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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,026,257
Total expenses
$1,379,489
Contributions and grants received
$472,144
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$544,908
Investment income
$5
Other revenue
$9,200
Total assets, end of year
$97,799
Total liabilities, end of year
$168,536
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$70,737
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,178,460
Management and general expenses
$109,555
Fundraising expenses
$91,474
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,178,460

Program services were 85.4% 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

    $472,144

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT INCOME

    total $544,908 · related or exempt $544,908

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5 · excluded $5

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $9,200 · related or exempt $9,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,044 · program services $61,334 · management and general $16,667 · fundraising $20,043

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $294,172 · program services $213,217 · management and general $50,010 · fundraising $30,945

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,613 · program services $19,329 · management and general $4,694 · fundraising $3,590

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,232 · program services $19,762 · management and general $4,799 · fundraising $3,671

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $950 · program services $665 · management and general $152 · fundraising $133

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,025 · program services $16,118 · management and general $3,684 · fundraising $3,223

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $7,829 · fundraising $7,829

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,395 · program services $44,256 · management and general $10,116 · fundraising $1,023

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,066 · program services $9,050 · management and general $1,810 · fundraising $1,206

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,355 · program services $9,266 · management and general $1,853 · fundraising $1,236

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,331 · program services $5,498 · management and general $1,100 · fundraising $733

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,113 · program services $24,909 · management and general $3,355 · fundraising $1,849

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,095 · program services $9,071 · management and general $1,814 · fundraising $1,210

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,737 · program services $11,352 · fundraising $6,385

  • 20 · Interest

    total $652 · program services $652

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,931 · program services $7,945 · management and general $993 · fundraising $993

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTORS

    total $595,288 · program services $595,288

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNS AND STIPENDS

    total $56,315 · program services $50,684 · fundraising $5,631

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANTS

    total $32,646 · program services $32,646

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECT MATERIALS

    total $24,633 · program services $24,633

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,067 · program services $22,785 · management and general $8,508 · fundraising $1,774

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $363,689 · end of year $35,993

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $104,955 · end of year $59,460

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

    $64,517

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

    $62,171

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $2,346

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $88,398 · end of year $88,875

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $97,751 · end of year $79,661

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $282,495 · end of year -$70,737

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS KNOWN AS THE LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT AND IS SEEN AS THE "GO TO" EXPERTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF ITS KNOWLEDGE AND ITS NETWORK.

  • DWEJ FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS ON REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES, SPECIFICALLY THOSE RELATED TO ASTHMA, LEAD POISONING AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD). OUR APPROACHES TO REDUCING THESE DISPARITIES INVOLVE COMBINING EDUCATION ABOUT IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE WITH POLITICAL ACTION TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT LEAD TO DISEASE. THROUGH OUR CLIMATE AND ENERGY JUSTICE WORK WE PROVIDED OVER 500 ENERGY EFFICIENCY PRODUCTS TO FAMILIES TO HELP REDUCE HOUSEHOLDS' ENERGY AND ECONOMIC BURDEN AND INCREASE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THEIR HOMES. THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION WORK WE ENGAGED YOUTH IN OUR INAUGURAL ART AND AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY THROUGH ART (AAA) PROGRAM WHERE LOCAL ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS WORKED WITH YOUTH TO DEVELOP VISUAL AND PERFORMANCE ART THAT RAISED AWARENESS AROUND STUDENT-IDENTIFIED AND LOCALLY-RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND 43 PIECES OF PROTEST ART WERE DISPLAYED DURING AN ART EXHIBITION. THROUGH OUR POLICY AND ADVOCACY WORK WE PROVIDED TRAINING WORKSHOPS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO 63 DETROITERS TO ENHANCE THEIR CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. AS A RESULT DETROITERS MADE PUBLIC COMMENT, WROTE LETTERS AND MADE PHONE CALLS TO DECISION MAKERS TO VOICE ISSUES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

    Expenses $1,178,460

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandra Turner-Handy

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raquel Garcia

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saundra Little

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carey Stanton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leighton Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Wozniak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laprisha Daniels

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $98,044
    From this org
    $98,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443209349317529

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