2025-03-17T21:03:21-07:00 2023-12-31 270741376 HARSHWAL & COMPANY LLP 11405 W BERNARDO CT STE A SAN DIEGO CA 92127 990 2023-01-01 274220630 Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty CARB 5108463384 1200 Mt Diablo Blvd Ste 111 Walnut Creek CA 94596 Timothy R Whitley CEO 2025-03-17 true true Sanwar Harshwal CPA P01249746 8589390017 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Timothy R Whitley 1329 Milton Ave Walnut Creek CA 94596 323251 false X www.cotap.org X 2010 CA THE MISSION OF CARBON OFFSETS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY (COTAP) IS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ADDRESS BOTH CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL POVERTY. COTAP COUNTERACTS YOUR CARBON EMISSIONS THROUGH CERTIFIED FORESTRY PROJECTS IN LEAST-DEVELOPED REGIONS WHICH CREATE TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE, AND LIFE- CHANGING EARNINGS FOR RURAL FARMING COMMUNITIES WHERE INCOME LEVELS ARE LESS THAN $2 PER DAY. 3 3 1 0 359959 321176 0 345 2075 0 360304 323251 0 0 69685 64141 0 0 340528 323037 410213 387178 -49909 -63927 291116 189371 223070 185649 68046 3722 THE MISSION OF CARBON OFFSETS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY (COTAP) IS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ADDRESS BOTH CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL POVERTY. COTAP COUNTERACTS YOUR CARBON EMISSIONS THROUGH CERTIFIED FORESTRY PROJECTS IN LEAST-DEVELOPED REGIONS WHICH CREATE TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE, AND LIFE- CHANGING EARNINGS FOR RURAL FARMING COMMUNITIES WHERE INCOME LEVELS ARE LESS THAN $2 PER DAY. false false 290559 IN 2023, COTAP CONTINUED HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR UNAVOIDABLE CARBON EMISSIONS WHILE CREATING INCOME FOR THE POOR. INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS OFFSET 16,773.674 TONNES, RAISING $226,444.59 IN FUNDING FOR OUR PARTNER PROJECTS IN NICARAGUA, UGANDA, INDIA, FIJI, INDONESIA, AND MEXICO.THIS REPRESENTS A DROP OF ONLY 4.5% FROM 2022, DESPITE THE OVERALL VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET DROPPING 61% IN 2023, ACCORDING TO ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE. WE ALSO EXPERIENCED SUBSTANTIAL COSTS IN REBUILDING THE WEBSITE DUE TO THE 2022 HACK. THESE FACTORS CREATED A CASH CRUNCH WHICH IN TURN LED TO A DECREASED MARKETING SPEND AS WELL AS PAUSING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARY AT THE END OF 2023. COTAPS IN-KIND GOOGLE ADS GRANT WORTH UP TO ~$40K IN MONTHLY ADVERTISING, AS WELL AS A SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) ENGAGEMENT, CONTINUED TO NOT REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL.NO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS OR PROJECT VISITS WERE CONDUCTED IN 2023. AS MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS REPORT, WE RELEASED A 20-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY IN JANUARY 2023 ABOUT OUR VISIT TO THE KHASI HILLS COMMUNITY REDD+ PARTNER PROJECT IN INDIA, WHICH CAN BE SEEN AT HTTPS://YOUTUBE.COM/COTAP1. IN APRIL 2023, COTAP PAUSED ALLOCATIONS TO THE NICARAGUA AND MEXICO PROJECTS AS THEY SOUGHT HIGHER PER-TONNE PRICES, WHICH COTAP DECLINED DUE TO GENERAL ECONOMIC AND CARBON MARKET UNCERTAINTY. 290559 true true false false false false false false false false 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 false false false false false false true 0 0 false 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false CA X Timothy R Whitley 5108463384 1329 Milton Ave Walnut Creek CA 94596 Timothy R Whitley CEO 45.00 0.00 X X 59583 0 0 Steve Wolf Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Minor Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Philip A Curry CFO 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 59583 0 false false false 0 321176 321176 0 2075 2075 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 323251 2075 0 0 0 0 59583 59583 0 0 0 0 4558 4558 0 0 6614 6614 0 0 0 2711 2711 13926 13926 7904 7904 55829 55829 0 9526 9526 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 Purchase 226418 226418 Taxes & licenses 43 43 0 387178 290559 96619 0 170822 290716 0 18549 0 0 0 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 291116 189371 223070 185649 223070 185649 X 68046 3722 68046 3722 291116 189371 -63927 2 -399 X false false false X 210923 254943 528032 359959 321176 1675033 0 0 210923 254943 528032 359959 321176 1675033 0 1675033 112 345 2075 2532 0 0 1677565 0.99850 0.99970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Central America and the Caribb 0 0 Program Services Purchase of carbon offsets 9811 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Program Services Purchase of carbon offsets 53788 South Asia 0 0 Program Service Purchase of carbon offsers 52386 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Service Purchase of carbon offsers 100570 North America 0 0 Program Service Purchase of carbon offsers 9890 226445 226445 false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization's governing documents, policies and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.