Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,617,303

Total expenses

$4,429,281

Contributions and grants received

$4,480,268

Grants paid

$472,500

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$106,502

Other revenue

$30,533

Total assets, end of year

$10,622,175

Total liabilities, end of year

$744,331

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,877,844

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,871,780

Management and general expenses

$1,172,639

Fundraising expenses

$384,862

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,871,780

Program services were 64.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SEE SCHEDULE ONARRATIVE CHANGE AND CULTURAL STRATEGY: WE USE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, NARRATIVE, DIGITAL AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES TO CHANGE THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE VALUED AND POSITIONED AS LEADERS AND DECISION-MAKERS, AND TO CHANGE THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCE POLITICS AND USE THEIR CIVIC POWER TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO WORK WITH ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES OF CREATIVES, CREATING VISUALS AND IMAGES THAT CELEBRATE THE CULTURAL VALUE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.POWER CALIFORNIA EXPANDED MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL OUTLETS, GARNERING 20+ MEDIA HITS. IN 2023 WE TRAINED 25+ YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AS SPOKESPEOPLE AND PUBLISHED OVER 15 OP-EDS.WE DEVELOPED 10 COMMUNICATIONS LEADS ACROSS OUR ALLIANCE OF YOUTH ORGANIZING PARTNERS TO BUILD SKILLS AND ADVANCE SHARED MESSAGING AND NARRATIVES. WE DEVELOPED OVER 120 CONTENT PIECES CENTERING ON VOTER EDUCATION, HOUSING JUSTICE, PEOPLE OVER PROFIT, AND CLIMATE JUSTICE. OUR DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT INCREASED BY 59%, RESULTING IN OVER 15,000 SHARES, COMMENTS, AND MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. WE REACHED OVER 1M YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS POWER CALIFORNIA DIGITAL CHANNELS SHARING VOTER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.IN 2023, WE HELD FOCUS GROUPS AND CONDUCTED OUR FIRST OFF-CYCLE YOUTH POLL SURVEYING OVER 1,500 YOUNG VOTERS OF COLOR IN CALIFORNIA. WE CONDUCT YOUTH POLLS EVERY ELECTION TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOUNG CALIFORNIANS ON THE TOP ISSUES THEY MOST CARE ABOUT AND THEIR ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS AROUND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. POWER CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO BE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE CONDUCTING POLLS THAT CENTER YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND YOUNG BIPOC VOTERS.

  Expenses $2,871,780 · Grants $472,500

• SEE SCHEDULE OFIELD CAMPAIGNS: WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY, AND VOTING POWER OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE BUILT A BASE OF SUPPORTERS WITH OVER 100,000 YOUNG VOTERS OF COLOR STATEWIDE. WITH OUR ALLIANCE NETWORK OF 10+ LOCAL GRASSROOTS YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN RURAL, URBAN AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WE ARE BUILDING POWER AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS 20+ COUNTIES THROUGH YOUTH ORGANIZING, VOTER EDUCATION, AND MOBILIZATION. THROUGHOUT 2023 WE BUILT THE CAPACITY OF 10 YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZING AND BUILDING POWER IN PLACES LIKE THE CENTRAL VALLEY, INLAND CALIFORNIA, AND SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES. POWER CALIFORNIA, ALONG WITH OUR ALLIANCE PARTNERS, ENGAGED AND MOBILIZED OVER 14,000 YOUNG VOTERS THROUGH PHONE AND DOOR-TO-DOOR. WE REACHED OVER 1M VOTERS DIGITALLY.

• SEE SCHEDULE OORGANIZING PROGRAMS: WE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (16-34) AND YOUTH ORGANIZING GROUPS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ORGANIZING MUSCLE, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL STRATEGY TO BUILD A SUSTAINED VOTING BASE WITH POWER TO MOBILIZE YOUNG VOTERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. WE FACILITATE POWER CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO MOBILIZE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG VOTERS ANNUALLY, MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR COMBINED EFFORTS TO ENGAGE AND MOBILIZE YOUNG VOTERS. WE BUILT YOUTH ORGANIZING CAPACITY IN REGIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY, IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL MUSCLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO EXPAND CIVIC POWER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AREAS WHERE LITTLE YOUTH ORGANIZING EXISTS. OUR ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS ALIGNS OUR YOUTH ORGANIZING AROUND A YOUTH CENTERED BUDGET AGENDA AND ADVOCATES FOR HOUSING AND RENTAL PROTECTIONS. OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM BUILDS A POLITICAL HOME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR (16-34) THROUGH ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. THROUGHOUT 2023 WE ENGAGED OVER 1,000 MEMBERS STATEWIDE IN DIGITAL AND IN-PERSON ACTIONS. THROUGHOUT 2023 WE TRAINED OVER 500 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA. POWER ACADEMIES, YOUTH CONVENINGS, TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS, RALLIES, AND ACTIONS PROVIDE LEADERSHIP SPACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP AND HONE SKILLS IN YOUTH ORGANIZING, RUNNING PHONE BANKS, CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, VOTER EDUCATION, POLITICAL EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CANVASSSING, AND VOTER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

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

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. 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

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

• POWERCA ACTION

  $350,000

  CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• PICO CALIFORNIA

  $30,000

  CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND

  $30,000

  CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• CALIFORNIA BLACK POWER NETWORK

  $30,000

  CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• INNER CITY STRUGGLE

  $30,000

  CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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