Totals
- Total revenue
- $371,500
- Total expenses
- $176,455
- Contributions and grants received
- $371,500
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $195,147
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $195,147
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $70,044
- Management and general expenses
- $95,142
- Fundraising expenses
- $11,269
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $70,044
Program services were 39.7% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$370,000
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$500
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,000
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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3 · Investment income
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $120,237 · program services $67,617 · management and general $41,351 · fundraising $11,269
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $590 · program services $0 · management and general $590 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,460 · program services $0 · management and general $12,460 · fundraising $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $2,835 · program services $0 · management and general $2,835 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $6,683 · program services $0 · management and general $6,683 · fundraising $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $5,380 · program services $0 · management and general $5,380 · fundraising $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $8,749 · program services $0 · management and general $8,749 · fundraising $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $2,427 · program services $2,427 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $7,157 · program services $0 · management and general $7,157 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Payroll Fees - OnPay
total $9,937 · program services $0 · management and general $9,937 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $102 · end of year $165,378
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $29,769
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $102 · end of year $195,147
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Return Strong led and delivered impactful statewide advocacy and community-based reform efforts advancing prison oversight accountability and humane conditions of confinement in Nevada. Spearheaded policy development legislative testimony and stakeholder engagement that resulted in the passage and implementation of SB307 Mandela Rules significantly restricting the use of solitary confinement and improving conditions for more than 10,000 incarcerated individuals. Provided direct advocacy and navigation support to dozens of families impacted by deaths in custody elevating concerns to oversight bodies and advancing transparency and accountability practices. Additionally facilitated large-scale community education and organizing initiatives that engaged approximately 3,000 incarcerated individuals and hundreds of family and community members building leadership capacity civic participation and collective power to drive sustained criminal legal system reform.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Return Strong is a grassroots organization led by and for impacted people-people who are incarcerated formerly incarcerated and their loved ones-dedicated to dismantling the prison industrial complex. Grounded in abolitionist values we work to protect the humanity of those affected by incarceration right now while simultaneously setting the foundation for a future free from prisons. Our approach is both immediate and transformative. We confront the oppressive conditions toxic culture and harmful norms of prisons head-on while driving systemic change to end the cycle of incarceration and harm that disproportionately impacts black & brown people and those experiencing poverty. By zooming in we tackle the urgent realities faced by incarcerated people today. By zooming out we challenge and dismantle the systems that perpetuate punishment over healing. Through grassroots organizing empowerment-driven leadership development and bold strategic advocacy we build collective power to d
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Led and delivered impactful statewide advocacy and community-based reform efforts advancing prison oversight accountability and humane conditions of confinement in Nevada. Spearheaded policy development legislative testimony and stakeholder engagement that resulted in the passage and implementation of SB307 Mandela Rules significantly restricting the use of solitary confinement and improving conditions for more than 10,000 incarcerated individuals. Provided direct advocacy and navigation support to dozens of families impacted by deaths in custody elevating concerns to oversight bodies and advancing transparency and accountability practices. Additionally facilitated large-scale community education and organizing initiatives that engaged approximately 3,000 incarcerated individuals and hundreds of family and community members building leadership capacity civic participation and collective power to drive sustained criminal legal system reform.
Expenses $70,044
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Nick Shepack
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Denise Bolanos
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mark Bettencourt
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Sarah Hawkins
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 17 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202622299349300402
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