2025-08-28T11:56:59-04:00 2024-12-31 455016471 DANIEL J O'CONNELL 23 BECKET RD BELMONT MA 024783902 990 2024-01-01 464207099 BIODIVERSITY FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE BIOD 7032259743 PO BOX 390469 CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 REBECCA MORDINI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7032259743 2025-08-03 true false DANIEL O'CONNELL P00843976 8577884790 2025-08-28 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z REBECCA A MORDINI PO BOX 390469 CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 337077 false X WWW.BIO4CLIMATE.ORG X 2013 MA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 8 8 10 20 390 297034 309123 27564 -52 0 374 390 297356 337077 1995 0 225860 226607 0 48146 72722 87974 298582 316576 -1226 20501 64941 78405 49099 41940 15842 36465 X ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND REFORESTATION PROJECTS. false false 96314 1995 14595 EDUCATION. CREATE INTERACTIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES AROUND ECORESTORATION AND CLIMATE TOPICS. OVER THE COURSE OF 10-12 WEEKS PARTICIPANTS MEET VIA ZOOM, LED BY OUR HIGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE INSTRUCTORS, WITH GUEST EXPERT SPEAKERS, GOOGLE GROUP COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS, VIDEO REVIEWS, RESOURCE LISTS AND COACHING CALLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION. THIS GROUNDING IN SCIENCE IS KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE BEST WAYS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHAOS AND WORK WITH NATURE TO COOL THE PLANET. FISCAL 2024 SAW 42 CLASSES SPREAD OVER 5 COURSES. 62544 200 PUBLIC AWARENESS. HOSTING AUTHORS AND THOUGHT LEADERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GBH BOSTON FORUM NETWORK IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WEBINARS ON CLIMATE ISSUES FROM ALASKA TO SENEGAL. HOSTED ON SITE EDUCATION TRIPS TO WETLANDS AND EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS, ATTENDED CONFERENCES ON BEAVERS, PRESENTED AT NY CITY CLIMATE WEEK AT THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY, AND WERE THE GUEST SPEAKERS ON PODCASTS. PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO UPLIFT ALL VOICES INCLUDING WITH TROUT UNLIMITED TO SHOW THE GROUNDBREAKING FILM, BLACKWATERS, PARTNERED WITH OUR CHILDRENS TRUST FOR A WEBINAR ON RECENT JUDICIAL WINS, AND PARTNERED WITH LOCAL CAMBRIDGE GROUPS TO REACH HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS AT BIODIVERSITY DAY AND THE MOTH BALL. OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER INCREASED THE REACH OF OUR MESSAGING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH VIDEO AND VISUAL CONTENT. 62912 12769 ECORESTORATION. WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND MITIGATE OTHER CLIMATE EFFECTS THROUGH URBAN REFORESTATION USING THE MIYAWAKI METHOD OF PLANTING TINY, FAST GROWING, LOW MAINTENANCE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN SMALL PLOTS OF LAND. SINCE PLANTING THE FIRST MIYAWAKI FOREST IN NEW ENGLAND IN 2021, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND MONITOR OUR 4 EXISTING FORESTS, AND TO PLANT NEW FORESTS EACH YEAR. 2024 SAW OUR TWO LARGEST NEW PLANTINGS, INCLUDING OUR FIRST DEPAVING PROJECT TO REPLACE PART OF A PARKING LOT WITH A COMMUNITY PLANTED, BIODIVERSE, NATIVE PLANT FOREST SYSTEM. OUR ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION EFFORTS HAVE INSPIRED MANY MORE FORESTS IN THE AREA. 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FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B PUBLIC AWARENESS. HOSTING AUTHORS AND THOUGHT LEADERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GBH BOSTON FORUM NETWORK IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WEBINARS ON CLIMATE ISSUES FROM ALASKA TO SENEGAL. HOSTED ON SITE EDUCATION TRIPS TO WETLANDS AND EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS, ATTENDED CONFERENCES ON BEAVERS, PRESENTED AT NY CITY CLIMATE WEEK AT THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY, AND WERE THE GUEST SPEAKERS ON PODCASTS. PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO UPLIFT ALL VOICES INCLUDING WITH TROUT UNLIMITED TO SHOW THE GROUNDBREAKING FILM, BLACKWATERS, PARTNERED WITH OUR CHILDRENS TRUST FOR A WEBINAR ON RECENT JUDICIAL WINS, AND PARTNERED WITH LOCAL CAMBRIDGE GROUPS TO REACH HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS AT BIODIVERSITY DAY AND THE MOTH BALL. OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER INCREASED THE REACH OF OUR MESSAGING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH VIDEO AND VISUAL CONTENT. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D OTHER EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PURSUITS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G SPEAKER HORARIUM - ED. 316 0 0 SPEAKER HONORARIUM - ED. 425 0 0 INSTRUCTOR - EDUCATION 6,864 0 0 TECHNICAL PRESENTER - ED. 7,332 0 0 DEVELOPMENT PRTNER - FUNDRAIS 0 0 35,000 PRESENTER FEE - EDUCATION 300 0 0 TOTAL 15,237 0 35,000 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 ACCOUNTING YE TIMING 122 2023 EXPENSE POSTED TO 2023 AFTER YEAR END CLOSE OF 122, NOT CAPTURED IN PY FORM 990.