefront. Dogwood Alliance has continued to be a national leader, working at the intersection of forests, climate and justice. Our focus on deepening partnerships and strategic communications created opportunities to influence policy and policy makers at the state and national level. In 2023 we also continued to elevate biomass/wood pellets and industrial logging as a national priority climate justice issue. Key objectives of this work were to engage with the Biden Administration on elevating the biomass and industrial logging industry as a major climate and environmental justice issue. In 2023, our campaign secured a verbal commitment from the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency to organize a Federal Interagency briefing on 2024. The agency officials agreed that the briefing would be held within a community being impacted by the industrial logging and/or wood pellet biomass industry. This commitment resulted from an event our campaign advocated for and organized earlier in the year, where EPA, USDA, MS-DEQ, and representatives from several elected official offices conducted a community listening session in Gloster, Mississippi. Additionally, our education and advocacy efforts continued to result in specific actions from the agency with EPA launching an official study on the environmental justice and climate impacts of the wood pellet industry and EPA Region IV designating industrial wood pellet market as an emerging contaminant. At the Federal legislative level four congressional allies actively engaged with campaign and advocating on our behalf - Benny Thompson -MS, McClellan - VA; Ro Khana -CA and Booker -NJ. 476931 81000 0 Community Solutions (CS) - In 2023 we expanded our focus work to protect wetland forests through the community conservation model which is an inclusive and strategic approach of expanding wetland conservation, community organizing and environmental justice throughout the US South. Our community conservation model is advancing forest conservation through the lens of environmental justice. Working in partnership with impacted communities in climate vulnerable locations, our work uses social and economic indicators, not just environmental, to define the conservation priorities. Our goal is to advance a non- extractive, regenerative economy that is based on ecological restoration, community protection, equitable partnerships, and justice. In 2023, our work in South Carolina with the Pee Dee Indian Tribe and New Alpha Community Development Corporation in the Pee Dee Watershed resulted in two new successful community conservation projects in the Pee Dee watershed. Including a new 76 acre land acquisition in partnership with the Pee Dee Tribe, which now brings their land ownership to over 100 acres. We are continuing to work with the tribe to develop this land as a community forest and outdoor recreation hub. Additionally, we supported New Alpha Community Development Corporation to secure offer on purchase of community forest - 308 acres of mature forests on the Little Pee Dee River. These projects are creating a new narrative and strategy for advancing equity in protecting forests as a climate solution with community economic benefits. Against a backdrop of a Southern culture that has largely accepted the working forest landscape, Dogwood and our local partners are charting a new course that puts community-led forest protection at the center of our conservation agenda. 1883019 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 19 0 true 23 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false AL AR CA CO CT DC FL GA IL KY MD MA MI MN MS MO NY NC OH SC TN VT VA WA WI NM X X Sasha Mitchell 8282512525 30 Jean Drive Asheville NC 28803 Margaret Danna Smith Executive Director 40.00 X 107583 0 24708 Joseph Jackson Chair 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Loretta Slater Vice Chair 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Abigail Rome Secretary 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Judy Kinney Treasurer 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Jacob Blass Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Sami Grover Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Leo Woodberry Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas RaShad Easley Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 John Beal Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Florence Aroruo Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Xavier Boatwright Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Richie Harding Board Member 5.00 X 9000 0 0 Jonathan Phillips Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Damie Sesay Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Amanda Starbuck Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 116583 0 24708 1 false false false 2652066 367 2652066 97439 0 97439 2749505 0 0 97439 211000 211000 132292 95250 21167 15875 1172765 845592 191021 136152 22567 16541 3610 2416 156259 116266 23647 16346 99156 71497 16496 11163 3220 2112 1108 0 40102 0 40102 0 294078 229758 54988 9332 33284 26808 788 5688 18317 10719 2316 5282 82989 67969 10891 4129 8028 5936 1228 864 93348 77606 7215 8527 38002 27553 6279 4170 15504 3716 11274 514 Marketing & Education Printed Materials 6778 5208 0 1570 Program Events 55572 53746 0 1826 Marketing & Education Supplies 5728 5021 0 707 Dues and Subscriptions 11558 8246 960 2352 7215 2475 280 4460 2507762 1883019 393370 231373 59932 161633 3281023 4698326 1353040 50130 4693995 4910089 133227 106578 1000 133227 107578 X 3093078 4503459 1467690 299052 4560768 4802511 4693995 4910089 241743 X X false true X true false X 0 2131265 2506423 2983768 2634803 2652066 12908325 0 0 2131265 2506423 2983768 2634803 2652066 12908325 1528512 11379813 33080 17142 8041 19075 97439 174777 0 2769 0 0 44 2813 13085915 2769 0.86960 0.85190 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Rental Income 2019: 0. 2020: 0. 2021: 0. Description: Special Event Income, Gross 2019: 2769. 2020: 0. 2021: 0. Description: Miscellaneous 2019: 0. 2020: 0. 2021: 0. 2022: 44. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 6975 6975 2500787 2507762 275388 68847 0 0 242313 257166 283229 275388 1058096 1587144 4414 3844 10621 6975 25854 60578 64292 70807 68847 264524 396786 2913 1081 0 0 3994 Pt II-B Line 1 During 2023, Dogwood Alliance staff members had direct meetings with state and federal elected officials concerning policies and legislation on forest protection and climate change. Staff members also encouraged volunteers and supporters to communicate with elected officials concerning forest protection and climate change. X 2749505 2749505 2749505 2507762 2507762 2507762 Pt X, Line 2 Dogwood is generally exempt from federal income taxes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Code, however, income from certain activities not related to the organizations tax-exempt purpose may be subject to taxation as unrelated business income. The organization had less than $1,000 of income from unrelated business activities in the year ended December 31, 2023 and was, therefore, not required to file Federal Form 990-T (Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return). The organization believes that it has appropriate support for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. true Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League PO Box 2168 Franklin WV 26807 581624130 10000 Bioenergy Cultivator Inc POB 704 Murfreesboro NC 27855 814840478 10000 Community Solutions EEECHO PO Box 7803 Gulfport MS 39506 473809502 20000 Bioenergy Gaston Youth 711 James Jones Rd Pleasant Hill NC 27866 812081558 10000 Community Solutions Georgia Interfaith Power and Light 701 S Columbia Dr Campus Box 326 Decatur GA 30030 263446212 35000 Bioenergy KMartin Group PO Box 492 Gloster MS 39638 474572196 20000 Bioenergy New Alpha Community Development 1528 Palomar Pkwy Florence SC 29506 473582552 40000 Community Solutions Pee Dee Indian Tribe PO Box 568 Latta SC 29565 570706888 15000 Community Solutions Southern Vision Alliance PO Box 51698 Durham NC 27717 611639641 10000 Bioenergy The People's Justice Council 1500 Daniel Payne Drive Birmingham AL 35214 830784025 10000 Forest & Climate 10 0 Pt I Line 2 All grant partners go through an application process and are required to provide proof of 501(c)3 status, financial statements, and other background documentation prior to disbursement of funds, and memorandums of understanding are signed with all grantees to govern the process. Grant goals are established during the application process, and reported on in the end of year report; measures of success can be analytical or subjective. Pt VI, Line 11b The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by management, presented to the Treasurer and the finance committee for review, and once it is approved, shared with the entire Board for final approval or proposed revision. Pt VI, Line 12c Enforced as necessary. Any Board Member with a conflict of interest on any specific issue informs the Board and abstains from voting on the issue. Pt VI, Line 15a In the annual budgeting process, the Board approves a budget line for aggregate salary expense. Thereafter, individual salaries and salary increases for employees are determined by the Executive Director. The Executive Directors compensation is determined by the Executive Committee of the Board, with the process led by the Board Chair and Vice Chair. The Executive Directors compensation is based on responsibilities, performance, a check of comparability data with similar non-profit organizations in the City of Asheville, the state of North Carolina, the southeast region, and nationally. The organizational budget is also consulted. Pt VI, Line 18 Form 1023 and forms 990 are available upon request. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements are available upon request. Pt XII, Line 2c The boards finance committee is responsible for reviewing the audit, and the full board receives and reviews the written documents. Other Dogwood gave to New Alpha Development which is a 501(c)(3) that Reverend Leo Woodbury is the ED. Pt VI, Line 2 Loretta Slater is the CFO of New Alpha Community Development Corp where Leo Woodberry serves as Executive Director Other Richie Harding received $9,000 for his work as a contracted Community Organizer after review under the Board Conflict of Interest Policy. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Research and Consulting 77480. 72956. 4524. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Consulting 216598. 156802. 54988. 4808.