EIN 68-0359676

Occidential Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
76
Year formed
1995
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
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.
Also known as...
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Total revenues
$6,091,707
2022
Total expenses
$4,223,369
2022
Total assets
$8,610,557
2022
Num. employees
76
2022

Program areas at OAEC

OAECs 2022 program accomplishments are mostly expressed through ourmany inter-related programs, projects and partnerships. Arepresentative 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 EcoSanitation Compost Toilet Research Project,7. The Performing Arts Program,8. OAECs partnership with dozens of racial, social, economic,environmental justice organizations and alliances on education,training, advocacy and alliance building campaigns, and9. OAECs Fiscally Sponsored Projects ProgramEach of our programs, projects and partnerships use the same methodsand 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 tocommon challenges in the sustainable management of soil, water, foodproduction, the restoration and preservation of biological and culturaldiversity, and more effective ways to self-govern and manage economy.OAECs programs benefit from our more than twenty five years ofexperience in developing and caring for our own 80-acre site, as wellas supporting hundreds of other land-based projects and organizations.2. We Train Changemakers - The transition to a just and environmentallysustainable economy will only be achieved if more individuals becomeecologically literate "changemakers." OAEC continues to developworkshops and advocacy campaigns that help train, support and inspireindividuals and social movement leaders to apply an ecological lens totheir existing social change work.3. We Help Build the Capacity of Communities to Transform TowardResilience - OAEC strives to achieve a "social change multipliereffect" by training and building the capacity of whole communities tobecome more effective agents of rapid change. We work to fosterecological literacy and to empower diverse communities - schools, localgovernments, public agencies, foundations, environmental and socialjustice organizations, farms and ranches, and policy coalitions - todesign their own place-based strategies to create the just transitiontowards a more regenerative culture and economy.4. We Work to Change the Rules of Governance and Economy - We work tolegalize and require sustainable economy, and to make illegal anddis-incentivize activities that subvert it. Sometimes on our own, butmost often through broader advocacy alliances, we seek to change policyin the arenas of governance in which we are most likely to succeed - acity or county council, school board, water agency, or statelegislature or agency - on issues that are ripe for change and move ustoward a just and sustainable future.

Grants made by OAEC

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Earth Island InstituteTransfer of Fiscal Sponsorship$59,289
Common Counsel Foundation (CCF)Support Work$5,000

Who funds Occidential Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Resources Legacy FundLand Or Marine Conservation, Promotion of Education And/or Healthy Communities$385,000
Schwab Charitable FundEnvironmental and Animals$219,000
The Schmidt Family Foundation (TSFF)Capacity Building for Partners$203,000
...and 48 more grants received totalling $2,819,885

Personnel at OAEC

NameTitleCompensation
Dave HensonExecutive Director$102,413
Sunny HillFinancial Director$86,166
Megan PonderDirector Peak Plasti$115,500
Jenyng WuPast Financial Director / Operations and Finance Director$74,830
Brock DolmanPast Treasurer$48,500

Financials for OAEC

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$4,538,560
Program services$1,553,147
Investment income and dividends$0
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$6,091,707

Form 990s for OAEC

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-10990View PDF
2020-122021-11-12990View PDF
2019-122022-02-17990View PDF
2018-122019-09-13990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
August 25, 2024
Received grants
Identified 9 new grant, including a grant for $100,000 from Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF)
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 25 new grant, including a grant for $200,000 from NDN Collective
December 28, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 28, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
December 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 36 new grant, including a grant for $385,000 from Resources Legacy Fund
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsEnvironmental organizationsCharities
Issues
Land and water conservationEnvironment
Characteristics
LobbyingState / local levelReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsFiscal sponsorAccepts online donations
General information
Address
15290 Coleman Valley Rd
Occidental, CA 95465
Metro area
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
County
Sonoma County, CA
Website URL
oaec.org/ 
Phone
(707) 874-1557
Facebook page
theOAEC 
IRS details
EIN
68-0359676
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1995
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C30: Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current - Awaiting Reporting
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
110727
FTB Entity ID
1933015
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2024-10-16
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