Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY INC-G G E.

Totals

Total revenue: $4,721,796
Total expenses: $4,620,871
Contributions and grants received: $4,634,236
Grants paid: $213,154
Program service revenue: $59,793
Investment income: $19,262
Other revenue: $8,505
Total assets, end of year: $8,202,185
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,005,736
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $7,196,449
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,252,164
Management and general expenses: $927,321
Fundraising expenses: $441,386
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,252,164

Program services were 70.4% 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)

$1,045,206
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$3,589,030
2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

total $59,793 · related or exempt $59,793
3 · Investment income

total $19,262 · excluded $19,262
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

total $8,505 · excluded $8,505
11e · Other revenue, total

$8,505

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $213,154 · program services $213,154
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $468,846 · program services $298,403 · management and general $89,524 · fundraising $80,919
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $2,100,380 · program services $1,612,678 · management and general $303,477 · fundraising $184,225
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $59,270 · program services $44,087 · management and general $9,066 · fundraising $6,117
9 · Other employee benefits

total $320,886 · program services $238,686 · management and general $49,085 · fundraising $33,115
10 · Payroll taxes

total $193,413 · program services $143,868 · management and general $29,585 · fundraising $19,960
11b · Fees: legal

total $2,754 · management and general $2,754
11c · Fees: accounting

total $214,070 · management and general $214,070
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $47,000 · management and general $47,000
11g · Fees: other

total $448,437 · program services $304,638 · management and general $79,371 · fundraising $64,428
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $10,234 · program services $4,150 · management and general $5,899 · fundraising $185
13 · Office expenses

total $18,791 · program services $15,053 · management and general $2,242 · fundraising $1,496
14 · Information technology

total $46,961 · program services $28,332 · management and general $15,665 · fundraising $2,964
16 · Occupancy

total $250,621 · program services $186,816 · management and general $38,100 · fundraising $25,705
17 · Travel

total $117,402 · program services $101,941 · management and general $8,213 · fundraising $7,248
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $18,430 · management and general $18,430
23 · Insurance

total $4,258 · management and general $4,258
24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

total $55,254 · program services $37,515 · management and general $5,884 · fundraising $11,855
24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

total $30,710 · program services $22,843 · management and general $4,698 · fundraising $3,169

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,648,416 · end of year $1,504,738
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $2,514,405 · end of year $2,533,667
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $3,617,717 · end of year $3,315,656
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $30,808 · end of year $12,322
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$168,035
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$140,411
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $46,054 · end of year $27,624
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $38,950 · end of year $808,178
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $406,374 · end of year $198,028
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $21,468 · end of year $438
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $340,259
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $32,725 · end of year $807,270
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,554,984 · end of year $3,590,894
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,540,540 · end of year $3,605,555

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY (GGE) WORKS INTERGENERATIONALLY, THROUGH A BLACK FEMINIST LENS, TO ACHIEVE GENDER AND RACIAL JUSTICE BY CENTERING THE LEADERSHIP OF BLACK GIRLS AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR TO RESHAPE CULTURE AND POLICY THROUGH ADVOCACY, YOUTH-CENTERED PROGRAMMING, AND SHIFTING DOMINANT NARRATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORKS INTERGENERATIONALLY, THROUGH A BLACK FEMINIST LENS, TO ACHIEVE GENDER AND RACIAL JUSTICE.

SEE SCHEDULE O GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY, INC. ("GGE") CHALLENGES STRUCTURAL FORCES RACISM, SEXISM, TRANSPHOBIA, HOMOPHOBIA, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY THAT WORK TO CONSTRICT THE FREEDOM, FULL EXPRESSION, AND RIGHTS OF TRANS AND CIS GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN AND GENDER NONCONFORMING YOUTH OF COLOR.THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF INCOME FOR GGE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS. GGE'S WORK IS DEFINED BY PROGRAMS THAT MOVE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACTION. GGE SEES CHANGE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF I. DIRECT SERVICE, II. POLICY CHANGE AND III. CULTURE CHANGE WORK.I. GGE OFFERS DIRECT SERVICE AS AN ESSENTIAL ENTRY POINT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INTO OUR PROGRAMS - BY SERVING YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STAGE, WE CAN IMPACT THEIR LIVES IMMEDIATELY WHILE ENGAGING THEM TO ORGANIZE AROUND CHANGING THE SYSTEMS THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES. II. POLICY AND ADVOCACY: TO SCALE CHANGE, GGE ORGANIZES ALONGSIDE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ELIMINATE THE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT BLACK CIS AND TRANS GIRLS AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE, NON-BINARY YOUTH OF COLOR FROM LIVING THEIR WHOLE LIVES. WE WORK TO CHANGE LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCE GENDERED AND RACIALIZED VIOLENCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION, POLICE VIOLENCE, ENDING GIRLS' INCARCERATION, AND ENDING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE WITH ATTENTION TO YOUNG PEOPLE. III. CULTURE CHANGE: GGE'S WORK IS PREDICATED ON CROSS-SECTOR INSTITUTIONS SHIFTING THEIR LENS TO CENTER ON THE NARRATIVES AND NEEDS OF YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE, NON-BINARY YOUTH OF COLOR. WHETHER PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT AND POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA, THE PUBLIC, AND GIRLS OF COLOR THEMSELVES, GGE HAS UNABASHEDLY CENTERED BLACK GIRLS IN RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY MOVEMENTS. GGE ADVANCES THE WORK OF CULTURE CHANGE TO SHIFT CONDITIONS FOR THE LONG TERM. IV. YOUTH WORK WITH GGE THROUGH FIVE LOCAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING: 1. SISTERS IN STRENGTH (SIS): HEALING-CENTERED SURVIVOR CIRCLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE OR ALLIES TO SURVIVORS. 2. YOUNG WOMEN'S ADVISORY COUNCIL (YWAC): CITYWIDE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM TO ADVANCE POLICY AND CAMPAIGN GOALS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 3. NATIONAL YOUNG WOMEN'S INITIATIVE (YWI) SUPPORTS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS ACROSS THE EIGHT NATIONAL YWI PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA, MEMPHIS, DC, HOUSTON, BIRMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, CALIFORNIA, AND NY, FOCUSED ON UPLIFTING CIS AND TRANS GIRLS AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE YOUTH IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 4. THE NATIONAL AGENDA FOR BLACK GIRL'S NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE HAS DEVELOPED A SHARED POLICY AGENDA CENTERING ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT BLACK GIRLS AND THAT THEY HAVE PRIORITIZED. THE NATIONAL AGENDA INCLUDES SIX NATIONAL POLICY PRIORITIES: PASSING A NATIONAL BLACK GIRL BILL OF RIGHTS; HEALING, WELL-BEING, AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE; EXPANDING EDUCATION JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY; ENDING SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; EXPANDING DEMOCRACY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Expenses $3,252,164 · Grants $213,154 · Revenue $59,793

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

Listed in Part VII

Sandra Park EsqSANDRA PARK ESQ

BOARD CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Mary FerryMARY FERRY

BOARD TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Naomi AbrahamNAOMI ABRAHAM

BOARD SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Cynthia SteeleCYNTHIA STEELE

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Rovika RajkishunROVIKA RAJKISHUN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Monica DennisMONICA DENNIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Afua AddoAFUA ADDO

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Dr Pei DesrosiersDR PEI DESROSIERS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Joanne SmithJOANNE SMITH

PRESIDENT & CEO

Total calculated

$261,859

From this org

$239,521

From related orgs

$0

Other

$22,338

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$239,521

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$11,949

Nontaxable benefits

$10,389

Filer's total

$261,859
Michelle GrierMICHELLE GRIER

CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

Total calculated

$150,268

From this org

$133,997

From related orgs

$0

Other

$16,271

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$133,997

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$6,021

Nontaxable benefits

$10,250

Filer's total

$150,268
Doreen OdomDOREEN ODOM

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Total calculated

$29,148

From this org

$26,128

From related orgs

$0

Other

$3,020

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

3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3: BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND KEY EMPLOYEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. APPROPRIATE DATA IS EVALUATED IN ADVANCE INCLUDING REVIEW OF POSITIONS AT COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS. BOARD MINUTES, MAINTAINED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY, COVER THE DELIBERATIONS AND THE BASIS FOR THE DECISIONS MADE.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2022
Filed: 14 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202441359349301899

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