Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FIERCE ADVOCATES FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS EQUITABLY ROOTED IN CO.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,346,056
- Total expenses
- $1,562,015
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,290,463
- Grants paid
- $4,500
- Program service revenue
- $33,132
- Investment income
- $1,755
- Other revenue
- $20,706
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,724,548
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $193,779
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,530,769
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,228,842
- Management and general expenses
- $245,144
- Fundraising expenses
- $88,029
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,228,842
Program services were 78.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$566,976
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$723,487
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2a · Program service revenue: Program service fees
total $33,132 · related or exempt $33,132
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3 · Investment income
total $1,755 · excluded $1,755
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $9,000
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $9,000
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $9,000 · excluded $9,000
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Other income
total $11,706 · excluded $11,706
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11e · Other revenue, total
$11,706
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $4,500 · program services $4,500
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $117,823 · program services $41,238 · management and general $35,347 · fundraising $41,238
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $677,801 · program services $609,771 · management and general $48,875 · fundraising $19,155
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $87,817 · program services $72,672 · management and general $9,416 · fundraising $5,729
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $60,236 · program services $47,442 · management and general $7,435 · fundraising $5,359
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,075 · program services $503 · management and general $513 · fundraising $59
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $37,650 · program services $28,155 · management and general $7,330 · fundraising $2,165
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $238,026 · program services $151,552 · management and general $85,145 · fundraising $1,329
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $8,515 · program services $4,386 · management and general $3,904 · fundraising $225
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13 · Office expenses
total $131,509 · program services $106,767 · management and general $18,328 · fundraising $6,414
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14 · Information technology
total $8,052 · program services $5,999 · management and general $1,730 · fundraising $323
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $61,793 · program services $47,780 · management and general $10,567 · fundraising $3,446
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17 · Travel
total $33,901 · program services $32,791 · management and general $989 · fundraising $121
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $36,141 · program services $31,160 · management and general $4,321 · fundraising $660
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $3,603 · program services $2,776 · management and general $622 · fundraising $205
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24a · Other expenses: Dues, licenses, service fees
total $27,615 · program services $18,199 · management and general $8,128 · fundraising $1,288
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24b · Other expenses: Other expenses
total $14,486 · program services $13,019 · management and general $1,178 · fundraising $289
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24c · Other expenses: Professional development
total $11,472 · program services $10,132 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $24
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,445,793 · end of year $1,271,891
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $330,471 · end of year $313,789
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,850 · end of year $5,765
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $26,649 · end of year $133,103
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $32,386 · end of year $59,406
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $26,649 · end of year $134,373
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,563,342 · end of year $1,324,199
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $183,386 · end of year $206,570
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FIERCE Advcocates amplifies the voices of parents/caregivers of color and partners with them to advance equitable access and opportunities for all youth to have quality education and all families to achieve emotional and physical well-being.
Activities or mission (Part I)
We focus on healing centered care, leadership development, and parent-led advocacy as the foundation for a holistic, neighborhood-based approach to lift up community voices and unlock the resiliency within our community.
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FIERCE Advocates' CoCo Doula program provide doula services to Black birthing people in Contra Costa County. Seventy-four babies (74) were born in the program in 2024 and FIERCE Advocates hired five graduates of the 2023 training program as part-time doulas to support birthing families.
Expenses $413,162 · Grants $907
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FIERCE Advocates' Health and Wellness Program, hosted robust programming including our life coaching program, peer support groups that created community in a safe environment that cultivates wellness and emotional well-being. Additionally we hosted family wellness days, that included arts and crafts and wellness classes and outdoor activities such as community hikes. FIERCE Advocates launched a pilot project called Brilliance of Brotherhood that included a co-mentorship and learning environment for men and boys to learn from each other in an emotionally safe space.
Expenses $314,895 · Grants $764
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Leadership Development & General Program
Expenses $253,791 · Grants $1,748
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FIERCE Advocates Policy Advocacy and Organizing Program relaunched the Community Educational Leadership Institute (CELI) graduating 9 women of which 7 CELI graduates taking steps toward leadership, with 3 appointed to school committees and 4 applying for community advisory roles. The PAO team educated parents and multiple schools on how to best engage in their child's education and on policies and practices that support all students having a quality education.
Expenses $246,994 · Grants $1,081
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Partner Program
Revenue $33,132
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Sheryl Lane
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $110,282
- From this org
- $102,460
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,822
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jasmine Jones
Board President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Talia Rubin
Board Vice Pres
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Payal Patel
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tejal Desai
Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rose Healy
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gabino Arrendondo
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Riquelle Small
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543089349303674
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