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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$24,355,029
Total expenses
$16,769,094
Contributions and grants received
$22,989,458
Grants paid
$1,614,707
Program service revenue
$1,013,702
Investment income
$335,300
Other revenue
$16,569
Total assets, end of year
$30,616,733
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,679,360
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,937,373
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,456,382
Management and general expenses
$2,179,630
Fundraising expenses
$1,133,082
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,456,382

Program services were 80.2% 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)

    $1,285,407

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $21,704,051

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $450,035

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $1,013,702 · related or exempt $1,013,702

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $314,261 · excluded $314,261

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,569

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,569

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,569 · excluded $16,569

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $471,074

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

    securities $450,035

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $21,039

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $21,039 · excluded $21,039

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,614,707 · program services $1,614,707

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,457,455 · program services $27,315 · management and general $1,426,686 · fundraising $3,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $112,330 · management and general $112,330

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,447 · management and general $13,447

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,373,219 · program services $10,099,472 · management and general $232,073 · fundraising $1,041,674

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $106,538 · program services $101,468 · management and general $5,070

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $173,532 · program services $151,553 · management and general $3,381 · fundraising $18,598

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $120,475 · program services $104,376 · management and general $2,904 · fundraising $13,195

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $349,718 · program services $294,162 · management and general $18,759 · fundraising $36,797

  • 17 · Travel

    total $500,882 · program services $500,827 · management and general $55

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $189,763 · program services $182,316 · management and general $1,146 · fundraising $6,301

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $59,846 · management and general $59,846

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,954 · management and general $40,954

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBIT

    total $248,507 · program services $11,748 · management and general $236,663 · fundraising $96

  • 24b · Other expenses: STIPENDS & SCHRSHP

    total $261,929 · program services $261,929

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & FURNISHINGS

    total $63,641 · program services $55,581 · management and general $1,240 · fundraising $6,820

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $57,280 · program services $50,025 · management and general $1,116 · fundraising $6,139

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,871 · program services $903 · management and general $23,960 · fundraising $8

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,328,059 · end of year $15,696,448

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,500,000 · end of year $8,621,184

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,693,658 · end of year $3,929,922

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,040,353 · end of year $48,892

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

    $1,588,429

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

    $137,999

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,542,127 · end of year $1,450,430

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $814,486 · end of year $869,857

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,688,601 · end of year $565,838

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,113,522

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,832,705 · end of year $6,434,099

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,377,377 · end of year $22,503,274

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CEPEF OPERATES AS A GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF POLICIES ON POVERTY AND RACIAL INEQUITY, TRAINING AND DEVELOPING LEADERS FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE, BUILDING CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND EMPOWERING LOWINCOME AND WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • BUILD AND EXERCISE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL POWER THROUGH MASS-BASED ELECTORAL ORGANIZING AND INTEGRATED STRATEGIES, INCLUDING BASE-BUILDING AND POLICY ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $7,535,574 · Grants $1,594,707 · Revenue $517,070

  • PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $5,920,808 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $496,632

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tim Duy Ly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $234,076
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $203,895
    Other
    $30,181
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $203,895 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,216 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,965 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $234,076 related

  • Alex T Tom

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $133,475
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,248
    Other
    $21,227
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mao Chi Liu

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $123,087
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $114,573
    Other
    $8,514
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 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 3
THE ORGANIZATION RELIES ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION OF ITS EXECUTIVES. THE RELATED ORGANIZATION USES THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WHEN DETERMINING COMPENSATION: COMPENSATION COMMITTEE: FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS APPROVAL OF THE BOARD

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CORE COMMONS LLC

    RENTAL REAL ESTATE FOR PROGRAMMATIC PURPOSES · CA · income $685,843 · assets $1,995,560

    Directly controlled by CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICAL EDUCATION FUND

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • RESILIENT STRATEGIES

    C · MANAGEMENT SERVICES ORGANIZATION · CA · 50% owned · share of income $567,730 · share of assets $869,857

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543169349306844

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