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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,185,564
Total expenses
$12,107,739
Contributions and grants received
$14,141,277
Grants paid
$1,159,111
Program service revenue
$1,000,000
Investment income
$44,287
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,467,163
Total liabilities, end of year
$81,078
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,386,085
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,278,315
Management and general expenses
$1,340,604
Fundraising expenses
$488,820
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,278,315

Program services were 84.9% 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

    $14,141,277

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

    total $1,000,000 · related or exempt $1,000,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,287 · excluded $44,287

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,159,111 · program services $1,159,111

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $247,500 · program services $79,750 · management and general $93,000 · fundraising $74,750

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $661,141 · program services $173,112 · management and general $350,405 · fundraising $137,624

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,186 · management and general $7,186

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $126,878 · program services $35,526 · management and general $53,289 · fundraising $38,063

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,800 · program services $21,224 · management and general $31,836 · fundraising $22,740

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $100,975 · program services $20,195 · management and general $80,780

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $169,908 · management and general $169,908

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $146,500 · fundraising $146,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,874,114 · program services $1,773,702 · management and general $64,793 · fundraising $35,619

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $224,781 · management and general $224,781

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,387 · program services $1,370 · management and general $4,549 · fundraising $1,468

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,645,816 · program services $1,645,816

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,159 · program services $1,445 · management and general $2,166 · fundraising $1,548

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,015 · program services $30,507 · fundraising $30,508

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,710 · management and general $37,710

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,250 · management and general $3,250

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,584 · program services $14,925 · management and general $1,659

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT TOOLS AND INFRA

    total $5,271,438 · program services $5,271,438

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $250,968 · program services $50,194 · management and general $200,774

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,518 · management and general $14,518

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,169,385

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,281,804 · end of year $48,674

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,065,331 · end of year $125,838

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,269 · end of year $76,016

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

    $50,500

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

    $3,250

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $47,250

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $785 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $54,735 · end of year $81,078

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $194 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,308,260 · end of year $5,386,085

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (OEP) IS ORGANIZED TO INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON EXPANDING THE ELECTORATE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ISSUE ADVOCACY TO BUILD POWER IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT TRANSLATES TO IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF INVOLVEMENT IN ELECTIONS.

  • ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO AN ORGANIZATION, BY WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP, WRITE AND IMPLEMENT A RELATIONAL ORGANIZING PLAN THAT FITS INTO THEIR LARGER MISSION AS WELL AS PROVIDE THEM WITH TRAINING TO DEVELOP AND APPLY CORE SKILLS IN THEIR VOLUNTEERS.

    Expenses $10,278,315 · Grants $1,159,111 · Revenue $1,000,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Pfohl

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $250,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $125,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,000 + $125,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $125,000 + $125,000 related

  • Natalie Verette

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Mandela Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,000
    From this org
    $7,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Toby Miceli-Gwiazdowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • David Slifka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Amanda Brink

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $245,000
    From this org
    $122,500
    From related orgs
    $122,500
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,500 + $122,500 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $122,500 + $122,500 related

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
OFFICER COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND DOCUMENTED IN THE BOARD MINUTES.

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

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.

  • ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · WI

    Directly controlled by ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • EMPOWER INNOVATIONS GROUP INC

    C · SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LICENSING AND SUPPORT · WI · 100% owned · share of income $5,992,954 · share of assets $451,225 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503579349300135

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