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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRONTLINE CATALYSTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$703,506
Total expenses
$553,581
Contributions and grants received
$690,684
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,822
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$644,149
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,955
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$624,194
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$483,605
Management and general expenses
$59,458
Fundraising expenses
$10,518
Program service expenses (Part III)
$483,605

Program services were 87.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $269,214

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $421,470

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contract services

    total $12,822 · related or exempt $12,822

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $174,762 · program services $137,770 · management and general $32,115 · fundraising $4,877

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $196,990 · program services $194,459 · management and general $2,363 · fundraising $168

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,669 · program services $15,541 · management and general $127 · fundraising $1

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,941 · program services $25,420 · management and general $2,156 · fundraising $365

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,444 · management and general $9,444

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,087 · program services $74,185 · management and general $897 · fundraising $5,005

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,669 · program services $6,669

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,712 · management and general $7,712

  • 24a · Other expenses: Materials and supplies

    total $19,165 · program services $18,973 · management and general $162 · fundraising $30

  • 24b · Other expenses: Meeting and event costs

    total $5,719 · program services $6,041 · management and general -$392 · fundraising $70

  • 24c · Other expenses: Information technology

    total $3,948 · program services $172 · management and general $3,774 · fundraising $2

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional development

    total $2,802 · program services $2,800 · management and general $2

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,673 · program services $1,575 · management and general $1,098

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $43,224 · end of year $295,233

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $435,021 · end of year $347,570

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,346

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,976 · end of year $19,955

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $140,305 · end of year $336,505

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $333,964 · end of year $287,689

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Empowering Frontline Youth to Lead the Movement for Transformative Climate Justice

  • Catalysts Action Leadership Institute (CALI, formerly OYACA):CALI engaged approximately 40 youth through multi-session leadership cohorts, plus an additional 6 youth through Youth Advisory Council, advocacy training, and community engagement activities. Youth participated in climate justice education, research, and civic engagement, culminating in youth-led public presentations and community events. Cohort participants completed 100120+ hours of service. FC also provided mission-related environmental justice expertise to CARB and Urban Strategies Collaborative with the City of Oakland, including community-informed review, feedback, and participation in environmental justice and community planning efforts.

    Expenses $245,401 · Revenue $5,129

  • Frontline Voices (Summer Program):Frontline Voices served 20 youth through a digital storytelling summer program. Youth created videos and multimedia projects focused on environmental justice and community resilience, building technical, creative, and leadership skills.

    Expenses $119,012

  • Eco-Healing the Town:Eco-Healing the Town engaged approximately 200 youth and community residents in land-based programming that addressed urban heat, food sovereignty, environmental stewardship, and organizing to build climate resilience in the Fruitvale District. Activities included school garden clubs, urban greening events, creek restoration, emergency communications systems, stewardship training, and eco-healing workshops. FC also brought its community-based environmental justice and climate resilience expertise to mission-related work with CARB and the Urban Strategies Collaborative.

    Expenses $68,320 · Revenue $5,129

  • Climate Justice Youth Leadership Program (CJYLD In-School):CJYLD served approximately 90 youth through in-school, electives, and lunchtime programs at 3 Title I schools in OUSD. Programming focused on climate justice education, leadership development, civic engagement, and applied learning, including youth participation in community education, organizing activities, and public meetings related to environmental health. Program work also informed FC's mission-related participation with state agencies on equity, environmental justice, and community planning.

    Expenses $50,872 · Revenue $2,564

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Xchitl Cortez

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $113,773
    From this org
    $113,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marcus Harris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $64,345
    From this org
    $64,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Dinh

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christy Johnston Limon

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ifeoma Adams

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jason Ferreira

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vivyana Prado

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Angela Aguilar

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gopal Dayaneni

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jawno Ohiulu

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Colin Andrew Logan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2025
Filed
17 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202602299349301750

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