2021-11-12T16:14:43-06:00 2020-12-31 680456752 Dillwood Burkel & Millar LLP 175 Concourse Blvd Ste A Santa Rosa CA 95403 990 2020-01-01 680359676 Occidental Arts and Ecology Center OCCI 7078741557 15290 Coleman Valley Road Occidental CA 95465 Dave Henson Executive Director 7078741557 2021-11-11 1 Dave Henson 999009999 Christina Hollingsworth P02090706 7075778806 2021-11-11 3 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Dave Henson 15290 Coleman Valley Road Occidental CA 95465 2495323 0 X www.oaec.org X 1995 CA See Schedule O 5 5 56 30 0 0 1915630 1907416 748168 358782 2452 -1342 0 228255 2666250 2493111 470739 127677 0 0 1380743 1022640 0 0 113496 875300 681875 2726782 1832192 -60532 660919 5450236 6067941 422529 379467 5027707 5688474 X See Schedule O 0 0 1506386 127677 358782 See Schedule O 1506386 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Sunny Hill 7078741557 15290 Coleman Valley Rd Occidental CA 95465 Lori Maddox Treasurer 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Melissa Nelson President 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Gopal Dayaneni Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 Susan McGovern Secretary 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Janelle Orsi Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 Dave Henson Executive Director 52.00 X 80984 0 5805 Jenyng Wu Finance Director 50.00 X 79617 0 0 160601 0 5805 0 0 0 0 0 184700 1722716 57121 1907416 Fee for service 900099 230134 230134 Program sales 900099 128648 128648 358782 870 870 2212 -2212 -2212 -2212 Insurance proceeds 110000 228255 228255 228255 2493111 358782 0 226913 64389 64389 63288 63288 166406 92599 56449 17358 794357 693257 50995 50105 21840 17909 2402 1529 40037 32830 4404 2803 12316 12316 89257 88586 410 261 13923 13923 125339 102778 13787 8774 18580 15235 2044 1301 30712 25184 3378 2150 85762 70325 9434 6003 472 472 2850 2850 224718 159550 44944 20224 42691 35007 4696 2988 Dues, licenses, service 35255 28204 7051 1832192 1506386 212310 113496 171451 262839 219330 947604 315435 157875 300000 300000 5629854 1354215 4397254 4275639 46766 123984 5450236 6067941 79771 62067 42758 17400 300000 300000 422529 379467 X 4313396 4798848 714311 889626 5027707 5688474 5450236 6067941 660919 -109 -43 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 941394 2972852 1303803 1915630 1907416 9041095 941394 2972852 1303803 1915630 1907416 9041095 2901805 6139290 5984 740 1424 1002 870 10020 2384 75298 77682 9128797 2784014 0.67250 0.58970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4605998 882604 3723394 889743 364185 525558 134113 107426 26687 4275639 X 2493002 -109 -109 2493111 0 2493111 1832192 0 1832192 0 1832192 Part X, Line 2: Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) determines whether its tax positions are "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority based on the technical merits of the positions. As of December 31, 2020, OAEC has reviewed its tax positions and has concluded no reserve for uncertain tax positions is required. OAEC's exempt organization information returns are subject to review through three years after the date of filing for federal and four years after the date of filing for state. 1 Central America and the Caribbean - Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, 0 0 Grants to recipient located in the region Agroecology 63288 0 0 0 0 0 0 63288 0 63288 Central America and the Caribbean Agroecology 63288 Wire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, Line 2: Each grantee signs a Memorandum of Understanding with OAEC that states 1) the purpose of the grant, 2) the requirement to document all expenses related to the grant, 3) the requirement to return any unspent funds, and 4) at the conclusion of the grant period, to provide a summary report of the grantee's activities and expenditures towards achieving the purposes of the grant. Part III Accounting Method: 1 Earth Island Institute 2150 Allston Way Ste 460 Berkeley CA 94704 942889684 501(c)(3) 59289 Transfer of fiscal sponsorship Gold Ridge RCD 2776 Sullivan Rd Sebastopol CA 95472 942466509 100 Support work Movement for Black Lives 1624 Franklin St 1022 Oakland CA 94612 943214166 501(c)(3) 5000 Support work Part I, Line 2: Each grantee signs a Memorandum of Understanding with OAEC that states 1) the purpose of the grant, 2) the requirement to document all expenses related to the grant, 3) the requirement to return any unspent funds, and 4) at the conclusion of the grant period, to provide a summary report of the grantee's activities and expenditures towards achieving the purposes of the grant. Kendall Dunnigan Family member of Executive Director 57213 Employed as Program Director 0 Susan McGovern Board member, Secretary 125017 Shared Costs - Member of an LLC that shares utility costs and receives an annual lease payment from the organization. 0 Dave Henson Executive Director 125017 Shared Costs - Member of an LLC that shares utility costs and receives an annual lease payment from the organization. 0 Part IV, Line 2 & 3 - Explanation of business transactions Board member Susan McGovern and Executive Director Dave Henson are members of the Sowing Circle LLC (the LLC). The organization leases land from the LLC and for the year ended December 31, 2020 paid the LLC $10,830 in lease payments. The organization also has shared costs with the LLC, in which the LLC made a total payment of $114,187 to the organization (OAEC). X 2 57121 Market value 0 0 0 Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: OAEC cultivates ecological literacy and builds the capacity of civic and social movement leaders and organizations to guide their own communities to an ecologically regenerative, economically viable, and socially just future. Inspired by Nature, where diversity is a key indicator of the health of an ecosystem, we assist place-based communities in reorienting human economy and governance towards the restoration and stewardship of biological and cultural diversity. To realize our mission, we invest in projects and partnerships that address the root causes of the ecological, economic, and social crises of our time. Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: OAEC cultivates ecological literacy and builds the capacity of civic and social movement leaders and organizations to guide their own communities to an ecologically regenerative, economically viable, and socially just future. Inspired by Nature, where diversity is a key indicator of the health of an ecosystem, we assist place-based communities in reorienting human economy and governance towards the restoration and stewardship of biological and cultural diversity. To realize our mission, we invest in projects and partnerships that address the root causes of the ecological, economic, and social crises of our time. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, Description of Program Service: OAEC's 2020 program accomplishments are mostly expressed through our many inter-related programs, projects and partnerships. A representative sample of this program work includes: 1. The Resilient Community Design / Permaculture Program, 2. The WATER Institute and Beaver Restoration Project, 3. The Mother Garden Biodiversity Program, 4. The Wildlands Program, 5. The Movement Building Retreat Program, 6. The EcoSanitation Compost Toilet Research Project, 7. The Performance Arts Program, 8. OAEC's partnership with dozens of racial, social, economic, environmental justice organizations and alliances on education, training, advocacy and alliance building campaigns, and 9. OAEC's Fiscally Sponsored Projects Program Each of our programs, projects and partnerships use the same methods and strategies to achieve our public benefit mission, including: 1. We Model Resiliency - OAEC is a resiliency demonstration site, modeling dozens of practical personal and community-scale solutions to common challenges in the sustainable management of soil, water, food production, the restoration and preservation of biological and cultural diversity, and more effective ways to self-govern and manage economy. OAEC's programs benefit from our more than twenty five years of experience in developing and caring for our own 80-acre site, as well as supporting hundreds of other land-based projects and organizations. 2. We Train Changemakers - The transition to a just and environmentally sustainable economy will only be achieved if more individuals become ecologically literate "changemakers." OAEC continues to develop workshops and advocacy campaigns that help train, support and inspire individuals and social movement leaders to apply an ecological lens to their existing social change work. 3. We Help Build the Capacity of Communities to Transform Toward Resilience - OAEC strives to achieve a "social change multiplier effect" by training and building the capacity of whole communities to become more effective agents of rapid change. We work to foster ecological literacy and to empower diverse communities - schools, local governments, public agencies, foundations, environmental and social justice organizations, farms and ranches, and policy coalitions - to design their own place-based strategies to create the just transition towards a more regenerative culture and economy. 4. We Work to Change the Rules of Governance and Economy - We work to legalize and require sustainable economy, and to make illegal and dis-incentivize activities that subvert it. Sometimes on our own, but most often through broader advocacy alliances, we seek to change policy in the arenas of governance in which we are most likely to succeed - a city or county council, school board, water agency, or state legislature or agency - on issues that are ripe for change and move us toward a just and sustainable future. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Program Director Kendall Dunnigan and Executive Director Dave Henson have a family relationship. In addition, the Executive Director and Board Member Susan McGovern have a business relationship with OAEC. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b OAEC's Director of Finance and OAEC's Executive Director compile then provide to an independent CPA all financials, documents, and narratives for the 990. The CPA drafts the return, and works with OAEC leadership to answer all questions. The draft 990 is then reviewed by the members of the Board of Directors. After any questions are resolved by staff and the CPA to the Board's satisfaction, a final 990 is submitted and made available to all board and staff members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All staff and directors are required to notify OAEC's Director of Finance and OAEC's Executive Director if they might engage in any activity that might involve a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Annual compensation for all staff is determined by the Executive Council which annually reviews published data about compensation with comparable non-profits in OAEC's issue and geographical areas. Notes are kept on the process, deliberations and decisions. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Upon written or verbal request, and linked on our website. Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a - Explanation of Delegated Authority to Committe The Board of Directors supports the OAEC staff in creating a Staff Executive Council (SEC) to serve as the advising hub for organizational policy, financial, legal and human resources issues, fundraising, staffing, compensation and program development. The SEC is comprised of the Executive Director and the Finance and Operations Director and three other staff elected by the entire staff.