Crsp

What it reported doing in 2022

Outreach - crsp engages in regular outreach to expand public awareness about different kinds of cooperatives, the processes for developing cooperatives, and crsp's services. Outreach strategies includes social media, fairs, expos, festivals, workshops, conferences, ciclavias (car-free street days in la) and the print and electronic media, including a monthly electronic newsletter to its 4,500 constituents about organizational news, events and resources. Crsp also makes presentations to other neighborhood associations, church groups, and academic groups. Outreach is particularly focused on permanently affordable cooperative and environmentally sensitive urban housing and living patterns for lower income households and neighborhood groups.- crsp has a web site to expand its function as a cooperative ecological resource and information clearinghouse. The site also includes information on crsp's four associated properties in the two block neighborhood known as the los angeles ecovillage demonstration project.5. Other crsp activities during 2022 include: - responding to approximately 20 inquiries weekly from the general public requesting information via phone, email, text and in-person inquiries.- maintains a specialized lending library accessible to the public on all aspects of urban cooperative ecological community development.- sponsors in-person public talks, tours and workshops with prominent experts in the diverse fields of various types of co-ops in relation to urban sustainability. These activities were substantially on hold during much of 2022 due to the pandemic.- eco-retrofitting of the 3554 w. 1st street property. In july 2021, crsp received a $5,000 covid relief activity.grant from the state of California. This money was used to pay an independent contractor to coordinate the continued eco-retrofitting of the former auto shop, including volunteer outdoor work parties, tending numerous donated potted plants and trees to be used in training low income neighbors to cooperatively grow food in containerswith los angeles department of water and power (ladwp) grant for innovative outreach for collaboratively reducing energy and water use in 2021, the ladwp awarded a $50,000 grant to crsp, $15,000 of which was granted in 2021, and the $35,000 balance paid in 2022 after completion of the grant program, to perform innovative outreach to crsp's local neighborhoods for research and public education regarding energy efficiency and water conservation toward influencing behavior change for increasing conservation, especially in helping neighbors collaborate for those purposes. Crsp did outreach to attract neighbors to attend crsp's monthly energy and water saving workshops via zoom (because of the pandemic) throughout 2022. Crsp provided quarterly karaoke bike rides into local neighborhoods to draw neighbors outside to meet one another and learn about energy and water saving activities and how they can help one another become more conserving, and we provided quarterly outdoor talent shows with energy and water saving tips. Approximately 500 persons participated in these year long activities.community ecological revolving loan fund crsp borrows money from its constituents at low interest rates to acquire new properties and make loans to small green cooperatively oriented businesses associated with the l.a. Ecovillage demonstration neighborhood. . Crsp pays lenders back from the interest and principal paid on monies it has lent out and/or new loan monies coming in. Excess monies accumulate n the loan fund where they can be used for current and future development projects. The loan fund is a demonstration project, and crsp provides technical assistance to other small ecologically oriented community groups that wish to start similar funds.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $110.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.53; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings