Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$31,784

Total expenses

$55,264

Contributions and grants received

$23,204

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$580

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$7,569

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

$431

Total assets, end of year

$69,230

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,288

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$62,942

Program service expenses (Part III)

$35,246

Program services were 63.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

• OUR IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE HELPED CREATE SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE KENOSHA COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF RISING AUTHORITARIANISM AND BRUTALITY. FORTY UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE TASK FORCE MEETINGS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VOCES DE LA FRONTERA, CUSH TRAINED 22 "VERIFIERS," WHO SERVE AS LEGAL OBSERVERS AND ON-THE-GROUND REPORTERS DURING INSTANCES WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS OPERATING WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION. AN ADDITIONAL FIVE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED FURTHER TRAINING. THROUGH THIS SAME PARTNERSHIP, WE DISTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY 100 FLYERS WITH BASIC "KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS" INFORMATION, DETAILING THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED UNDER THE 1ST AND 4TH AMENDMENTS TO THE US CONSTITUTION. THE CUSH IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE ALSO ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT THE FALL OF 2025, COMMUNICATING WITH THE KENOSHA COUNTY SHERIFF TO ADVOCATE AGAINST KENOSHA COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN A 287(G) AGREEMENT AND ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED TRANSPARENCY ON POLICIES RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TREATMENT, ON THE PART OF THE KENOSHA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

  Expenses $35,246

• THE CUSH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE WAS FORMED IN 2025, DURING WHICH TIME THEY CONDUCTED COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH ON MEANS BY WHICH THEY COULD RAISE THE TREE EQUITY SCORE BY INCREASING CANOPY COVERAGE IN KEY NEIGHBORHOODS. APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN THIS TASK FORCE'S MEETINGS. THE CUSH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE HAS HOSTED A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS IN RELATION TO THIS EFFORT. BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS ON URBAN TREE SELECTION + PLANTING.

• THE CUSH RAINBOW FORWARD TASK FORCE DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH A CUSH MEMBER-CONGREGATION TO CREATE A PLAN FOR A VOLUNTEER LED YOUTH PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO FILL THE GAPS CREATED BY THE SUDDEN CLOSURE OF THE LGBTQ CENTER OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. FIFTEEN UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE RAINBOW FORWARD TASK FORCE ALSO HELD MULTIPLE DEMONSTRATIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE ATTACKS AND LEGISLATIVE SETBACKS SUFFERED BY THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY NATIONALLY THROUGHOUT 2025. MORE THAN 19 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED THE 2025 TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE CELEBRATION (HONORING THE LIVES LOST TO ANTI-TRANSGENDER VIOLENCE). MORE THAN A DOZEN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A STONEWALL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. AN ADDITIONAL 10 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A SILENT PROTEST TO RAISE AWARENESS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE, AND ANOTHER DOZEN PARTICIPATED IN A WORKSHOP EXPLORING THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF THOSE QUEER INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DISABILITY. APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN AN AUTHOR TALK CO-HOSTED BY CUSH IN ONE OF IT'S MEMBER CONGREGATIONS, FEATURING A DISCUSSION ABOUT AMERICAN TEENAGER WITH AUTHOR NICO LANG. THE TASK FORCE PARTICIPATED IN ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND DIALOGUE WORK, ENGAGING MORE THAN 30 INDIVIDUALS IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE OF IDEOLOGICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2025

Filed

13 May 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202611339349205446

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