2024-05-14T13:25:28-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 770480093 CLOUD FOREST INSTITUTE CLOU 7073805059 PO Box 73 Boonville CA 95415 Jenny Burnstad Treasurer 7073805059 2024-05-15 Jenny Burnstad 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.cloudforest.org X X 33905 X 30221 3590 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 33905 95900 0 0 5792 0 463 2846 105001 -71096 138688 0 67592 138688 67592 0 0 0 0 138688 67592 0 0 138688 67592 Cloud Forest Institute is an educational and scientific non profit corporation. CFI encourages bioregional endeavors to re-establish balance within ecological systems by way of environmental education, forest reciprocity and resilient community development Ometepe Sustainability Group develops and implements sustainable solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice to children and families on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. Three related projects will raise the ability of the people on the island to create their own abundance and reduce their severe poverty. Children and families on this double-volcano island of Ometepe, now devastated by political unrest and tropical storms, have few resources with which to develop their amazing work ethic and cultural strengths. This project works in partnership with local communities to sustainably develop markets that can feed families help them to educate their children thereby creating a pathway to increased prosperity while respecting local cultural values and social institutions. The Group has started three support projects, a local farmer's market program, Market Money coupons (30 cents each) are distributed to children to buy food and school supplies at the market. These coupons also guarantee some money to the vendors in a cash-poor economy, as they learn marketing skills. Transportation is provided to and from outlying villages so that buyers and sellers can get to the market and back in one day. Organic and sustainable agricultural practices are mentored and supported, which will provide more food and will increase the products they can sell. Partnering with schools to teach business skills. Liaisons will assist teachers to develop courses in marketing, basic accounting, English classes and hospitality management, using the farmer's market as a classroom. The first step is to providing solar reading lights to each child and books to encourage learning. 5127 5127 The Forest Reciprocity Group (FRG) has developed a replicable organizational model to provide for firesafe landscapes and firesafe buildings through reducing fire-fuel loads and utilizing the materials from those efforts to build low-carbon embodied buildings. FRG aims to employ those to: Restore forests to fire resilient ecosystems for the health of the planet; Thin small diameter trees to reduce catastrophic fire fuel loads and increase long-range carbon sequestering; Utilize and sell small poles and small-pole milled lumber from forest restoration to build fire-safe housing. The populations who benefit from our work are those communities comprised of both rural and populated areas where conventional forestry practices have left a legacy of overburdened forests with a resulting catastrophic fire risk, and high unemployment. These populations are also in need of locally sourced fire-resilient homes. One important sub-population within these communities who will benefit from our work is the underemployed of all ages, because the key economic development component of FRG seeks to provide marketable skills and viable careers in the areas of fire fuels management, materials transportation and processing, design and architecture, carpentry, and construction. Perhaps the greatest benefit will be to the global community by addressing two significant contributors of greenhouse gas. Our first core goal is to collaborate with communities, with the goal of tending forests for health and fire resilience including restoration of waterways and protection of human settlements. In reciprocity, communities are provided with an abundance of superior materials to build fire-resistant homes and ecological housing developments thereby, providing jobs and revitalizing local economies. 1330 596 Foresta Collective, interview scientists about educational research into multispecies habitats to provide recordings for podcasts 9870 9870 TERRAIN, hosts community experiences and events focused on biodiversity education both in wild areas as well as in a physical location conducive to community gatherings and discourse about environmental issues. Serves the whole community. 63766 63766 SATYA, School for Art Therapy and Youth Activism, creative arts and nature based educational programs serving all youth with special outreach to Native Americans aged 10-18. Camping trips provided to 24 youth in 2023. 1700 1700 Disquiet Media, Environmental and Forest Health News Radio Program. Offers training to youth in the art of audio production. The radio program is broadcast on 3 radio stations reaching six Northern California counties. 3441 3441 84500 Charles Payne Director 4 0 0 0 Jenny Burnstad Treasurer 10 3600 0 0 Govinda Dalton President 2 0 0 0 Eric Lassotovitch Director 2 0 0 0 Brenda Quintero Director 1 0 0 0 Bodhi Harnish Director 2 0 0 0 Matilda Hernandez Miyares director 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Jenny Burnstad PO Box 73 Boonville CA 95415 7073805059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 36689 29314 44321 116955 39905 267184 3061 3862 5360 15929 3590 31802 39750 33176 49681 132884 43495 298986 298986 0 0 0 0 0 0 39750 33176 49681 132884 43495 298986 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Interest Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Non profit insurance 1648, travel and meetings 413, licenses and fees 240, website 545