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← WESTERN STATES CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WESTERN STATES CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,529,774
Total expenses
$3,901,086
Contributions and grants received
$3,448,857
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$78,172
Other revenue
$2,745
Total assets, end of year
$5,406,554
Total liabilities, end of year
$353,348
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,053,206
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,990,245
Management and general expenses
$597,345
Fundraising expenses
$313,496
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,990,245

Program services were 76.7% 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

    $3,448,857

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $77,351 · excluded $77,351

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,215,831

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,215,010

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $821

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $821 · excluded $821

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,745 · related or exempt $2,745

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,745

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $190,619 · program services $125,596 · management and general $48,179 · fundraising $16,844

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,190,219 · program services $807,711 · management and general $274,277 · fundraising $108,231

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,360 · program services $6,500 · management and general $3,209 · fundraising $1,651

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,984 · program services $35,148 · management and general $9,426 · fundraising $4,410

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $140,875 · program services $81,647 · management and general $48,669 · fundraising $10,559

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,697 · program services $15,822 · management and general $6,875

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,741 · program services $25,463 · management and general $49,278

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,660,548 · program services $1,448,466 · management and general $52,423 · fundraising $159,659

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,733 · program services $7,105 · management and general $1,253 · fundraising $375

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $115,574 · program services $58,966 · management and general $53,613 · fundraising $2,995

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,497 · program services $31,466 · management and general $12,811 · fundraising $4,220

  • 17 · Travel

    total $177,958 · program services $154,690 · management and general $19,799 · fundraising $3,469

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,661 · program services $4,388 · management and general $1,684 · fundraising $589

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,612 · program services $293 · management and general $15,067 · fundraising $252

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $180,125 · program services $180,125

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $7,883 · program services $6,859 · management and general $782 · fundraising $242

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,939,632 · end of year $3,960

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,838,341

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,460,000 · end of year $1,464,582

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $85,397

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,877 · end of year $84,202

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

    $29,954

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

    $15,266

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,240 · end of year $14,688

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $730,173

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $270,608

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,415 · end of year $194,136

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19,765 · end of year $159,212

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,962,966 · end of year $3,318,206

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,460,000 · end of year $1,735,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF WESTERN STATES CENTER IS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD MOVEMENTS, DEVELOP LEADERS, SHIFT CULTURE, AND DEFEND DEMOCRACY, THROUGH A PRISM OF RACE, GENDER, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY.

  • MOMENTUM STRENGTHENS LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE BY PARTNERING WITH CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND PUBLIC LEADERS AT THE STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS. WE PROVIDE TOOLS, RESEARCH, STRATEGIES, AND RAPID RESPONSE SUPPORT THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES TO ACT COLLECTIVELY AND STAY ROOTED IN INCLUSIVE DEMOCRATIC VALUES.

    Expenses $1,796,467

  • COMMON GOOD BRINGS TOGETHER CIVIC, FAITH, AND CULTURAL LEADERS TO UNPACK THE ROLE OF ANTISEMITISM IN ORGANIZED BIGOTRY. THROUGH CROSS-IDENTITY COHORTS, EDUCATION, AND TRUST-BUILDING, THE PROGRAM STRENGTHENS LEADERS' CAPACITY TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO ANTISEMITIC NARRATIVES AND CONNECT THE DOTS ACROSS FORMS OF BIGOTRY.

    Expenses $232,417

  • CULTURE LAB PARTNERS WITH ARTISTS, MUSICIANS AND CULTURAL LEADERS AND VENUES TO USE THEIR PLATFORMS AS CATALYSTS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION AND RESILIENCE. THROUGH THIS WORK, CULTURE LAB SUPPORTS CULTURAL LEADERS TO MOBILIZE AUDIENCES, CREATE ROBUST COMMUNITY-BASED RESPONSES TO BIGOTRY THAT ARE DRIVEN BY THE ARTS, AND BUILD CULTURAL POWER IN DEFENSE OF INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $352,976

  • Expenses $608,385

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mariotta Gary-Smith

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • Emma Jordan-Simpson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • Kenya Johnson

    DIRECTOR (NOV 2024 - CURRENT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Leslie Warren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • Lindy Fisker

    DIRECTOR (NOV 2024 - CURRENT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Mary Morten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • Tasheaya Warren Ellison

    DIRECTOR (NOV 2024 - CURRENT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lecia Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • Amy Herzfeld-Copple

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $197,046
    From this org
    $181,870
    From related orgs
    $6,230
    Other
    $8,946
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,870 + $6,230 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,030 + $125 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $719 + $72 related
    Filer's total
    $190,619 + $6,427 related

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349310146

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