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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMUNITIES UNITED AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$191,299
Total expenses
$211,871
Contributions and grants received
$91,056
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$72,093
Other revenue
$28,150
Total assets, end of year
$2,186,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$795,033
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,391,268
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$154,658
Management and general expenses
$56,838
Fundraising expenses
$375
Program service expenses (Part III)
$154,658

Program services were 73.0% 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

    $91,056

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $72,093 · excluded $72,093

  • 11a · Other revenue: Legal Proceeds

    total $28,000 · related or exempt $28,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: Honoraria

    total $150 · related or exempt $150

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $28,150

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $92,250 · program services $92,250

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,028 · program services $8,028

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,563 · program services $16,563

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,013 · management and general $2,013

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $30,177 · management and general $30,177

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,497 · program services $20,997 · management and general $500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $240 · program services $240

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,529 · program services $803 · management and general $2,726

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,609 · program services $2,402 · management and general $9,207

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,200 · management and general $3,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,380 · program services $3,380

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,933 · program services $548 · management and general $1,385

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,404 · management and general $3,404

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expense

    total $8,353 · program services $6,194 · management and general $2,108 · fundraising $51

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event expense: food, be

    total $2,447 · program services $2,042 · management and general $81 · fundraising $324

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank fees and charges

    total $2,037 · management and general $2,037

  • 24d · Other expenses: Grants and donations

    total $1,211 · program services $1,211

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,577 · end of year $22,258

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $11,293

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,076,312 · end of year $2,152,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $2,706

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,027,007 · end of year $792,327

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,024,454 · end of year $1,391,268

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $71,428 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Communities United Against Police Brutality works to end police brutality, misconduct and abuse of authority and to increase police accountability and constitutional policing. We provide assistance to people impacted by police violence, work to change policies and practices, and educate the community on their rights and safer interactions with law enforcement.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Communities United Against Police Brutality works to end police brutality, misconduct and abuse of authority and to increase police accountability and constitutional policing.

  • DOJ/MDHR Consent Decrees:We collected 800 additional experiences (for a total of 2300) to inform the MDHR and DOJ investigations into the Minneapolis police. We hosted a two-day listening session with the DOJ on Minneapolis police treatment of people in mental health crisis and prepared a report that provided extensive recommendations. We petitioned and became amici in the MDHR consent decree. We prepared and presented a detailed analysis of the MDHR consent decree in community forums. We provided an analysis and recommendations on civilian oversight in Minneapolis to the DOJ.

    Expenses $154,658

  • Litigation Unit:We worked on 24 cases, settling or resolving eight cases. We launched a major lawsuit against the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on behalf of five families to force the BCA to release data on the deaths of their loved ones. We held a major press conference announcing a landmark settlement in the Marcus Golden case and debunking the police narrative in that case. We helped the family of Cordale Handy win a record $21.5 million judgment from the City of St. Paul. We launched a lawsuit on behalf of unsheltered homeless people whose property was seized by the city during evictions.

  • Policy Work:We served on the POST Board Rules Advisory Committee, crafting law enforcement professional standards and rules that increased the power of the board to take action on licenses of officers who violate those standards. We worked with City of Brooklyn Center to develop an expanded response network, including developing a budget. We worked with the Minneapolis Police Chief to craft a policy regarding access to naloxone to address opioid overdoses. We testified for the passage of a bill to allow for civilian oversight of police. We wrote and worked for the passage of a bill that would strengthen the ability of the MN Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services to oversee unlicensed security companies and increase their accountability.

  • Our Mental Health Work Group traveled the state educating people about Travis' Law and advocating for its full implementation, tabling at numerous community events and conferences. We worked in coalition with numerous organizations to address police conduct during encampment evictions, stand with families of stolen lives, protest a racist police recruitment video, demand policies on the use of drones, demand community input into the future of the 3rd precinct, demand police action to investigate multiple attacks on Mosques. Co-hosted the Advocacy Accelerator conference. Hosted the October 22 National Conference. Presented at Netroots Nation on the development of expanded response networks. Developed recommendations and advocated for changes to the Minneapolis police federation contract. Provided data for a study by the Center for Work and Democracy on the cost of failing to prevent police violence in the Twin Cities. Tracked and provided data to media and public officials on the costs of lawsuits related to PTSD settlements. Arranged for legal defense of several activists. Legal and political defense of a whistleblower police officer. Provided assistance to dozens of people impacted by police violence and criminal legal system violence. Continued the work of our Reinvestigation Work Group, investigating 4 cases. Continued the work of our Data Practices Work Group, including lawsuits to secure data. Provided internship opportunities to 38 students from the University of Minnesota. Maintained an active mailing list, social media and website. Continued the work of our 24-hour hotline.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Gross

    President/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Bicking

    Vice President/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janelle Colway

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Nye

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorian Scott

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Kaslow

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Daigre

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Kesselring

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433139349301733

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