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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$339,633
Total expenses
$1,426,808
Contributions and grants received
$311,593
Grants paid
$393,000
Program service revenue
$9,439
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$18,601
Total assets, end of year
$539,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,512
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$494,120
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,127,166
Management and general expenses
$254,517
Fundraising expenses
$45,125
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,127,166

Program services were 79.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $311,593

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $9,439 · related or exempt $9,439

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $18,601 · related or exempt $18,601

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,601

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $393,000 · program services $393,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $353,180 · program services $238,057 · management and general $83,389 · fundraising $31,734

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,868 · program services $23,178 · management and general $18,653 · fundraising $5,037

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,838 · program services $19,356 · management and general $6,059 · fundraising $2,423

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $308,723 · program services $299,334 · management and general $9,389

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,350 · management and general $11,350

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $83,810 · program services $83,810

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,227 · program services $14,227

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,999 · program services $15,522 · management and general $4,477

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,015 · program services $863 · management and general $10,152

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,241 · program services $2,645 · management and general $20,596

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,738 · program services $9,045 · management and general $166 · fundraising $5,527

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,867 · program services $13,770 · management and general $97

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $585 · management and general $585

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION

    total $84,217 · management and general $84,217

  • 24b · Other expenses: RETURN OF GRANT FUNDS

    total $14,218 · program services $14,218

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $3,436 · management and general $3,436

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,545 · program services $120 · management and general $1,425

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $951 · program services $21 · management and general $526 · fundraising $404

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,315,161 · end of year $521,539

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $301,655 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,425 · end of year $16,534

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

    $2,924

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

    $1,365

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,144 · end of year $1,559

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $40,090 · end of year $45,512

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $295,175 · end of year $302,631

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,286,120 · end of year $191,489

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED ARE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE STEPS TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF RACISM AND (2) CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PUBLICIZING THE POSITIONS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONCERNING THESE ISSUES.

  • THE STRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATION (FORMED ON OCTOBER 9, 2020) IS A PENNSYLVANIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT WILL BE UNDERTAKING A STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL OFFER PAROLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE THAN 1,100 PEOPLE SERVING LIFE-WITHOUT-PAROLE (LWOP) SENTENCES FOR FELONY MURDER CONVICTIONS, AND FOR THE 10,000 ELDERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE SERVING LONG OR LIFE SENTENCES THAT WILL LIKELY END WITH THEIR DEATH IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE REFORM. THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARD SHIFTING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN PENNSYLVANIA FROM A PUNITIVE TO A RESTORATIVE PARADIGM, BY: 1) INTRODUCING LEGISLATION AND KEEPING A PERMANTENT PRESENCE IN THE STATE CAPITOL OF HARRISBURG; 2) CREATING A STATEWIDE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN THAT WILL CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AROUND LWOP, LONG-TERM INCARCERATION, VIOLENT OFFENSES, AND PAROLE ELIGIBILITY; AND 3) ORGANIZING IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO TRAIN THEM AS ADVOCATES AND BUILD LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE, PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH GROUPS, AND ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE STATE TO CHANGE NARRATIVES AROUND CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND INCARCERATION.

    Expenses $1,127,166 · Grants $393,000 · Revenue $28,040

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DUSTIN MCDANIEL

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRET GROTE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ROBERT HOLBROOK

    PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ASHLEY JIMENEZ

    TREASURER/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • RUKIA LUMUMBA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • DUSTIN GIBSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • SHANDRE DELANEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ALISSA DEPIRO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349307871

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