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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by VIRGIN ISLAND ADVOCACY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,142,981
Total expenses
$1,142,942
Contributions and grants received
$1,135,169
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,812
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$373,168
Total liabilities, end of year
$112
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$373,056
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$680,778
Management and general expenses
$462,164
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$680,778

Program services were 59.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,063,960

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $71,209

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,812 · related or exempt $7,812

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $109,000 · program services $40,330 · management and general $68,670

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $407,278 · program services $228,983 · management and general $178,295

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,101 · program services $15,149 · management and general $15,952

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,210 · program services $35,097 · management and general $37,113

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,368 · program services $24,709 · management and general $22,659

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,115 · management and general $50,115

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $160,261 · program services $157,811 · management and general $2,450

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,583 · program services $11,405 · management and general $12,178

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,301 · program services $10,301

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,868 · program services $35,588 · management and general $6,280

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,830 · program services $17,992 · management and general $6,838

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,419 · program services $4,796 · management and general $11,623

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,359 · management and general $4,359

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,242 · management and general $16,242

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM OUTREACH

    total $76,083 · program services $76,083

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES, FEES AND PUBLICAT

    total $26,228 · program services $15,109 · management and general $11,119

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLEANING AND MAINTENANC

    total $18,271 · management and general $18,271

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERNET

    total $7,425 · program services $7,425

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $60,337 · end of year $99,833

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $162,375 · end of year $169,857

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $47,399 · end of year $3,421

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,072 · end of year $1,060

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

    $200,000

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

    $104,071

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $100,288 · end of year $95,929

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,068 · end of year $3,068

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,522 · end of year $112

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $373,017 · end of year $373,056

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ADVANCE THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, SUPPORT AND EMPOWER FAMILIES AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND INFORMATION THAT PROMOTES THE OVERALL HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

  • THE DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (DRCVI) HOSTED TWO RADIO SHOWS ON OUR ABILITY RADIO TOUCHING ON THE TOPIC OF EMPOWING INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO REACH THEIR GOALS. WE CONDUCTED TRAINING OF HEADSTART STAFF ON INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILIITIES ACT (IDEA), SECTION 504 - TO ADDRESS STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY, INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS (IEP) AND INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SERVICE PLAN (IFSP). DRCVI ALSO INVITED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSICE TO SPEAK ON ANTI-HATE CAMPAIGN. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING GROUP IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AT THE DISASTER EXPO.

    Expenses $133,247

  • DRCVI PROVIDED TRAINING TO MORE THAN 146 PROFESSIONALS, 123 PARENTS, AND 448 YOUTH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SYSTEMS. WITH OUR COLLABORATION WITH HEAD START WE TRAINED 175 STAFF MEMBERS AND 53 PARENTS ON THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (IDEA) AND SECTION 504. WE WORKED AT THE EDITH WILLIAMS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL WHERE WE TAUGHT THE STUDENTS ABOUT SELF-ADVOCACY, SELF-AWARENESS, AND SELF-ESTEEM. WE SENT OUT 1802 TEXT MESSAGES USING CATCHY SLOGANS TO ENGAGE PARENTS. WE POSTED 208 INFORMATIONAL POSTS TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE PROVIDED TRAINING TO 219 STUDENTS ABOUT PROPER HYGIENE AND DISSEMINATED HYGIENE PRODUCTS TO 167 STUDENTS. WE CREATED A DISABILITY ADVOCACY AND RIGHTS READING INITIATIVE (DARRI) BOOK CLUB. TO DATE, WE HAVE DISSEMINATED 108 BOOKS.

    Expenses $86,066

  • THE DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (DRCVI) PROVIES PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. WE MONITORED 12 FACILITIES THAT HOUSE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE NOT VIOLATED, THAT THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. WE CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN MONITORING OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS CONSENT DECREE WHICH SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE STATE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE HOUSED IN THE PRISON SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOSTED TWO RADIO SHOWS HIGHLIGHTING HOW COMMUNITIES CAN ADDRESS CULTURAL TABOOS THROUGH ART AND PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HOSTED A WEBINAR WITH FOUR EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE STIGMA ASSOCATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

    Expenses $143,250

  • DRCVI PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES, CONDUCTS INVESTIGATIONS OF FACILITIES, PROVIDES INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES AND TRAINING AND OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $318,215

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Veronica Handy

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Olutayo Delano

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherilyn Pogson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Flavia Logie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Bass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abigail Cyntie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chevell Simeon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kennesha Bedminster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angus Drigo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,096
    From this org
    $105,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,846
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Archie Jennings

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $131,689
    From this org
    $109,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,189
    Hours/week
    37.5

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
2022
Filed
7 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202412219349300526

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