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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by I AM WHY.

Totals

Total revenue
$373,817
Total expenses
$358,275
Contributions and grants received
$370,784
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,033
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$24,841
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,807
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,034
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$270,319
Management and general expenses
$82,881
Fundraising expenses
$5,075
Program service expenses (Part III)
$270,319

Program services were 75.5% 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

    $370,784

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $2,954 · related or exempt $2,954

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BOOK SALES

    total $79 · related or exempt $79

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,643 · program services $113,643

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $38,874 · program services $38,874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,999 · program services $10,999

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,838 · management and general $6,838

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $144,023 · program services $90,800 · management and general $49,708 · fundraising $3,515

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,848 · program services $1,361 · management and general $6,317 · fundraising $1,170

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,941 · management and general $3,551 · fundraising $390

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,603 · management and general $1,603

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,254 · program services $12,567 · management and general $11,687

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,375 · program services $1,375

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,221 · management and general $1,221

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $488 · management and general $488

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $700 · program services $700

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $645 · management and general $645

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $504 · management and general $504

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $319 · management and general $319

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,898 · end of year $24,231

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,316

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

    $3,663

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

    $3,053

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,831 · end of year $610

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,492 · end of year $1,746

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $61 · end of year $61

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,492 · end of year $23,034

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

I AM WHY BRINGS YOUNG WOMEN AND GENDER EXPANSIVE ACTIVISTS TOGETHER WITH RESEARCHERS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO INCREASE YOUNG ACTIVISTS INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE POWER. BY CELEBRATING THEIR STRENGTHS AND SHARING THEIR STORIES AND VISIONS FOR JUSTICE, YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD THE WAY TO POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WORK.

  • I AM WHY CENTERS YOUNG ACTIVISTS IN ALL OUR WORK USING THREE APPROACHES: -A METHODOLOGY THAT IS AUTHENTIC, CONNECTING YOUNG ACTIVISTS NARRATIVES TO POLICY AND PRACTICE; -COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT CLARIFY ISSUES, REFRAME SOLUTIONS AND MODEL SHARED POWER; AND -MOVEMENT BUILDING THROUGH YOUNG WOMENS DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SYSTEMS WE AIM TO CHANGE.

    Expenses $270,319 · Revenue $3,033

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Francine Sherman

    PRESIDENT/FO

    Total calculated
    $4,497
    From this org
    $4,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lina To Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chanelle Elaine

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Xochtil Larios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • K Shakira Washington

    TREASURER

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202611329349302516

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