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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ELLA BAKER CENTER ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$283,872
Total expenses
$206,526
Contributions and grants received
$283,872
Grants paid
$7,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$282,385
Total liabilities, end of year
$153,134
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$129,251
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$150,932
Management and general expenses
$35,499
Fundraising expenses
$20,095
Program service expenses (Part III)
$150,932

Program services were 73.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $283,872

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,500 · program services $6,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $60,391 · program services $44,691 · management and general $9,254 · fundraising $6,446

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,537 · program services $3,577 · management and general $1,037 · fundraising $923

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,899 · program services $3,674 · management and general $740 · fundraising $485

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,169 · program services $3,618 · management and general $982 · fundraising $569

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,087 · program services $14,761 · management and general $4,006 · fundraising $2,320

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,355 · program services $25,101 · management and general $6,448 · fundraising $1,806

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $615 · program services $430 · management and general $117 · fundraising $68

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,662 · program services $8,163 · management and general $2,216 · fundraising $1,283

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,815 · program services $21,570 · management and general $5,855 · fundraising $3,390

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,378 · program services $12,164 · management and general $3,302 · fundraising $1,912

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,118 · program services $5,683 · management and general $1,542 · fundraising $893

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $206,317 · end of year $272,883

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $36

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $76,932 · end of year $9,466

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,714 · end of year $17,347

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $262,630 · end of year $135,787

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $51,905 · end of year $129,251

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ELLA BAKER CENTER ACTION FUND (THE "FUND") WILL WORK WITH POLICYMAKERS, FAMILIES, AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES DIGNITY AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED IN POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING DISENFRANCHISED BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND OVERLOOKED FAMILIES WITH LOW OR NO INCOMES. THE FUND IS FOCUSED ON ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION ADDRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND THE REALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FROM PUNITIVE CRIMINALIZING SYSTEMS TOWARD INFRASTUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS HEALING, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES MOST HARMED BY HISTORIC AND ONGOING RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VOTER MOBILIZATION, AND LOBBYING FOR LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED IN POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING DISENFRANCHISED BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND OVERLOOKED FAMILIES WITH LOW OR NO INCOMES.

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. THE FUND ORGANIZES BLACK, BROWN, AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES TO DISCUSS POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES. THROUGH INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS, ORGANIZERS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND IDENTIFY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN EMPOWERING THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $150,932 · Grants $7,500 · Revenue $282,446

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHIREE TENG

    PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEANGELO BESTER

    VP AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAYAL PATEL

    TREASURER AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARLENE SANCHEZ

    SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $186,875
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $174,649
    Other
    $12,226
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $174,649 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,226 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $186,875 related

  • SHANELL WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523149349305617

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