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← WEST HARLEM ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WEST HARLEM ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,446,732
Total expenses
$13,013,153
Contributions and grants received
$9,580,008
Grants paid
$5,053,900
Program service revenue
$250,000
Investment income
$77,195
Other revenue
$539,529
Total assets, end of year
$22,751,954
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,734,710
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,017,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,313,059
Management and general expenses
$1,217,973
Fundraising expenses
$482,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,536,358

Program services were 86.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $311,407

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,268,601

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program income

    total $250,000 · related or exempt $250,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $77,195 · related or exempt $77,195

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $582,997

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $124,497

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $458,500

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $81,029 · related or exempt $81,029

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $81,029

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,053,900 · program services $5,053,900

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $372,025 · program services $275,299 · management and general $55,804 · fundraising $40,922

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,158,268 · program services $2,513,632 · management and general $473,740 · fundraising $170,896

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,073,298 · program services $847,905 · management and general $160,995 · fundraising $64,398

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $270,067 · program services $213,353 · management and general $40,510 · fundraising $16,204

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,612 · program services $2,612

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55,880 · program services $55,880

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,000 · program services $13,326 · management and general $12,674

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,360,101 · program services $1,074,480 · management and general $204,015 · fundraising $81,606

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,757 · program services $21,928 · management and general $4,164 · fundraising $1,665

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $122,234 · program services $96,565 · management and general $18,335 · fundraising $7,334

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $194,737 · program services $153,842 · management and general $29,210 · fundraising $11,685

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $239,718 · program services $158,308 · management and general $58,150 · fundraising $23,260

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $719,396 · program services $552,499 · management and general $119,212 · fundraising $47,685

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,358 · program services $8,183 · management and general $1,554 · fundraising $621

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $51,861 · program services $40,970 · management and general $7,779 · fundraising $3,112

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,302 · program services $11,299 · management and general $2,145 · fundraising $858

  • 24a · Other expenses: Misc

    total $23,004 · program services $18,174 · management and general $3,450 · fundraising $1,380

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program supplies

    total $62,728 · program services $62,728

  • 24c · Other expenses: Equipment rental and repair

    total $34,909 · program services $27,578 · management and general $5,236 · fundraising $2,095

  • 24d · Other expenses: Stipends

    total $139,998 · program services $110,598 · management and general $21,000 · fundraising $8,400

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,571,941 · end of year $6,835,415

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,063,564 · end of year $4,323,550

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $870,229 · end of year $1,980,229

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,514 · end of year $45,632

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

    $3,084,670

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

    $519,427

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $92,958 · end of year $2,565,243

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $150,673 · end of year $1,951,542

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,877,812 · end of year $5,050,343

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $242,512 · end of year $192,630

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $2,254,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,596 · end of year $2,288,080

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,845,352 · end of year $13,751,784

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,535,231 · end of year $4,265,460

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To build healty communities by ensuring that people of color and/or low income residents participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE/EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND HEALTH

  • Environmental Justice Advocacy Government Accountability. WE ACT envisions a community that has informed and engaged residents who participate fully in decision making on key issues that impact their health and community

    Expenses $6,515,468

  • Environmental Health Community Based Research-To increase communiy environmental health through comunity based participatory research and evidence based campaigns

    Expenses $2,928,206

  • Sustainable Development- To advacate with communities for strong and equal environmental protection

    Expenses $1,199,503

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Peggy Sheppard

    Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $208,654
    From this org
    $208,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,654
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $208,654

  • Dana Johnson

    Sr Director of Strategy Fed Policy

    Total calculated
    $163,371
    From this org
    $163,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,371
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $163,371

  • Evelyn Joseph

    Sr Director of Operations-Finance

    Total calculated
    $146,855
    From this org
    $146,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Morgan Fritz

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $140,360
    From this org
    $140,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sonal Jessel

    Director of Policy

    Total calculated
    $132,466
    From this org
    $132,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jasmine Jennings

    Regulatory Attorney

    Total calculated
    $125,192
    From this org
    $125,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dennis Derryck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Evans

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sarangi Iyengar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Peter Bokor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eric Goldstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Annie Weisberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Jones

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Vernice Miller-Travis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lakeisha M Aquino

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Abiola Fasehun

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Neein Gulati

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Nancy Anderson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • CarlosTalero

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ken Mak

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Marielle Villar Martiney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Crystal Romoe Upperman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Christy Loper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. 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

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443169349303479

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