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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CALIFORNIANS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$332,550
Total expenses
$326,610
Contributions and grants received
$329,208
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,342
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$173,527
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$173,527
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$265,078
Management and general expenses
$48,314
Fundraising expenses
$13,218
Program service expenses (Part III)
$265,078

Program services were 81.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $329,208

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,620

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,342 · excluded $3,342

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,688 · program services $141,919 · management and general $7,884 · fundraising $7,885

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $33,057 · program services $29,751 · management and general $1,653 · fundraising $1,653

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,537 · program services $7,683 · management and general $427 · fundraising $427

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,068 · program services $58,562 · management and general $3,253 · fundraising $3,253

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,233 · management and general $13,233

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,620 · management and general $9,620

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,320 · program services $2,320

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,349 · management and general $11,349

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $112 · management and general $112

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,790 · program services $2,790

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,676 · program services $18,676

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $783 · management and general $783

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $3,377 · program services $3,377

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $106,768 · end of year $94,706

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $58,811 · end of year $76,624

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

    $4,319

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

    $2,122

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,008 · end of year $2,197

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $167,587 · end of year $173,527

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SAFEGUARD AND BUILD AWARENESS ON THE CAUSES OF EQUAL RIGHTS AND MERIT THROUGH POLICY MONITORING, VOTER EDUCATION, LEGAL ADVOCACY, RIGOROUS RESEARCH, ALLIANCE BUILDING, AND MEDIA OUTREACH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE CAUSE OF EQUAL RIGHTS.

  • THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZING AND VOTER EDUCATION, CFER WORKS DILIGENTLY TO PROMOTE EQUAL RIGHTS, MERIT AND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY OPERATIONS HAVE GENERATED NOTABLE COURT VICTORIES IN HALTING RACE-BASED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO A THINK TANK AND A WATCHDOG, COLLABORATING WITH NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL GROUPS ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO CFER'S CAUSE AND MISSION.

    Expenses $265,078

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frank Xu

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Dr Gail Heriot

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Allan Shafter Left In 2024

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Saga Conroy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Xiaodong Zhang

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Grace Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Xu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yan Li

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Liu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hongxking Li

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shaohua Yang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shin Wei

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Linghui Wu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Hannosh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paul Naleid

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Wenyuan Wu

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $157,688
    From this org
    $142,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,195
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,493
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,407
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,788
    Filer's total
    $157,688

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202520999349300812

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