Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,039,204

Total expenses

$2,512,601

Contributions and grants received

$1,944,947

Grants paid

$478,645

Program service revenue

$49,658

Investment income

$44,599

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,739,826

Total liabilities, end of year

$83,804

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,656,022

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,958,252

Management and general expenses

$409,516

Fundraising expenses

$144,833

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,958,252

Program services were 77.9% 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 · 2024

• THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS ORGANIZER SCHOOL; CAPACITY, DATA, AND RESOURCES TO HELP OUR MEMBERS ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND NONPARTISAN ELECTION EDUCATION; POLICY TRAINING PROGRAM CALLED LOBBY SCHOOL; AND MANAGEMENT/FACILITATION OF SEVERAL COALITIONS AND WORKING GROUPS. ORGANIZER SCHOOL IS A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM. WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER PLACED WITH TWO UNIQURE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND ENSURE SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZING PRESENCE IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT GREATER NEBRASKA. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM EVOLVED FROM NOT ONLY HIRING ORGANIZERS TO BE PLACED WITH MEMBERS, TO ALSO INCLUDE TRAINING MODULES TO ENHANCE SKILLS OF ORGANIZERS EMPLOYED WITHIN THE NETWORK. PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM SUPPORT COMMUNITY BUILDING, ELECTION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, AND RESPONSIVENESS TO LOCAL AND STATE POLICY ISSUES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. THE PROGRAM ALSO AIMS TO DEVELOP AND GROW THE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE IN THESE GEOGRAPHIES.LOBBY SCHOOL TAKES A 360-APPROACH TO MOVEMENT BUILDING BY CONNECTING ELECTIONS AND GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO POLICY WORK. IT IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND THE EXISTING ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILD POWER WITHIN NEBRASKA'S NON-PROFIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE BUILDING THE BENCH OF POLICY EXPERTS THAT CAN ADVOCATE FOR A TRULY REPRESENTATIVE AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER PLACED WITH FIVE UNIQUE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND ENSURE CONSISTENT POLICY AND ADVOCACY PRESENCE FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP PIPELINE.PARTICIPANTS GAIN ESSENTIAL SKILLS TO PARTICIPATE IN LOBBYING EFFORTS TO FIGHT FOR COMMUNITY INTERESTS THAT ARE NOT OFTEN REPRESENTED BY THE TRADITIONAL ROSTER OF PROFESSIONAL LOBBYISTS INCLUDING THOSE OF RURAL AND BIPOC NEBRASKANS. TRAINING IS FACILITATED BY POLICY EXPERTS WHO SHARE LEARNING FROM YEARS OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND IS STRENGTHENED THROUGH MENTORSHIP PAIRS BASED ON ISSUE AREAS. MENTORS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND AS GUIDES THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO GUIDANCE FROM EXPERTS, PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN A COLLABORATIVE SPACE WHERE THEY CAN BUILD CONNECTIONS AMONG PEERS IN THEIR INDUSTRY. IN 2024, WE GRADUATED 13 PARTICIPANTS AND ACCEPTED 11 NEW PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.ANOTHER KEY FOCUS OF WORK IS COALITION MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION. IN 2024, WE CO-LED A POLICY COALITION OF OVER 70 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS WEEKLY DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WERE ACTIVE IN SEVERAL GEOGRAPHIC BASED VOTER EDUCATION COALITIONS, AND HELD KEY ROLES IN NUMEROUS DIRECT DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGNS. WE PROVIDED EDUCATION, RESOURCES, AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT MEMBERS DESIGNING NONPARTISAN VOTER OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLANS, LEVERAGING DATA, A SHARED COMMUNICATIONS NARRATIVE, AND PEOPLE POWER TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN THE 2024 ELECTIONS

  Expenses $1,958,252 · Grants $478,645 · Revenue $49,658

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

• SECOND HOUSE COLLABORATIVE

  $160,000

  PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE

• YOUR NEBRASKA

  $115,000

  SOCIAL WELFARE

• NEBRASKANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

  $100,000

  DIRECT LOBBYING GRANT

• NEIGHBORWORKS LINCOLN

  $10,000

  COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT

• INCOMMON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  $8,890

  COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT

• ACLU NEBRASKA

  $7,500

  GET OUT THE VOTE GRANT

• ONE OMAHA

  $7,500

  GET OUT THE VOTE GRANT

• MALCOLM X MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

  $6,250

  COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT

• HEARTLAND WORKERS CENTER

  $5,000

  GET OUT THE VOTE GRANT

• I BE BLACK GIRL

  $5,000

  POLICY FELLOWS AND ORGANIZERS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

22 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202501469349300100

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