2025-10-23T14:42:47-05:00 2024-12-31 990PF 2024-01-01 465440616 OPEN SOURCE SEED INITIATIVE INC OPEN 6514342509 PO BOX 5664 MADISON WI 53705 THOMAS MICHAELS TREASURER 6514342509 2025-10-21 0 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X 115830 X 1300 X 1049 1049 1049 0 0 2349 1049 1049 0 0 0 0 675 0 0 675 147 0 0 147 5237 0 0 5237 95 0 0 95 8985 0 0 9034 15139 0 0 15188 0 0 15139 0 0 15188 -12790 1049 1049 128138 33331 33331 81049 81049 419 1450 1450 128557 115830 115830 63 0 63 X 128557 115767 0 0 0 0 128557 115767 128557 115830 128557 -12790 0 115767 0 115767 15 0 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 WI 1 1 0 0 0 1 OSSEEDS.ORG THOMAS MICHAELS 6514342509 613 OAK ST W STILLWATER MN 550827018 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 15.00 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 4.00 0 0 0 PAUL N LAWN 400 ADAMSVILLE RD COLRAIN MA 01340 TREASURER 5.00 0 0 0 ERIC GEORGE 3790 ROBBIE ST EUGENE OR 97404 BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0 0 0 CLAIRE LUBY 1017 HILLSIDE LN BOZEMAN MT 59715 BOARD MEMBER 1.00 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 JAHI JOHNSON-CHAPPELLE 960 AUDUBON ROAD EAST LANSING MI 48823 BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0 0 0 DON TIPPING 3220 E FORK WILLIAMS OR 97544 BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 NONE 0 NONE 0 COMMUNICATIONS WITH OPEN SOURCE SEED BREEDERS, SEED COMPANIES & NURSERY PARTNERS THROUGH A WEBSITE (OSSEEDS.ORG), QUARTERLY EMAIL UPDATES AND REGULAR PODCASTS. OSSI MAINTAINS A LIST OF CROP VARIETIES PLEDGED AS "FREED SEED AND PROVIDES A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO COMMERCIAL SOURCES FOR THEM. OSSI HAS 600+ PLEDGED VARIETIES FROM 50 BREEDER-PARTNERS. OSSI DEVOTES ITS PRO BONO HOURS TO MAINTAING AND GROWING 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. 1400 OSSI INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY. OSSI EXPANDED ITS INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY IN 2024 BY INVITING AND ARRANGING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SEED SAVERS NETWORK KENYA AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ARGENTINA BIOLEFT TO ATTEND A 2025 ORGANIC SEED GROWERS CONFERENCE TO INTERACT WITH ATTENDEES REGARDING OPEN SOURCE SEEDS WORLDWIDE. THIS INVITATION FOLLOWED 2024 TRIPS BY OSSI KLOPPENBURG AND TIPPING TO KENYA TO INTERACT WITH OPEN SOURCE SEED ADVOCATES WHERE THEY BRAINSTORMED JOINT PROJECTS INCLUDING PARTICIPATORY BREEDING OF VARIOUS VEGETABLE CROPS, SUPPORT FOR A SEED ENTERPRISE IN KENYA AND ENHANCED ADVOCACY AT UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS. 7600 POINT OF SALE MARKETING INITIATIVES FOR OSSI-PLEDGED VARIETIES: WE PILOTED THE USE OF PLANT TAGS BY FOUR OSSI COOPERATOR NURSERIES IN SPRING 2024. THE TAGS IDENTIFY THE SEEDLING PLANTS IN THE CONTAINERS AS OSSI PLEDGED. THEY INCLUDE A QR CODE LINKS TO OSSI'S WEB PAGE. THESE TAGS WERE DISTRIBUTED FREE FOR INCLUSION IN SEEDLING POTS AND CONTAINERS.. 1650 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. ALSO, OSSI CONNECTS WITH LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS ADVOCATES THROUGH PAID ARTICLES AND ADVERTISING SUCH AS THE 2024 COLLABORATIONS WITH THE REAP FOOD GROUP IN MADISON, WI TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS ABOUT OPEN SOURCE SEEDS AND PLANTS. 500 0 0 121310 1450 122760 0 0 122760 1841 120919 6046 X 15188 0 15188 2023-05-13 X 1049 0 48 86 1183 892 0 41 73 1006 15188 4039 14037 3524 36788 0 0 0 0 0 15188 4039 14037 3524 36788 0 0 4031 3935 3285 2903 14154 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 14 1049 02 0 1049 0 1049 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ACCOUNTING 147 0 0 147 ANNUAL CORPORATE REGISTRATION FOR WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 PAY-PAL FEES 0 0 0 0 LEGAL FEES 675 0 0 675 BOARD EXPENSES 319 0 0 319 CONTRACT LABOR 2000 0 0 2000 MARKETING 3814 0 0 3768 OFFICE SUPPLIES 22 0 0 117 PODCASTS 144 0 0 144 POSTAGE 142 0 0 142 RENTALS 200 0 0 200 SHIPPING 284 0 0 284 WEBSITE EXPENSES 485 0 0 485 TRADEMARKS 1575 0 0 1575