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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EQUITY ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,150,321
Total expenses
$1,645,473
Contributions and grants received
$3,113,023
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$37,180
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$118
Total assets, end of year
$3,554,787
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,608
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,518,179
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,107,944
Management and general expenses
$479,222
Fundraising expenses
$58,307
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,107,944

Program services were 67.3% 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

    $3,113,023

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TEA LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM INC

    total $37,180 · related or exempt $37,180

  • 11a · Other revenue: DEPT OF THE TREASURY

    total $118 · related or exempt $118

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $118

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,000 · program services $66,000 · management and general $52,800 · fundraising $13,200

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $323,696 · program services $161,848 · management and general $129,478 · fundraising $32,370

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,585 · management and general $85,585

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,792 · program services $18,396 · management and general $14,717 · fundraising $3,679

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,115 · management and general $21,115

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $473,354 · program services $350,540 · management and general $122,814

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,151 · program services $89,151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,665 · program services $17,847 · management and general $1,818

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,677 · program services $14,270 · management and general $17,839 · fundraising $3,568

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,179 · program services $53,261 · management and general $5,918

  • 17 · Travel

    total $82,686 · program services $82,686

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $28,521 · program services $24,813 · management and general $3,708

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,713 · program services $2,713

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,767 · management and general $1,767

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $154,411 · program services $154,411

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS & DONATIONS

    total $35,917 · program services $35,917

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES_PROGRAM

    total $29,411 · program services $29,411

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMENT

    total $19,732 · management and general $19,732

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,101 · program services $6,680 · management and general $1,931 · fundraising $5,490

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,128,068 · end of year $3,551,859

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

    $6,124

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

    $3,196

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $2,928

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $117,651 · end of year $36,608

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,010,417 · end of year $3,518,179

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FOUNDED IN JANUARY 2017, THE EQUITY ALLIANCE (TEA) MISSION IS TO UNAPOLOGETICALLY BUILD INDEPENDENT BLACK POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER. WE EDUCATE, EMPOWER, AND MOBILIZE BLACK PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AND KEEP OUR GOVERNMENT IN CHECK.

  • THE EQUITY ALLIANCE: 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW: IN 2023, THE EQUITY ALLIANCE (TEA) CONTINUED TO MAKE MONUMENTAL STRIDES IN ADVOCATING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE, VOTER ENGAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. THROUGH RELENTLESS DIGITAL ORGANIZING, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS, AND HIGH-IMPACT EVENTS, TEA'S INFLUENCE GREW SIGNIFICANTLY, TOUCHING THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS ACROSS TENNESSEE AND BEYOND. DIGITAL REACH AND ENGAGEMENT: TEA'S DIGITAL PRESENCE REACHED NEW HEIGHTS WITH OVER 4.5 MILLION DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS, DRAWING 106,000+ WEBSITE VIEWS AND EXPANDING ITS EMAIL SUBSCRIBER LIST TO 18,300+. THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FLOURISHED, BOASTING A COMBINED FOLLOWING OF OVER 32,600 FOLLOWERS ACROSS VARIOUS CHANNELS. LEGAL AND ADVOCACY MILESTONES: TEA TOOK A BOLD STAND AGAINST RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES BY FILING A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO CHALLENGE TENNESSEE'S REDISTRICTING. THEY STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE TENNESSEE3 TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY AND ENSURE EVERY VOICE IS HEARD. TEA ALSO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESTORING DEMOCRACY BY CONDUCTING 92 VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS AND 42 RETURNING CITIZENS' RIGHTS RESTORED, RESULTING IN 2,200+ COMMITMENTS TO VOTE. EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES: TEA'S COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING BLACK COMMUNITIES WAS EVIDENT THROUGH THEIR SIGNATURE EVENTS, SUCH AS THE 4TH ANNUAL BLACK WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT WEEKEND AND THE BLACK ON BUCHANAN: A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. THEY ALSO LAUNCHED THE INAUGURAL FREEDOM SUMMER STATEWIDE TOUR, BRINGING THEIR MESSAGE OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE TO EVEN MORE COMMUNITIES ACROSS TENNESSEE. VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT: IN 2023, TEA CONTACTED OVER 4.5 MILLION VOTERS THROUGH PHONE CALLS, TEXTS, MAIL, AND DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASSING. THEIR EFFORTS LED TO 256,000+ INDIVIDUAL VOTER CONVERSATIONS, ENSURING THAT TENNESSEANS ARE INFORMED, ENGAGED, AND READY TO VOTE. SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION: TEA SUPPORTED OVER 150 SMALL BUSINESSES BY CONNECTING THEM TO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICE SUPPORT TO 150 INDIVIDUALS. THEIR DEDICATION TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WAS SHOWCASED THROUGH THEIR LIBERTEA COLLECTIVE, WITH 10 GRADUATES JOINING THE RANKS OF COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE ORGANIZATION'S INFLUENCE AND SUCCESS WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED WITH 6 COMMUNITY AWARDS AND WIDESPREAD MEDIA COVERAGE, INCLUDING THEIR FOUNDERS BEING NAMED AMONG THE NEW CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS. CONCLUSION: 2023 WAS A YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE EQUITY ALLIANCE. THROUGH STRATEGIC ORGANIZING, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, AND UNWAVERING ADVOCACY, TEA HAS NOT ONLY MADE A MEASURABLE IMPACT BUT HAS ALSO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE.

    Expenses $1,107,944

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tequila Johnson

    CO EXCU DIRE

    Total calculated
    $132,000
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Board Of Directors-Please See Attac

    BOARD OF DIR

    Total calculated
    $0

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
24 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202402789349301765

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