Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$148,577

Total expenses

$171,119

Contributions and grants received

$143,680

Grants paid

$907

Program service revenue

$4,674

Investment income

$67

Other revenue

$156

Total assets, end of year

$131,620

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,479

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$113,141

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$119,758

Management and general expenses

$48,292

Fundraising expenses

$3,069

Program service expenses (Part III)

$119,758

Program services were 70.0% 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

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $30,288

• THE LIVING WAGE ADVOCACY PROGRAM EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING AND THE CHALLENGE TO SELFSUFFICIENCY THAT LOW WAGE EARNERS FACE WITHOUT A LIVING WAGE. THIS PROGRAM PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT ALL WORKING PEOPLE DESERVE A LIVABLE WAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR LABOR. OUR CERTIFIED LIVING WAGE EMPLOYER PROGRAM RECOGNIZES ANY ENTERPRISE THAT VOLUNTARILY PAYS ALL EMPLOYEES AT LEAST A LIVING WAGE.

  Expenses $40,773

• ANY PERSON WHO FEELS THEY MAY HAVE RECEIVED UNFAIR OR ILLEGAL TREATMENT AT WORK MAY CONTACT THE WORKERS' RIGHTS HOTLINE BY PHONE, EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA. DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OUR HOTLINE SERVICES PRIMARILY BY PHONE AND VIDEO MEETINGS. MOST USERS OF THE HOTLINE ARE RESIDENTS OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY, AND THE SURROUNDING FINGERLAKES AND SOUTHERN TIER REGIONS. WORKER ADVOCATES FOR THE HOTLINE EDUCATE WORKERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AT WORK AND ORGANIZING OR COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT HELP USERS BECOME BETTER ADVOCATES FOR THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BUILDING A WORKFORCE WITH GREATER SELF AGENCY AND KNOWLEDGE OF RIGHTS. THE WORKERS' CENTER MAY ACT AS A MEDIATOR TO HELP RESOLVE CONFLICTS OR HELP WORKERS PREPARE COMPLAINTS TO REGULATORY AGENCIES WHEN NECESSARY. HOTLINE ADVOCATES ENCOURAGE CONCERTED ACTION BETWEEN COWORKERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND MAY PROVIDE INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES AND HELP COORDINATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT WHEN WORKERS' SEEK TO ORGANIZE A UNION.

  Expenses $31,453

• TOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS' CENTER CONTRACTS WITH TWO SMALL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, MUTUAL AID TOMPKINS AND THE TOMPKINS COUNTY IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION, WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN 501(C)3 DESIGNATION AND NEED A FISCAL SPONSOR IN ORDER TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEIR WORK. WE ACCEPT DONATIONSAND/OR GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SPONSOR, MAINTAIN THOSE FUNDS IN SEPARATE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND RECORD THEM IN RESTRICTEDACCOUNTS IN OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATIONS MAY REQUEST A PAYOUT OF FUNDS ON A MONTHLY (OR LONGER) BASIS BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST SPECIFYING THEAMOUNT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE UP TO THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE AND STATING HOW THE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED. AS LONG AS THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH CHARITABLEPURPOSES, SUPPORTS THEIR MISSION AND ADHERES TO ANY DONOR RESTRICTIONS, WE ISSUE A PAYMENT IN THE FORM OF A GRANT. TCWC CHARGES AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR THESESERVICES. EACH FISCALLY SPONSORED ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, AT MINIMUM, AN ANNUAL REPORT LISTING THE FUNDS RECEIVED, HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT AND PROGRAMACCOMPLISHMENTS WHICH IS THEN REVIEWED BY STAFF FOR COMPLIANCE.

  Expenses $6,990

• OTHER EXPENSES INCLUDE SOFTWARE AND FUNDRAISING EXPENSES, AND SALARIES ALLOCATED TO THESE SERVICES. OTHER REVENUES INCLUDE AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR RENTAL SPACES AND ADMINSTRATIVE TASK

  Expenses $8,330

• Expenses $1,924 · Grants $907 · Revenue $4,830

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541329349302904

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