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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RAZOM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$87,159,134
Total expenses
$61,212,890
Contributions and grants received
$87,038,125
Grants paid
$6,056,441
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$52,870
Other revenue
$68,139
Total assets, end of year
$26,434,710
Total liabilities, end of year
$369,705
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,065,005
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$60,391,857
Management and general expenses
$756,889
Fundraising expenses
$64,144
Program service expenses (Part III)
$60,391,857

Program services were 98.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $84,481

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $24,990

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $86,928,654

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $13,817,727

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52,870 · excluded $52,870

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $105,992

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $84,481

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $37,853

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $68,139 · excluded $68,139

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $576,403 · program services $576,403

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $5,480,038 · program services $5,480,038

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $752,881 · program services $682,013 · management and general $70,868

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,943 · management and general $48,943

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $129,656 · program services $129,656

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $44,761 · management and general $44,761

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $91,171 · program services $47,504 · management and general $43,039 · fundraising $628

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $674,125 · program services $202,304 · management and general $444,444 · fundraising $27,377

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,142 · program services $1,366 · management and general $41,776

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,373 · program services $55,653 · management and general $5,720

  • 17 · Travel

    total $345,061 · program services $332,521 · management and general $3,896 · fundraising $8,644

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AID

    total $42,814,760 · program services $42,808,943 · management and general $5,817

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATED GOODS

    total $9,832,687 · program services $9,832,687

  • 24c · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSE

    total $307,826 · program services $239,342 · management and general $40,989 · fundraising $27,495

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $10,063 · program services $3,427 · management and general $6,636

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $409,628 · end of year $11,315,307

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $10,617,984

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $665,075

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $35,381

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $3,531,410

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $95,756

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $173,797

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $195,908

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $54 · end of year $173,797

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $409,574 · end of year $25,010,665

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,054,340

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

RAZOM, WHICH MEANS "TOGETHER" IN UKRAINIAN, WAS FORMED IN 2014 TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE THROUGH PROGRAMS IN HUMANITARIAN AID, EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND CIVIC SOCIETY. RAZOM MAINTAINS A RELENTLESS FOCUS ON THE NEEDS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE AND ON THE OPPORTUNITIES TO AMPLIFY VOICES FROM UKRAINE IN CONVERSATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • IN FEBRUARY 2022, THE ORGANIZATION RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO THE FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE WITH LARGE-SCALE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN AID. THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS RAISED DURING 2022, APPROXIMATELY $60 MILLION, WERE DEPLOYED TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID AND TO AMPLIFY VOICES OF UKRAINIANS IMPACTED BY THE WAR VIA AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORT ON THE GROUND. THE MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE PROCUREMENT OF AID, SUCH AS TACTICAL MEDICINE, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.THREE FACTORS HAD A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION OPERATED IN 2022. FIRST, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE BY RUSSIA CAME ON WITH AN UNEXPECTED DEGREE OF BRUTALITY AS RUSSIAN TROOPS SWARMED ACROSS THE BORDERS AND CAUSED A LARGE-SCALE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. SECOND, THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS WHO DISCOVERED RAZOM AND WHO CONTRIBUTED FUNDS AND IN-KIND DONATIONS CAUSED AN EXPONENTIAL RISE IN THE CONTRIBUTED FUNDS AND IN-KIND DONATIONS. THIRD, VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD MOBILIZED QUICKLY TO RESPOND AND THE TEAMS CONTINUED WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO DELIVER LIFE-SAVING SUPPLIES.THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:RAZOM HEROES - DELIVERY OF LIFE-SAVING AID FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEDICS. THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED A DELIVERY SYSTEM THROUGHOUT UKRAINE WHERE RAZOM FOR UKRAINE'S DRIVERS DELIVERED OVER 500 TONS OF SUPPLIES. FOR EXAMPLE, RAZOM'S VOLUNTEERS AND DRIVERS PACKED AND DELIVERED OVER 90,000 FIRST-AID KITS, OVER 2,000 MEDICAL BACKPACKS AND 50,000 TOURNIQUETS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPLIED OVER 15,000 TWO-WAY RADIOS, OVER 2,000 TABLETS, 350 WOOD STOVES, 250 GENERATORS AND OVER 100 POWER STATIONS TO KEEP UKRAINIANS ON THE FRONT LINES WARM AND CONNECTED. RAZOM HEALTH - SUPPORTING UKRAINE'S HEALTHCARE WITH THE EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND NECESSARY SKILLS TRAINING TO SERVE UKRAINIANS NOW AND AFTER VICTORY. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED 23 HOSPITAL-GRADE GENERATORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, INCLUDING ULTRASOUND AND ELECTROSURGERY MACHINES, WOUND VACS, ORTHOPEDIC FIXATORS AND MORE TO 419 MEDICAL FACILITIES IN UKRAINE. RAZOM HEALTH PURCHASED 120 BUTTERFLY ULTRASOUNDS (PORTABLE, HANDHELD DEVICES THAT PROVIDE VITAL MEDICAL INFORMATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS) AND LAUNCHED A PROGRAM OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR THE DOCTORS WHO WILL USE THEM. RAZOM SUPPORTED THE OPENING OF 2 MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS IN UKRAINE, WHICH SERVED 800 INDIVIDUALS. FREE THERAPY WAS PROVIDED TO PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE MOST IMPACTED BY THE WAR, INCLUDING ABOUT 400 CHILDREN.RAZOM RELIEF - HELPING CIVILIANS REBUILD AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL SOCIETY BY INVESTING IN VETTED GRASS-ROOTS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN UKRAINE THAT SUPPLY AID TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $5.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO A NETWORK OF 123 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS IN UKRAINE THAT HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THESE ORGANIZATIONS DISTRIBUTED 221,458 FOOD PACKAGES TO PEOPLE IN NEED, EVACUATED 9,640 PEOPLE, RENOVATED 91 BUILDINGS INCLUDING 11 SHELTERS, AND SUPPORTED 18 SHELTERS THAT PROVIDED 2,375 SLEEPING PLACES. THEY ALSO DELIVERED 90 GENERATORS AND 50 CHARGING STATIONS TO SHELTERS AND HUMANITARIAN HUBS IN UKRAINE.RAZOM ADVOCACY - ADVANCING BIPARTISAN POLICY AND ENGAGING CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE U.S. IN SUPPORT OF A SECURE AND DEMOCRATIC UKRAINE. RAZOM ADVOCACY ORGANIZED MORE THAN 500 MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES TO ASK FOR CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, COFOUNDED THE AMERICAN COALITION FOR UKRAINE UNITING 57 DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSTITUENTS FROM 50 STATES, AND HELD AN INAUGURAL UKRAINE ACTION SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. IN DECEMBER 2022, RAZOM TESTIFIED IN A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON CROWDSOURCING UKRAINE'S VICTORY, HOSTED BY THE COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE.RAZOM CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CONNECTIONS - AMPLIFYING VOICES FROM UKRAINE IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE ARTS. THE ORGANIZATION CREATED THE UKRAINE RESPONSE INITIATIVE IN MARCH 2022 TO CONNECT NEWLY ARRIVED DISPLACED PERSONS FROM UKRAINE WITH A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK. THIS INITIATIVE HELPED MORE THAN 200 FAMILIES GAIN ACCESS TO LEGAL SUPPORT AND PROVIDED 378 FAMILIES WITH HUMANITARIAN AID TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $120,000. RAZOM CO-ORGANIZED A SOLD-OUT CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHCHEDRYK (CAROL OF THE BELLS), THE POPULAR CHRISTMAS CAROL FROM UKRAINE, PREMIERE WITH UKRAINIAN AND UKRAINIAN -AMERICAN ARTISTS AND CELEBRITY GUESTS CALLED NOTES FROM UKRAINE". THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTED THE ARTS BY SUPPORTING SEVERAL UKRAINIAN FILMMAKERS, WRITERS AND TALENTED UKRAINIAN YOUTH BY SPONSORING THEIR TRAVEL TO INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS. DURING THE ANNUAL TOY DRIVE, RAZOM PROVIDED MORE THAN 1,000 CHILDREN AND TEENS IN 23 REGIONS OF UKRAINE WITH TOYS, TREATS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, WARM COATS AND POWER BANKS TO BRIGHTEN THEIR HOLIDAYS AMIDST THE WAR.

    Expenses $60,391,857 · Grants $6,056,441

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lyuba Shipovich

    DIRECTOR & VP (UNTIL 12/2022)

    Total calculated
    $83,200
    From this org
    $83,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Maryna Prykhodko

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/22)

    Total calculated
    $63,900
    From this org
    $63,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Mariya Soroka

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/22)

    Total calculated
    $63,900
    From this org
    $63,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Zoe Ripecky

    SECRETARY (FROM 5-12/22)

    Total calculated
    $58,000
    From this org
    $58,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Theodora Chomiak

    DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Anastasia Rab

    SECRETARY (UNTIL 5/22) DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Oksana Falenchuk

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/22) TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Maria Genkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Dmitri Zakhalyavko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    84
  • Olga Yarychkivska

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    84

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

  • HODOS FILMS

    $250,000

    SUPPORT PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DIRE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN UKRAINE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC.

  • PURCHASE OF STARLINK TERMINALS TO SUPPORT CIVILIAN POPULATIONS WHO ARE AT RISK

  • UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

    $131,302

    SUPPORT THE COST OF HUMANITARIAN AID SHIPPING

  • EVACUATIONS AND ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED PERSONS

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.

  • RAZOM DLIA UKRAYINY

    HUMANITARIAN AID AND OTHER CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES · UP · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by RAZOM INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349316667

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