Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$8,192,195

Total expenses

$6,645,407

Contributions and grants received

$7,405,279

Grants paid

$1,653,720

Program service revenue

$559,704

Investment income

$224,079

Other revenue

$3,133

Total assets, end of year

$8,383,081

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,066,022

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,317,059

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,086,894

Management and general expenses

$358,221

Fundraising expenses

$200,292

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,086,894

Program services were 91.6% 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

• INDEPENDENT BUSINESS - THE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS INITIATIVE CHAMPIONS LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES, LEADS EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE UNCHECKED POWER OF CORPORATE GIANTS LIKE WALMART AND AMAZON, AND SEEKS TO REVERSE THE GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT WORK AGAINST THESE SMALL, INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES.

  Expenses $1,029,207 · Grants $133,490 · Revenue $8,600

• COMMUNICATIONS - ILSRS COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAM BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH REPORTERS, MEDIA OUTLETS, AND OTHER ALLIES TO GAIN WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF OUR REPORTS, ACTIVITIES, AND PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL POLICY ISSUES. OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR WEB SITE, SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND DELIVERING CONTENT VIA ILSRS VARIOUS NEWSLETTERS AND PODCASTS, INCLUDING OUR FLAGSHIP CHANNEL,BUILDING LOCAL POWER, WHICH CONTINUES TO LIFT UP SUCCESSFUL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS AND POPULARIZE UNDERSTANDING OF ANTI-MONOPOLY STRATEGY AND POLICY ACROSS A RANGE OF ECONOMIC SECTORS. OUR COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM ALSO HOLDS PASS- THROUGH GRANT FUNDS FROM A NUMBER OF FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED TO A NETWORK OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE ATHENA COALITION

  Expenses $1,427,919 · Grants $947,712

• COMMUNITY BROADBAND NETWORKS - THE COMMUNITY BROADBAND NETWORK INITIATIVE PROMOTES LOCALLY ROOTED, DEMOCRATICALLY ACCOUNTABLE BROADBAND NETWORKS THAT PROVIDE FAST, AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE INTERNET ACCESS TO ALL AMERICANS.

  Expenses $1,599,981 · Revenue $398,409

• ENERGY DEMOCRACY - OUR ENERGY DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE EMPOWERS HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN LOCAL, CLEAN, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OPPOSE THE EXCESSIVE POWER OF MONOPOLY UTILITIES. THE PUBLIC GOOD - THIS INITIATIVE WORKS TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE THAT CURRENTLY VIEWS THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS SACRED AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR AS INHERENTLY HARMFUL. THE PROGRAM IDENTIFIES RESEARCH THAT CHALLENGES THIS NARRATIVE AND EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC GOODS AND THE RISKS ATTENDENT TO A CULTURE PROVIDING IMMENSE SUBSIDIES TO PRIVATIZATION IN ALL SECTORS. COMPOSTING FOR COMMUNITY - OUR COMPOSTING FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE IS ADVANCING LOCAL COMPOSTING TO CUT FOOD LOSS, ENHANCE SOILS, PROTECT THE CLIMATE, AND CREATE JOBS THROUGH ADVOCACY, TRAINING, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COALITION BUILDING. WASTE TO WEALTH - THE WASTE TO WEALTH INITIATIVE PROVIDES HANDS-ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS VITAL RESEARCH, TO HELP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES CONVERT DISCARDED MATERIALS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC LIABILITIES INTO VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY WHILE ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

  Expenses $2,029,787 · Grants $572,518 · Revenue $152,695

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. 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

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

• POWERSWITCH ACTION

  $625,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS

  $159,018

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• RECAST CITY LLC

  $133,490

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• COMMUNITY POWER

  $131,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MISSOURI WORKERS CENTER

  $102,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• COMPOST POWER

  $92,500

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THE AWOOD CENTER

  $52,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• TIDES CENTER

  $50,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• EMPLOYEE RIGHTS CENTER

  $25,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

• ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE

  $23,000

  OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501329349302100

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