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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROGRESS UNITY FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$650,576
Total expenses
$479,063
Contributions and grants received
$516,340
Grants paid
$48,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$79,789
Other revenue
$54,447
Total assets, end of year
$2,521,251
Total liabilities, end of year
$122,661
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,398,590
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$451,429
Management and general expenses
$17,084
Fundraising expenses
$10,550
Program service expenses (Part III)
$451,429

Program services were 94.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $516,340

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $79,789 · excluded $79,789

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Fire Insurance Proceeds

    total $42,497 · excluded $42,497

  • 11b · Other revenue: Rental Reimbursements

  • 11c · Other revenue: Security Market Fluctuation

    total $11,950 · related or exempt $11,950

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $54,447

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $48,000 · program services $48,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,374 · program services $3,374

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,625 · program services $2,900 · management and general $363 · fundraising $362

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,285 · program services $1,828 · management and general $229 · fundraising $228

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,426 · program services $17,141 · management and general $2,143 · fundraising $2,142

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,088 · program services $4,070 · management and general $509 · fundraising $509

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,350 · program services $12,350

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,501 · program services $2,801 · management and general $350 · fundraising $350

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,870 · program services $1,496 · management and general $187 · fundraising $187

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANSWER Events

    total $267,756 · program services $267,756

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fire Damage

    total $30,827 · program services $24,662 · management and general $3,083 · fundraising $3,082

  • 24c · Other expenses: Merchant Card Fees

    total $9,594 · program services $7,675 · management and general $960 · fundraising $959

  • 24d · Other expenses: Internet Provider

    total $7,720 · program services $6,176 · management and general $772 · fundraising $772

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,647 · program services $11,200 · management and general $8,488 · fundraising $1,959

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $87,480 · end of year $203,084

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,493,076 · end of year $1,530,164

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,428 · end of year $10,648

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $6,250

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

    $26,016

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

    $17,618

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,899 · end of year $8,398

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $721,368 · end of year $760,206

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,970 · end of year $2,501

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,794 · end of year $2,766

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $104,350 · end of year $119,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,227,077 · end of year $2,398,590

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Progress Unity Fund has provided support for educational programs, seminars, and public forums on the causes and effects of conflicts around the world and exploration of peaceful alternatives to war and militarism.

  • Progress Unity Fund, in association with the ANSWER Coalition and other progressiveorganizations, played a vital role in mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people in a mass actions in Washington, D.C. and around the country, that promoted a permanent ceasefire to end the war that has taken tens of thousands of civilian lives in Gaza.

    Expenses $267,756

  • Progress Unity Fund engaged in educational programs and presentations aboutdevelopments in US policy towards the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin Americathrough its speakers bureau, online resources and support for progressiveorganizations with the same mission. As a part of this effort, the Progress UnityFund supported Break Through Media, a nonprofit organization that features an onlineplatform for expert analysis from academics, journalists and leaders from socialjustice and peace movements.

    Expenses $92,008 · Grants $47,000

  • Progress Unity Fund supported conferences and meetings open to the public to discuss important issues related to our mission. These meetings were initiated and organized in coalition with other peace and justice organizations.

    Expenses $91,665

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Natalie Hrizi

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Lowengard

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Claire Cook

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • BreakThrough Media

    $35,000

    Gen support educational programs

  • Gen support educational programs

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512829349301851

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