2025-11-06T17:52:38-06:00 2024-12-31 760722072 FOUMBERG JUNEJA ROCHER & CO PC 16311 VENTURA BLVD SUITE 1180 ENCINO CA 91436 990 2024-01-01 463314343 HABITS OF WASTE HABI 3104358497 149 S BARRINGTON AVE 649 LOS ANGELES CA 90049 SHEILA MOROVATI PRESIDENT/ED 3104358497 2025-10-28 1 DANIEL CHOI CPA P00639689 8189816100 2025-10-28 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CRAYON COLLECTION SHEILA MOROVATI 149 S BARRINGTON AVE 649 LOS ANGELES CA 90049 455328 0 X HTTP://HABITSOFWASTE.ORG/ X 2013 CA SEE SCHEDULE O. 6 5 7 250 0 0 553776 364362 0 0 0 12391 -28981 -69651 524795 307102 0 0 0 0 328420 351826 0 0 39600 203263 129755 531683 481581 -6888 -174479 968231 805629 167772 179649 800459 625980 X HABITS OF WASTE (HOW) IS AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CREATING SOCIAL CHANGE WITH PRACTICES AND POLICIES TO FACE THE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES AND ENSURE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL. WE BELIEVE IN SMALL CHANGES WITH BIG IMPACT.OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE COLLECTIVE CHANGE AND IMPACTFUL POLICIES, WITH A FOCUS ON WASTE REDUCTION, FOR A HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. OUR ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION CRAYON COLLECTION, NOW A PROGRAM OF HABITS OF WASTE, ALSO LIVES OUT THIS COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY. 1 0 178982 IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALIST PROGRAM: OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMATIC ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 2024 WAS THE LAUNCH OF OUR IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALIST ARM OF ACTIVISM. BIGGER THAN A PROGRAM, THE IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALIST MINDSET IS INTERWOVEN INTO EACH OF OUR CAMPAIGNS AND INITIATIVES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY-CONNECTED, INDIVIDUALLY MOTIVATED, AND ACTION ORIENTED ORGANIZATION. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HOSTED EVENTS WITH IMPACTFUL CORPORATIONS SUCH AS RSM, CAPROCK, AMALGAMATED BANK, SOHO HOUSE, SNAP INC, AND MORE. IN ADDITION TO THIS, IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALISM TOOK CENTER STAGE DURING OUR CLIMATE WEEK PANEL THAT HOSTED BEHAVIOR AND CLIMATE EXPERTS FROM STORIED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS YALE UNIVERSITY, UCLA, (CONT. SCH. O) GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNITED NATIONS. OUR "SMALL CHANGES BIG IMPACT" DISCUSSION WE ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER WAYS FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO FIND SIMPLE WAYS TO CREATE CHANGE FOR THE PLANET AND FIGHT CLIMATE ANXIETY AND DOOMERISM THROUGH ATTAINABLE ACTIVISM. 89491 LIGHTS, CAMERA, PLASTIC... AND BEYOND PROGRAM: OUR LIGHTS, CAMERA, PLASTIC AND BEYOND CAMPAIGN CONTINUED TO FLOURISH IN 2024 THROUGH LANDMARK COLLABORATIONS AND AWARDS. THE CAMPAIGN WAS FEATURED AT THE HOLLYWOOD CLIMATE SUMMIT AND WAS ALSO HONORED WITH AN ANTHEM AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN NONPROFIT SOCIAL CHANGE CAMPAIGNS. WE HAVE NOW BROUGHT OUR PROGRAMMING TO ALL MAJOR FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIOS, AND WERE THRILLED TO GO DEEPER WITH CASE STUDIES CREATED FOR FILM PROJECTS SUCH AS "ABIGAIL" VIA UNIVERSAL PICTURES' GREENER LIGHTS PROGRAM AS WELL AS A CASE STUDY FOR "SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES" VIA PARAMOUNT STUDIOS. WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF HBO AND WARNER BROTHERS FOR OUR EFFORTS TO REPLACE SINGLE-USE PLASTICS WITH REUSABLE ALTERNATIVES. (CONT. SCH. O)THE CAMPAIGN ALSO HAS A COMPOUNDING EFFECT WITH EACH TV SHOW AND FILM WE TAKE PART IN. THE CHAMELEON EFFECT, THROUGH WHICH WE AS A SOCIETY SUBTLY MIMIC THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE AROUND US, CAN NOW TAKE PLACE FOR GOOD IN FILM AND TELEVISION WHEN WE CREATE SLEEK AND ENVIABLE GREEN FUTURES ON SCREEN. TAKING ACTION IS AS SIMPLE AS MAKING SURE THERE IS NO UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE PLASTIC THAT APPEARS ON SCREEN.ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROUD TO GUIDE GUILDS SUCH AS IATSE, THE DIRECTORS GUILD, THE WRITERS GUILD AND THE PRODUCERS GUILD TO HELP MEMBERS BRING LIGHTS, CAMERA, PLASTIC? TO THEIR PRODUCTIONS WITH A GOAL TO GO ENTIRELY PLASTIC FREE ON SCREEN. 46535 CRAYON COLLECTION PROGRAM - IN 2024, CRAYON COLLECTION LAUNCHED THE CRAYON COLLECTION GOES PURPLE PROGRAMMING IN HONOR OF THE RELEASE OF THE HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON MOVIE. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE TOOK PART IN THE MOVIE ROLLOUT AS THE EXCLUSIVE CHARITY PARTNER OF THE FILM, ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH SONY TO LEVERAGE THE FILM RELEASE TO DRIVE GENTLY USED CRAYON DONATIONS AND GIVE BACK TO LOCAL STUDENTS AND EXPAND OUR REACH NATIONALLY.AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLABORATION, SPECIAL EDITION CRAYON COLLECTION BOXES WERE PLACED IN THEATRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR MOVIEGOERS TO DONATE THEIR GENTLY-USED CRAYONS, AND WE WERE PROUD TO OFFER PURPLE CRAYON THEMED ACTIVATIONS FOR CULTIVATING GRATITUDE AND (CONT. SCH. O) ART EDUCATION AT THE GLOBAL PREMIERE OF THE FILM IN LOS ANGELES. OUR CORE PROGRAMMING ALSO "WENT PURPLE" IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR BOTH THE FILM AND NATIONAL CRAYON COLLECTION MONTH, AS WE OFFERED A SPECIAL SET OF DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE SO INDIVIDUALS COULD TAKE ACTION TO START THEIR OWN "PURPLE CRAYON" COLLECTION AND CREATE PURPLE CRAYON-DRIVEN ART PROJECTS. 42956 ONE OF OUR GREATEST PROGRAMMATIC WINS IN 2024 TOOK PLACE WHEN AMAZON SIGNED ON TO CHANGES TO THEIR PACKAGING ALIGNING WITH OUR SHIP GREENER CAMPAIGN RECOMMENDATIONS. PAT LINDNER, VP OF MECHATRONICS AND SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING AT AMAZON, ANNOUNCED THAT "WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS FULL REMOVAL [OF PLASTIC PILLOWS] IN NORTH AMERICA BY END OF [2024] AND WILL CONTINUE TO INNOVATE, TEST, AND SCALE IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE CURBSIDE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS."THANKS TO A RECORD NUMBER OF EMAIL MESSAGES FROM OUR SUPPORTERS, WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO AMAZON THE IMPORTANCE OF REDUCING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WASTE IN SHIPPING. IN 2024, UPS JOINED OUR SHIP GREENER CAMPAIGN AS A PARTNER AND SPONSOR. AS A SPONSOR, WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH UPS TO ENABLE SMALL BUSINESSES TO REDUCE THEIR SHIPPING WASTE AND EMISSIONS, CREATING A WIN WIN WIN THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES SAVE MONEY, CREATES LESS UNNECESSARY PACKAGING FOR CONSUMERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY REDUCES WASTE FOR THE PLANET. 42956 357964 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 CA X SHEILA MOROVATI 3104358497 149 S BARRINGTON AVE 649 LOS ANGELES CA 90049 SHEILA MOROVATI FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, ED 55.00 0.00 X X 130990 0 2953 EITAN POPPER DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KAT COIRO DIRECTOR 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON DEGREIFF DIRECTOR (TO AUG. 2024) 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES LONGMAN DIRECTOR 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BONNIE MURRARY DIRECTOR 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALLISON MORISON DIRECTOR, SECRETARY 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 130990 0 2953 1 0 0 0 0 271713 92649 5000 364362 12391 12391 78575 271713 148226 -69651 -69651 307102 0 0 -57260 133943 107154 13394 13395 186356 149188 18584 18584 5291 4236 528 527 26236 20534 2851 2851 29513 29513 6232 3951 2263 18 26257 26257 8570 7403 589 578 3758 3246 258 254 22187 19163 1526 1498 12665 8111 2659 1895 6414 6414 714 714 6127 1403 4724 BANK AND MECHANT FEES 7318 7318 481581 357964 84017 39600 X 502728 247618 250277 462655 209992 85000 3093 8929 3569 2142 2141 1427 968231 805629 24872 36749 142900 142900 167772 179649 X 623312 550980 177147 75000 800459 625980 968231 805629 -174479 0 X X 1 X 0 1 0 X 428893 814920 601482 553776 364362 2763433 428893 814920 601482 553776 364362 2763433 721363 2042070 12391 12391 200 200 2776024 0.73560 0.73200 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3569 2142 1427 1427 SBA LOAN PAYABLE 142900 142900 X PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF CALIFORNIA AND, AS SUCH, IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AND CORRESPONDING STATE PROVISIONS. GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES PROVIDE ACCOUNTING AND DISCLOSURE GUIDANCE ABOUT POSITIONS TAKEN BY AN ORGANIZATION IN ITS TAX RETURNS THAT MIGHT BE UNCERTAIN. MANAGEMENT HAS CONSIDERED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND BELIEVES THAT ALL OF THE POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS FEDERAL AND STATE EXEMPT ORGANIZATION TAX RETURNS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION. THE ORGANIZATION'S RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE TAXING AUTHORITIES, GENERALLY FOR THREE AND FOUR YEARS, RESPECTIVELY, AFTER THEY ARE FILED. SUSTAINABILITY EVENING 201616 153291 48325 31642 29767 35738 ARTS IN EDUCATION LUNCH 148672 118422 30250 24958 26121 350288 271713 78575 56600 29767 61859 148226 -69651 PART II, LINE 11: THE EVENTS HELD BY THE ORGANIZATION WERE SUCCESSFUL AND GENERATED A NET SURPLUS OF $202,062. DUE TO THE WAY THE FORMS WORK, THIS IS PRESENTED IN THE FORM 990 AS CONTRIBUTIONS OF $271,713 AND A NET LOSS ON EVENTS OF ($69,651). THESE NUMBERS ARE SHOWN ON LINES 2 AND 11 RESPECTIVELY. FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION: IN 2024, HABITS OF WASTE LAUNCHED OUR IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RELEASE OF OUR FOUNDER SHEILA MOROVATI'S FIRST BOOK, IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALIST: HOW TO REDUCE WASTE AND CREATE CHANGE FOR A BETTER PLANET. IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALISM IS A MOVEMENT ROOTED IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR RESEARCH THAT SEEKS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING CLIMATE ANXIETY THROUGH INFLUENCING MICRO AND MACRO ACTIONS AND VALUES. THIS MOVEMENT RESPONDS TO THE RISING CONCERN THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE INCAPABLE OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, DESPITE MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER FEELING ITS EFFECTS. IMPERFECT ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT IDENTIFY AS FULL-FLEDGED ENVIRONMENTALISTS, BUT ARE WILLING TO HELP BY LIVING MORE SUSTAINABLY "MOST" OF THE TIME. THIS HELPS INDIVIDUALS SHIFT THEIR MINDSET FROM "I'M ONLY ONE PERSON" TO "I CAN START THE RIPPLE EFFECT FOR CHANGE." OUR EXISTING CAMPAIGNS CONTINUED TO CREATE IMPACTFUL CHANGE ON A GLOBAL LEVEL IN 2024. SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WORK INCLUDE COLLABORATIONS WITH MAJOR STUDIOS AND FILMS THROUGH OUR LIGHTS, CAMERA, PLASTIC? CAMPAIGN, UPDATES TO OUR 8 MEALS APP, AND AMAZON CHANGING THEIR SHIPPING PRACTICES TO ALIGN WITH OUR SHIP GREENER TENETS. WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO INCREASE OUR IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS, REACHING OVER 1.5 BILLION PIECES OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC CUTLERY DIVERTED FROM THE WASTE STREAM IN 2024, 53 NEW MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE PASSED CUT OUT CUTLERY LEGISLATION, AND 23 MILLION CRAYONS (SINCE INCEPTION) COLLECTED FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. HABITS OF WASTE ALSO UNDERWENT A REBRAND THIS YEAR, A NECESSARY INVESTMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION TO HONOR THE PAST SUCCESS WE'VE ACHIEVED AND POSITION OURSELVES TO CREATE EVEN GREATER SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE. OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO GAINED KEY ENDORSEMENTS FOR OUR FUTURE WORK IN THE FORM OF JOINING THE UNITED NATIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE AND COLLABORATING WITH BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH POWERHOUSE RARE AND THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF). WE ARE PROUD TO BE AN ORGANIZATION VETTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THE IMPACTFUL WORK WE DO FOR THE PLANET, AND TO BE PART OF RARE AND THE WEF'S NETWORK OF VENERATED ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 IN 2024, HABITS OF WASTE LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM SERVICE THROUGH OUR SHIP GREENER CAMPAIGN. THIS INITIATIVE SECURED AMAZON'S COMMITMENT TO REMOVE PLASTIC PILLOWS FROM PACKAGING AND FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH UPS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES REDUCE SHIPPING WASTE. THIS PROGRAM TARGETS SHIPPING INDUSTRY WASTE AT SCALE, EXPANDING OUR IMPACT BEYOND FOOD SERVICE INTO E-COMMERCE AND LOGISTICS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE DRAFT RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANT. COMMENTS ARE DISCUSSED WITH THE OUTSIDE CPA AND 990 PREPARER AND ANY NECESSARY CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE DRAFT RETURN. A FINAL COPY IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C DURING THE YEAR, ALL BOARD MEMBERS SIGNED A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND HAVE DISCLOSED ALL POSSIBLE CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A OUTSIDE COMPATIBILITY DATA WAS OBTAINED AS A BASE TO DETERMINE THE REASONABLENESS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE PRESIDENT'S SALARY THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE B, LINE 15B: THIS WAS ANSWERED NO AS THERE WERE NO OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES DEFINED IN FORM 990 INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE COMPENSATED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART X, LINE 27 AND 28: ON THE PRIOR YEAR RETURN THE NET ASSETS WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTION AND WITH DONOR RESTRICTION BALANCES WERE REPORTED AS $635,912 AND $164,547 RESPECTIVELY. DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THESE BALANCES WERE INCORRECT, AND THE BALANCES IN THE BEGINNING OF YEAR COLUMN HAVE BEEN RESTATED TO REFLECT THE CORRECT BALANCES. FORM 990, PART X, LINE 1(A) AND 2(A): BEGINNING OF YEAR AMOUNTS FOR LINES 1(A) AND 2(A) HAVE BEEN RECLASSIFIED TO CONFORM WITH THE CURRENT YEAR'S PRESENTATION.