2024-11-12T11:38:59-08:00 2023-12-31 200570323 Nelson & Associates CPAs 2230 Longport Ct Ste 110 Elk Grove CA 95758 990EZ 2023-01-01 261589877 PSEPHOS INC PSEP 8027650410 1223 SEQUOIA PLACE DAVIS CA 95616 VICTORIA LINDEN Treasurer 2024-11-12 true true Michelle Nelson CPA CFE MST P00453363 9162996800 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.psephosclimatefund.org X X 83802 X 83802 0 0 0 0 83802 5360 18888 75420 99668 -15866 2579 -13287 X 2579 8233 2579 8233 21520 2579 -13287 TRANSPARENCY IN VOTING SYSTEMSF. To oppose voter suppression and gerrymandering. To promote the cybersecurity and transparency of election technology by opposing Internet connectivity of voting systems, promoting manual election audits of paper ballots, advocating for risk limiting audits (RLAs) and campaign finance reform. G. To provide and distribute studies and analysis relating to education of citizens, policy makers, government officials and news media regarding Climate Justice, Social Justice and environmental issues, H. To provide education and projects, including service, workshops, conferences, videos, social media and other tools that promote and advance all of the issues surrounding the mission and goals of Psephos / NEDC. In 2023, Psephos Inc furthered its mission which was expanded by the Board of Directors in amended Bylaws in 2021 to include Social and Climate Justice. Psephos continued to provide financial, management and oversight support for the development of a water and food security project of the non-profit Centro Por la Ecologia y Economia Sustentable de San Miguel de Allende, AC, located in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The primary work was the establishment of a model community rainwater catchment and reforestation project, called Agua Para la Vida, in the rural campesino village of San Jose de Gracia, in the Municipality of San Miguel de Allende. This project successfully demonstrates the urgent necessity and viability of repairing historic rural water catchment systems which were abandoned in recent decades in favor of electric drilled wells. These wells have since run dry, leaving rural farming communities facing extreme water and food insecurity, as well as widespread health problems due to depleted wells now contaminated with heavy metals. The Agua Para la Vida project, begun in 2022, was expanded in 2023 through the organizing efforts of the Tikkun Eco Center in partnership with Psephos Inc, which helped raise and direct funds and provide management and development oversight to the Agua Para la Vida project. In 2023, the demonstration site in the San Jose de Gracia community was expanded through the building of a large community kiosk and meeting center, which also was constructed to house a solar energy electric system that was connected to a pumping system to bring the reservoir rainwater up to the village of approximately 300 people. A community watering trough was built for livestock in front of the local church. A drip irrigation system was installed to water the 1000 trees planted around the reservoir. Due to a historic drought and extreme heat waves in 2023, the rainwater was ultimately used up in the reservoir and the Tikkun Eco Center eventually purchased water to keep the 1000 saplings alive. In 2024 that drought ended, and the reservoir is once again full. The Centro Por la Ecologia also worked in 2023 to educate the San Miguel community on the local water crisis, and to develop meaningful partnerships with municipal agencies and local NGOs such as Caminos de Agua to expand the Agua Para la Vida project to include reservoir and watershed restoration in two other rural communities. This work came to fruition with new grants and project partnerships in 2024, including the restoration of a reservoir in the campesino Ejido (cooperative community) of Los Torres. Psephos Inc also supported the projects of the Tikkun Eco Center as a climate resilience demonstration and education center, providing classes, workshops, internships and volunteer opportunities for individuals, groups, and schools from Mexico and the US, with a focus on water catchment methods at the community or family farm levels, drought resilience, food security, watershed repair and reforestation. 82807 82807 BEN ZION PTASHNIK President 40.00 0 VICTORIA LINDEN-COLLIER Treasurer 40.00 5360 JAN BENDOR Director 2.00 0 NANCY PRICE Director 2.00 0 JEFFREY WOLFE Director 2.00 0 RODNEY SADLER Director 2.00 0 BARBARA R ARNWINE ESQ Director 2.00 0 X false true false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false CA VICTORIA LINDEN 5802 BOB BULLOCK LOOP ST CI 84-86A LAREDO TX 78041 8027650410 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 452376 900743 590926 12178 74447 2030670 0 0 452376 900743 590926 12178 74447 2030670 1083104 947566 269 269 0 5253 5253 2036192 0.46540 0.49400 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $1531 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $2943 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $3346 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $2774 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $1500 Other Expenses.1 Climate Crisis $36446 Other Expenses.2 Water $19630 Other Expenses.3 Organizing $2668 Other Expenses.4 TELEPHONE $1951 Other Expenses.5 tours and events $1444 Other Expenses.6 BANK FEES $735 Other Expenses.7 RESEARCH $452 Total Liabilities.1 Loan - Beginning $0 Loan - Ending $21520 Changes to Organizing or Governing Documents Psephos Board of Directors meeting in March 2021 Resolved: 1. That Psephos Inc expand its elections integrity mission to include specific language pertaining to voter suppression, gerrymandering, campaign finance reform, internet connectivity of elections infrastructure, and risk limiting audits.2. That the social mission of Psephos Inc be expanded to include Environmental Justice and Social Justice.3. That the language for such potential work be officially integrated into the Psephos Inc Bylaws in ARTICLE 2 SECTION 1. OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES to include new sections F, G and H. as follows: A. To conduct and distribute research, studies, and analysis relating to civil rights and the process of elections in a democracy;B. To provide a resource for increasing public participation in government affairs;C. To develop policy solutions and proposals to address the conduct of elections that are verifiable, secure, and transparent;D. To provide education to citizens about their rights in regard to preserving democracy, and about the process of democracy;E. To provide oversight of the conduct of elections and government affairs by organizing citizens, by observing the conduct of election officials, and by enforcing the law; F. To oppose voter suppression and gerrymandering. To promote the cybersecurity and transparency of election technology by opposing Internet connectivity of voting systems, promoting manual election audits of paper ballots, advocating for risk limiting audits (RLAs) and campaign finance reform. G. To provide and distribute studies and analysis relating to education of citizens, policy makers, government officials and news media regarding Climate Justice, Social Justice and environmental issues, H. To provide education and projects, including service, workshops, conferences, videos, social media and other tools that promote and advance all of the issues surrounding the mission and goals of Psephos / NEDC.