Totals
- Total revenue
- $615,337
- Total expenses
- $468,502
- Contributions and grants received
- $594,062
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $20,671
- Investment income
- $604
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $305,573
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,809
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $293,764
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $215,089
- Management and general expenses
- $253,413
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $215,089
Program services were 45.9% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$594,062
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2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES REVENUE
total $20,671 · related or exempt $20,671
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3 · Investment income
total $604 · related or exempt $604
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $40,543 · program services $15,863 · management and general $24,680
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $19,000 · program services $10,000 · management and general $9,000
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11a · Fees: management
total $13,094 · program services $505 · management and general $12,589
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11b · Fees: legal
total $808 · management and general $808
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,683 · management and general $15,683
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11g · Fees: other
total $227,870 · program services $90,876 · management and general $136,994
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,904 · program services $1,295 · management and general $609
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,359 · program services $734 · management and general $3,625
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14 · Information technology
total $1,817 · program services $500 · management and general $1,317
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16 · Occupancy
total $16,969 · management and general $16,969
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17 · Travel
total $53,756 · program services $37,409 · management and general $16,347
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20 · Interest
total $417 · management and general $417
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23 · Insurance
total $355 · management and general $355
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $33,762 · program services $33,762
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $27,265 · program services $20,751 · management and general $6,514
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24c · Other expenses: MEALS
total $5,732 · program services $3,197 · management and general $2,535
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24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $2,383 · program services $20 · management and general $2,363
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24e · All other expenses
total $2,785 · program services $177 · management and general $2,608
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $149,495 · end of year $294,389
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $8,000
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,184 · end of year $3,184
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,750 · end of year $11,809
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $146,929 · end of year $293,764
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
CRUSHING COLONIALISM'S MISSION IS TO UPLIFT AND TELL THE STORIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPE THROUGH MEDIA AND TRADITIONAL STORYTELLING. WE PRODUCE INTERNATIONAL REPORTING AND ORGANIZING TO INFORM AND EMPOWER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CREATE PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND ADVOCATE FOR TH JUST FUNDING AND EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVE ARTISTS, MEDIA WORKERS AND STORYTELLERS. IN DOING THIS WE CONTROL OUR NARRATIVES IN ORDER TO CRUSH COLONIALISM.
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IN 2023 CRUSHING COLONIALISM LAUNCHED OUR MULTI-YEAR PROGRAMMING FOR DECOLONIZED BEATZ INDIGENOUS WORLD PRIDE, WHICH INCLUDED AN EVENT IN WINNIPEG, CANADA AND THE FORMATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. CRUSHING COLONIALISM ALSO RELEASED THE FIRST EDITION OF A NEW QUARTERLY PUBLICATION, THE MAGAZINE. IN 2024 THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED ITS WORK THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING, FUNDRAISING, AND COMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL ITS REACH WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE DEMONSTRATED OUR COMMITMENT TO PRINCIPLES OF DISABILITY AND LANGUAGE JUSTICE WITH THE CREATION OF COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES AND CO-SPONSORED A FILM SCREENING WITH INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS AND PEOPLE FROM KUIRKUROS TRIBE IN BRAZIL.
Expenses $215,089
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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JENNIFER DEERINWATER
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $19,440
- From this org
- $19,440
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
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OSWIN LATIMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $11,654
- From this org
- $11,654
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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JOHNNIE JAE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $8,850
- From this org
- $8,850
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 5 December 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202602579349300045
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