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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DAMAYAN MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$478,460 changed to $689,495
Total expenses
$504,353 changed to $535,198
Contributions and grants received
$465,273 changed to $676,034
Investment income
$12,328 changed to $12,327
Other revenue
$859 changed to $1,134
Total assets, end of year
$1,860,603 changed to $2,068,527
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,861 changed to $43,595
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,844,742 changed to $2,024,932
Program services expenses
$454,048 changed to $486,324
Management and general expenses
$30,184 changed to $27,534
Fundraising expenses
$20,121 changed to $21,340
Program service expenses (Part III)
$454,048 changed to $486,324

Totals

Total revenue
$689,495
Total expenses
$535,198
Contributions and grants received
$676,034
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$12,327
Other revenue
$1,134
Total assets, end of year
$2,068,527
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,595
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,024,932
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$486,324
Management and general expenses
$27,534
Fundraising expenses
$21,340
Program service expenses (Part III)
$486,324

Program services were 90.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $404,505

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $271,529

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,327 · related or exempt $12,327

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,134 · related or exempt $1,134

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,134

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $347,104 · program services $309,842 · management and general $21,199 · fundraising $16,063

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,371 · program services $14,416 · management and general $980 · fundraising $975

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,976 · program services $23,326 · management and general $1,370 · fundraising $1,280

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $44,936 · program services $43,234 · management and general $881 · fundraising $821

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,887 · program services $5,887

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,540 · program services $6,036 · management and general $304 · fundraising $200

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,134 · program services $20,594 · management and general $944 · fundraising $596

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,282 · program services $1,067 · management and general $110 · fundraising $105

  • 24a · Other expenses: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

    total $33,309 · program services $33,309

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND TRAVEL

    total $12,312 · program services $11,126 · management and general $652 · fundraising $534

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $4,808 · program services $4,358 · management and general $275 · fundraising $175

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,323 · program services $4,084 · management and general $175 · fundraising $64

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,216 · program services $9,045 · management and general $644 · fundraising $527

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,898,868 · end of year $1,875,834

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $190,464

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,200 · end of year $2,229

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $18,305

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $18,305

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,125

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,558 · end of year $43,595

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,870,635 · end of year $2,024,932

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DAMAYAN EMPOWERS FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS TO FIGHT FOR THEIR LABOR, HEALTH, GENDER, AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. ESTABLISHED IN 2002, OUR PURPOSE IS TO BUILD WORKERS' POWER TO ELIMINATE LABOR AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, FIGHT WAGE THEFT AND DISCRIMINATION, AND DEMAND FAIR LABOR STANDARDS TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL.

  • SOCIAL SERVICES OUR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM ADDRESSES HEALTH AND WELLNESS GAPS IN OUR FILIPINO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY FOR UNDOCUMENTED AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS, WHO WERE MOST VULNERABLE POST-PANDEMIC. WE CONDUCTED 10 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (KYRS) TRAINING SESSIONS ON IMMIGRATION, LABOR, AND HEALTH IN CHURCH SPACES. WE REFERRED OVER 50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING IDNYC, THE INSTITUTE OF FAMILY HEALTH, AND NYC CARE, FOR MEDICAL COVERAGE, AND ORGANIZED A HEALTH SCREENING EVENT, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO 100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ORGANIZED 6 LEGAL CLINICS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH IMMIGRATION AND LABOR MATTERS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND NON-CLINICAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING, INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN. OUR HOPE AGAINST HATE (HAH) GRANT INITIATIVE SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY IN RESPONSE TO RISING INCIDENTS OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND VIOLENCE. WE ORGANIZED A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING ON ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND A CONFERENCE, RAISING OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE, TO DEVELOP PROTECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE CONNECTED SURVIVORS OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE TO HEALTH REFERRALS AND LEGAL CLINICS AND CONDUCTED FOUR SAFETY TRAININGS WITH THE NONVIOLENT PEACEFORCE, MOBILIZING 100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND INTERVENTION. THESE INITIATIVES UNDERSCORE OUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING COMMUNITY WELL- BEING AND SAFETY.

    Expenses $142,388

  • WORKERS & IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS OUR WORKERS & IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS PROGRAM SUPPORTS MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS AND SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING IN RECLAIMING THEIR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. WE EMPOWER FILIPINO MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN NEW YORK CITY BY HELPING THEM RECOVER STOLEN WAGES, COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, AND OBTAIN HUMANITARIAN VISAS, BUILDING THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR RIGHTS IN THE DOMESTIC WORK INDUSTRY. WE CONDUCTED 10 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING SESSIONS FOR OVER 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COVERING ESSENTIAL RIGHTS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION, LABOR, AND HEALTH, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. WE ORGANIZED FIVE LEGAL CLINICS FOR SURVIVORS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING AND UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT WORKERS, PROVIDING CRITICAL CASE MANAGEMENT AND DIRECT ACCESS TO IMMIGRATION AND LABOR ATTORNEYS. OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS HAVE FOCUSED ON PUSHING FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACED BY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THROUGH OUTREACH, WE REACHED OVER 3,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCREASING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES. OUR INITIATIVES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED PROTECTIONS AND EMPOWERED THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK CITY.

    Expenses $112,883

  • ANTI LABOR TRAFFICKING OUR ANTI-LABOR TRAFFICKING PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TVAP) AND OAK, AIMS TO COMBAT LABOR TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY AFFECTING FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS. WE PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, CONNECTING SURVIVORS TO LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES THAT AID THEIR RECOVERY AND REINTEGRATION WHILE EMPOWERING THEM THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THIS YEAR, WE HELPED EIGHT SURVIVORS OBTAIN HUMANITARIAN TRAFFICKING VISAS (T VISAS) AFTER LONG WAITS. WE ASSISTED THREE SURVIVORS IN REUNITING WITH THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM). TO DATE, WE HAVE HELPED 80 SURVIVORS SECURE T VISAS, INCLUDING 22 CASES INVOLVING VICTIMS TRAFFICKED BY DIPLOMATS, AND FACILITATED THE REUNIFICATION OF 38 SURVIVORS WITH 78 CHILDREN AND 32 SPOUSES. CURRENTLY, THE TVAP PROGRAM IS MANAGING AROUND 15 ONGOING CASES. WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THAT THREE SURVIVORS HAD THE COURAGE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT LABOR TRAFFICKING. OUR ANTI-LABOR TRAFFICKING PROGRAM HAS ESTABLISHED A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AMONG TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, ENCOURAGING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT ELEVATE THEIR VOICES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST LABOR TRAFFICKING. THE IMPACT OF OUR ANTI-LABOR TRAFFICKING PROGRAM CONTINUES TO RESONATE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AS WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT AND EMPOWER SURVIVORS IN THEIR JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING AND ADVOCACY. LOOKING AHEAD, WE AIM TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND ENHANCE OUR SERVICES TO PROTECT VULNERABLE WORKERS AND COMBAT LABOR TRAFFICKING MORE EFFECTIVELY.

    Expenses $104,558

  • MEMBERSHIP & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DAMAYAN IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING OUR MEMBERSHIP BASE AND DEVELOPING THE LEADERSHIP OF MIGRANTT WORKERS, PARTICULARLY, WOMEN DOMESTIC WORKERS. IN 2023, WE RECRUITED 175 NEW MEMBERS AND ACTIVATED 45 FORMER INACTIVE MEMBERS. WE EDUCATED AND MOBILIZED THEM TO ACCESS DIRECT CRITICAL SERVICES AND RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY LEGAL ASSISTANCE AT LEGAL CLINICS, RECLAIM STOLEN WAGES, GET HUMANITARIAN VISAS AND REUNIFY SURVIVOR FAMILIES THROUGH OUR TVAP. WE ENGAGE THEM AT KYR TRAININGS & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE TRAIN MANY SURVIVORS AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, OUTREACH WORKERS, & EVENT ORGANIZING SUPPORT. WE HIRED A TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR AS A FULL TIME CASE MANAGER & IN 2023, WE ELECTED A SURVIVOR AS BOARD CHAIR. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 2023 WAS THE EXECUTIVE TRANSITION YEAR FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND SO THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN CRITICAL TRANSITION ACTIVITIES LIKE SEARCH AND HIRING OF THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

    Expenses $126,495

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alfredo Lascano

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Raphael Garcia

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Neal Stone

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alma Ramirez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sierra Ortiz

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $62,407
    From this org
    $62,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542319349301319

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