Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,104,022

Total expenses

$2,526,155

Contributions and grants received

$3,042,501

Grants paid

$235,150

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$11,548

Other revenue

$49,973

Total assets, end of year

$1,142,697

Total liabilities, end of year

$71,157

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,071,540

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$931,792

Management and general expenses

$1,594,363

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$931,792

Program services were 36.9% 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 · 2022

• IGNITE FELLOWSHIP:PROJECT READY X IGNITE FELLOWSHIP LAUNCHED A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR BLACK WOMEN INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OR SERVING ON A CAMPAIGN TEAM. THE FOUR-SESSION TRAINING PROGRAM PREPARES CANDIDATES AND THEIR STAFF TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AND GIVES THEM THE TOOLS TO WIN. THE SESSIONS FOCUSED ON BUILDING THE CORE SKILLS NEEDED TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING FUNDRAISING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, POLICY ANALYSIS, CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZING, TEAM BUILDING, BRANDING, AND MARKETING. ASSOCIATED METRICS:EIGHT WOMEN JOINED US FOR OUR CANDIDATE TRAINING SESSION BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL. ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS COHORT MEMBERS, ALLISON JAMES-FRISON, RECENTLY WON ONE OF THE NBOE SCHOOL BOARD SEATS.STUDENT ADVOCACY:PROJECT READY SPONSORED STUDENT ORGANIZING CLUBS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH RHIZOME. THE ADVOCACY CLUB MEMBERS ASSISTED IN REGISTERING SENIORS DURING OUR OCTOBER WHEN WE ALL VOTE CAMPAIGN. THE CLUB ALSO SURVEYED OVER STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY SCHOOL CLIMATE NEEDS. STUDENT MEMBERS BUILD SKILLS IN DATA ANALYSIS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, NETWORKING, AND STUDENT ORGANIZING.PARENT ADVOCACY:PROJECT READY LED AN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THERE WAS A TRANSPARENT CONTRACT RENEWAL PROCESS FOR SUPERINTENDENT ROGER LEON. THE CAMPAIGN ORGANIZED PARENTS AND RESIDENTS TO SPEAK OUT ON THE SECRET CONTRACT RENEWAL PROCESS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. THERE WAS A LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN TO COMMISSIONER ALLEN MCMILLIAN. THE LETTER GARNERED NEARLY 70 SIGNATURES FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL MEDIA HITS AND AN OP-ED THAT EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS. THROUGH OUR SPONSORSHIP OF UNAPOLOGETIC PARENTS, 20 PARENTS ATTENDED 2 MEETINGS IN TRENTON TO SUPPORT THE FACILITIES FUNDING BILL.GET OUT THE VOTE (GOTV):ENCOURAGING MORE PARENTS TO VOTE THROUGH COORDINATED NONPARTISAN GET OUT THE VOTE (GOTV) EFFORTS: WE DEFINE GOTV AS ANY NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITY THAT GETS MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION 1) WE EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT AN ELECTION AND INCREASE EXCITEMENT AROUND IT, 2) MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE BY FINDING THEIR POLLING PLACE, AND 3) PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS THAT EMPOWERS OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY HEAD TO THE POLLS. AS A PART OF THESE EFFORTS, WE PARTNERED WITH SCHOOLS TO EXECUTE A NUMBER OF TACTICS, INCLUDING RECRUITMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF GOTV PHONE BANKING TEAMS.INITIATIVES:VOTING POWER EXPERIENCE POP-UP MUSEUM - WE ACTIVATED VOTERS FOR THE NEWARK SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION AND THE NJ PRIMARY ELECTION. ESSEX COUNTY CLERK CHRIS DURKIN, ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHANIQUE SPEIGHT, PLAINFIELD MAYOR ADRIAN MAPP, NEWARK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LAMONICA MCIVER, AND NEWARK COUNCILMAN LARRY CRUMP VISITED OUR SPACE AND CONNECTED WITH LOCAL VOTERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING. WE HOSTED SEVERAL FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS K-12 AND BOLSTERED OUR BRAND THROUGH THE GREAT PRESS WE RECEIVED ALONG THE WAY.NEWARK SCHOOL BOARD FORUM - WE CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NEWARK TRUST TO HOST A NEWARK SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES' FORUM AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, PARTNERED WITH LOCAL PRESS - CHALKBEAT NEWARK AND TAPINTO.VOTINGTINES WEEK - BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING WITH OUR VERSION OF VALENTINE'S DAY. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE EVENT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTROVERSY OVER ROGER LEON'S CONTRACT, THE LOW TURNOUT IN THE PREVIOUS NPS BOE ELECTION, AND THE NPS BUDGET.NATIONAL DIGITAL PARTNERSHIPS - (1) WHEN WE ALL VOTE - AS A PARTNER, WE USED CO-BRANDED SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT AND A CO-BRANDED VOTER REGISTRATION PORTAL TO REGISTER VOTERS. (2) BALLOT READY- ALLOWS PROJECT READY MEMBERS TO SEE EVERYTHING ON THEIR BALLOT IN ONE PLACE. FROM THE RACES IN THE NEWS DOWN TO EVERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND BALLOT MEASURE.ASSOCIATED METRICS:VOTING POWER EXPERIENCE POP UP MUSEUM ATTRACTED 800+ VISITORS IN JUST THREE MONTHS, 13 PRESS HITS, AND 4000 VIEWS ON EVENTBRITEVOTINGTINES WEEK REACHED NEARLY 1000 NEWARK RESIDENTS NUMBER OF OPTED-IN CHARTER PARENTS FROM PARTNER SCHOOLS: 13,202 CHARTER PARENT VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBERS: 6,002 CHARTER PARENT VOTING NUMBERS: 396 PROJECT READY MEMBERS MADE UP 51% OF VOTERS IN THE 2023 NEWARK SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.

  Expenses $931,792 · Grants $235,150

As filed on the 2022 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. 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

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

• TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INC

  $80,000

  SUPPORT ADVOCACY EFFORTS SUCH AS CONDUCTING 1-ON-1 MEETINGS WITH PARENTS, COORDINATING PARENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, RECRUITING PARENTS TO ATTEND STATE CAPITAL DAYS, AND REGISTERING HS STUDENTS OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.

• GREAT OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL

  $80,000

  SUPPORT ADVOCACY EFFORTS SUCH AS CONDUCTING 1-ON-1 MEETINGS WITH PARENTS, COORDINATING PARENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, RECRUITING PARENTS TO ATTEND STATE CAPITAL DAYS, AND REGISTERING HS STUDENTS OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.

• SOUTH WARD ALLIANCE

  $50,000

  SUPPORT ADVOCACY EFFORTS SUCH AS CONDUCTING 1-ON-1 MEETINGS WITH PARENTS, COORDINATING PARENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, RECRUITING PARENTS TO ATTEND STATE CAPITAL DAYS, AND REGISTERING HS STUDENTS OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.

• RHIZOME ACTION NETWORK INC

  $25,000

  SUPPORT ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES IN NEW JERSEY SUCH AS BUILDING TEAMS ACROSS HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEWARK TO ACTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE'S IDENTITIES INTO ACTION, INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS, AND BUILD LIFELONG LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

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.

• BE READY INC

  501(C)(4) · CIVIC EDUCATION · NJ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

27 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202420949349300342

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