2025-11-13T11:32:30-08:00 2024-12-31 873976308 Goranson Tax and Consulting Inc 403 Chinn Street Santa Rosa CA 95404 990 2024-01-01 680359676 Occidental Arts and Ecology Center OCCI 7078741557 15290 Coleman Valley Road Occidental CA 95465 Dave Henson Executive Dir. 2025-11-13 true true Blake Gunter P02457939 7075421256 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Dave Henson 15290 Coleman Valley Road Occidental CA 95465 6590055 false X www.oaec.org X 1995 CA 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. 5 5 118 85 0 4554716 5235506 1391263 1312806 9417 41743 0 5955396 6590055 0 0 3159557 4126465 0 350977 1810787 2334970 4970344 6461435 985052 128620 9587027 10484762 738083 1507198 8848944 8977564 OOAEC 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. false false 5300283 1179873 OAECS 2024 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 PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM,7. OAECS PARTNERSHIP WITH DOZENS OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ALLIANCES AROUND EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, AND8. OAECS FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS PROGRAMEACH 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. OAECS PROGRAMS BENEFIT FROM OUR MORE THAN THIRTY 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 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. 5300283 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false true 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 true 5 0 true 118 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 true true false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X X Sunny Hill 7078741557 15290 Coleman Valley Road Occidental CA 95465 Dave Henson Executive Dir. 52.00 0.00 X 145867 0 0 Megan ponder Co-Dir Peak Plasti 40.00 0.00 125500 0 0 Stephen wilson Co-Dir Peak Plasti 40.00 0.00 125500 0 0 michael mckenzie ED Counterstream 40.00 0.00 119225 0 0 Kendall Dunnigan RCD Program Manage 52.00 0.00 118430 0 0 Sunny Hill Finance Directo 52.00 0.00 X 105747 0 0 Melissa K Nelson President 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan McGovern Secretary 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lori Maddox Treasurer 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gopal Dayaneni Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Janelle Orsi Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 740269 6 false false false 0 796325 4439181 1476 5235506 Fee for service 1179873 1179873 Miscellaneous income 6246 6246 Program sales 126687 126687 1312806 41743 41743 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6590055 1312806 41743 X 0 0 0 0 251614 138388 85549 27677 0 3443739 2984689 256901 202149 0 151646 137593 14053 279466 253568 25898 0 0 0 0 0 0 929929 804800 54928 70201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5886 5886 0 354709 259152 64868 30689 144411 62008 82403 food for workshops and events 203127 192260 8948 1919 TRAVEL AND Conferences 148687 143498 3478 1711 supplies and equipment 132106 106585 24625 896 grant giving 94712 94712 321403 123030 182638 15735 6461435 5300283 810175 350977 1396184 890689 1545667 2702352 0 1444603 619058 0 0 300000 300000 0 1200 22803 8133825 2312177 4711540 5821648 49095 0 0 0 0 138738 128212 9587027 10484762 185973 280899 112468 49800 300000 1049872 139642 126627 738083 1507198 X 5717305 5653072 3131639 3324492 8848944 8977564 9587027 10484762 128620 X false true X true false X 1907416 2308215 4538560 4554716 5235506 18544413 0 0 1907416 2308215 4538560 4554716 5235506 18544413 1205048 17339365 870 2987 9417 41743 55017 0 0 18599430 0.93230 0.93170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 39975 39975 6421460 6461435 473072 118268 false 395367 473072 868439 1302659 45207 39975 85182 98842 118268 217110 325665 6895275 1656063 5239212 853204 580884 272320 299978 75230 224748 85368 85368 5821648 Operating Lease Payable 126627 126627 X 6590055 6590055 6590055 6461435 6461435 6461435 Part X : FIN48 Footnote As determined by the Internal Revenue Service, the Center is a not-for-profit organization exempt from income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code and is not subject to state or federal income taxes. The Center 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, 2021, the Center has reviewed its tax positions and has concluded no reserve for uncertain tax positions is required. The Center'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. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Executive Director Dave Henson has a family relationship with Kendall Dunnigan.Executive Director Dave Henson has a business relationship with Susan McGovern. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SUPPORTS THE OAEC STAFF IN OPERATING A STAFF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (SEC) TO SERVE AS THE ADVISING HUB FOR ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGETARY APPROVAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OVERSIGHT, HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUES, AND STAFFING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS APPROVAL. THE SEC IS COMPRISED OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SITE DIRECTOR, AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, AND THREE OTHER STAFF ELECTED BY THE ENTIRE SALARIED STAFF. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b OAECS FINANCIAL CONTROLLER AND OAECS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPILE PROVIDE TO AN INDEPENDENT CPA ALL FINANCIALS, DOCUMENTS, AND NARRATIVES FOR THE 990, INCLUDING A COPY OF THAT YEARS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, COMPLETED BY A SECONDARY INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM. 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 BOARDS SATISFACTION, A FINAL 990 IS SUBMITTED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL BOARD ANDSTAFF MEMBERS, AND POSTED ONLINE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c ALL STAFF AND DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY OAECS FINANCE CONTROLLER AND OAECS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IF THEY MIGHT ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT INVOLVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR ALL STAFF IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHICH ANNUALLY REVIEWS PUBLISHED DATA ABOUT COMPENSATION WITH COMPARABLE NON-PROFITS IN OAECS 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.