Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,978,344

Total expenses

$170,747

Contributions and grants received

$1,951,748

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$26,596

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,845,957

Total liabilities, end of year

$35,946

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,810,011

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$117,945

Management and general expenses

$47,836

Fundraising expenses

$4,966

Program service expenses (Part III)

$117,945

Program services were 69.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• AFTER RECEIVING THE FIRST PART OF A 3-YEAR $1.9 MILLION BEQUEST FROM ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, WE BEGAN A PROFESSIONALLY ASSISTED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT LED US TO SEEK AN AFFILIATION WITH A LARGER ORGANIZATION TO ENHANCE OUR EFFECTIVENESS AND BETTER SECURE OUR FUTURE OPERATIONS. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE NARROWED OUR SEARCH DOWN TO THREE UNIVERSITY BASED SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTES THAT EXPRESSED ENTHUSIASM ABOUT OUR PARTNERING WITH THEM. WE DECIDED TO FIRST PURSUE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR RACE, POWER AND POLITICAL ECONOMY AT THE NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY AND SECURED A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

  Expenses $90,000

• UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK AND THREE PART-TIME ORGANIZERS, WE ESTABLISHED A CONNECTICUT JOBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS TASKFORCE. THE TASKFORCE WORKED ON EDUCATING BOTH THE PUBLIC AND LEGISLATORS CONCERNING THE SOCIAL COSTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A STATE-FUNDED DIRECT JOB CREATION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DECENT WORK FOR ALL UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS. TWO HIGH-RANKING MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAFTED A BILL TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF FUNDING A PILOT PROJECT TO TEST THE IDEA. A COMMITTEE HEARING WAS HELD ON THE BILL AND IT WAS VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE, BUT NO FLOOR VOTE WAS SCHEDULED.

  Expenses $26,445

• OUR PERIODIC NEWSLETTER PUBLISHES SHORT ARTICLES OF INTEREST ON THE SUBJECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND REMEDIES FOR IT. THREE ISSUES OF THE NEWSLETTER WERE PUBLISHED IN 2023 CONTAINING ARTICLES AS VARRIED AS "LOOKING BACK ON THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION," "A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BILL," "LABOR ORGANIZING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY," "CONNECTICUT CONSIDERS FULL EMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND BILL," "NEW LEADERSHIP FOR COLUMBIA FULL EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR, AND "GOOD JOBS ARE A HUMAN RIGHT! REVIEW OF THE CASE FOR A JOB GUARANTEE BY PAVLINA R. TCHERNEVA." SEVERAL OF THESE ARTICLES WERE REPRINTED, WITH OUR PERMISSION, BY OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

  Expenses $1,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

23 June 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541749349300024

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