Occidental Arts And Ecology Center
Occidental Arts And Ecology Center
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About this organization
Mission
The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (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.
About
OAEC 2018 program accomplishments are partially 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, 3. The Mother Garden Biodiversity Program, 4. The School Garden Teacher Training Project, 5. The Decentralized Water Policy Council Project, 6. The Legalize Compost Toilet Project, 7. The Performance Arts Program, 8. The Wildlands Biodiversity Program, 9. OAECs partnership with Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project, 10. OAECs partnership with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Each 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 twenty 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 sustainable economy will only be achieved if more individuals become ecologically literate changemakers. OAEC continues to develop workshops and advocacy campaigns that help train, support and inspire individuals and social movement leaders to apply an ecological lens to their already inspiring 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.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is stated in the filing as “The occidental arts and ecology center (oaec) is a nonprofit organic horticulture, arts and ecology education and community organizing training center in northern californias sonoma county. oaec is located on an 80-acre site with organic gardens and orchards, coastal prairie grasslands, and mixed forests. oaecs mission includes working to: 1. preserve and restore native and agricultural biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, with a particular focus on the northern california bioregion, 2. preserve and propagate biodiversity in open-pollinated and heirloom varieties of food, fiber and medicinal horticultural and agricultural crops, 3. support appropriate-scale ecological agriculture and sustainable local food systems, 4. cultivate ecological literacy, especially within watershed communities, social change movements and public schools, 5. create and model practical, sustainable, regional-scale alternatives to global corporatization and the economic paradigm that is dependent on growth and”.
Their activities were defined as: “An education and advocacy center and organic farm working towards the restoration of bio-cultural diversity by cultivating ecological literacy and building the capacity of leaders to guide their communities to an ecologically regenerative, economically viable, and socially just future.”.
- As per legal requirements, the non-profit's state of operation is reported as CA.
- The non-profit's address in 2019 as per the filing is 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA, 95465.
- The form of the non-profit organization shows 69 employees as of 2019.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Has foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$581,160.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is established through an impartial evaluation and endorsement.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 4 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1997.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization engages in lobbying activities.
- The organization pays $1,371,912 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $214,589 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has a business related family member transaction.
- The organization has grants to organizations.