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← THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,070,622
Total expenses
$14,774,356
Contributions and grants received
$5,344,559
Grants paid
$4,597,758
Program service revenue
$84,444
Investment income
$641,619
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$12,977,144
Total liabilities, end of year
$738,494
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,238,650
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,082,800
Management and general expenses
$1,977,800
Fundraising expenses
$713,756
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,082,800

Program services were 81.8% 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)

    $882,106

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,462,453

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $84,444 · related or exempt $84,444

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $642,542 · excluded $642,542

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $923

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$923

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$923 · excluded -$923

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,840,312 · program services $2,840,312

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,757,446 · program services $1,757,446

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $403,591 · program services $213,021 · management and general $175,617 · fundraising $14,953

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,760,256 · program services $3,682,560 · management and general $588,783 · fundraising $488,913

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $129,518 · program services $111,047 · management and general $351 · fundraising $18,120

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $494,825 · program services $391,706 · management and general $44,078 · fundraising $59,041

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $396,260 · program services $289,741 · management and general $53,738 · fundraising $52,781

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,515 · management and general $26,515

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $186,063 · management and general $186,063

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $28,183 · fundraising $28,183

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,508,179 · program services $2,113,278 · management and general $394,901

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,642 · program services $1,790 · management and general $13,871 · fundraising $981

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $315,706 · program services $182,839 · management and general $112,717 · fundraising $20,150

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $102,852 · program services $13,200 · management and general $89,652

  • 17 · Travel

    total $359,843 · program services $195,533 · management and general $144,543 · fundraising $19,767

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,469 · program services $29,132 · management and general $1,659 · fundraising $1,678

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,298 · program services $3,428 · management and general $13,870

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,626 · management and general $34,626

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $138,122 · program services $104,620 · management and general $31,525 · fundraising $1,977

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM FEES

    total $72,299 · program services $72,299

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEV'L

    total $70,147 · program services $49,192 · management and general $15,101 · fundraising $5,854

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF/BRD APPR. & CULT.

    total $36,682 · program services $1,360 · management and general $33,964 · fundraising $1,358

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $46,522 · program services $30,296 · management and general $16,226

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,936,161 · end of year $886,778

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,453,701 · end of year $6,300,501

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,425,580 · end of year $2,520,131

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $806,099 · end of year $178,483

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $89,546 · end of year $290,787

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

    $227,972

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

    $199,097

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,891 · end of year $28,875

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,638,951 · end of year $2,771,589

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $435,545 · end of year $738,494

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,772,101 · end of year $5,002,336

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,170,283 · end of year $7,236,314

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ARTISTS TRANSFORM THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR POWERFUL ART: STORIES, IMAGES, AND SONGS. THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER EXISTS TO CREATE A THRIVING ECOSYSTEM FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURE MAKERS TO SHIFT WORLDVIEWS AWAY FROM DOMINATION AND EXTRACTION TOWARD COLLABORATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE.THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER MOBILIZES ARTISTS TO ENVISION A WORLD IN WHICH CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL POWER ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AND WHERE ALL HUMAN BEINGS CAN LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. CULTURAL POWER IS AN ARTIST-CENTERED CULTURAL STRATEGY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE ARTIST AS A KEY AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER. WE CENTER BIPOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR), QUEER & TRANS, IMMIGRANT, UNDOCUMENTED, AND DISABLED ARTISTS IN OUR CULTURAL AND NARRATIVE STRATEGY WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IGNITING CHANGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

  • FIELD BUILDING: BUILDS A FIELD OF BIPOC PRACTITIONERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WHO CREATE THE NARRATIVE STRATEGY NEEDED TO REALIZE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

    Expenses $6,535,980 · Grants $3,650,059 · Revenue $33,356

  • ARTIST LEADERSHIP: BUILDS THE POWER OF ARTISTS TO ADVANCE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS, COHORTS, AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $3,348,630 · Grants $947,700 · Revenue $22,627

  • INTERSECTIONAL STORYTELLING: ACTIVATES ARTISTS AND MOVEMENT GROUPS TO CREATE INSPIRING STORIES ON ISSUES OF MIGRATION, CLIMATE, CIVIC, AND GENDER JUSTICE THAT CENTER ON DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,198,190 · Revenue $28,461

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Favianna Rodriguez

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $230,052
    From this org
    $214,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,463
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,469
    Bonus
    $1,960
    Other
    $5,160
    Deferred
    $6,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,953
    Filer's total
    $230,052

  • Jeffrey Chang

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonya Childress

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Francis

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Potts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $8,825
    From this org
    $8,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rashida Petersen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fenny Choo

    FINANCE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $164,714
    From this org
    $141,104
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,610
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,679
    Bonus
    $1,425
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,540
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,070
    Filer's total
    $164,714

  • Tara Dorabji

    VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $214,831
    From this org
    $191,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,743
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,188
    Bonus
    $1,900
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,105
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,638
    Filer's total
    $214,831

  • Aisha Goss

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,182
    From this org
    $185,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,861
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,421
    Bonus
    $1,900
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,795
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,066
    Filer's total
    $202,182

  • Alexis Posey

    CHIEF CAMPAIGNS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,660
    From this org
    $142,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,488
    Hours/week
    33

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,472
    Bonus
    $1,700
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,313
    Filer's total
    $156,660

  • Erin Soucie-Williams

    CHIEF FIELD BUILDING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $186,007
    From this org
    $171,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,916
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,091
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,741
    Filer's total
    $186,007

  • Anna Maria Luera

    DIRECTOR OF ARTIST LEADERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $161,728
    From this org
    $132,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,310
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,918
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,235
    Filer's total
    $161,728

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII RECEIVED BONUSES DURING THE YEAR; BONUSES WERE PROVIDED TO ALL EMPLOYEES, BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL ROLES. FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ $1,960 TARA DORABJI $1,900 AISHA GOSS $1,900 ALEXIS POSEY $1,700 ERIN SOUCIE-WILLIAMS $2,000 FENNY CHOO $1,425 ANNA MARIA LUERA $1,500

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442619349300004

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