2024-11-15T22:11:20-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 472702408 THE ELEVATED STUDIO INC ELEV 6467597513 369 Main Street Room 1121 Beacon NY 12508 Brian Baer President 6467597513 2024-11-15 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z The Elevated Studio 369 Main Street PO Box 1121 Beacon NY 12508 161388 0 X www.theelevatedstudio.org X 2015 NY By providing on-on-one design assistance to homeowners whose home has been lost or destroyed by an extreme weather event or natural disaster. 6 5 4 0 0 0 30700 30000 75604 131388 0 0 0 0 106304 161388 0 0 0 0 93043 155547 0 0 5250 25071 14675 118114 170222 -11810 -8834 12000 12000 8241 8241 3759 3759 X By providing one-on-one design assistance to homeowners whose home has been lost to or destroyed by natural disasters; by providing gap-funding and grants to provide financial assistance to vulnerable population to allow them to rebuild their homes after they have been damaged by natural disasters. 0 0 152022 30000 0 Resilience through design and education clinics [REDC] - currently, the organization's primary program is our resilience through design and education clinics [the REDC program]. its fundamental purpose is to provide education and design services to property owners, particularly those whose structure were damaged during the weather events related to hurricane Sandy in 2012. The organization also provides financial and disaster case management services to certain qualified property owners. The REDC program is a multi-faceted program serving nationally. Its overarching goal is to provide a property owner with the guidance and resources to answer the question, "Now that my property has been damaged, what now? How to I make my home and my family safe from future weather events"? 0 0 0 152022 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 NY X Brian Baer 6467597513 369 Main Street 1121 Beacon NY 12508 X Brian Baer Executive Director/President 40 0 X X 35600 0 0 Allison Kuharski Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Cassandra Misall-Procipo Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Seth Golbey Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Bill DelGrosso Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Seth Rosner Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 35600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000 0 0 0 30000 131388 131388 0 0 131388 0 0 0 0 0 0 161388 131388 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55000 45000 5000 5000 0 0 0 0 79348 79348 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21199 21199 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 625 625 0 0 500 500 0 0 750 0 750 0 4550 300 4000 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2650 1550 1100 0 0 0 0 0 500 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4500 3000 1500 0 170222 152022 12950 5250 750 2200 0 0 0 0 11250 9800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12000 12000 6029 6029 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2212 2212 0 0 0 0 8241 8241 X 3759 3759 0 0 3759 3759 12000 12000 -8834 0 0 0 8834 0 X 0 0 0 X 20215 2045 0 30700 30000 82960 20215 2045 0 30700 30000 82960 82960 82960 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part I, Line 1 Our Mission: THE ELEVATED STUDIO PROMOTES SOCIAL EQUITY BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO SOCIALLY-RESPONSIBLE DESIGN THAT HELPS COMMUNITIES ACHIEVE ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. Our Vision: We believe that every member of a community should have access to and benefit from socially-responsible design. We believe that social, economic, and physical resilience and sustainability are intertwined and within reach to all. We educate the property owner, and empower those directly affected to make wise and appropriate decisions towards their environment. We educate design and construction professionals, and empower those who are trained to lead a community towards excellence. We cooperate, communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with like-minded agencies, sharing ideas to create a larger network of professionals to support the communities that we work in. We engage government agencies, promoting the ideas generated by the residents and businesses of their jurisdiction that aim to implement the desires and needs of the community. Our goal is to renegotiate the relationship between residents and their neighborhood with the built and natural environment in a timeless way. We seek a solution that employs education and collaboration to elevate community after community to achieve equality. Form 990, Part III, Line 1 We believe that every member of a community should have access to and benefit from socially-responsible design. We believe that social, economic, and physical resilience and sustainability are intertwined and within reach to all. We educate the property owner, and empower those directly affected to make wise and appropriate decisions towards their environment. We educate design and construction professionals, and empower those who are trained to lead a community towards excellence. We cooperate, communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with like-minded agencies, sharing ideas to create a larger network of professionals to support the communities that we work in. We engage government agencies, promoting the ideas generated by the residents and businesses of their jurisdiction that aim to implement the desires and needs of the community. Our goal is to renegotiate the relationship between residents and their neighborhood with the built and natural environment in a timeless way. We seek a solution that employs education and collaboration to elevate community after community to achieve equality. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a After most disasters, there is a large disparity between those individuals who have financial means, and those that do not. Those that do, start and end their recovery quickly, typically within 18 months, post-event. These individuals tend to gain over $85,000 in wealth. The wealthy can quickly retain the services of an attorney, architect and contractor to expedite their recovery. This speed of recovery expands the socio-economic gap for affected populations. Conversely, those families that do not have the economic means to retain professional services, take 3-5 times as long, and lose approximately $20,000 in wealth. This gap is becoming wider and wider with each and every disaster. Especially when there is a repetitive loss in the county where the disaster occurs. This program empowers the disadvantaged property owners and occupants to not only better their own world, but the neighborhood and community that they reside in. The knowledge that they are armed with provides the individual with the ability to become their own ambassador and an advocate for their community, for environmental and resilience concerns at the grassroots level. From here, those residents who have attended our educational programs see a significant increase in how they look at their own impact on the environment, and how their actions impact the neighborhood they live in.REDC is the first phase of our recovery program for both individuals and communities. In this program, we provide Community Design Workshops, Rebuilding Assessments, Rebuilding Clinics, Educational Forums and Disaster Case Management. The Elevated Studio's aim is to bridge the gap between the social service and the reconstruction process by forging strong collaborations between long-term recovery groups, disaster case management professionals, and design professionals; setting the stage to provide a holistic and inclusive community and survivor-centric recovery. The REDC program is based on three important values: * Design Innovation * Enhancing Resilience * Strengthening Community Design Innovation: The REDC program draws on the applied creativity, inspiration and energy of our team to put together great teams and create great designs. While our events are hosted by us, we invite many recovery professionals to volunteer their time to give support and technical advice. Having many minds working on the same problem leads to innovative solutions. Enhancing Resilience: Resilience requires an understanding of a community and appropriate building methods and designs that will address future concerns in a comprehensive manner. REDC's home design options and community workshops demonstrate and engage residents in understanding how their home will be able to withstand future hazards, thereby enhancing long term livability. Strengthening Community: Too many communities are vulnerable to the effects of disasters due to inadequate safety measures in the built environment and a lack of technical understanding. We provide the training, technical expertise, and networks necessary for local architects to provide the leadership necessary to strengthen their communities. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b The organization does not have any committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The prepared form 990 is reviewed and approved by the executive direct/president before the return is filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. We are submitting this filing on 11/15/2024. Thank you for your service and assistance.