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.
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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
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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
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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
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Liz SondhausLIZ SONDHAUS
PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anne LitwinANNE LITWIN
RACIAL JUSTICE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Margery DossMARGERY DOSS
ADVOCACY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Karen FrancisKAREN FRANCIS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Barbara HarrisBARBARA HARRIS
FUNDRAISING ADVISOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michele SteinbergMICHELE STEINBERG
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Karen CoulsonKAREN COULSON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nancy LitzNANCY LITZ
PROGRAMS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jean CalandrinoJEAN CALANDRINO
VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laura RoseLAURA ROSE
PROGRAM MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $40,512
- Compensation
- $40,512
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
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Bryna WilliamsBRYNA 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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