2024-06-12T17:48:21-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 472856470 SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOUNDATION SUST 8315887625 2861 Mission Street Santa Cruz CA 95060 Ronnie Lipschutz President 8315887625 2024-04-14 Ronnie Lipschutz 999009999 1 0 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Ronnie D Lipschutz 213 Dickens Way Santa Cruz CA 95064 163217 0 X https://sustainablesystemsfoundation.org/ X 2015 CA The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit green think tank and project incubator based in Santa Cruz, California. SSRF seeks to: Address complex and wicked environmental and sustainability problems that confound communities, defy singular technical or social solutions and cannot be addressed successfully at a global scale. Bring together numerous stakeholders with competing interests, capacities and approaches while addressing the critical importance of equity and justice. Collaborate with partner organizations to incubate and develop local projects and programs that promote community sustainability and development. Pursue projects that are replicable and scalable, based on best practices and insights drawn from successful projects. Our philosophy is that a project or program implemented successfully at one site can be replicated in many other places, with appropriate adjustments to local conditions. 11 8 2 2 0 0 92356 163217 0 0 0 0 0 0 92356 163217 0 0 0 0 11406 30256 0 0 0 56550 132961 67956 163217 24400 0 93822 93822 0 0 93822 93822 The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit green think tank and project incubator based in Santa Cruz, California. SSRF seeks to: Address complex and wicked environmental and sustainability problems that confound communities, defy singular technical or social solutions and cannot be addressed successfully at a global scale. Bring together numerous stakeholders with competing interests, capacities and approaches while addressing the critical importance of equity and justice. Collaborate with partner organizations to incubate and develop local projects and programs that promote community sustainability and development. Pursue projects that are replicable and scalable, based on best practices and insights drawn from successful projects. Our philosophy is that a project or program implemented successfully at one site can be replicated in many other places, with appropriate adjustments to local conditions. 0 0 85418 0 SSRF and its collaborators conducted a series of regenerative agriculture and farm management workshops for Latine farmers across the Central California Coast region (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties). A portion of the expenses were funded by government grants received in 2022. 50000 50000 0 SSRF provided relief funds to farmers in the four counties that had been heavily impacted by the storms and flooding during Winter 2023 10000 10000 0 SSRF continued its work related to solar community energy systems and guaranteed basic income streams from the sale of solar electricity. 0 0 0 145418 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA X Ronnie Lipschutz 8315887625 2861 Mission Street Santa Cruz CA 95060 X Marisela Lara Employee 7.6 0 X 14858 0 0 Ami Chen Mills Executive Director 17.3 0 X 12926 0 0 Ronnie D Lipschutz President 25 0 X X X 0 0 0 Kevin W Bell Vice President 20 20 X X X 0 0 0 Adina Paytan Treasurer 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Dustin Mulvaney Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Ann Lopez Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Sheila Davis Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Marisha Farnsworth Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Steven Mentor Board member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Beatriz Smith Board members 0 0 X 0 0 0 Thomas Rettenwender Board member 0 0 X 0 0 0 27784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83922 79295 0 163217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27784 20784 7000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2472 1849 623 0 0 0 0 1535 1000 535 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1968 1218 750 679 679 0 0 0 0 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3212 0 3212 Relief support for farmers 45000 45000 0 0 Workshop contracting, services, stipends, equipment 65448 60448 5000 0 Legal & contract fees 15000 15000 0 0 163217 145418 17799 0 58822 13340 26764 35000 53718 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93822 93822 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 93822 93822 93822 93822 93822 93822 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 21395 34500 82231 92356 163217 393699 21395 34500 82231 92356 163217 393699 393699 393699 0 1 1 X 21395 34500 83231 92356 163217 394699 21395 34500 83231 92356 163217 394699 394699 21395 34500 83231 92356 163217 394699 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The governing board is offered the opportunity to review the tax submission but is not required to. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request. Requested 6 month extension