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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VOZ WORKERS RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$430,164
Total expenses
$412,890
Contributions and grants received
$424,472
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,270
Investment income
$682
Other revenue
$3,740
Total assets, end of year
$491,689
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,189
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$475,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$329,667
Management and general expenses
$52,529
Fundraising expenses
$30,694
Program service expenses (Part III)
$329,667

Program services were 79.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $31,900

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $137,539

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $255,033

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $27,894

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REVENUE FROM PROGRAMS

    total $1,270 · related or exempt $1,270

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $682 · excluded $682

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,805

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $31,900

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $118

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,687

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $53 · excluded $53

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $53

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,403 · program services $120,679 · management and general $19,403 · fundraising $12,321

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $81,476 · program services $64,516 · management and general $10,373 · fundraising $6,587

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,482 · program services $17,802 · management and general $2,862 · fundraising $1,818

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,789 · program services $18,046 · management and general $2,901 · fundraising $1,842

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,519 · management and general $6,519

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $870 · program services $870

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $450 · fundraising $450

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,960 · program services $1,729 · management and general $4,124 · fundraising $7,107

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,217 · program services $33,753 · management and general $895 · fundraising $569

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,377 · program services $2,267 · management and general $110

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,342 · management and general $5,342

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $42,111 · program services $42,111

  • 24b · Other expenses: IN KIND EXPENSES

    total $27,894 · program services $27,894

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $362,847 · end of year $344,731

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $125,374 · end of year $144,961

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,742 · end of year $1,997

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

    $1,965

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

    $1,965

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,942 · end of year $16,189

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $463,021 · end of year $458,000

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $17,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

VOZ IS A WORKER-LED ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWERS DIVERSE DAY LABORERS AND IMMIGRANTS TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS AND PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZING, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. VOZ OPERATES THE MLK JR. WORKER CENTER, WHICH CONNECTS HUNDREDS OF PORTLAND DAY LABORERS PER MONTH TO LOCAL EMPLOYERS. VOZ OFFERS SKILLS, HEALTH, SAFETY, ARTS, CULTURE, ADVOCACY, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS TO OVER 300 DAY LABORERS PER YEAR.

  • 1. WORKER CENTER FOR DAY LABORERS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS SINCE 2008, THE VOZ WORKER CENTER HAS PROVIDED A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE SPACE WHERE DAY LABORERS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS CONNECT WITH JOBS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. IN 2024, THE CENTER DISPATCHED 1,748 JOBS WITH 540 EMPLOYERS, AVERAGING 22.96/HOUR, AND CONNECTED 254 WORKERS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. VOZ HAS GROWN INTO A MULTILINGUAL HUB SERVING SPEAKERS OF AT LEAST 12 LANGUAGES FROM LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA, AND SOUTH ASIA. WE ALSO DEEPENED PARTNERSHIPS THAT CONNECT WORK WITH CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL STEWARDSHIP, SUCH AS OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIVE GATHERING GARDEN IN CULLY PARK, WHERE WORKERS LEARN INDIGENOUS LAND CARE PRACTICES WHILE FOSTERING CROSS- CULTURAL SOLIDARITY. THROUGH OUR PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCREDITED GREEN WORKFORCE TRAINING IN IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING, 25 MEMBERS GRADUATED IN 2024, WITH MORE THAN HALF SECURING FULL-TIME WORK IN THESE INDUSTRIES. VOZ ALSO IMPLEMENTED CLIMATE-SAFE JOB DISPATCH PROTOCOLS, ENSURING WORKERS SAFETY DURING EXTREME HEAT AND WILDFIRE SMOKE. KEY PARTNERSHIPS: NATIVE GATHERING GARDENS; EAST MULTNOMAH SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT?; AND PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    Expenses $191,714 · Revenue $1,270

  • 2. LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION PROGRAM VOZS LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION PROGRAM EMPOWERS MEMBERS TO LEAD CAMPAIGNS, SHARE KNOWLEDGE, AND SHAPE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. OUR DAY LABORER COMMITTEE (DLC) FACILITATES MONTHLY ASSEMBLIES THAT DRIVE POLITICAL EDUCATION, DECISION-MAKING, AND MOBILIZATION. IN 2024, MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS, AND WORKER SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION. THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COHORT TRAINED 10 LEADERS IN FIRST AID, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND CLIMATE READINESS, WHILE ALSO HELPING VOZ DEFINE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK. AS A WORKER-LED ORGANIZATION, VOZ ALSO PILOTED A NEW LEADERSHIP MODEL WHERE ONE MEMBER TOOK A HANDS-ON ROLE, CO-LEADING OUR DISPATCH PROGRAM FOR A MONTH. MEMBERS ADVANCED LEADERSHIP BEYOND OREGON - FOUR VOZ LEADERS (INCLUDING TWO YOUTH) JOINED NDLONS NATIONAL ASAMBLEA IN NEW YORK, RETURNING TO LEAD VISIONING SESSIONS AT VOZ. WE STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ALLIES, INCLUDING PUEBLO UNIDO, TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND HELP WORKERS NAVIGATE THE ASYLUM PROCESS. WITH THESE EFFORTS, VOZ IS ENSURING THAT IMMIGRANT WORKERS ARE RECOGNIZED AS ESSENTIAL LEADERS IN BUILDING A JUST, CLIMATE-RESILIENT, AND IMMIGRANT-AFFIRMING FUTURE.

    Expenses $137,953

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Karla Castaneda

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $93,260
    From this org
    $78,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,260
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mary Chaparro

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $89,664
    From this org
    $74,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,260
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Hubbard

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Amandeep Sohi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Fatmah Worfeley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533219349326493

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