Local Futures/ International Society for Ecology and Culture

Local Futures, also known as the International Society for Ecology and Culture, is a environmental non-profit that advocates for ecological development and cultural protection. 1

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Location: East Hardwick, VT View on map
Tax ID: 94-3128274
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $1,358,599 Revenue: $563,812 Expenses: $543,739

Local Futures, also known as the International Society for Ecology and Culture, is a environmental non-profit that advocates for ecological development and cultural protection. 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $1,358,599 $563,812 $543,739 View
2023 $1,228,512 $566,832 $557,292 View
2022 $1,133,274 $483,251 $423,176 View
2021 $1,041,556 $533,941 $461,407 View
2020 $921,419 $552,428 $469,892 View

Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 1

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Helena Norberg-HodgeExecutive Director$81,250
Steven GorelickChief Financial Officer$8,250

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $2,747,488
  • Number of Grants: 24
  • Number of Funders: 7

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$300,0002024 Novo FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$300,0002023 Novo FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$300,0002022 Novo FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$300,0002021 Novo FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$250,0002020 Novo FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$50,0002020 RSF | Regenerative Social FinanceFOR SUMA YAPU'S WORK ON AGROBIODIVERSITY AND BIOCULTURAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION VIA ANCIENT WISDOM
$10,0002023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$10,0002022 Yerba Buena FundGENERAL OPERATIONS
$5,0002023 Yerba Buena FundGENERAL OPERATIONS
$1,0002024 Whole Systems FoundationENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
$1,0002023 Whole Systems FoundationENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
$1,0002020 Whole Systems FoundationEnvironmental education

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $93,244
  • Number of Grants: 3
  • Number of Recipients: 2

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$50,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA Recipientssupport seed-saving and traditional skills
$28,2442021 Central Vermont Community Radio CorporationISEC acted as fiscal sponsor for Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR) during the first 9 months of the year, before CVCR received its own 501(c)3 determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service. CVCR runs and operates a non-profit community radio station in Vermont. The grant represents funds raised by ISEC on behalf of CVCR, and passed on to them minus a small administrative fee.
$15,0002022 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsWe gave two grants totaling $15,000 to Suma Yapu, a Peruvian NGO that works to preserve indigenous knowledge systems, with a prime focus on seed-saving. $5,000 was for for Suma Yapu's participation in the VIII World Congress of Quinoa and Other Andean Grains. $10,000 was for Suma Yapu's work on Crianza del agua – sowing and harvest of water with ancestral knowledge.

References

1. “About us.” Local Futures. Accessed August 22, 2022. https://www.localfutures.org/about/