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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 6 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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
$9,156,012 changed to $10,449,636
Total expenses
$8,098,499 changed to $8,689,594
Contributions and grants received
$8,662,553 changed to $9,094,936
Grants paid
$1,042,702 changed to $1,282,422
Program service revenue
$493,001 changed to $574,701
Investment income
$12 changed to $0
Other revenue
$446 changed to $779,999
Total assets, end of year
$9,269,661 changed to $9,888,040
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,597,733 changed to $2,262,784
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,671,928 changed to $7,625,256
Program services expenses
$6,776,741 changed to $6,761,986
Management and general expenses
$891,450 changed to $1,254,522
Fundraising expenses
$430,308 changed to $673,086
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,776,741 changed to $6,761,986

Listed under a different title

  • Alex Tom: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR then Executive Dir.
  • Timmy Lu: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/CH then CEO/Chair

Totals

Total revenue
$9,156,012
Total expenses
$8,098,499
Contributions and grants received
$8,662,553
Grants paid
$1,042,702
Program service revenue
$493,001
Investment income
$12
Other revenue
$446
Total assets, end of year
$9,269,661
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,597,733
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,671,928
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,776,741
Management and general expenses
$891,450
Fundraising expenses
$430,308
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,776,741

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $8,662,553

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICES

    total $493,001 · related or exempt $493,001

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12 · related or exempt $12

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $446 · related or exempt $446

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $446

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,042,702 · program services $1,042,702

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,639 · management and general $11,639

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,684 · management and general $27,684

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,060,260 · program services $5,004,444 · management and general $771,288 · fundraising $284,528

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $491,577 · program services $344,104 · management and general $49,158 · fundraising $98,315

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $180,099 · program services $126,069 · management and general $18,010 · fundraising $36,020

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $133,484 · program services $123,887 · management and general $3,201 · fundraising $6,396

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,383 · program services $86,603 · fundraising $2,780

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,431 · program services $37,431

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,751 · management and general $9,751

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $14,489 · program services $11,501 · management and general $719 · fundraising $2,269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,718,273 · end of year $1,152,097

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $158,848 · end of year $4,500,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $123,714 · end of year $1,787,481

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $348,873 · end of year $1,555,069

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $223,182 · end of year $275,014

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $244,451 · end of year $2,597,733

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $2,532,336

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $4,139,592

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CEP SPECIALIZES IN PEOPLE OF COLOR-LED GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT BUILDING 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF C3/C4 INNOVATIONS, ENGAGEMENT IN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, CAMPAIGN CONSULTATION, AND INTEGRATED VOTER ENGAGEMENT 2.0.

  • LOCAL ELECTORAL ENGAGEMENT TO BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER OF WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

    Expenses $6,289,179 · Grants $1,042,702 · Revenue $489,823

  • CAMPAIGN CONSULTATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

    Expenses $487,562 · Revenue $198,050

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lin Shao Chin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timmy Lu

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/CH

    Total calculated
    $127,076
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $113,162
    Other
    $13,914
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Vivian Huang

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Tom

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,666
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $100,171
    Other
    $13,495
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • RESILIENT STRATEGIES

    C · MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES · CA · 50% owned · share of income $51,832 · share of assets $275,014

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349306195

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