2025-11-17T17:20:35-08:00 2024-12-31 331194921 COLLINS CPA ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING SERVICES PO BOX 1855 HARVEY LA 70059 990 2024-01-01 270185863 Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development LOWE 5044219643 PO Box 770407 New Orleans LA 70117 Arthur Johnson Director 5044219643 2025-05-14 true true LaKenya Collins P01419735 5043434982 2025-11-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Arthur Johnson PO Box 770407 New Orleans LA 70177 643976 false X http://blog.sustainthenine.org X 2009 LA To re-build the Lower 9th Ward neighborhoods in New Orleans. 9 9 1 5 0 0 327481 643976 0 0 0 327481 643976 0 0 180163 259909 0 0 0 248657 532234 428820 792143 -101339 -148167 0 0 0 0 0 0 To re-build the Lower 9th Ward neighborhoods in New Orleans. false false 256237 256237 256237 RESTORATION, DECONSTRUCTION, SALVAGE, WEATHERIZATION, AND REBUILDING THE LOWER 9th WARD: Revitalizing the Lower 9h Ward begins with the thousands of homes and businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina and Ritato ensure they become health, comfortable, energyefficient places to live and work. That communitywide focus extends to making our streets, parks, schools and gathering places safer and more sustainable. The CSED works to create energy independent, economically viable, beautiful and resilient neighborhoods. This includes working towards restoring and developing parks and community gardens. It includes providing returning residents with sustainable building resources and training to restore their homes and other residential type structures via bulk purchasing, low or no cost rebuilding materials, sustainable technologies and materials, and providing volunteer labor from all over the United States. Volunteer labor for the year is valued at $240,983, based on a $22.14/hour labor rate and 10,885 volunteer hours. This amount is not included as revenue or expenditures in this return. 256237 256237 256237 FOOD SECURITY:Food Security is a vital element of a sustainable community. It is a return to the traditions of urban farming and independent living rooted in the Lower 9th Ward. CSED works to promote this initiative through community gardens, local markets and ongoing education and outreach about the importance of urban agriculture to community revitalization. The CSED supports the Backyard Gardners Network to promote food security, the Guerrilla Garden located at Chartres & Charbonnet, and the Ernst Community Garden located at Chartres and Forstall. The CSED Food Planning Community, in response to the communitys poor access to fresh food, is currently organizing Lower 9th Ward community leaders and residents to create a Neighborhood Food Action Plan. Also, the CSED is developing a local Urban Farm that will provide local quality food to residents and New Orleans area restaurants with a community hiring component to include an apprenticeship in farming. 256238 256237 256237 SUSTAINABLE COASTAL RESTORATION: To increase and strengthen collaboration between local and national efforts in order to advance innovative policies and mechanisms forcomprehensive coastal restoration and community protection efforts in coastal Louisiana. The health and well being of the Lower 9th Ward is deeply intertwined with the Mississippi River to the south and the Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle to the north. This geographic relationship continues to inform coastal sustainability and the critical role of wetlands throughout New Orleans, across Louisiana, and along the Gulf Coast. 768712 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 9 9 true 1 true false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false LA The Organization 5044219643 PO Box 770407 New Orleans LA 70117 X Bill Waiters President Board of Directors 5.00 0 0 0 Calvin Alexander Vice President Board of Directors 5.00 0 0 0 Charles E Allen III Secretary Board of Directors 5.00 0 0 0 Walterine Griffin Member 5.00 0 0 0 Dennis Griffin Ex Officio Member Board of Director 5.00 0 0 0 Walter Goodwin Member Board of Director 5.00 0 0 0 Charles Duplessis Member Board of Director 5.00 0 0 0 Greta Gladney Member Board of Director 5.00 0 0 0 false false false 643976 643976 0 0 0 0 0 643976 0 0 0 229762 228622 1140 0 30147 30147 0 0 442314 442314 0 0 8500 0 8500 0 2742 0 2742 0 8663 8663 0 0 2601 0 2601 0 6706 6706 0 0 8353 0 8353 0 Automotive 95 0 95 0 Programming supplies 52260 52260 0 0 792143 768712 23431 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 -148167 X false false false X 0 389345 461933 327481 327400 643976 2150135 0 0 389345 461933 327481 327400 643976 2150135 0 2150135 0 0 0 2150135 1.00000 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Pt VI, Line 11b After the completed from 990 is received by the organization Pt VI, Line 12c to ensure that the organization operates in a manner consisten with charitable purposes, the organization performs periodic reviews of the conflivt of interest policy. 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