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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by ESTHER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$115,733
Total expenses
$119,916
Contributions and grants received
$57,457
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$51,507
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$155
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$6,614
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$103,243
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,129
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$95,114
Program service expenses (Part III)
$105,736

Program services were 88.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

FAITH COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPACT JUSTICE.

  • THE VOLUNTEERS FOR CIRCLES OF SUPPORT WORK WITH RETURNING CITIZENS FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THEY MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND OFFER THEM SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY REINTEGRATE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. CIRCLES OF SUPPORT WILL ON OCCASION HELP OUT WITH ACUTE FINANCIAL NEEDS BUT FOR THE MOST PART IS THERE AS A SUPPORT SYSTEM.

    Expenses $8,240

  • ESTHER RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AS PART OF A MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES FOR A JUST RESPONSE GRANT. WE USED THIS MONEY FOR EIGHT HOUSING ADVOCATES WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO LEAD OUR HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS. THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING INSECURITY, YOUNG ADULTS, IMMIGRANTS, INDIVIDUALS FROM THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY AND THE FORMERLY EVICTED. THEY ARE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK, WHICH IS COLLABORATING WITH THEIR PEERS ABOUT HOUSING INSECURITY ISSUES AND THEN MEETING REGULARLY AS A TEAM FOR DEBRIEFING AND TRAINING. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAVE SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND HAVE WRITTEN ARTICLES FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THEY HAVE ORGANIZED THEMSELVES INTO A HOUSING ADVOCATE TEAM AND HAVE TAKEN ON THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THEM. THEY WANT TO SEE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THEM (THEIR SELF-INTERESTS) AND THOSE WHOM THEY CARE ABOUT. OUR HOUSING ADVOCATES IN OSHKOSH ARE VERY ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. THEY ARE COLLECTING PERSONAL STORIES FROM THOSE IMPACTED BY INACCESSIBLE HOUSING. THEY COLLECT STORIES FROM PEOPLE AT FOOD PANTRIES, HOMELESS SHELTERS, LONG-TERM HOTELS AND THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY. THOSE STORIES WILL BE THE BASIS OF THEIR ORGANIZING WORK AS THEY CONTINUE IN THEIR ADVOCACY WORK. THE GRANT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MAY, 2024.

    Expenses $18,031 · Grants $16,731

  • ESTHER'S ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE CO-SPONSORED A BLANKET EXERCISE DESIGNED TO HELP PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND HOW COLONIZATION OF THE LAND HAS IMPACTED THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS AND OTHER SETTLERS ARRIVED. THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES AND AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF MINING.

    Expenses $2,387

  • THE LEAD ORGANIZER, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR AND ALL EXPENSES EXCEPT THE OFFICE ASSISTANT AND OFFICE SUPPLIES ARE DEDICATED TO PROGRAM SERVICES. THE LEAD ORGANIZER IS NOT "MANAGEMENT", BUT AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN ALL PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $77,078 · Grants $20,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • KATIE OLSON

    LEAD ORGANIZER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • GARY CREVIER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAVE FINK

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARY BECHLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARY BISSING-OLSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • CINDY CARTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARA COMPANIK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY DAWSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOYCE FROHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARYN GAWLICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GWEN GIBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN GRIBBLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
24 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302369349201160

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