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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SIXDEGREES ORG.

Totals

Total revenue
$522,224
Total expenses
$423,340
Contributions and grants received
$464,408
Grants paid
$58,035
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$57,816
Total assets, end of year
$741,400
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,191
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$733,209
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$190,025
Management and general expenses
$91,941
Fundraising expenses
$141,374
Program service expenses (Part III)
$190,025

Program services were 44.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $464,408

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,953

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $163,239

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $105,423

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $57,816 · related or exempt $57,816

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $58,035 · program services $58,035

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $182,290 · program services $63,801 · management and general $54,687 · fundraising $63,802

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,863 · program services $7,652 · management and general $6,559 · fundraising $7,652

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,344 · management and general $7,003 · fundraising $16,341

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,972 · program services $500 · management and general $6,052 · fundraising $12,420

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,831 · management and general $2,049 · fundraising $4,782

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,717 · management and general $7,115 · fundraising $16,602

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,720 · management and general $7,416 · fundraising $17,304

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,452 · management and general $436 · fundraising $1,016

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $55,487 · program services $55,487

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT COST

    total $4,550 · program services $4,550

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,600 · management and general $480 · fundraising $1,120

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $479 · management and general $144 · fundraising $335

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $594,885 · end of year $588,679

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,000 · end of year $131,681

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $38,595 · end of year $13,875

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,165

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,155 · end of year $8,191

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $634,325 · end of year $733,209

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SIXDEGREES SUPPORTS IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES TO SUSTAIN AND ENRICH LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS AND SOLUTIONS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH LOCAL LEADERS, RESIDENTS, AND CELEBRITIES ON INCREASING YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, AND IMPROVING A SUSTAINABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. WE LISTEN TO AND PRIORITIZE THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE COMMONLY UNDERSERVED AND UNDER RESOURCED.

  • DEGREE SHIFT REPRESENTS OUR COMMITMENT TO SPEARHEADING CAMPAIGNS AND ACTIVATIONS THAT CONVENE COMMUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE POSITIVE IMPACT. WE UTILIZE MULTIPLE CATALYSTS TO AMPLIFY THE REACH AND IMPACT OF OUR SHARED CAUSES. ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF DIFFERING ABILITIES, DEGREE SHIFT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR BELIEF IN THE POWER OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. IN 2023, SIXDEGREES LAUNCHED DRAG IS AN ART, DRAG IS A RIGHT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ACLU DRAG DEFENSE FUND. THIS CAMPAIGN WAS MEANT TO INCREASE BOTH FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND VISIBLE ADVOCACY FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY THREATENED THROUGH MORE THAN 450 ANTI-LTBTQIA+ BANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LARGELY AFFECTING THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF TRANS YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES, AND EVEN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. THEY CREATED APPAREL ITEMS TO SERVE AS A FUNDRAISER AND AWARENESS AMPLIFICATION TOOL. WE ACHIEVED CLOSE TO 109MM IMPRESSIONS, RAISED MORE THAN $57K AND SOLD 3,672 APPAREL ITEMS.

    Expenses $81,851 · Grants $58,036

  • BKXKB IS OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL CARE ITEMS. THROUGH A ROBUST NETWORK OF VETTED PARTNERS, WE ENSURE THAT ESSENTIAL RESOURCE KITS REACH THOSE WHO NEED THEM THE MOST. THESE KITS, METICULOUSLY CURATED TO MEET CRITICAL NEEDS, EMBODY OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING A TANGIBLE AND POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS FACING VARIOUS CHALLENGES. WE LAUNCHED THE FOOTLOOSE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN AND SUPPORTED 1,050 INDIVIDUALS LACKING BASIC ESSENTIAL RESOURCES BY DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN 26,100 ITEMS POWERED BY 260 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

    Expenses $84,351

  • CAUSEVOLVE IS SIXDEGREES' SOCIAL IMPACT PRODUCTION TO CRAFTING IMPACTFUL NARRATIVES FOR CHANGE. IN 2023, SIXDEGREES LAUCHED SIX DEGREES WITH KEVIN BACON PODCAST. IN 4 MONTHS IT BECAME A TOP 1% OF ALL PODCASTS WITH MORE THAN 395,500 DOWNLOADS. IT BECAME THE #1 NONPROFIT PODCAST IN THE US, CANADA, GREAT BRITAIN AND MANY OTHERS AND RAISED AWARENESS FOR 16 NONPROFITS. IT ENDED 2023 WITH AN ANTHEM AWARD FOR BEST PODCAST IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION & SERVICES PODCAST OR AUDIO.

    Expenses $23,823

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kevin Bacon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Pearce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Morris

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Robinson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacy Huston

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,596
    From this org
    $105,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mitchell Petit-Frere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Turner Schofield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Ribbecke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samantha Abram

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brigid Zuknick

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $76,694
    From this org
    $76,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413139349301686

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