ROMERO INSTITUTE

Programs

1. The lakota people's law project continued to advocate for the rights and sovereignty of the lakota sioux people. Our five respected lakota leaders set priorities and worked collaboratively with our california team. Our dominant project in 2023 was our work on behalf of the standing rock sioux tribe, for whom we provided technical support in relation to its ongoing effort to resist the dakota access pipeline. We managed the tribe's communication flow, including their e-blasts, video production, fundraising, website development, and press releases. At standing rock we also operated our kinship care home, where 3 children were housed throughout the year, and we made strides in developing our "nodapl" archive which, when eventually launched in collaboration with sitting bull college and loyola university chicago, will provide an enormous amount of free media about tribally-led oil pipeline fights to educators, journalists, lawyers, and others across the world. We also worked during 2023 closely with standing rock and the 8 other sioux tribes in south dakota to pursue "solar for all" funding, I.e. Monies available through the inflation reduction act to support the creation of renewable…

   $916,585 spentof which $105,660 as grants
   43% of program spending

2. Let's green california - in 2021 the greenpower program became let's green california and developed plans and policies for california to achieve close to zero carbon emissions in 10 years. As the fifth largest economy in the world and a historic environmental leader, california is uniquely positioned to create a model of equitable climate action that can be replicated worldwide. In 2023 the lgca team and our allies focused on promoting our second legislative bill in the sacramento assembly session. The bill was designed to put electric chargers into low and moderate income communities. We worked with labor leaders, environmentalists, environmental justice leaders, and pressed for the passage of labor standards in the community choice energy agencies. In parishes in the monterey diocese we held educational events on why electric kitchens and cars are more healthy for families and communities.

   $466,815 spent
   22% of program spending

3. The new paradigm institute was launched in 2023 after three whistleblowers publicly testified to congress that our government has captured nonhuman space craft and nonhuman bodies in crash retrievals, and that navy pilots on both coasts of our country see nonhuman spacecraft every day. After opening a d.c. Office across from the senate, and hiring professional teams, our initiative began to develop policy and mobilize citizens for disclosure of the information hidden from citizens and our elected leaders for 80 years. With the passage of legislation in december, 2023, "disclosure has begun".

   $368,211 spent
   17% of program spending

4. Special media project - is a research and investigative project that is preparing to produce a publicly available archive, a 24-episode podcast series, a documentary series, and a cable series about the legal, investigative, and organizing activities of the christic institute and the Romero Institute. The research covers 50 years of public interest work and reveals important historical information that is relevant today regarding systemic injustice in corporate and government corruption, human and civil rights violations, criminal activity, constitutional violations, drug smuggling, and illegal war making. The Romero Institute archival project seeks to correct the historical record and lay out the facts in several media formats. The goal is to share true facts that beg for new laws and policies needed to create a sustainable, green, and thriving future for the u.s. And the world.

   $220,994 spent
   10% of program spending

5. Additional organization programs.

   $172,539 spent
   8% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,145,144.