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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by A LEGACY OF EQUALITY LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZING.

Totals

Total revenue
$588,879
Total expenses
$510,308
Contributions and grants received
$598,786
Grants paid
$111,195
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,774
Other revenue
-$13,681
Total assets, end of year
$626,280
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,425
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$603,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$496,689
Management and general expenses
$9,678
Fundraising expenses
$3,941
Program service expenses (Part III)
$496,689

Program services were 97.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $148,265

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $284,989

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $165,532

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,774 · related or exempt $3,774 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $148,265

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,681

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$13,681 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$13,681

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $104,186 · program services $104,186

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,009 · program services $7,009

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,076 · program services $60,526 · management and general $3,550 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $106,522 · program services $106,073 · management and general $414 · fundraising $35

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $40,466 · program services $40,466 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,009 · program services $14,668 · management and general $341 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,245 · program services $8,820 · management and general $4,425 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $90,997 · program services $89,947 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,050

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60 · program services $60 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,374 · program services $36,690 · management and general $220 · fundraising $1,464

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,354 · program services $1,354 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,085 · program services $11,085 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,773 · program services $10,125 · management and general $498 · fundraising $150

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,038 · program services $1,038

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $160 · program services $160 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,764 · program services $3,764 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank and processing fees

    total $2,190 · program services $718 · management and general $230 · fundraising $1,242

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $151,515 · end of year $332,997

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $87,580 · end of year $13,912

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,050 · end of year $7,450

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $235,243 · end of year $271,921

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,778 · end of year $22,425

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $466,610 · end of year $364,397

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $239,458

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LELO strives to empower low-income workers of color, recent immigrants and women workers to assert their rights, improve their working conditions and gain a voice in their workplaces, trade unions and communities, in the U.S. and across the globe.

  • King County Relicensing Program LELO's driving while driving license suspended in Thrith Degree (DWLS3D) assisted low-income drivers who are interested in recover their driving license. The program accepts any low income who has unpaid tickets in King County District Court. The DWLS3D are help individuals to navigate the court system, educate them on their rights and advocate for themselves. LELO assisted its clients appeals the Washington State and out of the state courts and received very affordable outcomes. In 2023 the Relicensing Program enrolled 65 clients and 16 regain their driver's license.

    Expenses $166,144 · Grants $1,082 · Revenue $111,661

  • APALA: Collaboration with The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islanders (APPI) most of who are union members and APALA works with LELO as partner to advance workers, immigrant and civil rights. APALA and LELO have played a unique roll addressing the work place issues of their 660,00 union members an serving as a bridge between labor board and the APPI community. Backed with strong support of the AFL-CIO. The collaboration between APALA and LELO is dedicate to promoting political education, empowerment and leadership of AAPIs within labor movement and APA community. Together APALA and LELO organize six educational sessions by Zoom and a National Conference in Seattle.

    Expenses $49,838 · Revenue $25,983

  • LELO's Food Equity Program (FEP) has been successfully planned, funded, and implemented a grassroots effort to provide our multi-racial community with organic vegetables and fruits, methods to prepare healthy foods, knowledge of how to take care of our health and education on what food sovereignty is as an alternative to the food system we currently have. The Food Equity Program distributed 75 boxes of produces and fruit very week from June to September. From June to middle of September LELO distributed 880 boxes with with average 12 pounds of food. Every other week we have educational sessions to talk about important issues relate to our food the importance to take care our environment. Inflation and the high cost of living aggravated by the post-pandemic have increased hunger and poverty. We worked to organize our communities to ensure that all people have access to healthy food, it is our human right!

    Expenses $49,034 · Revenue $99,317

  • General Programs, City of Seattle-Prefiling, Garry Owens Fund, Mexico Solidarity, Western Sahara, and other programs

    Expenses $231,673 · Grants $927 · Revenue $275,389

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ricardo Ortega

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $63,702
    From this org
    $63,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cindy Domingo

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Keefe

    Secretary and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Romy Garcia

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Edwin Batangbocal

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Araceli Hernandez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Judith Vazquez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433199349307513

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