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← OPPORTUNITY AGENDA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by OPPORTUNITY AGENDA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,587,753
Total expenses
$5,397,275
Contributions and grants received
$1,360,522
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$102,000
Investment income
$68,075
Other revenue
$57,156
Total assets, end of year
$708,798
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,001,592
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$292,794
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,560,432
Management and general expenses
$460,122
Fundraising expenses
$376,721
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,560,432

Program services were 84.5% 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

    $1,360,522

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING REVENUE

    total $102,000 · related or exempt $102,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,075 · excluded $68,075

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $45,250

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $45,250

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $45,250 · excluded $45,250

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $8,798 · excluded $8,798

  • 11b · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $3,108 · excluded $3,108

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,906

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $734,295 · program services $596,419 · management and general $36,416 · fundraising $101,460

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,471,720 · program services $1,403,398 · management and general $4,752 · fundraising $63,570

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,533 · program services $5,436 · fundraising $97

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $151,288 · program services $141,856 · management and general $356 · fundraising $9,076

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $173,108 · program services $156,335 · management and general $2,530 · fundraising $14,243

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $58,795 · management and general $58,795

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $340,009 · management and general $340,009

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,123,499 · program services $1,051,013 · management and general $8,442 · fundraising $64,044

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,935 · program services $3,237 · fundraising $4,698

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,956 · program services $29,040 · management and general $5,914 · fundraising $10,002

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $250,180 · program services $188,859 · management and general $1,120 · fundraising $60,201

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $816,127 · program services $777,009 · fundraising $39,118

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,187 · program services $37,533 · management and general $73 · fundraising $1,581

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,762 · program services $32,072 · management and general $7 · fundraising $683

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $115,336 · program services $113,085 · management and general $719 · fundraising $1,532

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROF. DEVELOPMENT

    total $31,435 · program services $24,442 · management and general $646 · fundraising $6,347

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $1,110 · program services $698 · management and general $343 · fundraising $69

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $402,340 · end of year $214,166

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,032,977 · end of year $483,343

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $7,878

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $202,694 · end of year $3,411

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $141,939 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,769,505 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $182,382 · end of year $661,489

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    end of year $17,180

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,090,345 · end of year $322,923

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,172,898 · end of year -$292,794

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,343,830 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA'S MISSION IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE BY ADVANCING NARRATIVES THAT CHAMPION A MULTI-RACIAL DEMOCRACY WHILE DISMANTLING NARRATIVES ROOTED IN SYSTEMIC RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY.

  • OUR PROGRAMS AIM TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE SOCIAL JUSTICE FIELD TO EMPOWER THEM TO USE NARRATIVE, COMMUNICATIONS, AND CULTURE TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES INCLUDING RACIAL JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, IMMIGRATION, HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. IN 2025, WE TRAINED 5,000+ SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS, ADVOCATES, AND ARTISTS IN NARRATIVE AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES. WE PROVIDED RESEARCH-BACKED NARRATIVE AND CULTURAL MESSAGING TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO A NETWORK OF 30,000+ ADVOCATES, FUNDERS, ARTISTS, POLICYMAKERS, AND OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS TO AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES AND EFFECTIVENESS AS STORYTELLERS. FOR OUR NARRATIVE INNOVATORS LAB, WE CONCLUDED THE PROGRAM IN MARCH 2025 THAT PROVIDED TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO 10 SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS AND 7 ARTISTS TO DEVELOP NARRATIVE AND CULTURAL INTERVENTIONS TO ADVANCE A MULTIRACIAL SOCIETY.AT THE END OF 2025, THE ORGANIZATION SUNSETTED OPERATIONS AND TRANSFERRED THEIR PROGRAMMATIC WORK TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION IS IN THE PROCESS OF WINDING DOWN OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $4,560,432 · Revenue $102,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Vincent Benjamin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Goldberg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Yasmin Cader

    DIRECTOR, THRU 7/20/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vladimir Estiverne

    DIRECTOR, THRU 7/30/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Gorin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maritza Guzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kat O-Brien

    DIRECTOR, THRU 7/16/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Roberts

    DIRECTOR, THRU 7/22/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Aduke Thelwell

    DIRECTOR, THRU 6/24/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Traci Lester

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $268,029
    From this org
    $244,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,029
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,840
    Bonus
    $20,311
    Other
    $11,849
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,029
    Filer's total
    $268,029

  • Robin Jenkins

    INTERIM PRESIDENT, THRU 2/21/25

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Soha Ellaithy

    VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $240,678
    From this org
    $215,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,353
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,038
    Bonus
    $25,311
    Other
    $12,976
    Deferred
    $1,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,703
    Filer's total
    $240,678

  • Elizabeth Johnsen

    VP OF PROGRAM STRATEGY & IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $219,587
    From this org
    $196,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,737
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,771
    Bonus
    $15,311
    Other
    $5,768
    Deferred
    $1,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,112
    Filer's total
    $219,587

  • Kimberly Hall Vp Of

    HEALTH EQUITY WORKS, THRU 7/31/25

    Total calculated
    $133,168
    From this org
    $123,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,301
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jerry James

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $129,639
    From this org
    $118,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,454
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chrystian Rodriguez

    TRAINING & ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $124,221
    From this org
    $112,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,744
    Hours/week
    40

  • Charles Sherman

    MANAGER OF NARRATIVE STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $122,502
    From this org
    $110,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,234
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jade Wilenchik

    PROGRAM STRATEGY & COHORT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $116,172
    From this org
    $106,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,219
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION AWARDED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS TO THE EMPLOYEES LISTED ON PART II.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
19 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602319349301600

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