Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$7,411,478

Total expenses

$7,809,799

Contributions and grants received

$7,396,266

Grants paid

$782,419

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$15,212

Total assets, end of year

$3,507,600

Total liabilities, end of year

$350,878

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,156,722

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,265,438

Management and general expenses

$1,084,336

Fundraising expenses

$460,025

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,265,438

Program services were 80.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• POLICY SHIFT: WORKER ORGANIZING - IN 2024, OUR ORGANIZING DEPARTMENT CONTINUED THE '25 BY 250' CAMPAIGN, ORGANIZING RESTAURANT, SERVICE AND OTHER LOW-WAGE WORKERS TO ADVANCE POLICY TO RAISE WAGES AND END THE SUBMINIMUM WAGES IN 25 STATES BY THE UNITED STATES' 250TH ANNIVERSARY. THIS YEAR WE WON OUR FIRST STATEWIDE VICTORY IN MICHIGAN WHEN THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF WAGE INCREASE POLICY. IN ADDITION TO OUR WORK IN MI, IN 2024 WE WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN IL, MD, MA, AZ, AND OH, AND ALSO CONDUCTED ONE FAIR WAGE ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES IN MULTIPLE OTHER STATES INCLUDING NY, CT, CO, RI, PR, HI, CA, ID AND MS.OUR ORGANIZING WORK IS LED BY OUR NATIONAL TEAM WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZERS WE HIRED IN MANY OF THESE STATES IN 2024. ORGANIZING WORK INCLUDED CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND OUTREACH TO RESTAURANT WORKERS, ORGANIZING MEDIA EVENTS, EDUCATING VOTERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND SHARING WORKER STORIES THROUGH PRINTED MATERIALS, MEDIA, AND EVENTS. OFW NATIONAL OFFICE ORGANIZES THESE EFFORTS IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DEPLOYING OUR RESOURCES AND PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND MITIGATE CHALLENGES AS THEY ARISE. COSTS RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED STAFFING, CONTRACTORS, TRAVEL AND LODGING, OFFICE RENT AND EXPENSES, PRINTING AND MATERIALS, AND OTHER EXPENSES. VOTER ENGAGEMENT : WE ENGAGED LOW-WAGE WORKERS IN VOTER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, PIONEERING NEW, SCALED-UP MODELS OF PEER-TO-PEER VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND GET OUT THE VOTE ACTIVITIES. WORKER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: OUR STATE STEERING COMMITTEES AND THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK (NLN) ARE CORE TO OUR WORK TO DEVELOP WORKER LEADERS. THE NLN MEETS MONTHLY ONLINE AND AT LEAST ANNUALLY IN PERSON TO PLAN AND STRATEGIZE CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE WAGES AND ELIMINATE SUBMINIMUM WAGES BOTH IN THEIR STATES AND NATIONWIDE, SHARING BEST PRACTICES IN WORKER ORGANIZING.

  Expenses $4,523,248 · Grants $215,919

• 3. NARRATIVE SHIFT: RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS - IN 2024, WE CONTINUED WORK IN RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS, SEEKING TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND COUNTER MISINFORMATION REGARDING THE NEED FOR AND IMPACT OF WAGE INCREASES.RESEARCH: IN 2024, OUR RESEARCH DEPARTMENT PUBLISHED OVER A DOZEN MAJOR REPORTS BASED ON GOVERNMENT DATA, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATA, AND SURVEYS OF RESTAURANT AND SERVICE WORKERS. MUCH OF THE CONTENT OF THESE REPORTS ARE BASED ON POLLING WE DEVELOP THROUGH THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS. WE ALSO PRODUCED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONDUCTED PRESS EVENTS TO RELEASE REPORTS AND UPLIFT THE FINDINGS, WITH ACADEMICS, POLICY MAKERS, PRESS AND OTHER EXPERTS ON THE ISSUE.COMMUNICATIONS: OUR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF AND SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM DISSEMINATED REPORTS AND COMMUNICATED BROADLY ABOUT OFW WORK AND ISSUES VIA EARNED AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE OBTAINED COVERAGE IN HUNDREDS OF PRESS OUTLETS, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF MILLIONS. IN JUST ONE DAY IN MAY 2024, WE TRACKED OUR REACH TO AN AUDIENCE OF 850,000 LISTENERS THROUGH THESE MEDIA.WE ENGAGED STAFF AND COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS IN THESE EFFORTS. WE ALSO HELD NUMEROUS MEDIA-WORTHY EVENTS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS RELATED TO FAIR WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

  Expenses $1,495,535 · Grants $528,000

• INDUSTRY SHIFT: HIGH ROAD RESTAURANTS - IN 2024, OUR HIGH ROAD RESTAURANT DEPARTMENT CONTINUED WORK WITH RESTAURANT OWNERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASED WAGES AND EQUITY IN THEIR WORKPLACES. ACTIVITIES WITH RESTAURANT OWNERS INCLUDED OUTREACH, TRAINING, EVENT PARTICIPATION, LEGISLATOR EDUCATION, AND MEDIA ACTIVITIES. THIS YEAR, WE ALSO CONTINUED TO GROW RAISE, WHICH IS OUR ASSOCIATION OF OVER 1,000 RESPONSIBLE RESTAURANT OWNERS. WE FACILITATE THIS NETWORK FOR RESTAURANT OWNERS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES WITH RAISING WAGES AND INCREASING EQUITY.OUR HIGH ROAD RESTAURANT OWNERS WERE AGAIN CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR WORK. THIS YEAR THEY SERVED AS MODELS AND SHARED THEIR STORIES WITH PEER RESTAURANT OWNERS, BUT THEY ALSO WORKED AS VOCAL AND CREDIBLE ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE. OFW TRAINED RESTAURANT OWNERS AS SPOKESPEOPLE AND ELEVATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCES, MEDIA, RALLIES, HEARINGS, IN ELECTED OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER PUBLIC VENUES. IN 2024, WE WORKED WITH RESPONSIBLE RESTAURANT OWNERS IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT OUR FOCUS WAS WORK WITH RESTAURANT OWNERS IN KEY STATES WHERE WE RAN WORKER ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING IL, OH, MD, NY, AZ, AND CA. THIS DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY COSTS INCLUDED STAFFING, TRAINERS / CONSULTANTS, TRAINING COSTS, EVENT COSTS, RESTAURANT STIPENDS, AND TRAVEL. HIGH ROAD KITCHENS (HRK): WE CONTINUED TO GROW THE HIGH ROAD KITCHENS PROGRAM, A PROJECT OF RAISE HIGH ROAD RESTAURANTS THIS YEAR. WE PROVIDED TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND IN SOME INSTANCES, FUNDING TO RESTAURANTS THAT COMMITTED TO RAISE WAGES AND INCREASE EQUITY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. WE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM AND THE ASSOCIATION INTO CLEVELAND, OHIO, JACKSON, MS, AND PRINCE GEORGES, MARYLAND, AND CONTINUED BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES WHERE WE INTEND FUTURE HRK PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $233,542 · Grants $38,500

• CA COOP

  Expenses $13,113

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• ONE FAIR WAGE PLUS TIPS MA

  $200,000

  CONTRIBUTION

• COMMUNITY FIRST

  $15,000

  SUBGRANT

• INDIGENOUS JUSTICE

  $12,500

  SUBGRANT

• MICHIGAN UNITED DETROIT

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

• AMERICAN MUSLIM ADVISORY COUNCIL

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

• LIGHT TO LIFE LLC

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

• NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

• ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE -APALA

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

• FAITH FOR BLACK LIVES

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

• CENTER FOR SOCIAL GOOD

  $10,000

  SUBGRANT

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533219349324713

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