Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$805,974

Total expenses

$810,992

Contributions and grants received

$786,800

Grants paid

$312,682

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$52,013

Other revenue

-$32,839

Total assets, end of year

$1,667,481

Total liabilities, end of year

$30,469

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,637,012

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$654,643

Management and general expenses

$102,386

Fundraising expenses

$53,963

Program service expenses (Part III)

$654,643

Program services were 80.7% 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

• COLLECTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING PREVIOUSLY. COMMUNICATIONS AND PART OF THE FIELD NETWORK PROGRAM: THE APPLESEED FOUNDATION DEEPENS THE APPLESEED NETWORK'S IMPACT BY HELPING BUILD COMMUNITIES OF LEARNING AND PRACTICE AMONG THE 18 APPLESEED JUSTICE CENTERS. THROUGH FREQUENT WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, STAFF COHORTS, AND STUDY GROUPS, THE APPLESEED FOUNDATION BRINGS APPLESEED CENTERS TOGETHER TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED, TROUBLESHOOT CHALLENGES, DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, AND FOSTER THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS.

  Expenses $353,688 · Grants $216,982

• APPLESEED NETWORK COLLABORATION PREVIOUSLY. COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AND PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES: THE APPLESEED FOUNDATION FACILITATES COLLABORATIVE ADVOCACY AMONG THE 18 JUSTICE CENTERS IN THE APPLESEED NETWORK. THESE COLLABORATIONS INCLUDE MULTICENTER PROJECTS RELATED TO ECONOMIC JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, EDUCATION AND YOUTH, IMMIGRATION, AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE. ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ARE BOTH WIDESPREAD ACROSS JURISDICTIONS AND DEEPLY ROOTED IN THEIR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY CONTEXT, AND APPLESEED'S STRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT JUSTICE CENTERS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AS A NETWORK - ALLOWS APPLESEED TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES BOTH BROADLY AND DEEPLY.

  Expenses $258,267 · Grants $81,000

• APPLESEED NEW JUSTICE CENTERS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A PART OF THE PREVIOUSLY, FIELD NETWORK CATEGORY: THE APPLESEED FOUNDATION SOWS THE SEEDS OF JUSTICE BY LAUNCHING NEW APPLESEED JUSTICE CENTERS. WHEN ESTABLISHING A NEW APPLESEED CENTER, THE APPLESEED FOUNDATION WORKS CLOSELY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ADVOCATES, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES IN THE JURISDICTION, GAPS IN EXISTING ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION. THE NEWEST APPLESEED JUSTICE CENTERS ARE OKLAHOMA APPLESEED (LAUNCHED IN 2022) AND ARKANSAS APPLESEED (LAUNCHED IN 2021).

  Expenses $42,688 · Grants $14,700

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

• NEW YORK APPLESEED INC

  $208,734

  NETWORK OPPORTUNITY GRANTS

• ARKANSAS APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER

  $16,950

  MATCHING GRANTS AND NETWORK MEETING EXPENSES FOR 3 ATTENDEES

• MISSOURI APPLESEED

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

• LOUISIANA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

• TEXAS APPLESEED

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

• KANSAS APPLESEED

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

• SOUTH CAROLINA APPLESEED

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

• ALABAMA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

• FUND FOR JUSTICE (CHICAGO APPLESEED)

  $9,000

  CRIMINAL JUSTICE MESSAGING PROJECT FUND FOR JUSTICE

• GEORGIA APPLESEED

  $9,000

  COORDINATED MESSAGING IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUST TRUST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 March 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500709349301105

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