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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SOZE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$372,576
Total expenses
$492,469
Contributions and grants received
$372,576
Grants paid
$33,583
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$644,842
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$624,842
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$481,508
Management and general expenses
$10,961
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$481,508

Program services were 97.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $19,647

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $352,929

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,600 · program services $25,600

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,983 · program services $7,983

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,750 · management and general $10,750

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $86,438 · program services $86,438

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,126 · program services $16,057 · management and general $69

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production Event Costs

    total $339,587 · program services $339,587

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $42 · management and general $42

  • 24c · Other expenses: Taxes & Licenses

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $5,843 · program services $5,843

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $814,382 · end of year $644,842

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,353

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $20,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $712,509 · end of year $553,592

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,226 · end of year $71,250

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Soze Foundation Inc is led by a collective of activists, storytellers, artists, and strategies that envisions a world in which every person has the ability and resources to empower changes in their community through the use of art and culture.

  • Returning Citizens ProjectRight Of Return Fellowship (funded by Open Philanthropy Projects) supports artists who were formerly incarcerated to create projects that focus on mass incarceration and the criminal justice system.

    Expenses $443,444 · Grants $31,850 · Revenue $257,500

  • Womens + Reproductive RightsWomens + Reproductive Rights is a project focused on raising awareness and supporting education around womens issues and reproductive rights.

    Expenses $33,081 · Grants $500 · Revenue $20,429

  • Immigration Culture ChangeImmigration Culture Change is a project supporting artists to create work about immigrants in America.

    Expenses $3,750 · Revenue $75,000

  • The Artist + Activist Fund The Artist + Activist Fund provided direct relief to those who were impacted by COVID-19. The fund supported artists and activists across the country, in a time when many had lost their jobs and their income. These micro-grants were made to those who applied and delivered as fast as the foundation could move.

    Expenses $1,233 · Grants $1,233

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Leon-Davis

    SecretaryTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Paola Mendoza

    Vice PresidentTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michael Skolnik

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349309446

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