Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,571,678

Total expenses

$1,749,500

Contributions and grants received

$1,480,062

Grants paid

$250,450

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$91,616

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,446,090

Total liabilities, end of year

$134,249

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,311,841

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,391,313

Management and general expenses

$254,963

Fundraising expenses

$103,224

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,391,313

Program services were 79.5% 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

• YOUTH TO THE FRONT FUND: AS A LEADER IN THE YOUTH SPACE, WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION (WAFF) CREATED THE YOUTH TO THE FRONT FUND (YTTFF) TO FUND AND SUPPORT BIPOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR) YOUTH ACTIVISTS, YOUTH- LED ORGANIZATIONS, PROJECTS, INNOVATIONS AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF FIGHTING SYSTEMIC RACISM, INEQUALITY, INEQUITY AND INJUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. WE CALL THEM "FRONTLINERS". SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2020, YTTFF HAS FUNDED THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK OF BIPOC AND BIPOC-ALLY YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 30, FROM 38 COUNTRIES ON 6 CONTINENTS AND REPRESENTING 28 US STATES, WHO ARE WORKING IN SECTORS RANGING FROM EDUCATION, DISABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY TO PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. YTTFF CURATES A SPACE FOR YOUNG BIPOC THINKERS, CREATIVES AND ACTIVISTS TO ENGAGE AND SHARE THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES TO REIMAGINING STRATEGIES TO FIGHT SYSTEMIC STRUCTURAL OPPRESSION BY DEMANDING JUSTICE AND RECLAIMING HUMANITY. YTTFF FOCUSES ON BIPOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR) FRONTLINERS AND THEIR ALLIES, WHO ARE OFTEN MARGINALIZED IN THE FUNDING SPACE. THESE FRONTLINERS ARE DRIVEN BY NECESSITY, PASSION, AND CREATIVITY, EMPLOYING CIRCULAR METHODS CENTERED ON RESTORATION, RECREATION, AND RECLAIMING. THEY CHERISH INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, INTERGENERATIONAL ORGANIZING, AND COLLECTIVE MOBILIZATION. MANY YTTFF FRONTLINERS HAVE REPORTED INCREASED RESPECT AND VALUE FOR THEIR WORK SINCE RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM WAFF, LEADING TO FURTHER FUNDING. WAFF HAS FUNDED 90 YTTFF PROJECTS IN 39 COUNTRIES OVER 4 YEARS WITH MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THESE FOCUS AREAS: EDUCATION REFORM, CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT RESTORATION, HEALTHCARE, HOLISTIC HEALING, DISABILITIES JUSTICE, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PROTECTION, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS & ACCESS, POLICY REFORM, VOTER & CIVIC EDUCATION, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, ANTI-RACISM IN SCHOOLS, HOMELESSNESS, REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SUPPORT, SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS ADVOCACY, ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE AND FOOD JUSTICE. 90 PROJECTS REPRESENT 39 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CUBA, CYPRUS, ECUADOR, ERITREA, GUATEMALA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ITALY, JAMAICA, KENYA, LEBANON, LIBERIA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NIGERIA, RWANDA, SOMALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SUDAN, SWEDEN, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, TURKEY, UGANDA, UK, USA, VIETNAM AND ZAMBIA. U.S. BASED PROJECTS REPRESENT 21 STATES: ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, WASHINGTON, AND WASHINGTON DC. YTTFF PROPOSED A NEW APPLICATION CALL FOR FRONTLINERS IN 2023 CALLED "THE CREATIVES". THEY ARE YOUTH COMMITTED TO FIGHTING SYSTEMIC RACISM,INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE USING THEIR CREATIVE TALENTS AND EXPRESSIONS. THIS NEW CLASS OF 2023 FRONTLINERS CONSISTS OF 25 PROJECTS IN 15 COUNTRIES ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS. YTTFF SUPPORTS "THE CREATIVES" FRONTLINERS THROUGH: 1. PROVIDING FUNDING AND RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT EXHIBITIONS, BOLD MOVEMENTS,AND PROGRAM INITIATIVES ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES. 2. CULTIVATING A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVE ORGANIZERS AND CULTURAL STORYTELLERS. 3. SUPPORTING CREATIVES AND COLLECTIVES THROUGH CROSS-NETWORKING. & COLLABORATIONS WITH CRITICAL THOUGHT PARTNERS IN ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

  Expenses $576,774 · Grants $244,355

• YOUTH TO THE TABLE: WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION (WAFF) CREATED YOUTH TO THE TABLE (YTTT) IN 2020 BECAUSE PROBLEMS THAT SPAN GENERATIONS REQUIRE LEADERSHIP THAT DOES TOO. AS A LEADER IN THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP SPACE, YTTT PROVIDES THIS GENERATION WITH SEATS AT C-SUITE LEVEL DECISION MAKING TABLES AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES IN CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS. WAFF WORKS WITH POLICY MAKERS, GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS TO CURATE YOUTH HELD POSITIONS/APPOINTEES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HARD CONVERSATIONS AND CRITICAL DECISIONS FOR OUR TIME. IN 2023 WAFF YOUTH DELEGATIONS FROM 16 COUNTRIES ON 4 CONTINENTS PARTICIPATED IN AND CO-CREATED HIGH-LEVEL CONVERSATIONS AND PANELS AT THREE MAJOR GLOBAL CONVENINGS: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 23 (WEF23)IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND; UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 78 (UNGA78) IN NEW YORK CITY, AND UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 28 (COP28) IN DUBAI, UAE. THE 2023 YOUTH DELEGATES HAVE EXPERTISE IN: AI ETHICS, FOOD SYSTEMS, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, CLIMATE FINANCE, HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER EQUITY, ENERGY, PEACE & SECURITY, EDUCATION, WATER SYSTEMS, PUBLIC POLICY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, STEM EQUALITY & ADVOCACY, BIODIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, CONSERVATION, SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION, GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING. YOUTH TO THE TABLE - GLOBAL STUDY ON INTERGENERATIONAL COLLABORATION (IGC). IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION (WAFF) DESIGNED A GROUNDBREAKING GLOBAL STUDY ENTITLED "COLLABORATING ACROSS GENERATIONS: INSIGHTS, CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES". THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN LATE 2023 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND GLOBAL VIEWPOINTS AND CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL COLLABORATION ACROSS GENERATIONS. FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, WAFF HAS IDENTIFIED, TRAINED, AND AMPLIFIED YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS WORLDWIDE THROUGH ITS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THREE DOT DASH, TEDXTEEN, YOUTH TO THE FRONT FUND, AND YOUTH TO THE TABLE. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WAFF BUILDS POWERFUL ECOSYSTEMS THAT PROPEL THE IMPACT OF THIS GENERATION'S SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS, ACTIVISTS, INNOVATORS, CREATIVES, AND POLICY-SHAPERS. WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AS A PIONEERING ORGANIZATION IN THE YOUTH CHANGEMAKING SPACE, WAFF HAS WITNESSED THE UNIQUE, POWERFUL, AND DIVERSE VALUES THAT YOUTH BRING TO THE TABLE. UNDERSTANDING HOW THE EXPERTISE OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN EFFECTIVELY COLLABORATE ACROSS GENERATIONS TO ADDRESS THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING ISSUES IS PARAMOUNT TO OUR MISSION. INFORMED BY A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HISTORICAL YOUTH EXCLUSION, THE GLOBAL STUDY'S FINDINGS WILL FUEL A TRANSFORMATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR INTERGENERATIONAL COLLABORATION. THE GLOBAL STUDY WILL BE RELEASED IN 2024.

  Expenses $753,526

• GENERAL PROGRAM: THREE DOT DASH: THREE DOT DASH IS AN INNOVATIVE GLOBAL YOUTH AND MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE OF THE WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION (WAFF), DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT TEEN LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE A MORE PEACEFUL SOCIETY BY ADDRESSING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS: FOOD, WATER, HEALTH, SHELTER, SAFETY, EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THREE DOT DASH ACCELERATES THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL SO THEY CAN ADVANCE THEIR PROJECTS, MOBILIZE PEERS TO ACTION AND AMPLIFY THEIR WORK TO BROADER AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD. THREE DOT DASH CREATES A SUSTAINABLE WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER THE EFFORTS OF YOUNG LEADERS BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF MEDIA, MENTORING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING TO FOSTER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AROUND THE GLOBE. THE MENTORS ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF NOTABLE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING CEOS, CFOS, LEADERS OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS MANY DISCIPLINES. GLOBAL TEEN LEADERS: (GTLS) FROM 65+ COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES ON 6 CONTINENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THREE DOT DASH AND HAVE POSITIVELY AFFECTED MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE WITH THEIR WORK. IN 2020, THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A VIRTUAL VERSION OF THREE DOT DASH. WHILE THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO BOTH VIRTUAL AND ANALOG VERSIONS OF THE PROGRAM, WE FOUND TWO MAIN BENEFITS TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING - OUR GLOBAL TEEN LEADERS DID NOT HAVE A BARRIER TO ENTRY TO THE UNITED STATES DUE TO VISA ISSUES, AND MENTORS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. THREE DOT DASH REMAINED VIRTUAL THROUGH 2023. TEDXTEEN: WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION (WAFF) WAS AWARDED THE LICENSE FROM THE WORLD RENOWN TED CONFERENCE TO CURATE AND PRODUCE ANNUAL TEDXTEEN CONFERENCES. IT WAS THE FIRST TEDX EVENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND STORIES OF EXTRAORDINARY GLOBAL TEENS - YOUNG GAME- CHANGERS. WAFF CURATES A LINEUP OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH WHO ARE TACKLING THE BIG QUESTIONS AND BIG PROBLEMS WITH PASSION AND ACTION. CURATED AUDIENCE MEMBERS ARE INSPIRED AND USE THE INFORMATION TO GENERATE FURTHER IDEAS AND DIALOG WITH THEIR PEERS. TEDXTEEN "TALKS" ARE FILMED AND SHARED WORLDWIDE VIA TEDXTEEN.COM. THEY HAVE BEEN VIEWED 30+ MILLION TIMES AND ARE USED AS TEACHING TOOLS IN CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE. TEDXTEEN ENERGIZES OUR YOUTH AND HELPS THEM FURTHER THEIR IMPACT AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD. TEDXTEEN.COM @TEDXTEEN

  Expenses $61,013 · Grants $6,095

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

• NOUS FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  SOCIAL JUSTICE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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