2025-03-19T16:40:35-05:00 2024-06-30 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 293 EISENHOWER PARKWAY 2ND FLOOR LIVINGSTON NJ 07039 990 2023-07-01 453848336 SUSTAINABLE JERSEY SUST 6097712938 PO BOX 7718 EWING NJ 086280718 CAROLINE EHRLICH CHAIRPERSON 6097712938 2025-03-18 1 0 BRIDGET HARTNETT P01429163 9739949494 2025-03-18 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CAROLINE EHRLICH PO BOX 7718 EWING NJ 086280718 3463240 0 X WWW.SUSTAINABLEJERSEY.COM X 2011 NJ SUSTAINABLE JERSEY'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH THE TOOLS, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES NECESSARY TO PURSUE CRITICAL SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. 19 19 1 93 0 0 2545940 3300936 31738 33389 48 88852 -44163 -49804 2533563 3373373 455870 632406 0 0 1305253 782577 0 0 218285 939886 1143405 2701009 2558388 -167446 814985 2873434 3791693 1402139 1505413 1471295 2286280 X SUSTAINABLE JERSEY'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH THE TOOLS, TRAINING, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES NECESSARY TO PURSUE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC INITIATIVES. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS A NETWORK AND MOVEMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO BRING ABOUT A SUSTAINABLE NEW JERSEY. ACTING WITH STATE AGENCIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY, SUSTAINABLE JERSEY RESEARCHES BEST PRACTICES FOR WHAT COMMUNITIES COULD AND SHOULD DO, CREATES DETAILED GUIDANCE CALLED "ACTIONS, AND ASSISTS MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL GREEN TEAMS AS THEY WORK TOWARD COMPLETING. THEIR EFFORTS RESULT IN A PRESTIGIOUS MUNICIPAL OR SCHOOL CERTIFICATION AWARD WHEN THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUSTAINABLE JERSEY PROGRAM STANDARDS. 0 0 608058 33389 MUNICIPAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM:SUSTAINABLE JERSEY, LAUNCHED IN 2009, IS A FREE MUNICIPAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC ACTIONS COMMUNITIES CAN TAKE TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, ADDRESS THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAVE MONEY, AND SUSTAIN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE OVER THE LONG TERM. BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024, 466 NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES (REPRESENTING 83% OF THE STATE) WERE REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND WERE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES WITH 208 CERTIFIED. IN ADDITION TO CERTIFICATION, MUNICIPALITIES CAN EARN GOLD STARS IN KEY DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY SUCH AS ENERGY, HEALTH AND WATER. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 18,192 PROGRAM ACTIONS AND 9 GOLD STARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED.SCHOOL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: IN 2014, SUSTAINABLE JERSEY LAUNCHED THE SUSTAINABLE JERSEY FOR SCHOOLS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH LEADING NEW JERSEY SCHOOL-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. IT IS IS A FREE, VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR NEW JERSEY PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH-GRADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024, 67% ON NEW JERSEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, 375 SCHOOLS WERE CERTIFIED, AND 48 SCHOOLS RECEIVED DIGITAL SCHOOLS STAR RECOGNITION. COLLECTIVELY, THESE SCHOOLS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DOCUMENTED OVER 9,864 PROGRAM ACTIONS. 576681 632406 SUSTAINABLE JERSEY GRANTS PROGRAM: SUSTAINABLE JERSEY IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING RESOURCES TO HELP MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES. A CORNERSTONE OF THIS EFFORT IS OUR ANNUAL GRANTS PROGRAM. SINCE 2009, 8.1 MILLION IN GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS TO PURSUE LOCAL INITIATIVES. OVER 63% OF SUSTAINABLE JERSEY PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES AND 55% OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SUSTAINABLE JERSEY GRANT RANGING IN SIZE FROM $2,000 TO $35,000. 969577 SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ALSO COLLABORATES WITH STATE AGENCIES, NON-PROFITS, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK. IN FY24 THIS INCLUDED DEVELOPING 20 INTERDISCIPLINARY K-12 UNITS ADDRESSING THE NEW JERSEY CLIMATE CHANGE STUDENT LEARNING STANDARDS, HELPING MUNICIPALITIES TO BECOME MORE BIKE AND WALK FRIENDLY, AND SUPPORTING OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL AND STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. 2154316 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NJ X JENNIFER SONTUPE 6097712832 PO BOX 7718 EWING NJ 086280718 CAROLINE EHRLICH VICE - CHAIRPERSON 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TERENCE WALL TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAOLA TORO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN BROWN-DANCY SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BEATRICE DAGGETT TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 EDWARD POTOSNAK III TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SCHMID TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL WILLIAMS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 WANDA MONAHAN ESQ TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SALVATORE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY MCDONOUGH TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARISSA MCKENZIE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LORI MATHEUS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA JIAMPETTI TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 EDWARD MAHANEY EDD TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 GARY SONDERMEYER CHAIRPERSON 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GUISEPPE GRILLO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARNETTE FREDERIC TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 HON TONY PERRY TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RANDALL SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 35.00 X 0 141682 34842 RENEE HAIDER DEPUTY DIRECTOR 35.00 X 0 119458 27791 0 261140 62633 0 0 1 0 0 53750 3247186 3300936 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 900099 33389 33389 33389 88852 88852 36652 53750 89867 -53215 -53215 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 3411 3411 3411 3373373 33389 0 39048 X 632406 632406 471521 329939 30860 110722 194574 154321 14327 25926 116482 98661 9517 8304 64378 64378 51554 51554 772265 751041 9224 12000 28788 27206 1266 316 31749 27787 3522 440 4220 4220 INDIRECT COSTS 107905 91456 8285 8164 SUPPLIES & SUBSCRIPTION 28804 20755 8049 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 22660 22660 PLAQUES & PROMOTIONAL I 21836 20744 235 857 9246 9244 2 2558388 2154316 185787 218285 730 164504 2432642 3459116 408010 80915 25131 81670 6921 5488 2873434 3791693 287561 275419 1114578 1229994 1402139 1505413 X 479245 1676616 992050 609664 1471295 2286280 2873434 3791693 814985 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2126705 2100821 3205018 2545940 3300936 13279420 602405 699002 945996 1438464 2412496 6098363 2729110 2799823 4151014 3984404 5713432 19377783 6016004 13361779 4084 4189 3157 48 88852 100330 3973 3164 14026 8087 3411 32661 19510774 380335 0.68480 0.63670 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME - 2019 AMOUNT: $ 3,973. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 3,164. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 14,026. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 8,087. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 3,411. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 44830 0 1 6724 51554 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: THE ORGANIZATION HAS ENGAGED IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. 0 X 5875736 2412496 2412496 3463240 -89867 -89867 3373373 5060751 2412496 89867 2502363 2558388 0 2558388 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS STANDARDS THAT PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE GUIDANCE PRESCRIBES A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTE FOR THE RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT OF A TAX POSITION TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, AND ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON DERECOGNITION, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, DISCLOSURE AND TRANSITION. THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY IS TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST AND PENALTIES ON UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE. NO INTEREST AND PENALTIES WERE RECORDED DURING THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023. AT JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES -89,867. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSE 89,867. 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X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RANDALL SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 0 141682 0 0 0 0 0 12138 0 22704 0 176524 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B NO COMMITTEE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BYLAWS CALL FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THE PREPARATION OF AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTED AN AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE AND DIRECT THE PREPARATION OF AN AUDIT AND ASSOCIATED TAX FORMS. ONCE FINALIZED, THE AUDIT AND FOR 990 WERE SENT VIA EMAIL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE. THE AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED THE AUDIT AND 990 AND RECOMMENDED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO APPROVED THE SUBMISSION OF THESES DOCUMENTS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE SUBMISSION OF THE 990 FORM AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICT OF INTERESTS ANNUALLY BY JULY 31ST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S EMPLOYEES ARE PAID BY THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. THE COLLEGE'S HR DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND APPROVES ALL SALARY OFFERS AND ADJUSTMENTS AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ANNUAL REVIEW IS SHARED WITH THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIALS, 990, AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTED SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 751,041. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 9,224. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 12,000. TOTAL EXPENSES 772,265. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 2C: THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY 2000 PENNINGTON ROAD EWING NJ 08618 222797393 SUPPORT ORGANIZATION WITH OFFICE SPACE, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL SERIVCES NJ 501(C)3 170(B)(1)(A)(VI) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0