2025-11-07T13:27:42-08:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 462210531 Sustainable Economies Law Center SUST 5103986219 1428 Franklin Street Oakland CA 94612 Tobias Damm-Luhr Exec. Secretary 2025-11-07 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Jay Cumberland 1428 Franklin Street Oakland CA 94612 6374044 false X www.theselc.org X 2014 CA We provide legal services, research, education, and advocacy to assist communities in building their own sustainable sources of food, water, housing, energy, jobs, and other aspects of thriving communities. 6 4 24 4 0 4836610 6092165 135049 39150 152038 232180 7200 10549 5130897 6374044 1429210 2192002 0 2472363 2539021 0 242041 552456 484706 4454029 5215729 676868 1158315 8695584 9945547 203764 270666 8491820 9674881 We provide legal services, research, education, and advocacy to assist communities in building their own sustainable sources of food, water, housing, energy, jobs, and other aspects of thriving communities. false false 4196633 2192002 39150 The Sustainable Economies Law Center engages in a wide range of activities to support the development of more sustainable economies. Here are some of the activities we conducted in 2023: - Continued to offer Legal Cafes/Cafecitos Legales online, thereby reaching 475+ coops, mutual aid groups, nonprofits, land trusts, and other social enterprises - Taught and wrote about legal structures for housing justice, land stewardship, land transfers, and land return through our Radical Real Estate Law School - Developed materials and taught workshops on: workplace democracy in nonprofits, democratizing land/housing/food/energy, the Black cooperative movement, democratizing money and finance, and cooperative legal resources generally - Provided legal, policy, financial, and operational support for emerging land stewardship organizations and immigrant-owned co-ops. 4196633 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true 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 true 40 0 true 24 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X Nicole Rodriguez 5103986219 1428 Franklin Street Oakland CA 94612 Tia Taruc-Myers Dir. of Legal Educ 30.00 0.00 120137 0 23984 Javier Roman-Nieves Co-Dir. - Minnow 30.00 0.00 123838 0 6856 Jay Cumberland Staff Attorney 30.00 0.00 X 116250 0 11699 Ricardo Nunez Dir. 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The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true EB Permanent Real Estate Coop 1428 Franklin St Oakland CA 94612 821240282 1000000 0 Community & economic empowerment Hasta Muerte Coffee 2701 Fruitvale Ave Oakland CA 94601 822347060 48500 0 Community & economic empowerment NoBAWC 1428 Franklin St Oakland CA 94612 611544331 51121 0 Community & economic empowerment Omprakash Inc 7511 Greenwood Ave North 4161 Seattle WA 98103 208655418 501c3 30000 0 WOOD Street Commons project People Power Solar Cooperativ 1428 Franklin St Oakland CA 94612 832536956 50000 0 Community & economic empowerment Poor Magazine PO Box 5474 Oakland CA 94605 943330014 501c3 40000 0 Housing development Repaired Nations 1428 Franklin St Oakland CA 94612 852365856 753800 0 Community & economic empowerment Resist Inc 42 Seaverns Ave Jamaica Plain MA 02130 042433182 501c3 10000 0 General Support US Fed of Worker Cooperatives 1315 Walnut St Ste 320 Philadelphia PA 19107 203778257 501c6 192000 0 Community & economic empowerment 3 6 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Our approach to monitoring varies depending on the grantee relationship and grant activities. Most grantees are organizations we meet with regularly, so we monitor through meetings. In other cases, we ask the grantee to post updates on their website or provide us with a written report. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Staff members Tia Katrina Taruc-Myers, Jay Cumberland, Sue Bennett, Tobias Damm and Erika Sato provide information to complete the Form 990, which is then completed by our auditors, reviewed by our bookkeepers, and approved by the board and the board's audit committee, and submitted. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We keep track of all organizations and businesses in which directors, officers, and staff members have an interest. When directors, officers, or staff are contemplating a transaction with an interested person, or with an entity that they are members or owners of, we carefully follow the procedures in our conflict of interest policy, which includes deliberating about the matter, exploring alternatives, and voting on the matter without the interested party present. Conflicts of interest are generally identified and reviewed by the board; however, an independent team of staff members also reviews conflicts of interest that arise at the staff level. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a We use MIT living wage data and our compensation is reviewed and approved by the board. Deliberations and decisions are documented. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b We use MIT living wage data and our compensation is reviewed and approved by the board. Deliberations and decisions are documented. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Many organizations have asked to see our governing documents in order to use them as a model. We have provided them upon request. In addition, our internal operating policies and employee handbook are available on our website. We also maintain a page on our website that provides a high-level overview of our finances (income and expenses), access to our 990s, and a copy of our audited financial statements.