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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PEOPLE MATTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$370,829
Total expenses
$272,748
Contributions and grants received
$354,348
Grants paid
$12,708
Program service revenue
$13,371
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,110
Total assets, end of year
$114,812
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,348
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$86,464
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$193,223
Management and general expenses
$71,922
Fundraising expenses
$7,603
Program service expenses (Part III)
$193,223

Program services were 70.8% 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)

    $100,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $254,348

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $13,371 · related or exempt $13,371

  • 11a · Other revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $3,110 · related or exempt $3,110

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,110

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,708 · program services $12,708

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,720 · program services $104,312 · management and general $18,408

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,514 · program services $13,187 · management and general $2,327

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,954 · program services $8,461 · management and general $1,493

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,698 · program services $8,243 · management and general $1,455

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $26,147 · management and general $26,147

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,367 · management and general $6,367

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $848 · management and general $848

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,928 · management and general $7,928

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,234 · program services $18,899 · management and general $3,335

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,259 · program services $12,259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,750 · program services $14,147 · fundraising $7,603

  • 20 · Interest

    total $89 · program services $89

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $783 · management and general $783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,787 · management and general $1,787

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $918 · program services $918

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $1,044 · management and general $1,044

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,676 · end of year $558

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,028

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $101,920

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

    $12,416

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

    $1,110

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,560 · end of year $11,306

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $3,348

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $26,853 · end of year $25,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$11,617

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $86,464

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO UPLIFT, UNEARTH, AND UNTETHER PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CHICAGO COMMUNITIES. WE ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE, POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY WORK. THE VISION IS TO EXPAND TO THE REST OF THE CHICAGOLAND AREA, NATION AND GLOBE.

  • GARDEN FELLOWS IS OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT BUILT SOLIDARITY BETWEEN 58 BLACK, BROWN AND ASIAN STUDENTS AGES 11-19 AND COMMUNITITES THROUGH GARDENING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS BUILDING. WE TAUGHT 15 WORKSHOPS ON LEADERSHIP, 5 WORKSHOPS ON RACIAL LITERACY AND 7 WORKSHOPS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE ALSO FINISHED 4 COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECTS INCLUDING 2 POP-UP COMMUNITY GARDENS WHERE WE GAVE OUT OVER 50 GROCERY BAGS AND PLANTS, AND 2 COMMUNITY PLANTERS FOR OUR LOCAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY.

    Expenses $96,612

  • ANTI BLACKNESS WORK - WE LAUNCHED THE FIRST EVER BLACK HEROES OF CHINATOWN NATIONAL EVENT, IN WHICH WE CELEBRATED 6 BLACK HEROES FROM 4 CITIES ACROSS THE US. WE PARTNERED WITH 5 CHINATOWN ORGANIZATIONS AND REACHED OVER 250 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE TAUGHT OVER 70 STUDENTS THROUGH OUR UNLEARNING INTERNALIZED ANTI-BLACKNESS CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $67,628 · Revenue $5,900

  • IN OUR EDUCATION AND HOUSING CAMPAIGN, WE FOUGHT FOR A HIGH SCHOOL FOR CHINATOWN THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE BLACK PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS. TO PRESSURE THE CITY, WE CO-HELD 6 PRESS CONFERENCES AND 1 TOWN HALL. WE ENGAGED OVER 500 RESIDENTS AND COLLECTED 200 PETITIONS ASKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SITE. WE ALSO HELD 2 FOCUS GROUPS WITH 25 PARENTS AND 29 STUDENTS TO GATHER THEIR INPUT.

    Expenses $28,983

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Consuela R Hendricks

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $66,560
    From this org
    $66,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Angela X Lin

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $56,160
    From this org
    $56,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sharad Crosby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Ming Liang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexis Kwan

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2022
Filed
19 November 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202403249349301235

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