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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE BLOC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$784,766
Total expenses
$449,250
Contributions and grants received
$784,766
Grants paid
$225,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$336,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,347
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$335,516
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$391,151
Management and general expenses
$51,825
Fundraising expenses
$6,274
Program service expenses (Part III)
$391,151

Program services were 87.1% 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

    $784,766

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $225,000 · program services $225,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,754 · program services $50,033 · management and general $10,721

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $30,000 · program services $24,706 · management and general $5,294

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,927 · program services $2,647 · management and general $2,280

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,200 · program services $5,051 · management and general $2,149

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,537 · management and general $3,537

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,989 · management and general $23,989

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $5,000 · fundraising $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $46,205 · program services $45,286 · management and general $919

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,936 · program services $28,936

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,418 · management and general $144 · fundraising $1,274

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,763 · program services $414 · management and general $1,349

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,078 · program services $9,078

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,393 · management and general $1,393

  • 24a · Other expenses: ORGANIZATIONAL LICENSES

    total $50 · management and general $50

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $336,863

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $907

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $440

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $335,516

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BLOC BUILDS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE POPULIST ERA AND THE ATTENTION ECONOMY. WE WORK WITH BASE-BUILDING GROUPS, ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, POLICYMAKERS, CONTENT CREATORS, AND COALITIONS TO MOVE THEIR PRIORITIES AND NARRATIVES THROUGH MAINSTREAM MEDIA, POLITICAL FORUMS, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT MULTI-RACIAL, WORKING-CLASS VOICES DON'T JUST SPEAK COHERENTLY, THEY BREAK THROUGH THE NOISE, SHAPE PUBLIC DEBATE, AND BUILD POWER.OUR PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THREE COMPONENTS - MOVEMENTS, MEDIA, AND POLITICS.

  • THE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT TRANSFORMED GRASSROOTS MOMENTUM INTO MEASURABLE POLITICAL IMPACT. THE STRONG VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT - NEARLY 100,000 VOTES IN MICHIGAN AND OVER 800,000 NATIONWIDE - DEMONSTRATED OUR ABILITY TO CONVERT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZING INTO TANGIBLE RESULTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS. SECURING DELEGATES IN MULTIPLE STATES HIGHLIGHTED THE MOVEMENT'S CAPACITY TO DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY PROCESS. BEYOND VOTES, OUR WORK ELEVATED CRITICAL ISSUES TO THE NATIONAL STAGE. THE UNCOMMITTED CAMPAIGN COMPELLED ELECTED LEADERS AND THE MEDIA TO ENGAGE WITH DEMANDS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY - TOPICS PREVIOUSLY SIDELINED IN MAINSTREAM POLITICAL DEBATES.ADDITIONALLY, OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS AMPLIFIED THE MOVEMENT'S REACH, GENERATING OVER $74 MILLION IN EARNED MEDIA COVERAGE DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (DNC). THIS VISIBILITY NOT ONLY BROADENED PUBLIC AWARENESS BUT ALSO PRESSURED POLITICAL LEADERS TO ADDRESS THE MOVEMENT'S DEMANDS. THESE ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR APPROACH - LEVERAGING GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, COALITION-BUILDING, AND STRATEGIC MEDIA ENGAGEMENT TO CREATE LASTING POLITICAL INFLUENCE.

    Expenses $391,151 · Grants $225,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kashif Shaikh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emma Dessau

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $30,719
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $719
    Hours/week
    30

  • Daniel May

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Waleed Shahid

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $52,123
    From this org
    $52,123
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349308312

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