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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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 revenue
$9,335,040 changed to $9,441,076
Total expenses
$8,069,211 changed to $8,239,188
Contributions and grants received
$8,659,347 changed to $8,765,383
Grants paid
$1,575,839 changed to $1,645,656
Total assets, end of year
$10,152,950 changed to $9,561,231
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,051,407 changed to $1,340,446
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,101,543 changed to $8,220,785
Program services expenses
$6,658,463 changed to $6,797,051
Management and general expenses
$1,032,521 changed to $1,058,226
Fundraising expenses
$378,227 changed to $383,911
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,658,463 changed to $6,797,051

Totals

Total revenue
$9,441,076
Total expenses
$8,239,188
Contributions and grants received
$8,765,383
Grants paid
$1,645,656
Program service revenue
$622,822
Investment income
$58,202
Other revenue
-$5,331
Total assets, end of year
$9,561,231
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,340,446
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,220,785
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,797,051
Management and general expenses
$1,058,226
Fundraising expenses
$383,911
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,797,051

Program services were 82.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $47,835

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,717,548

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $622,822 · related or exempt $622,822

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,202 · excluded $58,202

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $47,835

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,531

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,331 · excluded -$5,331

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,645,656 · program services $1,645,656

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $692,594 · management and general $692,594

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $33,278 · management and general $33,278

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,695,169 · program services $4,288,765 · management and general $59,879 · fundraising $346,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $112,414 · program services $112,414

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $118,952 · program services $105,792 · management and general $1,895 · fundraising $11,265

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $155,472 · program services $129,042 · management and general $3,109 · fundraising $23,321

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $836 · program services $111 · management and general $705 · fundraising $20

  • 17 · Travel

    total $159,449 · program services $156,669 · fundraising $2,780

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $53,067 · program services $53,067

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,253 · management and general $9,253

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $169,560 · program services $62,773 · management and general $106,787

  • 24b · Other expenses: STIPENDS & SCHLSP

    total $165,248 · program services $165,248

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP

    total $138,824 · program services $51,394 · management and general $87,430

  • 24d · Other expenses: PERMITS & FEES

    total $69,062 · program services $25,567 · management and general $43,495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,354 · program services $553 · management and general $19,801

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,442,553 · end of year $4,182,938

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $1,550,768

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $723,822 · end of year $748,145

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,471,552 · end of year $278,148

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $100,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,789,504 · end of year $131,081

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,223,150 · end of year $869,857

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,700,294

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $536,336 · end of year $190,196

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,150,250

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,435,756 · end of year $1,657,775

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,778,489 · end of year $6,563,010

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CEP SPECIALIZES IN PEOPLE OF COLOR-LED GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT BUILDING 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATIONS TAHT HAVE BEEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF C3/C4 INNOVATIONS, ENGAGEMENT IN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, CAMPAIGN CONSULTATION, AND INTEGRATED VOTER ENGAGEMENT 2.0.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • LOCAL ELECTORAL ENGAGEMENT TO BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER OF WORKING CLASS.

    Expenses $4,182,916 · Grants $1,112,618

  • ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT

    Expenses $1,814,122 · Grants $533,038 · Revenue $312,822

  • CAMPAIGN CONSULTATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $800,013 · Revenue $310,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Timmy Lu

    CEO/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $137,429
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,119
    Other
    $16,310
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lin Shao Chin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vivian Huang

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Tom

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,475
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,248
    Other
    $21,227
    Hours/week
    5

  • Hines Vidal

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,893
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $147,313
    Other
    $16,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $108,063 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $39,250 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,580 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $163,893 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION RELIES ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION, RESILIENT STRATEGIES TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION OF ITS EXECUTIVES. THE RELATED ORGANIZATION USES THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WHEN DETERMINING COMEPNSATION: COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND APPROVAL OF THE BOARD.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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.

  • RESILIENT STRATEGIES LLC

    C · MANAGMENT AND OPERATIONS · CA · 50% owned · share of income $567,730 · share of assets $869,857

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600799349300715

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