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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EMERGE ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$401,125
Total expenses
$307,112
Contributions and grants received
$401,125
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$374,840
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,863
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$351,977
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$88,697
Management and general expenses
$138,660
Fundraising expenses
$79,755
Program service expenses (Part III)
$88,697

Program services were 28.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $401,125

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $246,059 · program services $56,841 · management and general $109,503 · fundraising $79,715

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $700 · management and general $700

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,719 · program services $24,719

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $112 · management and general $72 · fundraising $40

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,856 · management and general $1,856

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,500 · program services $300 · management and general $22,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,960 · program services $4,960

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $197 · program services $197

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,644 · management and general $1,644

  • 24a · Other expenses: Training Supplies

    total $237 · program services $237 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Food for Trainings

    total $1,443 · program services $1,443 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Licenses and Fees

    total $185 · program services $0 · management and general $185 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $267,930 · end of year $373,342

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $693 · end of year $1,498

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,967 · end of year $22,863

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $692

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $257,964 · end of year $192,002

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $159,975

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Emerge Action Fund elevates and amplifies the impact of women in office, in their communities and encourages greater participation in underrepresented communities.

  • In 2023 Emerge Action Fund (EAF - formerly WLE) hosted its 3rd annual signature program, Leaders Emerge Gathers, which was the 2nd in-person program in Las Vegas, NV with 21 EAF Fellows attending. EAF is the place for leadership development for self identifying women and nonbinary people within the New American Majority (NAM). This means people from a wide range of identities, backgrounds, experiences and geographic regions of the country. EAF works to shift the narratives about leadership, setting boundaries, self investment, self care and bringing these knowledge bases to communities that are often underserved and underrepresented. Leaders Emerge Gathers met the needs of Belonging, Empowerment, Transformation and delivered services of Leadership Training, Mentoring, Continuing Education and Affinity Circles of Connection. In the first three Gathers trainings, we had 61 Fellows ranging in ages 21-65 - with 76.4% identifying as POC, 10% identifying as nonbinary, 41.4% identifying as LGBTQIA+, 64.7% were under the age of 36, and all representing 11 states and the District of Columbia. EAF recruited and trained 55 people from the NAM and communities of color to serve as mentors and individually matched them with EAF Fellows upon completion of the Leaders Emerge Gathers program. Over 60% of EAF Mentors are members of NAM and all mentors and mentees made and completed commitments to meet one-on-one at least four times a year in person or virtually.

    Expenses $88,697

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • A'shanti Gholar

    President, Director

    Total calculated
    $192,670
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,131
    Other
    $8,539
    Hours/week
    10 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $184,131 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,539 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $192,670 related

  • Sandra Bishop

    Director

    Total calculated
    $179,838
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $160,710
    Other
    $19,128
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $160,710 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,128 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $179,838 related

  • Alisha Woodward Burleson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $172,037
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $148,688
    Other
    $23,349
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $148,688 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,349 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $172,037 related

  • Laila Mohib

    Director

    Total calculated
    $117,829
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $94,480
    Other
    $23,349
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • Shannon Schokora

    Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $110,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

  • Dale Schroedel

    Treasurer, Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Farmer

    Secretary, Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
Emerge Action Fund does not have direct employees but rather shares employees with the related organization, Emerge America. At Emerge America, members of the Board of Directors review the compensation of all high-level personnel periodically in accordance with IRS rules and regulations. Efforts are made to ensure that the process is thorough and transparent in accordance with IRS guidelines and the organization's internal policies and procedures.

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.

  • Emerge America

    527 · Training Organization · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202402899349301690

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