Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2023. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total expenses

$1,105,876 →changed to $1,105,694

Management and general expenses

$410,010 →changed to $409,828

Totals

Total revenue

$680,279

Total expenses

$1,105,694

Contributions and grants received

$626,081

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$54,198

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$226,756

Total liabilities, end of year

$50,325

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$176,431

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$517,235

Management and general expenses

$409,828

Fundraising expenses

$178,631

Program service expenses (Part III)

$517,235

Program services were 46.8% 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 · 2022

• LOIZA, PUERTO RICO IS THE CENTER OF AFRO-PUERTO RICAN LIFE-BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE POOREST COMMUNITIES ONTHE ISLAND. HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF AFRO-PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE IS AT RISK OF BEING LOST. THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION, WE ARE TRAINING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE DIGITAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNIQUE FOLKWAYS, FOODWAYS, AND ARTISTIC PRACTICES THAT CAN BE SHARED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND CARRIED FORWARD WITH PRIDE.THIS VITAL WORK ENABLES LOIZA RESIDENTS TO TELL A MORE COMPLETE STORY ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR CULTURE, AND THEIR IDENTITY - AND TO CHANGE THE RECEIVED NARRATIVE FROM ONE THAT CENTERS AROUND POVERTY TO A CELEBRATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S RICH AND VIBRANT SHARED CULTURE. SO FAR, ORAL HISTORIES HAVE FOCUSED ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRUGGLES AGAINST THE STATE; THE HISTORY OF BOMBA DANCE AND PERFORMANCE; THE DISTINCTIVE FOOD KIOSKOS; MUTUAL AID DURING CLIMATE DISASTERS; AND THE HISTORY OF FISHING AND FARMING. WE KICKED OFF LOIZA VIVE! IN 2022 AND HAVE ALREADY CREATED SIX COMMUNITY ARCHIVES.

  Expenses $282,862

• THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF GOOGLE FIBER AND THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION, WE OPENED TWO MORE "WASH AND LEARN INITIATIVE" LAUNDROMAT SITES IN SAN ANTONIO-ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE CITY. THE LOCATIONS, OUTFITTED WITH BOOKS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS, BRING DIGITAL CONNECTION AND INFORMATION TO HUNDREDS OF LAUNDROMAT PATRONS IN TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. AT THE WESTSIDE LOCATION, WE PARTNERED WITH AMERICAN INDIANS OF TEXAS- SOUTHERN COLONIAL MISSIONS (AIT- SCM) TO CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS STORIES, HISTORIES, AND CULTURE WITH A DAY OF STORYTELLING, PERFORMANCE, ART-MAKING, AND TRADITIONAL FOODWAYS.

  Expenses $107,347

• FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE, THE STILLMEADOW COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP SERVESAS A COMMUNITY ANCHOR, WITH A 10-ACRE PARK, APIARY, AND SPACE FOR MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS. THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ABELL FOUNDATION, UJIMA, AND FRANCE-MERRICK FOUNDATION, WE COLLABORATED WITH STILLMEADOW COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP TO CREATE AN AFTERSCHOOL SPACE AND COMPUTER LAB WITH RESOURCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT THREE AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.IN 2023, WE WILL DEEPEN OUR WORK IN BALTIMORE BY HELPING ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN BALTIMORE CITY DISPROPORTIONATELY STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AS COST, PROXIMITY TO SERVICE, AND CULTURAL STIGMA PREVENT MANY PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING CARE. THE COVID PANDEMIC, COUPLED WITH SYSTEMIC RACISM, CHRONIC UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THE HOUSING CRISIS HAVE ONLY RAISED THE BARRIERS FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. BUT LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALREADY CONNECT IN TRUSTED NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS BARBERSHOPS AND HAIR SALONS. FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR, BARBERSHOPS AND HAIR SALONS HAVE LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS UNIQUE "THIRD SPACES" FOR CONNECTION AND SUPPORT. THANKS TO THE FRANCE- MERRICK FOUNDATION, THE SOUTH BALTIMORE GATEWAY PARTNERSHIP, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND ENGAGEMENT, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, LWB US AND THE BLACK MENTAL HEALTH ALLIANCE (BMHA) WILL BUILD UPON THE INFORMAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THESE SPACES BY TRANSFORMING THESE SPACES INTO RESOURCE HUBS REACHING 400+ PATRONS AND OFFERING OVER 1,000 HOURS OF ONE-ON-ONE MENTAL HEALTH CHECK-INS; CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO NAVIGATE DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES; AND TRAINING SHOP STAFF TO EFFECTIVELY ASSIST THEIR CLIENTS THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. THE BALTIMORE CROWN PROJECT WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACCESS IN BALTIMORE, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW-INCOME AND BLACK COMMUNITIES, BY DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND FAMILIARIZING RESIDENTS WITH PATHWAYS TO ACCESSING SERVICES.

  Expenses $79,598

• THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION, WE HELPED BRING HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES TO OLDER RESIDENTS OF RURAL HIBBING, MINNESOTA. WE PARTNERED WITH THE HIBBING PUBLIC LIBRARY TO FACILITATE COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAMS FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY SPACE AND CREATED A TECH LENDING PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX. DIGITAL CONNECTION ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) "ALL OF US" HEALTH LITERACY RESOURCES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY.

  Expenses $47,428

As filed on the 2022 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

2022

Filed

27 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202303319349301300

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