2024-11-15T13:11:36-06:00 2023-12-31 061667465 PRAGER METIS CPAS LLC 510 HAIGHT AVENUE POUGHKEEPSIE NY 12603 990EZ 2023-01-01 271497426 YANSA INC C/O THE WATERSHED CENTER YANS 9173828088 44 KAYE ROAD MILLERTON NY 12546 SERGIO OCERANSKY CO- DIRECTOR 9173828088 2024-11-15 1 0 KRISTINA STROUD P01013088 8454737774 2024-11-15 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X WWW.YANSA.ORG X X 40000 X 40000 40000 27000 15161 108 1549 42819 86637 -46637 -144007 0 -190644 X 30056 3128 30056 3128 174063 193772 -144007 -190644 X THE MISSION OF THE YANSA GROUP IS TO FOSTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENSURING THAT THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY IS EQUITABLE, SAFE AND JUST. THE MISSION OF THE YANSA GROUP IS TO FOSTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENSURING THAT THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY IS EQUITABLE, SAFE AND JUST. 0 0 0 CHELSEA MOZEN FOUNDATION DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 CATHERINE RUETSCHLIN VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 SERGIO OCERANSKY CO-DIRECTOR 40.00 0 0 27000 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY ABBC SERVICES INC PO BOX 1601 SAN RAMON CA 94583 9252708733 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 12294 60856 92000 87362 40000 292512 12294 60856 92000 87362 40000 292512 255306 37206 292512 -345 0.12720 0.39540 X YANSA, INC. MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE PROGRAM FOR SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AS A RESULT OF THIS, IN 2024 WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM NEW SOURCES.OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES: SOURCES OF SUPPORT: OUR WORK IS IN SERVICE OF A SMALL NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS AND AFRO-DESCENDENT COMMUNITIES IN MEXICO AND COLOMBIA (AND PREVIOUSLY ALSO IN OTHER COUNTRIES) THAT FACE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND CAN BENEFIT FROM YANSA'S EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE. THESE ARE VERY VULNERABLE AND EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, WHICH CANNOT CONTRIBUTE IN THE FORM OF CASH DONATIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY DO MAKE HIGHLY VALUABLE IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE AND WORK IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DEVELOP TOGETHER WITH THEM, AND FROM WHICH THEY BENEFIT. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT A MARKET VALUE TO THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE BENEFIT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES; FOR THIS REASON, WE PREFER TO LEAVE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS OUT OF OUR FINANCIALS. OUR FUNDRAISING DEPENDS ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THE USA AND KNOW AND VALUE OUR WORK OVERSEAS. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN WE FACE PERIODS WITH A LOT OF ON-THE-GROUND WORK (AS WAS THE CASE IN THE POST-COVID RECOVERY YEAR 2023), OUR RESOURCES AND TIME ARE FOCUSED ON THAT AND OUR FUNDRAISING SOMETIMES SUFFERS AS A CONSEQUENCE TEMPORARILY. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNING BODY: IN ADDITION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FORMALIZING A BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND LEADERS IN INDIGENOUS MATTERS. THIS WORK STARTED IN LATE 2023, AND WE WILL OFFICIALLY INSTALL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN LATE 2024 OR EARLY 2025. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS OR POLICIES: -YANSA PARTICIPATES AND PROVIDES EXPERTISE IN A NUMBER OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS LED BY MEXICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, SUCH AS THE PROJECT "COMUNIDADES MAYAS SUSTENTABLES: HACIA EL DISEO DE NUEVOS MODELOS ENERGTICOS RURALES TRANSREGIONALES E INTEGRALES PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE DEL ESTADO DE YUCATN" ("SUSTAINABLE MAYAN COMMUNITIES: DESIGN OF NEW RURAL AND TRANSREGIONAL ENERGY MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF YUCATAN"), A PUBLICLY FUNDED PROGRAM LED BY THE UNIVERSIDAD AUTNOMA DE YUCATN (UADY) IN WHICH YANSA PARTICIPATES ON A PRO-BONO BASIS SINCE THE YEAR 2022, AND THE PROJECT "MUJERES MAYAS Y ECONOMAS COMUNITARIAS: ENFRENTADO EL IMPACTO COMBINADO DEL COVID-19 Y LAS TORMENTAS TROPICALES" (MAYAN WOMEN AND COMMUNITY ECONOMICS: CONFRONTING THE COMBINED IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND TROPICAL STORMS", ALSO LED BY THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY UADY AND TO WHICH YANSA CONTRIBUTES ON A PRO-BONO BASIS. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2023 AND 2024 YANSA ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PROCESS WHICH INVOLVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN YUCATN. THESE PUBLIC PROGRAMS WERE CO-DESIGNED BY YANSA AND ARE BEING CO-IMPLEMENTED BY YANSA, AS MENTIONED, ON A PRO-BONO BASIS. - NUMEROUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ACADEMICS PARTICIPATE ON A PRO-BONO BASIS IN A NUMBER OF YANSA PROGRAMS RELATED TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.-WE MAINTAIN PERMANENT PROGRAMS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEFENSE OF COLLECTIVE LANDS AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, IN THE MAYAN COMMUNITIES OF IXIL (SINCE THEY YEAR 2018), SACALUM (SINCE 2019), KINCHIL (SINCE THE YEAR 2020) AND CELESTN (SINCE 2021), AND ALSO IN THE AFRO-COLOMBIAN TERRITORY OF RO YURUMANGU (SINCE 2022). - MOST OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM PUBLIC CHARITIES WHICH HOLD YANSA ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH GRANT CONTRACTS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 5,847. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL. AMOUNT: 28,211. DESCRIPTION: EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. AMOUNT: 529. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 1,195. DESCRIPTION: EXCHANGE LOSS. AMOUNT: 7,037. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 42,819. 990EZ, LINE 16 SECTION 1.263(A)-1(F) DE MINIMIS SAFE HARBOR ELECTION UNDER REGULATION 1.263(A)-1(F), THE TAXPAYER HEREBY ELECTS TO APPLY THE DE MINIMIS SAFE HARBOR ELECTION TO ALL QUALIFYING PROPERTY PLACED IN SERVICE DURING THE TAX YEAR. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & ACCRUED EXPENSES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 172,213. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 193,682. DESCRIPTION: CHASE VISA. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 1,850. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 90. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.