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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EQUISLABS.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,632,183
Total expenses
$8,714,102
Contributions and grants received
$8,572,183
Grants paid
$1,072,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$60,000
Total assets, end of year
$5,910,294
Total liabilities, end of year
$165,170
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,745,124
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,644,300
Management and general expenses
$1,069,802
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,644,300

Program services were 87.7% 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

    $8,572,183

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $60,000 · excluded $60,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $60,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,072,000 · program services $1,072,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $742,942 · program services $594,354 · management and general $148,588

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,145 · program services $56,116 · management and general $14,029

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $120,662 · program services $96,530 · management and general $24,132

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $200,000 · program services $160,000 · management and general $40,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $152,720 · program services $122,176 · management and general $30,544

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,513 · program services $9,210 · management and general $2,303

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,548,549 · program services $1,548,549

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,182,969 · program services $2,546,375 · management and general $636,594

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,289 · program services $22,631 · management and general $5,658

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,507 · program services $42,006 · management and general $10,501

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $90,860 · program services $72,688 · management and general $18,172

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $758 · program services $606 · management and general $152

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,508 · program services $30,807 · management and general $7,701

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,289 · program services $8,231 · management and general $2,058

  • 20 · Interest

    total $234 · program services $187 · management and general $47

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57 · program services $46 · management and general $11

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $737,218 · program services $737,138 · management and general $80

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $528,447 · program services $422,758 · management and general $105,689

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $103,359 · program services $82,687 · management and general $20,672

  • 24d · Other expenses: TALENT FEES

    total $7,725 · program services $7,725

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,351 · program services $11,480 · management and general $2,871

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,826,647 · end of year $5,910,294

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,234

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $43,801 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,639 · end of year $28,090

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $137,080

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,827,043 · end of year $5,745,124

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS ORGANIZED TO BE A HOME FOR IDEAS, LEARNINGS AND LEADERS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MASSIVELY INCREASE LATINX CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND BUILD POWER - FOCUSING ON THREE AREAS: DATA, DIGITAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AT EQUIS LABS, WE ARE CREATING A HOME FOR IDEAS, INNOVATION, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MASSIVELY INCREASE LATINO ELECTORAL ENGAGEMENT AND BUILD LONG-TERM POLITICAL POWER.

  • LAPIZTHROUGH THE LATINO POLITICAL INNOVATION ZONES (LAPIZ), EQUISLABS WORKED WITH PARTNER GROUPS ON THE GROUND IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO TO RUN A NON-PARTISAN GOTV PROGRAM COMBINED WITH A MESSAGING PROGRAM AIMED AT LOW TURNOUT LATINO VOTERS, IN AN EFFORT TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE LATINO VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND TURNOUT IN SWING ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDED 213,985 DOOR KNOCKS, 666,561 MAILERS, 8 DIGITAL ADS, 3 TV ADS, AND 2 RADIO ADS.

    Expenses $5,970,780 · Grants $1,072,000

  • RESEARCH/ANALYSISEQUISLABS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH ON PRESSING DEMOGRAPHIC, POLITICAL, AND POLICY QUESTIONS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ACTIONABLE DATA TO LATINO-SERVING GROUPS AND HELP DEVELOP THE TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT THAT RESEARCH IN PARTNERS' PRIMARY PURPOSE AND POLITICAL PROGRAMMING AIMED AT LATINOS. WE COLLECTED 12,150 DIGITAL LATINO SURVEY RESPONSES AND CONDUCTED 17 POLLS AND 11 FOCUS GROUPS.

    Expenses $1,354,684

  • DISINFORMATION PROGRAM EQUISLABS MONITORED DISINFORMATION CIRCULATING IN THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON LATINOS, INCLUDING HOW LATINOS INTERACT WITH AND COMBAT POLITICAL DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION. NEARLY 40% OF THE POSTS EQUIS FLAGGED, ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE ON SOCIAL PLATFORMS. THIS MONITORING HELPED EQUISLABS CREATE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE FOR PARTNER GROUPS THAT SERVE LATINO AND ALLIED GROUPS. THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS IMPACTED IS MORE THAN 300.

    Expenses $318,836

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Sena

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Francesca De Quesada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sergio Gonzalez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sky Gallegos

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Valencia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
21 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342689349301604

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