Totals
- Total revenue
- $147,292
- Total expenses
- $123,338
- Contributions and grants received
- $99,445
- Grants paid
- $34,742
- Program service revenue
- $33,702
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $135
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $10,703
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $3,307
- Total assets, end of year
- $156,093
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,153
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $149,940
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $110,500
Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE BY INCUBATING AND DEVELOPING GRASSROOTS PROJECTS. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE BY INCUBATING AND DEVELOPING GRASSROOTS PROJECTS. WE ARE A NONPROFIT INCUBATOR AND SOCIAL CHANGE ACCELERATOR. WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WORK WITH NEW PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES TO HELP THEM DETERMINE THEIR BEST PATH FORWARD. SIDE PROJECT OVERSEES NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS FOCUSED ON PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.
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To promote social justice and social change by incubating and developing grassroots projects. We are a nonprofit incubator and social change accelerator. We believe in the power of grassroots community organizations and work with new projects and initiatives to help them determine their best path forward. Side Project oversees new and innovative projects focused on progressive social change. In 2024, we worked on several initiatives focused on creating more inclusive and welcoming communities. These projects include the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy, Lawyers4Nonprofits, Erie Food Policy Advisory Council, Sunburst Music Outreach Program, and MAPS.
Expenses $110,500 · Grants $34,742
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Jeffrey Fromknecht
CEO & Managing Attorney
- Total calculated
- $2,700
- Compensation
- $2,700
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Dave Brown
CFO & Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $500
- Compensation
- $500
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Arwen Lavengood Davis
Secretary, Board of Directors & COO
- Total calculated
- $10,000
- Compensation
- $10,000
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Nicholas Koch
Current Chairperson, Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Meghan Boehm
Vice-Chairperson, Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Adam Paul Causgrove
Director of Community Outreach - Pittsburgh
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Daniel Fromknecht
Treasurer, Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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David Gardner
Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tim Grow
Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Emanuel Jackson Jr
Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rochelle Jackson
Board of Directors
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202523199349200722
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