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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by WOMENS VOICES RAISED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$84,556
Total expenses
$87,977
Contributions and grants received
$62,421
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
$21,814
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$321
Total assets, end of year
$45,549
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,718
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,831
Program service expenses (Part III)
$57,947

Program services were 65.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

  • ADVOCACY: THE COMMITTEE TOOK POSITIONS ON LEGISLATIVE AND BALLOT ISSUES. IN ADDITION, WE REGULARLY COLLABORATE WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ON SHARED CAUSES, INCLUDING, MISSOURI VOTER PROTECTION COALITION, REFORM ST. LOUIS, EMPOWER MISSOURI, JOBS WITH JUSTICE, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN MISSOURI. WOMEN'S VOICES MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS, INCLUDING VIGIL FOR DEMOCRACY, INTERFAITH VIGIL TO SAVE CHILDREN'S LIVES AND THE ST. LOUIS ABORTION RIGHTS RALLY, AND MARCHING IN SUPPORT OF VOTING RIGHTS WITH ALLIANCE FOR INTERRACIAL DIGNITY, NORTH WEBSTER NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, ST. LOUIS AREA VOTER PROTECTION COALITION, AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS ASSEMBLED VOTER REGISTRATION PACKETS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO LIKELY UNREGISTERED VOTERS, AND MAILED POSTCARDS ENCOURAGING VOTERS TO GET TO THE POLLS. THE RACIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE CONTINUED TO WORK TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND INCREASE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THE EXPANDED WORK OF THE ATTAINABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM TASK FORCE. A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM REFORM TASK FORCE WAS WORKING IN SUPPORT OF A CLEAN SLATE BILL IN MO, INCLUDING A LUNCH AND LEARN ON THIS TOPIC AND ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO LOBBY REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS A BILL AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE ATTAINABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE KIRKWOOD AREA SPECIFICALLY. IN ADDITION,COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED HOSTING LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAMS WITH SHED (SUSTAINABLE HOUSING & EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT); BUILDS ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES; HABITAT FOR HUMANITY; WOMEN'S VOICES COLLABORATED WITH WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BROWN SCHOOL CENTER FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALLIANCE FOR INTERRACIAL DIGNITY TO HOST AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE WITH AREA LEADERS WHERE STUDENT RESEARCHERS PRESENTED HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF HOUSING DISPARITIES, CHALLENGED COMMON MYTHS REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PRESENTED POLICY IDEAS TO SUPPORT HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL.

    Expenses $27,063

  • EDUCATION: WOMEN'S VOICES OFFERED PROGRAMS COVERING A DIVERSE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LGBTQ RIGHTS, WOMEN'S ECONOMIC SECURITY, CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM, LEGACY OF SLAVERY, VOTING RIGHTS, MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE TRAUMA. HYBRID PROGRAMS WERE HELD FOR MOST PROGRAMS (BOTH IN-PERSON AND ON ZOOM), WITH A FEW PROGRAMS HELD EXCLUSIVELY ON ZOOM. RECORDED PROGRAMS WERE SHARED ON YOUTUBE, ALLOWING FOR LATER VIEWING OF PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $10,552

  • LOCK IT FOR LOVE PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED LOCKS IN THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA! LOCKS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS STAFFED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, SIX ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY BRANCHES, THE URBAN LEAGUE AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

    Expenses $20,332

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Liz Sondhaus

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne Litwin

    RACIAL JUSTICE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Margery Doss

    ADVOCACY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Francis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Barbara Harris

    FUNDRAISING ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michele Steinberg

    MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Coulson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Litz

    PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Calandrino

    VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Rose

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $40,512
    Compensation
    $40,512
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Bryna Williams

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $21,849
    Compensation
    $21,849
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349204763

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