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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEOPLE MATTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$253,342
Total expenses
$293,340
Contributions and grants received
$245,690
Grants paid
$24,112
Program service revenue
$1,619
Investment income
$1
Other revenue
$6,032
Total assets, end of year
$80,266
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,800
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,466
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$246,587
Management and general expenses
$37,129
Fundraising expenses
$9,624
Program service expenses (Part III)
$246,587

Program services were 84.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,476

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $233,214

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $1,619 · related or exempt $1,619

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1 · excluded $1

  • 11a · Other revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $6,032 · related or exempt $6,032

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,032

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $24,112 · program services $24,112

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,960 · program services $109,616 · management and general $16,765 · fundraising $2,579

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,893 · program services $32,209 · management and general $4,926 · fundraising $758

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,548 · program services $14,916 · management and general $2,281 · fundraising $351

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $25,507 · program services $21,681 · management and general $3,826

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $136 · management and general $136

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,273 · program services $1,906 · management and general $324 · fundraising $43

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,125 · program services $17,957 · management and general $2,746 · fundraising $422

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,610 · program services $3,068 · management and general $470 · fundraising $72

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,615 · program services $10,908 · management and general $1,402 · fundraising $5,305

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $783 · management and general $783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,395 · management and general $2,395

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $555 · management and general $542 · fundraising $13

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $10,828 · program services $10,214 · management and general $533 · fundraising $81

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $558 · end of year $5,847

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,028

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $101,920 · end of year $63,896

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

    $12,416

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

    $1,893

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,306 · end of year $10,523

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,348 · end of year $6,217

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $27,583

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $86,464 · end of year $46,466

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO UPLIFT, UNEARTH, AND UNTETHER PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CHICAGO COMMUNITIES. WE ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE, POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY WORK. THE VISION IS TO EXPAND TO THE REST OF THE CHICAGOLAND AREA, NATION AND GLOBE.

  • GARDEN FELLOWS IS OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT BUILT SOLIDARITY BETWEEN 58 BLACK, BROWN AND ASIAN STUDENTS AGES 11-19 AND COMMUNITITES THROUGH GARDENING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS BUILDING. DURING 2023, WE DEVELOPED 11 LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS, 12 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND 10 ENVIRONMENTALISM WORKSHOPS WITH 50 AT-RISK YOUTH AGES 11-18 TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $113,430

  • ANTI BLACKNESS WORK - THE FIRST EVER BLACK HEROES OF CHINATOWN NATIONAL EVENT WE UPLIFTED 10 HEROES FROM 4 CITIES ACROSS THE US IN AWARD CEREMONY, DOCUMENTARY AND BILINGUAL DIGITAL CAMPAIGN, WITH OVER 150 ATTENDEES. WE PARTNERED WITH 5 ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $83,840 · Revenue $1,619

  • LANGUAGE PROGRAM BRIDGES INTERGENERATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL GAPS BY TEACHING CANTONESE AND ENGLISH TO RESIDENTS THROUGH A HEALING JUSTICE LENS. IN 12 WEEKS, WE TAUGHT 26 STUDENTS FOR 144 HOURS.

    Expenses $49,317

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Consuela R Hendricks

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $66,560
    From this org
    $66,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Angela X Lin

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $62,400
    From this org
    $62,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sharad Crosby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Ming Liang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexis Kwan

    BOARD 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
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202533039349303263

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