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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FUERZA LABORAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$725,603
Total expenses
$435,310
Contributions and grants received
$721,530
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,073
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,059,363
Total liabilities, end of year
$298,558
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$760,805
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$377,601
Management and general expenses
$57,709
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$377,601

Program services were 86.7% 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

    $721,530

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,073 · unrelated business $4,073

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,411 · program services $70,288 · management and general $30,123

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $159,410 · program services $159,410

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,526 · program services $24,526

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,443 · program services $16,527 · management and general $2,916

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,912 · management and general $4,912

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,517 · program services $17,525 · management and general $2,992

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,244 · program services $1,244

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,549 · program services $8,117 · management and general $1,432

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,118 · program services $29,000 · management and general $5,118

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,284 · program services $1,091 · management and general $193

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,732 · program services $12,522 · management and general $2,210

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,771 · program services $10,855 · management and general $1,916

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,572 · program services $7,286 · management and general $1,286

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Program Expenses

    total $12,927 · program services $10,710 · management and general $2,217

  • 24b · Other expenses: Inauguration New Bldg

    total $10,114 · program services $8,500 · management and general $1,614

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank fees

    total $780 · management and general $780

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $463,593 · end of year $393,370

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

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

    $676,465

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

    $20,732

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,335 · end of year $655,733

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,070 · end of year $9,260

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $296,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,225 · end of year $2,225

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $471,773 · end of year $760,805

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy in favor of workers by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; taking direct action to recover unpaid wages and improve workplace conditions; organizing to win institutional changes that will better prevent injustices; and, with our Cooperative Incubator Project, constructing a network of cooperative-owned businesses that will provide living wage employment as an alternative to the low- wage, exploitative jobs typically reserved for immigrants and people of color

  • Fuerza Laboral is focused on improving the working conditions of low-income Rhode Islanders. In 2023 we In 2023 we provided labor rights consultation to over 100 individuals, workers-rights trainings to local allied community organizations, job-readiness computer classes to over 50 individuals, and supported, launched, or transitioned 19 worker-owned cooperative businesses. We are in the process of launching a construction co-op and researching viability of a childcare cooperative

    Expenses $377,601

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Miguel Garcia

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Noliva Mendoza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patrick Quinn

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Mabel Gutierrez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Etna Trujillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michelle Arias-Santabay

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Wanda Baez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Heiny Maldonado

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $100,411
    From this org
    $83,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,374
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423179349307912

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