Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,843,290

Total expenses

$1,509,916

Contributions and grants received

$1,690,199

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$124,633

Investment income

$28,458

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,860,708

Total liabilities, end of year

$69,023

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,791,685

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,038,724

Management and general expenses

$454,744

Fundraising expenses

$16,448

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,038,724

Program services were 68.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT - TEACHING PEOPLES HISTORY, COORDINATED WITH RETHINKING SCHOOLS, OFFERS HUNDREDS OF FREE, DOWNLOADABLE TEACHING ACTIVITIES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS TO BRING PEOPLES HISTORY TO THE CLASSROOM. THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES ARE ORGANIZED BY THEME, TIME PERIOD, AND GRADE LEVEL. THE ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT ALSO COORDINATES TEACHER STUDY GROUPS, WORKSHOPS, AND CAMPAIGNS ON RECONSTRUCTION AND CLIMATE JUSTICE.

  Expenses $724,360 · Revenue $1,064,267

• DC AREA EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE TEACHING FOR CHANGE COORDINATES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER STUDY GROUPS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATORS IN THE DC METRO AREA. INCLUDED IN THIS WORK ARE THE ANNUAL BLACK LIVES MATTER AT SCHOOL WEEK OF ACTION; TEACH THE BEAT: GO-GO IN SCHOOLS; TEACH CENTRAL AMERICA; AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS WITH HOWARD UNIVERSITY, SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, SNCC LEGACY PROJECT, INTERNATIONAL FILMFEST DC, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

  Expenses $147,520 · Revenue $52,178

• OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOKS PROJECT VETS AND PROMOTES SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN RESPONSE TO THE WIDE DIVERSITY GAP IN CHILDRENS BOOKS AND THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY. OUR LISTS OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND CRITICAL BOOK REVIEWS ARE AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS AT THE WEBSITE SOCIALJUSTICEBOOKS.ORG. WE OFFER MORE THAN 100 BOOKLISTS ON A VARIETY OF THEMES, A DATABASE OF CRITICAL REVIEWS, AND RECOMMENDED ARTICLES ON MULTICULTURAL CHILDRENS LITERATURE AND CRITICAL LITERACY. IN ADDITION TO SCREENING BOOKS, TEACHING FOR CHANGE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO HAVE BOOKS RECALLED OR EDITED, AND A CAMPAIGN TO HAVE SCHOLASTIC OFFER MORE BOOKS BY AND ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THEIR BOOK FAIRS AND CATALOG. WHILE NOT PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN RESALE, BOOKSHOP.ORG OFFERS A PERCENTAGE OF ITS REVENUE FROM ANY BOOKS SOLD VIA OUR DEDICATED STORE ON THEIR PLATFORM. WE ALSO RECEIVE DONATIONS TO SUSTAIN THE BOOK VETTING AND PROMOTION.

  Expenses $46,641 · Revenue $19,545

• OTHER

  Expenses $120,203

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541339349304414

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