2025-09-09T15:10:11-05:00 2024-12-31 812950760 SAX LLP 1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 16TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018 990 2024-01-01 134111130 OPENPLANS INC OPEN 9178427183 377 BROADWAY 11 FL NEW YORK NY 10013 MARK GORTON CHAIR 9178427183 2025-07-15 1 0 MIKE SCHALL P02024184 2122682804 2025-09-09 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MARK GORTON 377 BROADWAY 11 FL NEW YORK NY 10013 3297878 0 X OPENPLANS.ORG X 2000 NY OPEN PLANS' MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE NEW YORK CITY'S STREETS. 6 6 32 100 0 0 4751389 3126142 5022 0 178754 165819 0 5917 4935165 3297878 0 0 0 0 2203956 2746421 87400 68500 249271 529911 526700 2821267 3341621 2113898 -43743 4539477 4423979 185819 114064 4353658 4309915 X OPEN PLANS' MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE NEW YORK CITY'S STREETS. OPEN PLANS USES GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY AND POLICY CHANGE TO INSPIRE STRUCTURAL REFORMS AND CULTURAL SHIFTS. WE PROMOTE A PEOPLE-FIRST STREET CULTURE THAT PRIORITIZES COMMUNITY, SAFETY, JOY, MOBILITY AND EMPOWERMENT. WHAT WE DO: BUILD PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, FROM POLICY TO PHYSICAL CHANGES, THAT SOLVE REAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITIES;EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOODS TO VISION AND CREATE CHANGE ON THEIR STREETS;PROMOTE A PEOPLE-FIRST APPROACH TO CITIES THAT DISMANTLES CAR CULTURE;CREATE A CULTURE OF MOBILITY JUSTICE AND ABUNDANCE OF OPTIONS, TO ENSURE EVERY CITY RESIDENT HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE;CELEBRATE PUBLIC SPACES AND THEIR STEWARDS;ADVANCE LEGISLATION THAT BUILDS A PEOPLE-CENTERED CITY;PARTNER WITH ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS ON CITY AND STATE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS. 0 0 2858184 5917 AT OPEN PLANS ADVOCACY, WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES WITH THE TOOLS TO MAKE THEIR STREETS MORE VIBRANT, FUNCTIONAL AND SAFE. THIS WORK INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS TO OVER 30 COMMUNITY BOARDS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DAYLIGHTING THE PRACTICE OF PREVENTING PARKING WITHIN 20 FEET OF AN INTERSECTION TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY AND SAFETY. THROUGH OUR SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TO DATE, 22 COMMUNITY BOARDS REPRESENTING OVER THREE MILLION NEW YORKERS HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF DAYLIGHTING. WE ALSO SOLICITED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR DAYLIGHTING FROM NUMEROUS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LED AN ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ON LETTER WITH 100'S OF SIGN-ONS. OUR SCHOOLS PLANNER HELPED OVER 25 SCHOOLS APPLY (AND REAPPLY) FOR THE SCHOOL STREETS PROGRAM, BRINGING OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND SPACE FOR RECESS AND GYM CLASS TO THESE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY. WE ALSO CONTINUED HELPING NEW YORKERS UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY TO APPLY TO THEIR COMMUNITY BOARDS AND, ONCE ON THEIR BOARDS, WE SUPPORTED MEMBERS BY CONNECTING THEM WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO FEEL EMPOWERED, SUPPORTED AND SUCCESSFUL. ON THE POLICY SIDE, OPEN PLANS ADVOCACY LED ON MANY EFFORTS RELATED TO OUR MISSION. FIRST, WE WERE THE LEAD TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE PARKING MANDATES THE OUTDATED CODE THAT REQUIRED DEVELOPERS TO BUILD PARKING SPACES IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER PARKING WAS NEEDED OR NOT. THE CITY OF YES WAS A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT INTENDED TO OPEN THE PATH FOR MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY AND A VITAL PART OF THAT AMENDMENT INCLUDED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN PARKING MANDATES FOR A VAST SWATH OF THE CITY. OPEN PLANS ORGANIZED, CANVASSED AND PHONE BANKED AND ULTIMATELY HAD MORE THAN 100 ADVOCATES SPEAK IN PERSON AT THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING AND OVER 200 PEOPLE SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY. OPEN PLANS ALSO MOBILIZED AGAINST GOVERNOR HOCHUL'S CONGESTION PRICING PAUSE BY LEADING, JOINING AND ORGANIZING RALLIES, LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND EDITORIALS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF STARTING THE CONGESTION CHARGE IMMEDIATELY. ULTIMATELY, THE CONGESTION PRICING CAMERAS WERE TURNED ON ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS LATE AND HAVE ALREADY PROVEN A HUGE SUCCESS FOR REDUCING CONGESTION IN THE CONGESTION RELIEF ZONE, REDUCING NOISE POLLUTION AND RAISING FUNDS FOR THE METRO TRANSIT AUTHORITY. OPEN PLANS SOUNDED THE ALARM BELLS AROUND CITY COUNCIL'S OUTDOOR DINING LEGISLATION THAT MANDATED A SEASONAL PROGRAM, LEADING TO WHAT WE ARE NOW SEEING AS A PRECIPITOUS DROP IN RESTAURANT PARTICIPATION, LOST TAX REVENUES AND A REDUCTION IN STREET VIBRANCY. STREETSBLOGNY CONTINUED THEIR COVERAGE OF THE CITY'S PLACARD CLASS, ESPECIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WHO COVER OR DEFACE THEIR PLATES. AFTER A YEAR IN THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT, STREETSBLOG'S EDITOR WAS FEATURED ON "THE DAILY SHOW AND "THIS AMERICAN LIFE" FOR THIS WORK. STREETSBLOG'S GHOST TAG SERIES WON NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE BLACK MARKET FOR FRAUDULENT TEMPORARY TAGS. STREETSBLOG HELD A CONSTANT LIGHT TO THE CITY'S WILLFUL IGNORING REQUIREMENTS TO BUILD BUS AND BIKE LANES UNDER THE CITY'S STREETS PLAN LAW. AND, WHEN GOVERNOR HOCHUL PAUSED CONGESTION PRICING, STREETSBLOG JUMPED INTO ACTION, WRITING OVER 500 POSTS ON THE PAUSE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE MTA, CONGESTION, AND PUBLIC TRUST IN THE LAW. STREETFILMS CONTINUED CREATING CONTENT THAT IS VISUALLY INSPIRING WHILE STILL BEING EDUCATIONAL. FILMS THIS YEAR INCLUDED FOOTAGE FROM TRIPS TO PARIS, STOCKHOLM AND GHENT INCLUDING BEAUTIFUL AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOL STREETS DESIGNS. OTHER FILMS FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR DAYLIGHTING, CROSSTOWN BIKE LANES, NYC SCHOOL STREETS, OUTDOOR DINING AND A NUMBER OF FILMS SHOWCASING BEFORE AND AFTER FOOTAGE FROM OVER 20 YEARS OF FILMING NEW YORK CITY STREET TRANSFORMATIONS. 2858184 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 0 1 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X X X LISA ORMAN 9178427183 377 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10013 MARK GORTON CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE BERTHET VICE CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 RAUL LARIOS TREASURER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 SEBASTIAN DELMONT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH LIPMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUAN MARTINEZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA ORMAN CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 174167 0 43938 SARA LIND CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 174167 0 32113 GERSH KUNTZMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF 40.00 X 167333 0 26302 CLARENCE ECKERSON DIR OF VIDEO PRODUCTION 40.00 X 112083 0 4693 JACKSON CHABOT DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY & ORGANIZING 40.00 X 102598 0 33110 730348 0 140156 5 0 1 0 0 31850 3094292 3126142 165819 165819 0 31850 0 0 OTHER INCOME 900099 5917 5917 5917 3297878 5917 0 165819 618020 471677 27069 119274 1567132 1455389 86292 25451 50259 48299 1294 666 303167 286558 14965 1644 207843 187924 10290 9629 6613 270 6343 65993 65993 68500 68500 247884 245481 2403 25446 25266 180 43298 33900 2798 6600 24668 23735 326 607 3011 3011 10636 9218 1021 397 FEES AND DUES 73069 61806 9730 1533 EVENTS 25283 8661 1652 14970 OTHER EXPENSES 799 799 3341621 2858184 234166 249271 416528 685101 4062073 3706211 49403 10109 1108 13277 22886 13605 10365 9281 4539477 4423979 185819 114064 185819 114064 X 4317825 4301582 35833 8333 4353658 4309915 4539477 4423979 -43743 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1269151 3167915 236478 4751389 3126142 12551075 1269151 3167915 236478 4751389 3126142 12551075 9220376 3330699 306 2587 178754 165000 346647 458 9600 10058 12907780 30939 0.25800 0.21240 X THE FOLLOWING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY IN SUPPORT OF OPENPLANS, INC.'S PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS:ALTHOUGH THE SUPPORT PERCENTAGE DIPPED BELOW 33.33%, IT IS STILL IN EXCESS OF THE 10% THRESHOLD, AND IT'S A 22% IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO 2023. THE PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE EACH YEAR. OPENPLANS'S SUPPORT WAS PRIMARILY PUBLIC IN NATURE WITH A TOTAL OF 552 UNIQUE DONORS, 32% MORE THAN IN 2023, INCLUDING 100% OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND 269 NEW DONORS THIS YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, 64 DONORS INCREASED THEIR GIFTS. OVER $1.1 MILLION DOLLARS WAS RAISED COLLECTIVELY BY 551 UNIQUE DONORS.LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MISSION, OPENPLANS PROMOTES A PEOPLE-FIRST STREET CULTURE THAT PRIORITIZES COMMUNITY, ACTIVE MOBILITY, AND CONNECTION. THEY USE GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY AND POLICY CHANGES TO HELP TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE NEW YORK CITY'S PUBLIC SPACES. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5353 5353 3335469 3340822 317041 79260 0 0 250048 291063 317041 858152 1287228 7952 4560 5353 17865 62512 72766 79260 214538 321807 7952 4560 5353 17865 22886 13605 9281 9281 X 3354155 56277 56277 3297878 0 3297878 3397898 56277 56277 3341621 0 3341621 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ANY MATERIAL,UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. TAX FILINGS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND LATER ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITIES. X X X X X 1 VICKY BISOGNO 31 NIMITZ PLACE OLD GREENWICH CT 06870 FUNDRAISING COACHING AND STRATEGY 0 0 68500 0 68500 PUBLIC SPACE AWARDS 31850 31850 31850 31850 SCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2B, COLUMN (V) DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING (THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP, COACHING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT) X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LISA ORMAN CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 174167 0 0 0 0 0 6927 0 37011 0 218105 0 0 0 SARA LIND CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 174167 0 0 0 0 0 6927 0 25186 0 206280 0 0 0 GERSH KUNTZMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF 167333 0 0 0 0 0 6693 0 19609 0 193635 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR COMMENT AND APPROVAL BEFORE BEING FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS REGARDING THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED ANNUALLY BY ALL DIRECTORS AND KEY EMPLOYEES FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION OF THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. SAID COMPENSATION IS BASED ON A PROCESS THAT CONSIDERS COMPARABLE DATA AND PERFORMANCE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 NO OTHER DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC