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US nonprofit · EIN 832426653 · New Orleans, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 832426653) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 March 2026: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Sustaining Our Urban Landscape Soul

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.3m
year to 31 March 2026
Expenses
$1.1m
year to 31 March 2026
Total assets
$652k
$29k liabilities
Net assets
$623k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
3.8y av
Staff
7
1,000 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Andreas Merkl
Left since last filing
2
29% of the board
How am I connected?

Sustaining Our Urban Landscape Soul's network

7 people5 organisationsi7 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Andreas Merkl ChairChairman2020
6 yrs
Alex Dunn JrMember2024
2 yrs
Betsy DavidsonMember2021
5 yrs
Gary SernovitzMember2025
1 yr
Hayley SolskyTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Lauren GibbsMember2025
1 yr
Scott HowardDirector2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Andreas MerklChairman2024
Eugene GreenCompany secretarysince 2021
Hayley SolskyTreasurer2024
Susannah BurleyExecutive Directorsince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 March 2026iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Susannah BurleyExecutive Dir.40$95k$7k
Andreas MerklChairman2$0
Hayley SolskyTreasurer2$0
Scott HowardDirector2$0
Betsy DavidsonDirector2$0
Alex Dunn JrDirector2$0
Lauren GibbsDirector2$0
Gary SernovitzChairman2$0
Charles StewartDirector2$0

About

Legal name
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape Soul
EIN
832426653
Address
2000 Lakeshore Dr Uno Trac Building, New Orleans, LA, 70148-3520
State
Louisiana
Mission
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape's mission is to drive a resilient and environmentally equitable New Orleans through reforesting our city. SOUL has planted 13,035 trees since 2016. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C11 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2019
IRS ruling date
1 November 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsAndreas Merkl
≥6years on the filingsScott Howard
≥5years on the filingsBetsy Davidson
≥3years on the filingsHayley Solsky

Latest return

year to 31 March 2026iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 March 2026. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$652k
Total liabilities
$29k
Net assets or fund balances
$623k
Contributions and grants received
$1.3m
Program service revenue
$8k
Employees
7
Volunteers
1,000

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1m$724k$320k
2023$750k$822kDeficit $72k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.