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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EQUALITY CALIFORNIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,711,352
Total expenses
$2,700,304
Contributions and grants received
$3,379,548
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,466
Other revenue
-$669,662
Total assets, end of year
$1,519,249
Total liabilities, end of year
$647,200
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$872,049
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,625,594
Management and general expenses
$540,294
Fundraising expenses
$534,416
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,625,594

Program services were 60.2% 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

    $1,978,804

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $400,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,000,744

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $58,530

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,466 · excluded $1,466

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $226,338

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

    $1,978,804

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $911,786

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$685,448 · excluded -$685,448

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,403

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,403 · related or exempt $1,403

  • 11a · Other revenue: WORKERS COMPENSATION REFUND

    total $14,383 · excluded $14,383

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,383

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $156,401 · program services $125,121 · management and general $15,640 · fundraising $15,640

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $979,845 · program services $571,497 · management and general $171,798 · fundraising $236,550

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $111,035 · program services $57,153 · management and general $25,217 · fundraising $28,665

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $84,615 · program services $55,655 · management and general $3,528 · fundraising $25,432

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $91,812 · management and general $91,812

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,402 · fundraising $1,402

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $310,744 · program services $245,951 · management and general $5,415 · fundraising $59,378

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $79,530 · program services $34,480 · fundraising $45,050

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $578,671 · program services $417,457 · management and general $100,131 · fundraising $61,083

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,777 · program services $18,284 · management and general $794 · fundraising $6,699

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $74,004 · program services $43,336 · management and general $7,676 · fundraising $22,992

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,618 · program services $20,662 · management and general $2,348 · fundraising $20,608

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,264 · program services $7,315 · management and general $7,827 · fundraising $122

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,680 · management and general $13,680

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,487 · management and general $9,487

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,516 · program services $7,991 · management and general $13,505 · fundraising $5,020

  • 24a · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT AND TRAININ

    total $39,263 · program services $6,753 · management and general $29,180 · fundraising $3,330

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND MERCHA

    total $27,279 · management and general $27,279

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $10,342 · management and general $10,342

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,838 · program services $8,402 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,436

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,181 · program services $5,537 · management and general $4,635 · fundraising $1,009

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $355,891 · end of year $267,163

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $350,479 · end of year $401,725

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $447,623 · end of year $432,698

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $371,209 · end of year $377,893

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,781 · end of year $18,343

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

    $93,055

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

    $86,628

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,914 · end of year $6,427

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $15,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $195,896 · end of year $155,459

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $491,741

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $628,747 · end of year $514,795

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $232,254 · end of year $357,254

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS HEALTHY, JUST AND FULLY EQUAL FOR ALL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE.

  • WORKING CLOSELY WITH LGBTQ+ STATE LEGISLATORS AND ALLIES, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ADVOCATED AT THE STATE CAPITOL FOR POLICIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING PEOPLE, THOSE LIVING WITH HIV, AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO WHICH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE BELONG. ELEVEN OF OUR SPONSORED BILLS WERE SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MADE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INVESTMENTS INTO LGBTQ+ PRIORITIES, REINFORCING CALIFORNIA'S STANDING AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN PROTECTING THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $258,916

  • AS THE POLITICS OF NEVADA BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE, THE OUTLOOK FOR ELECTING PRO-EQUALITY CANDIDATES TO PROTECT THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE ATTAINABLE. SILVER STATE EQUALITY ENDORSED MORE THAN 50 CANDIDATES WHO WERE RUNNING FOR ELECTION WITH AN 87 PERCENT SUCCESS RATE. SILVER STATE EQUALITY WORKED TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT BALLOT MEASURE THAT ADDED SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION PROTECTIONS TO THE NEVADA CONSTITUTION.

    Expenses $142,367

  • FOLLOWING OUR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT NEW CONGRESSIONAL, LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER POLITICAL DISTRICT MAPS WERE REDRAWN TO UNITE AND EMPOWER LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, WE SAW LANDMARK REPRESENTATION FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE. BY ENGAGING OUR 400,000+ MEMBERS STATEWIDE IN THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION, WE HELPED TO MAKE CALIFORNIA THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO ACHIEVE 10% LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION IN ITS STATE LEGISLATURE.

    Expenses $660,460

  • IN WASHINGTON, DC, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS TO ADVANCE LGBTQ+ EQUALITY. WE SECURED "YES" VOTES FROM EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA FOR THE TWELVE BILLS SUPPORTED BY EQUALITY CALIFORNIA AND SILVER STATE EQUALITY, AND SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE LANDMARK RESPECT FOR MARRAIGE ACT, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BIDEN IN DECEMBER OF 2022. EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ALSO WORKED WITH ALLIED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVANCE LGBTQ+ JUDICIAL NOMINEES FROM CALIFORNIA AND CREATED WORKING COALITIONS TO TACKLE CREDIT REPORTING PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY PEOPLE AFTER A LEGAL NAME CHANGE AND TO HELP LGBTQ+ VETERANS WHO WERE EXPELLED FROM THE MILITARY WITH A LESS-THANHONORABLE DISCHARGE TO RECEIVE UPGRADED DISCHARGES.

    Expenses $563,851

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Malzahan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cecilia Cabello

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Drew Murphy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Anderson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Chan

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Natoli

    PAC CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Avery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Bloom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Burnside

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Daniels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Beaven Dufty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Dunlap

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janessa Goldbeck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Gregorich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia Isaacs-Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mandy Isaacs-Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Leslie Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Li

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Maeder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Marciano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Scott Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alfredo Pedroza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liliana Perez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Alex Randolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Riles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yale Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kasey Suffredini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Sutley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Tedstrom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David J Tsai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darrell L Tucci

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon James G Williamson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Hoang

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $260,670
    From this org
    $255,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,670
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,670
    Filer's total
    $260,670
  • Samuel Garrett-Pate

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIR

    Total calculated
    $153,271
    From this org
    $147,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,366
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,905
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,366
    Filer's total
    $153,271
  • Valerie Ploumpis

    NATIONAL POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,326
    From this org
    $134,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,368
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,958
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,368
    Filer's total
    $150,326
  • Sarah Morrow

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,921
    From this org
    $134,991
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,930
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Andre Wade

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,606
    From this org
    $112,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,856
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Erin Arendse

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,567
    From this org
    $107,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,817
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Richard Zbur

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $150,000

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION FOR THE LISTED OFFICERS WAS DETERMINED BY A BOARD COMMISSIONED COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPARISONS TO OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
PART I, LINE 4A
RICHARD ZBUR WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2021. COMPENSATION REPORTED IN 2022 IS DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR PRIOR SERVICES PAID OUT DURING 2022.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
31 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323059349301652

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