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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$439,066
Total expenses
$610,766
Contributions and grants received
$433,483
Grants paid
$561,500
Program service revenue
$5,275
Investment income
$308
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$160,370
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,561
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$157,809
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$597,975
Management and general expenses
$6,574
Fundraising expenses
$6,217
Program service expenses (Part III)
$597,975

Program services were 97.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $395,541

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $37,942

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBER EDUCATION EVENT

    total $5,275 · related or exempt $5,275

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $308 · excluded $308

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $545,000 · program services $545,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $16,500 · program services $16,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,009 · management and general $2,009

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,104 · program services $1,104

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,395 · program services $5,561 · management and general $1,792 · fundraising $1,042

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,696 · management and general $1,696

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBER EDUCATION EVENT

    total $28,398 · program services $28,398

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $6,087 · program services $912 · fundraising $5,175

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC. EXPENSES

    total $1,182 · program services $500 · management and general $682

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $395 · management and general $395

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $141,456 · end of year $118,037

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $188,754 · end of year $42,333

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $701 · end of year $2,561

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $90,109 · end of year $37,426

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $239,400 · end of year $120,383

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE GIVING TO CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE PORTLAND/SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON REGION. WE ARE AN INCLUSIVE WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE GIVING ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND GRANT-MAKING TO ENGAGE LOCAL WOMEN IN INFORMED PHILANTHROPY AND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY OF PORTLAND/SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. WE STRIVE FOR IMPACT BY MAKING SIGNIFICANT GRANTS AND BECOMING MORE INFORMED AND ENGAGED PHILANTHROPISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENGAGES WOMEN OF PORTLAND AND SW WASHINGTON TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION.

  • GRANTMAKING - IN 2022, 380 WOMEN MADE CONTRIBUTONS TO BE PART OF OUR 2022 CYCLE OF LEARNING AND GRANTMAKING. EACH YEAR WE REVISE OUR GRANTMAKING IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS AWARDEES. ADDITONALLY, IN 2022, OUR FUNDING PRIORITZED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION IN OUR REGION.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATIONNINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS ORGANIZED AND MANAGED THE PROCESS OF INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM NONPROFITS; REVIEWING APPLICATIONS; TRAINING REVIEWERS; COORDINATING THE WORK OF ALL-VOLUNTEER GRANT AND FINANCIAL REVIEW TEAMS TO SELECT FINALISTS FOR PRESENTATION; MANAGING AN ONLINE VOTING PROCESS TO SELECT ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNDING; AND EXECUTING GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH GROUPS SELECTED FOR FUNDING. OVER 60 WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS. FIVE ORGANIZATIONS EACH RECEIVED $70,000 IMPACT AWARDS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK IN CREATIVE EXPRESSION, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES. ANOTHER FIVE ORGANIZATIONS EACH RECEIVED $15,000 FINALIST AWARDS. NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS LIAISONS WORK WITH EACH IMPACT PARTNER TO SUSTAIN CONNECTIONS AND COMMUNICATION. THE IMPACT TEAM HOSTED A VIRTUAL "IMPACT PARTNER CONVENING" AT WHICH OUR MEMBERS SHARED TIME WITH OUR 2021 AWARDEES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR WORK AND THEIR STRUGGLES, CHALLENGES, AND TRIUMPHS DURING THESE UNPREDICTABLE TIMES. EDUCATION - NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES TO HELP WOMEN UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY ISSUES AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE PHILANTHROPY. COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH IN-PERSON AND/OR VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES FOR OUR MEMBERS. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A VIRTUAL EVENT TO ESTABLISH OUR COMMON HUMANITY IN RACIALLY TROUBLING TIMES. OUR DISCOVERY FORUM WAS IN-PERSON, WHERE WE HEARD FROM NON-PROFITS AND HOW THEY ARE ADDRESSING RACIAL EQUITY IN THEIR WORK. WE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE IN PLANNING OUR "LETS TALK ABOUT" SERIES WHEREIN WE HAD THREE SEPARATE EVENING SESSIONS: HAVING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS," "GENDER, AND "SYSTEMIC RACISM." THESE WERE FACILITATED BY EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. ONE EVENT WAS HYBRID AND TWO WERE IN PERSON. OUR RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE COMPILED RESOURCES ON RACIAL EQUITY TO SHARE WITH OUR MEMBERS ON OUR WEBSITE.WE ESTIMATE THAT AT LEAST 500 PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY OUR PROGRAMMING OVER THE YEAR.FELLOWS - IN 2022, NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS WELCOMED SIX ADDITIONAL FELLOWS TO THE PROGRAM, PROVIDING LEARNING AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG WOMEN AGES 20-35. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FELLOWS IN 2022 WAS 13. THE PROGRAM GAVE SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CONNECTING YOUNG WOMEN OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO ACTIVITIES IN PHILANTHROPY. DURING THE YEAR, FELLOWS HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, PARTICIPATED IN ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING, AND VOLUNTEERED WITHIN THE LARGER ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A SLACK CHANNEL TO CONNECT FELLOWS TO BOTH SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $597,975 · Grants $561,500 · Revenue $5,275

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ERIN ZOLLENKOPF

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TINA ROMINE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LAN FENDORS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PIP DENHART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • BARBARA HILYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TAMMY WILHOITE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AGNES ZACH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TONG ZHANG

    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

  • TO SUPPORT MISSION IN IGNITING BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AS OWNERS AND MOVEMENT LEADERS WITHIN FOOD SYSTEMS, PLACEMAKING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN WORKING WITH MARGINALIZED AND UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.

  • TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION TO RECORD, PRESERVE AND SHARE THE ORAL HISTORY, CULTURAL ARTS, LANGUAGE CONCEPTS AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ELDERS, STORYTELLERS, AND SCIENTISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH DIVERSE INTSITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

  • TO HELP BUILD A STRATEGIC CAPITAL RESERVE TO SIX MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSES.

  • POIC RAHS

    $45,000

    GENERAL OPERATING TO HELP FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, STABILITY, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES OF ORGANIZATION TO MEET GROWTH.

  • OPERATION SUPPORT WITH GOAL OF GROWING SUSTAINABILITY AND COLLECTIVITY, HIRE GROUND SCORE WORKER FOR ONGOING TRAINING.

  • TO HELP ACHIEVE GOALS TO GROW VISITING ARTIST AUDIENCE TO ENTIRE SCHOOL, PARTNER GRADUATE STUDENTS IN A MENTOR/MENTEE RELATIONSHIP AND EXPAND OFFERINGS LIKE KSMOCA TO SERVE STUDENTS IN THE ALBINA NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH GRADE 12.

  • TO SUPPORT CONTINUED SERVICES TO MOSTLY BLACK WOMEN, JUSTICE-INVOLVED WOMEN, AND WOMEN IN RECOVERY AND RAISE WAGES OF STAFF TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT COST OF LIVING.

  • TO HELP EXPAND TRAINING FACILITY FOR MORE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING GRADUATES.

  • TO CONTINUE PROVIDING DIFFERENT PLATFORMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND ACCESS TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341079349301124

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