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← GRASSROOTS ILLINOIS ACTION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GRASSROOTS ILLINOIS ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$78,838
Total expenses
$148,656
Contributions and grants received
$78,777
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$61
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$500,880
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,476
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$454,404
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$123,020
Management and general expenses
$24,845
Fundraising expenses
$791
Program service expenses (Part III)
$123,020

Program services were 82.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $78,777

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $61 · excluded $61

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $36,269 · program services $33,730 · management and general $2,539

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $500 · program services $465 · management and general $35

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,228 · program services $3,932 · management and general $296

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,906 · program services $3,633 · management and general $273

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,830 · management and general $12,830

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,032 · program services $27,930 · management and general $2,102

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40 · program services $37 · management and general $3

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,941 · program services $2,735 · management and general $206

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,532 · program services $1,425 · management and general $107

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18 · management and general $18

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $725 · program services $674 · management and general $51

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,555 · management and general $5,555

  • 24a · Other expenses: Community outreach

    total $48,400 · program services $48,400

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fundraising

    total $791 · fundraising $791

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $714 · management and general $714

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fees

    total $116 · management and general $116

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $59 · program services $59

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $352,393 · end of year $202,665

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $326,936 · end of year $276,997

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $21,000 · end of year $21,218

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $256 · end of year $46,476

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $175,851 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $340,269 · end of year $454,404

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $183,953 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To educate the public about policy issues impacting working families, lobby legislators, engage in community-based electoral work, build community-based independent grassroots electoral infrastructure, and expand the political influence of members to promote a progressive agenda that addresses members' collective needs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Conducted voter outreach regarding Chicago ballot initiative on change to real estate transfer tax to fund housing for people experiencing homelessness.

  • Grassroots Illinois Action (GIA) coordinates community education on key issues in Chicago and Illinois and voter engagement and get out the vote activities in Chicago. This has included support for community education across the state on climate change and housing, as well as providing information to its members in Chicago to educate themselves about potential candidates for legislative seats and their issue platforms.

    Expenses $123,020

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Leonor Torres

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emma Tai

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Ortiz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carlos Fernandez

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $112,876
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $101,174
    Other
    $11,702
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 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
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533119349300708

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