Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,625,449
Total expenses
$1,498,230
Contributions and grants received
$1,596,987
Grants paid
$150,000
Program service revenue
$562
Investment income
$52,234
Other revenue
-$24,334
Total assets, end of year
$1,818,622
Total liabilities, end of year
$41,886
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,776,736
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,300,868
Management and general expenses
$146,951
Fundraising expenses
$50,411
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,300,868

Program services were 86.8% 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

    $1,596,987

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

    total $562 · excluded $562

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,969 · excluded $38,969

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $121,981

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $108,716

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $13,265

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,265 · excluded $13,265

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,923

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,257

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$24,334 · excluded -$24,334

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $56,121 · program services $50,683 · management and general $1,869 · fundraising $3,569

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $508,042 · program services $473,989 · management and general $3,772 · fundraising $30,281

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $81,197 · program services $75,513 · management and general $812 · fundraising $4,872

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,788 · program services $48,163 · management and general $519 · fundraising $3,106

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $97,134 · management and general $97,134

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,457 · management and general $3,457

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,700 · management and general $6,700

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $592 · management and general $592

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,573 · management and general $28,573

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,943 · program services $8,767 · management and general $1,176

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,924 · program services $31,923 · fundraising $1

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,844 · program services $32,404 · management and general $349 · fundraising $2,091

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,499 · program services $41,499

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $95,825 · program services $95,825

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,999 · program services $3,499 · management and general $1,000 · fundraising $500

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS

    total $158,451 · program services $158,451

  • 24b · Other expenses: DATA MANAGEMENT

    total $90,861 · program services $84,503 · management and general $908 · fundraising $5,450

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $37,271 · program services $37,271

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $5,851 · program services $5,442 · management and general $58 · fundraising $351

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,158 · program services $2,936 · management and general $32 · fundraising $190

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,517,770 · end of year $1,228,433

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $74,352

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $74,352

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $247,496 · end of year $558,173

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,480 · end of year $32,016

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $133,095 · end of year $41,886

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,387

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $789,264 · end of year $1,208,986

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $869,000 · end of year $567,750

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE EVERY PERSON'S BASIC NEEDS ARE MET. IT'S A WORLD FILLED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT FOR ITS PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. IT'S A WORLD WHERE DEMOCRACY REIGNS AND EACH PERSON IS ABLE TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. IT IS A WORLD WHERE EQUITY IS THE NORM AND OPPRESSION, IN ALL FORMS, IS ERADICATED. IT IS A WORLD WITHOUT WAR AND VIOLENCE. THE WORLD WE WANT IS POSSIBLE, BUT IT WILL ONLY EXIST IF WE WORK TOGETHER. OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH TO OUR WORK COMBINES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL EDUCATION WHILE STRATEGICALLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE PEOPLE. WE WIN CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEVELOP MORE POWER, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE IN ORDER TO SPREAD OUR VISION AND CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE TO WIN.

  • CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE TO PURSUE SOCIAL, RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. CITIZEN ACTION WAS A LEADER IN THE CAMPAIGNS TO MAINTAIN REFORMS TO THE BAIL SYSTEM AND COMBAT RACISM IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, INCREASE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING, PROVIDE UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE, ENCOURAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY, IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS. CITIZEN ACTION TRAINED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, DEVELOPED POLITICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND WORKED WITH VOLUNTEERS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW YORK TO ENGAGE THEIR NEIGHBORS ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES.

    Expenses $1,300,868 · Grants $150,000 · Revenue $562

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Garrard

    CO-EXEC DIRE

    Total calculated
    $110,240
    From this org
    $27,298
    From related orgs
    $82,942
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

  • Rosemary Rivera

    CO-EXEC DIRE

    Total calculated
    $126,953
    From this org
    $28,823
    From related orgs
    $98,130
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 31 related

  • Carolyn Martinez-Class

    CAMPAIGNS MA

    Total calculated
    $106,923
    From this org
    $24,058
    From related orgs
    $82,865
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

  • Shana Dahlin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Pampinella

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Llewellyn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alycia Bacon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hae-Lin Choi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter De Jesus Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Chaires

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Kane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hawa Peters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Schaeffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aksirtha Selvakumar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bereket Ghebremedhin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wayne White

    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.

Grants 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NEXUS MANAGMENT CORP

    C CORP · MANAGEMENT · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513089349301511

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.