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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by I AM WHY.

Totals

Total revenue
$356,985
Total expenses
$441,418
Contributions and grants received
$322,515
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$34,470
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,214
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,262
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,952
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$407,126
Management and general expenses
$33,331
Fundraising expenses
$961
Program service expenses (Part III)
$407,126

Program services were 92.2% 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)

    $318,875

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,640

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE

    total $28,071 · related or exempt $28,071

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $6,265 · related or exempt $6,265

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BOOK SALES

    total $134 · related or exempt $134

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $209,625 · program services $209,625

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,192 · program services $44,192

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,729 · program services $16,729

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,927 · management and general $9,927

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $121,377 · program services $121,377

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $121 · program services $121

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,451 · program services $4,840 · management and general $5,650 · fundraising $961

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,339 · management and general $3,339

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $629 · program services $629

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,670 · program services $5,670

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $766 · program services $766

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,403 · management and general $3,403

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,479 · program services $1,479

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $8,611 · management and general $8,611

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,279 · program services $1,279

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $1,276 · management and general $1,276

  • 24d · Other expenses: PER DIEM AND DAYCARE

    total $995 · management and general $995

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $549 · program services $419 · management and general $130

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,445 · end of year $7,898

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $84,762 · end of year $12,867

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $1,449

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,240

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1 · end of year $14,201

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $20,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $61 · end of year $61

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,385 · end of year $7,952

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

I AM WHY BRINGS YOUNG WOMEN AND GENDER EXPANSIVE ACTIVISTS TOGETHER WITH RESEARCHERS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO INCREASE YOUNG ACTIVISTS INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE POWER. BY CELEBRATING THEIR STRENGTHS AND SHARING THEIR STORIES AND VISIONS FOR JUSTICE, YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD THE WAY TO POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WORK.

  • I AM WHY CENTERS YOUNG ACTIVISTS IN ALL OUR WORK USING THREE APPROACHES: -A METHODOLOGY THAT IS AUTHENTIC, CONNECTING YOUNG ACTIVISTS NARRATIVES TO POLICY AND PRACTICE; -COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT CLARIFY ISSUES, REFRAME SOLUTIONS AND MODEL SHARED POWER; AND -MOVEMENT BUILDING THROUGH YOUNG WOMENS DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SYSTEMS WE AIM TO CHANGE.

    Expenses $407,126 · Revenue $34,470

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Chanelle Elaine

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Kazani Lole Kanani Finao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Xochtil Larios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Montana Ross

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Francine Sherman

    FOUNDER/PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Kathleen Shakira Washington

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

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
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349303017

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