Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$13,576

Total expenses

$21,714

Contributions and grants received

$2,926

Grants paid

$3,050

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

$4,260

Investment income (line 4)

$6,024

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$366

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$157,370

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$157,370

Program service expenses (Part III)

$0

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• MAKING PARTICIPATION IN MARYLAND NOW MORE ACCESSIBLE FINANCIALLY: THE SITE OF THE NATIONAL NOW CONFERENCE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN JUNE PROVIDED MARYLAND NOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESHAPE FINANCIAL ACCESS IN UPDATING OUR IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PAYMENT PLATFORMS, ALLOWING EASIER ACCESS TO JOIN, PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS, AND PURCHASE MERCHANDISE. THE CONFERENCE AFFORDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE USE OF SQUARE TO ENABLE ATTENDEES TO USE CREDIT CARDS TO BUY NOW MERCHANDLSE AT OUR CONFERENCE TABLE. WE THEN UPDATED OUR WEBSITE WITH THE SAME PAYMENT PLATFORM FOR SENECA FALLS FUNDRAISING (SEE LINE 29), AND WE BEGAN INCORPORATING THEIR REPORTING FOR RECORDKEEPING AND ACKNOWLEGEMENT OF DONATIONS. BEING ABLE TO OFFER A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATING IN MARYLAND NOW'S EVENTS HAS SHOWN VERY POSITIVE RESULTS.

• WORKING ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ERA, WRITTEN IN SENECA FALLS NY IN 1923, PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN VISIBILLTY AND ACCOMPLISH ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, INCLUDING FOCUSING ATTENTION ON EFFORTS TO COMPLETE THE RATIFICATION PROCESS OF THE AMENDMENT, TO HELP YOUNG WOMEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE TODAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 100TH ANNIVERESARY CONFERENCE AND CONTRIBUTE IDEAS ON MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLANNING. WE RAISED FUNDS (USING OUR EXPANDED FUNDRAISING CAPABLITIES) TO SEND A NUMBER OF YOUNG FEMINISTS TO THE CONFERENCE AS WELL AS SOME MARYLAND NOW LEADERS. THESE EFFORTS RESULTED IN MORE PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNGER WOMEN IN MARYLAND NOW'S WORK

• PLANNING FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION CYCLE: IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING A BALLOT QUESTION ENSHRINING ABORTION RIGHTS INTO OUR STATE CONSTITUTION, AND KNOWING OF SEVERAL OPEN SEATS IN OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, WE BEGAN PLANNING POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO THESE GRASSROOTS OPPORTUNITIES. WE INCLUDED IN AN EVERY-MEMBER MAILING A REPLY CARD AND REPLY ENVELOPE, SOLICITING MEMBER RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTORAL WORK, AFFILLIATING WITH A LOCAL CHAPTER, OR JOINING A STATE TASK FORCE, WHICH BROUGHT IN NEW ACTIVISTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN OUR WORK. USING EMAIL NEWSLETTERS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR RESOURCES AVALIABLE TO THESE NEW LEADERS ENHANCED OUR RESPONSES.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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