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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,910,286
Total expenses
$4,849,815
Contributions and grants received
$4,539,226
Grants paid
$547,503
Program service revenue
$218,458
Investment income
$51,582
Other revenue
$101,020
Total assets, end of year
$7,984,071
Total liabilities, end of year
$453,775
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,530,296
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,784,091
Management and general expenses
$744,526
Fundraising expenses
$321,198
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,784,091

Program services were 78.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $119,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,420,226

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $218,458 · related or exempt $218,458

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,582 · excluded $51,582

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENT

    total $63,820 · related or exempt $63,820

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $37,200 · related or exempt $37,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $101,020

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $547,503 · program services $547,503

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $123,448 · program services $104,931 · management and general $12,345 · fundraising $6,172

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,599,380 · program services $1,235,495 · management and general $198,465 · fundraising $165,420

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $111,585 · program services $86,046 · management and general $13,894 · fundraising $11,645

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $245,862 · program services $190,057 · management and general $30,467 · fundraising $25,338

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $135,291 · program services $105,130 · management and general $16,595 · fundraising $13,566

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,287 · program services $23,646 · management and general $18,869 · fundraising $3,772

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $663,186 · program services $443,830 · management and general $148,560 · fundraising $70,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $406 · management and general $406

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $157,261 · program services $77,542 · management and general $76,546 · fundraising $3,173

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $50,965 · program services $2,222 · management and general $48,629 · fundraising $114

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $76,344 · program services $26,491 · management and general $49,853

  • 17 · Travel

    total $853,670 · program services $755,262 · management and general $81,263 · fundraising $17,145

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,223 · management and general $8,223

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $150,446 · program services $113,043 · management and general $34,753 · fundraising $2,650

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $64,728 · program services $61,631 · management and general $1,690 · fundraising $1,407

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBER SUPPORT

    total $8,082 · program services $7,832 · management and general $250

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEES

    total $6,168 · program services $3,430 · management and general $2,738

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $980 · management and general $980

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $595,793 · end of year $452,033

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,439,516 · end of year $2,658,918

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,588,358 · end of year $4,475,050

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $47,631 · end of year $106,716

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $200,000

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

    $37,600

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

    $37,600

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $66,361 · end of year $91,354

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $467,834 · end of year $453,775

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,938,687 · end of year $1,947,273

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,531,138 · end of year $5,583,023

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

(CONT' FROM 990) SUPPORT LOW INCOME GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN GRASSROOTS GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT LOW INCOME GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN GRASSROOTS GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CONT'D FROM 990) THROUGH COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING.

  • CROSS-SECTOR EDUCATION AND ALIGNMENTGGJ HOSTED GATHERINGS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS OF DIVERSE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND ALIGNMENT IN THEIR ORGANIZING STRATEGIES TO MAKE THEIR WORK MORE IMPACTFUL. THESE OCCURRED VIRTUALLY AND IN CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN AND INTERNATIONALLY IN EUROPE.

    Expenses $1,583,328 · Grants $546,503 · Revenue $218,458

  • EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTSGGJ ORGANIZED EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND EXCHANGES ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS WITH COMMUNITIES IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. THESE OCCURRED VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON THIS YEAR WITH SOME COORDINATION FROM GUATEMALA, AND MEMBERS PARTICIPATING FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, SOUTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND NORTH AFRICA.

    Expenses $1,424,164

  • EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, MILITARIZATION AND ECONOMIC CRISIS GGJ LED AND PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MILITARIZATION ON POOR COMMUNITIES IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. THESE OCCURRED VIRTUALLY AND IN NEW YORK, MISSOURI, GUAM, CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA THIS YEAR.

    Expenses $776,599 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kandi White

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Santra Denis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frances Free Ramos

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jose Bravo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Wiesner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,632
    From this org
    $96,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,883
    Hours/week
    40

  • Randy Jackson

    GGJ SR RESOURCE STRA

    Total calculated
    $126,584
    From this org
    $118,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,444
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501349349306910

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