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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACTION INSTITUTE NC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,295,561
Total expenses
$1,518,861
Contributions and grants received
$1,295,561
Grants paid
$218
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$145,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,359
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$102,504
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,161,891
Management and general expenses
$340,248
Fundraising expenses
$16,722
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,161,891

Program services were 76.5% 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)

    $306,295

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $989,266

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $218 · program services $218

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,660 · program services $60,660

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $938,060 · program services $840,825 · management and general $84,224 · fundraising $13,011

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,353 · program services $49,138 · management and general $6,690 · fundraising $1,525

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,708 · program services $73,983 · management and general $6,692 · fundraising $1,033

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,753 · management and general $30,753

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $133,019 · program services $40,007 · management and general $93,012

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $291 · program services $134 · management and general $157

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,996 · program services $23,274 · management and general $29,722

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,263 · program services $1,813 · management and general $4,450

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,296 · program services $6,494 · management and general $43,802

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,370 · program services $16,752 · management and general $16,618

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,769 · program services $8,608 · management and general $6,161

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,442 · management and general $1,442

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,999 · program services $5,741 · management and general $1,258

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

    total $38,765 · program services $30,330 · management and general $8,384 · fundraising $51

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10,420 · program services $3,913 · management and general $6,507

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $1,102 · fundraising $1,102

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $377 · program services $1 · management and general $376

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $161,291 · end of year $106,388

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $136,621

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $34,387

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

    $3,819

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

    $3,232

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,029 · end of year $587

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $59,470 · end of year $4,501

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,007 · end of year $3,669

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $13,600 · end of year $13,600

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $26,090

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $325,804 · end of year $102,504

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ACTION INSTITUTE NC IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND CITIZENS ACTION GROUP THAT ORGANIZES RESIDENTS OF LOW-WEALTH COMMUNITIES AND CONSTITUENCIES MOST OF WHOM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR- TO REPRESENT THEIR OWN INTERESTS ON ISSUES OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONCERN. THROUGH GRASSROOTS OUTREACH AND BASE-BUILDING, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN PLANNING AND EXECUTION, RESIDENTS WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THEIR PRIORITIES AND MAKE ACTION PLANS TO WIN CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS AND POLICY REFORMS. OUR ISSUES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TENANT RIGHTS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, LIVING WAGES AND MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE POLICIES, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, PUBLIC EDUCATION EQUITY, AND VOTING RIGHTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE WORK FOR GREATER RACIAL, GENDER AND ECONOMIC EQUITY THROUGH POPULAR EDUCATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZATION, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND INCREASED VOTER PARTICIPATION.

  • VOTING RIGHTS AND ENGAGEMENT:ACTION INSTITUTE NC WORKS ON ITS OWN AND WITH ALLIES ON VOTING RIGHTS, REDISTRICTING, AND ELECTORAL REFORMS. WE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH A COALITION THAT MONITORS LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS AND REDISTRICTING. THIS SAME COALITION CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, BUT WE WERE AT THE SAME TIME EDUCATING VOTERS ABOUT THE EXISTING REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT PARTISANSHIP WOULD AGAIN INFECT THE MAPS PRODUCED BY OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY. IN DOING SO WE HELPED CREATED A GROUNDSWELL OF ACTIVISM AGAINST THE EXTREMELY GERRYMANDERED MAPS OUR LEGISLATURE FIRST DREW, WHICH NOW IN 2022 HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO BE MUCH LESS SKEWED. WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH OTHER GROUPS TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION OF VOTING FOR PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BARRED BECAUSE THEY REMAIN ON PROBATION OR PAROLE.

    Expenses $43,216

  • SOCIAL SAFETY NET:HEALTHCARE ACCESS REMAINS A MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WORK, WITH OUR PRIORITY ISSUES BEING MEDICAID EXPANSION, LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS, AND EXPANDING THE REACH OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. WE ARE ACTIVE WITH COALITION PARTNERS IN STATEWIDE WORK ON MEDICAID EXPANSION, AND WITH NATIONAL PARTNERS ON LOWERING DRUG COSTS AND IN MAKING THE TEMPORARY HEALTHCARE PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MORE PERMANENT BY INCLUDING THEM IN A RECONCILIATION BILL IN CONGRESS. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO LEAD ON BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH LEGISLATION HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND TO PROMOTE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. WE HAVE ALSO RUN A 15-PERSON COVID EDUCATION CANVASS CREW IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WHICH STARTED LAST MAY 2021, AND AN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COVID EDUCATION PROJECT WITH THREE COALITION PARTNERS THAT COVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. WE HAVE ENCOURAGED VACCINATION PARTICIPATION, AND ORGANIZED A NUMBER OF EVENTS WHERE VACCINES AND OTHER MUTUAL AID LIKE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS AVAILABLE.

    Expenses $278,979 · Grants $33

  • CIVIL RIGHTS:OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZING WORK FALLS INTO SEVERAL BROAD CATEGORIES- CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, AND RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY. ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES, WE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CITY LEADERS ON FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY BUDGETS. OUR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZING INCLUDED SUPPORT FOR A DEPORTATION DEFENSE PROJECT WE LAUNCHED EARLY IN 2020 TO BOOST LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THE LOCAL IMMIGRATION COURT, ALONG WITH ACTIONS WE ORGANIZED FOR PASSAGE OF THE DREAM ACT, AND A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR DACA RECIPIENTS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS. OUR RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY INITIATIVE ORGANIZED MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH WOMEN ACROSS THE STATE ON HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH ISSUES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, COVID PREVENTION AND ADDRESSING INEQUITIES IN OUR STATE'S RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS. WE BUILT NEW RAGE COHORTS IN SEVERAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AS PART OF OUR DRIVE TO EXPAND ORGANIZING CAPACITY AND ADVOCACY IN UNDERSERVED, HIGH-POVERTY RURAL AREAS.

    Expenses $265,170 · Grants $185

  • ECONOMIC JUSTICE:THE CORE OF OUR ECONOMIC JUSTICE WORK IS ORGANIZING TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVING WAGE AND TO WIN FAIRER WORKPLACE POLICIES FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES. WE ALSO ORGANIZE TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO ENSURE STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF TENANT PROTECTIONS AGAINST EVICTIONS, SUBSTANDARD LIVING CONDITIONS, AND ABUSIVE LANDLORDS.OUR TENANT ORGANIZING AND RESOURCE CENTER WAS BUSY FIGHTING ILLEGAL EVICTIONS WHILE THEY WERE STILL PROHIBITED DURING THE PANDEMIC EMERGENCY, AND WORKING WITH TENANT GROUPS AROUND THE STATE TO EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND GET RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT TO THOSE WHO QUALIFIED BUT WERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING IT. WE ALSO CREATED A HOTLINE FOR TENANTS TO CALL IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, AND HELPED ORGANIZE A COURT WATCH PROGRAM TO ASSIST PEOPLE FACING EVICTION IN THE HOUSING COURT.

    Expenses $574,526

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MELVIN WHITLEY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • CAROLYN ROGERS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAT EVANS CARPENTER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETTY WASHINGTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEXANDER MCCOY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,660
    From this org
    $60,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349316960

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