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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Total |
0 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 1,394,963 | 1,744,375 | 1,603,138 | 1,995,366 | 1,994,006 | 8,731,848 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 1,394,963 | 1,744,375 | 1,603,138 | 1,995,366 | 1,994,006 | 8,731,848 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 1,067,102 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 7,664,746 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 1,394,963 | 1,744,375 | 1,603,138 | 1,995,366 | 1,994,006 | 8,731,848 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 875 | 1,121 | 1,235 | 10,071 | 22,500 | 35,802 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 3,856 | 1,035 | 5,142 | 0 | 3,120 | 13,153 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 8,780,803 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 0 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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1
Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2013 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Pt II Ln 10 | Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Rental Income 2014: 2854. 2015: 0. 2016: 0. 2017: 0. 2018: 0. Description: Special Event Income, Gross 2014: 0. 2015: 0. 2016: 5142. 2017: 0. 2018: 3120. Description: Miscellaneous 2014: 1002. 2015: 1035. 2016: 0. 2017: 0. 2018: 0. |
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Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Other | Program Service Accomplishments - Part III Line 4a |
| Other | Our Forests Aren't Fuel (OFAF) -Policy makers in Europe and the United States are promoting the burning of wood as a "renewable" climate friendly alternative coal for electricity generation under the guise of "renewable energy" even though the science documents that burning wood releases more carbon than coal per unit of electricity generated and further degrades forests. Over the past five years, the forests of the Southern US have been the target of this growing global market. In response, in 2013 Dogwood Alliance, launched the Our Forests Aren't Fuel campaign educating and activating citizens, policy makers and industry on both sides of the Atlantic to stop the further expansion of this industry. This campaign continued to be a major focus of work in 2018 leveraging significant results. A major focus of our efforts were focused in NC, ground zero for the expanding wood pellet industry. In an effort to stop the world's largest wood pellet manufacturer from expanding production in NC, we mobilized 40 state-wide organizations to sign a letter to NC Department of Environmental Quality, generated over 500 comments on the permit application, leveraged the support of 10 partner organizations to turn out to a public hearing on the permit, and generated media with a reach of 35 million. In addition, we released ground-breaking research with Tufts University on the environmental justice impacts of wood pellet manufacturing facilities and documenting that 100% of the mills in North Carolina were sited in environmental justice communities. This research was published in a peer reviewed Environmental Justice journal, This report was referenced in a NY Times Op-Ed on the impacts of industrial scale biomass and the media release for the brief was picked up by over 60 outlets across the country. Our work, in combination with other organizations pressuring the Governor on issues related to climate change helped secure the Governor's signing of an Executive Order on Climate Change, as well as the establishment of an Environmental Justice and a Natural and Working Lands stakeholder advisory groups, on which we were invited to participate. In addition to focusing on North Carolina, we also continued our work with partners in Europe to change the policies driving the wood pellet export market. Dogwood Alliance attended the United Nations Conference on Climate Change and met with advocates from around the world to strategize about how to stop biomass. We presented to an international audience of over 100 policy makers and nonprofit organizations from 36 countries. This work helped catalyze the development of a world-wide international biomass network. In addition we completed another "on the ground" investigation of Enviva's logging practices in North Carolina and Virginia with a major British media outlet. The investigation which documented Enviva's sourcing of wood pellets from clearcut wetland and hardwood forests was aired on the internationally acclaimed television program Dispatches on Channel 4 in the UK. The Dispatches program was watched by nearly a million viewers in the UK and the related Facebook video received nearly 250,000 views. The program and our investigation received several public responses of concern from British politicians, this has aided in shifting public awareness of the issue in the UK. This work, helped to leverage a major shift in policy in the United Kingdom, who is a leading importer of wood pellets manufactured in North Carolina, which in effect stopped two proposed biomass facilities (which would have burned 48,000 acres of Southern forests annually) as well as any future industrial scale biomass power stations in the UK. |
| Other | Program Service Accomplishments - Part III Line 4b |
| Other | Wetland Forest Initiative (WFI) - Wetland forests in the US South span nearly 35 million acres across 14 states and are critical for community health and safety. They have some of the highest rates of biodiversity and carbon sequestration of any forest type in the US. In 2016, Dogwood Alliance, Inc. launched the Wetland Forests Initiative WFI) to engage partners, citizens, political leaders, landowners and many others in a legacy landscape conservation initiative to protect millions of acres throughout the Southeast. In 2018, we continued to play a major leadership role, chairing the coalition of over 50 organizations from 14 states across the South, helping to coordinate working groups and organizing two in-person two-day meetings. This resulted in agreement among the steering committee on a comprehensive strategy for advancing the protection of wetland forests that the coalition will begin implementing in 2019. Outreach to community groups and organizations across the South resulted in 66 new signatories on the WFI platform. Dogwood also finalized an ecosystem services report documenting that standing Southern wetland forests provide over $500 billion in ecosystem services and that the value of these ecosystem services is 15 times their value for wood products. Media generated from this report had a reach of 35 million. |
| Other | Program Service Accomplishments - Part III Line 4c |
| Other | Forests and Climate (F&C) - The Paris Climate Agreement gave the world a charge: decarbonize all energy sectors and simultaneously remove carbon dioxide from the air. The best and most cost-effective technology we have to remove carbon from our atmosphere right now lies in the power of forests. Standing forests are the natural life support that we need to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change and protect those most profoundly impacted, often low income communities and people of color. Logging in the US releases large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere while simultaneously degrading the nation's forests ability to provide critical climate benefits. Despite these facts, forest protection continues to remain on the sidelines of the national climate agenda and renewable energy policy in the US. Dogwood Alliance's new forest and climate program is designed to shift this dynamic, by elevating the current climate justice threats posed by biomass and building support for forest protection as a national climate justice priority. In 2018, we convened a group of 25 conservation and justice organizations, scientists and foresters from across the nation in the development of a national platform (Stand4Forests) denouncing biomass as a climate solution and calling for forest protection as a national climate and justice priority. Outreach resulted in over 200 organizations, climate scientists, elected officials and climate movement leaders such as Bill McKibben signing onto the platform. We publicly released the platform at two press conferences in Atlanta and Raleigh hosted by two state senators in North Carolina and Georgia who publicly pledged to support the introduction of state forest policy consistent with the platform. In addition, we engaged over 300 organizations in 24 cities across 12 Southern states via the Justice First Tour in partnership with New Alpha Community Development Corporation and the Sierra Club Ready for 100 campaign in an effort to build solidarity in the climate and justice movement across the South with a unified message calling for 100% clean renewable energy (no biomass), a scale up in the protection of forests and environmental justice for low-income people and communities of color. Media coverage of the Justice First tour and our work on forests and climate had a reach of over 70 million, including a radio spot on Yale Climate Connections which aired on over 400 radio stations across the country, and coverage in Huffington Post and Reuters. |
| Pt III, Line 2 | For the tax year 2018, Dogwood Alliance officially launched the Forests and Climate program, as described in the previous section. A key campaign within the Forests and Climate program, which was also launched is the Stand4Forests campaign and national coalition. This campaign is directly working to support the goal of the Forests and Climate program stated above. |
| Pt III, Line 3 | For the tax year 2018, Dogwood Alliance integrated it's previous work on The Paper Campaign into its new Forests and Climate program. This essentially ceased direct organizational capacity on The Paper Campaign. Associated activities and partnerships we're transitioned into other programs. |
| Pt VI, Line 4 | Both the bylaws and operating principles were updated to specify term of office for officers and committee chairs, and to change the requirement that all board members must serve on at least one committee. |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by management, presented to the Treasurer and the finance committe for review, and once it is approved, shared with the entire Board for final approval or proposed revision. |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | Enforced as necessary. Any Board Member with a conflict of interest on any specific issue informs the Board and abstains from voting on the issue. |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | In the annual budgeting process, the Board approves a budget line for aggregate salary expense. Thereafter, individual salaries and salary increases for employees are determined by the Executive Director. The Executive Director's compensation is determined by the Executive Committee of the Board, with the process led by the Board Chair and Vice Chair. The Executive Director's compensation is based on responsibilities, performance, a check of comparability data with similar non-profit organizations in the City of Asheville, the state of North Carolina, the southeast region, and nationally. The organizational budget is also consulted. |
| Pt VI, Line 18 | Form 1023 and 990 available upon request. |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements are available upon request. |
| Pt XII, Line 2c | The board's finance committe is responsible for reviewing the audit, and the full board receives and reviews the written documents. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Program Events 23386. 23187. 199. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | License and Fees 4132. 106. 23. 4003. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Research and Consulting 4786. 4786. 0. 0. |
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