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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$54,321,250
Total expenses
$57,026,737
Contributions and grants received
$51,266,209
Grants paid
$14,705,464
Program service revenue
$2,926,573
Investment income
$128,468
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,425,979
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,980,550
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,445,429
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$52,708,496
Management and general expenses
$3,768,298
Fundraising expenses
$549,943
Program service expenses (Part III)
$52,708,496

Program services were 92.4% 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

    $51,266,209

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,097,430

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $2,926,573 · related or exempt $2,926,573

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74,012 · excluded $74,012

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,151,886

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

    securities $1,097,430

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $54,456

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $54,456 · excluded $54,456

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,705,464 · program services $14,705,464

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,122,920 · program services $14,748,405 · management and general $63,959 · fundraising $310,556

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $643,636 · program services $626,522 · management and general $2,930 · fundraising $14,184

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,806,094 · program services $1,758,071 · management and general $8,221 · fundraising $39,802

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,203,483 · program services $1,171,483 · management and general $5,478 · fundraising $26,522

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $135,119 · program services $135,119

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,353 · management and general $44,353

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,198,873 · program services $10,089,555 · management and general $9,318 · fundraising $100,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,142,992 · program services $1,142,992

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $765,206 · program services $753,694 · management and general $1,818 · fundraising $9,694

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $478,314 · program services $476,199 · management and general $2,115

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $451,530 · program services $449,533 · management and general $1,997

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,953,002 · program services $1,921,555 · fundraising $31,447

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44,944 · program services $44,944

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,943 · management and general $25,943

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST SHARING OFAHR

    total $3,528,560 · program services $0 · management and general $3,528,560 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOTER OUTREACH

    total $2,666,532 · program services $2,659,858 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,674

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $1,296,687 · program services $1,264,446 · management and general $28,492 · fundraising $3,749

  • 24d · Other expenses: VIDEOS AND CONTENT CREA

    total $518,205 · program services $518,205 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $294,880 · program services $242,451 · management and general $45,114 · fundraising $7,315

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,227,440 · end of year $9,198,557

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,816,904 · end of year $2,751,386

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,129,546 · end of year $8,415,789

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,588 · end of year $44,261

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $408,813 · end of year $2,015,986

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,220,375 · end of year $1,755,550

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $225,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,278,077 · end of year $17,463,647

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,872,839 · end of year $2,981,782

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION IS A NON-PROFIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF WORKING CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR AMERICANS, THROUGH LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, CREATIVE MEDIA AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF WORKING CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR AMERICANS.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $52,708,496 · Grants $14,705,464 · Revenue $2,926,573

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dale Wiehoff

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Boland

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    21

  • Rudolph Blay

    SECRETARY/CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Harriet Barlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corinne Rafferty

    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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • COMMUNITY LABOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES INC

    C · MANAGE OPRATIONS, FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349306723

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