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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GRASSROOTS POWER PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,057,825
Total expenses
$2,088,760
Contributions and grants received
$1,539,441
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$468,794
Investment income
$47,186
Other revenue
$2,404
Total assets, end of year
$5,893,738
Total liabilities, end of year
$71,984
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,821,754
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,608,548
Management and general expenses
$311,092
Fundraising expenses
$169,120
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,608,548

Program services were 77.0% 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

    $1,539,441

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Consulting fees

    total $468,794 · related or exempt $468,794

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,186 · excluded $47,186

  • 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: Other

    total $2,404 · excluded $2,404

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,404

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 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 $316,428 · program services $219,594 · management and general $48,417 · fundraising $48,417

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $915,953 · program services $755,305 · management and general $120,917 · fundraising $39,731

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $40,565 · program services $32,723 · management and general $5,957 · fundraising $1,885

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $195,063 · program services $164,562 · management and general $22,263 · fundraising $8,238

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $101,536 · program services $82,305 · management and general $12,866 · fundraising $6,365

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,210 · management and general $5,210

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,978 · management and general $20,978

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $40,000 · fundraising $40,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $209,344 · program services $163,827 · management and general $39,297 · fundraising $6,220

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $49,144 · program services $37,741 · management and general $10,035 · fundraising $1,368

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,901 · program services $20,528 · management and general $3,803 · fundraising $1,570

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,480 · program services $15,027 · management and general $2,317 · fundraising $1,136

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,990 · program services $44,530 · management and general $1,974 · fundraising $9,486

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $66,072 · program services $50,221 · management and general $12,055 · fundraising $3,796

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,740 · program services $2,998 · management and general $503 · fundraising $239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,356 · program services $9,187 · management and general $4,500 · fundraising $669

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $674,401 · end of year $438,424

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,853,434 · end of year $4,425,598

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,290,000 · end of year $750,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $59,601 · end of year $268,688

  • 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

    beginning of year $9,792 · end of year $7,600

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

    $12,854

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

    $9,426

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,168 · end of year $3,428

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,707 · end of year $63,651

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $8,333

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,097,180 · end of year $3,479,145

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,755,509 · end of year $2,342,609

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GPP works within and across social movement sectorsto foster greater alignment around shared goals and strategies for transformational change.Through a combination of strategic consulting and political education, our team helps groups make shifts in their work, to move from short-term, transactional organizing toward more transformational approaches.Our strategy tools include multi-dimensional power analysis, engaging in meaning-making, developing long-term agendas and integrated analyses of class, race and gender.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Grassroots Policy Project works to transition community and labor organizing from short-term strategies aimed at winning incremental change towards long-term strategies for structural transformation. We provide strategic consulting and education for grassroots organizations.

  • GPP's programs are designed to work with organizations and alliances to develop new organizing practices to achieve transformational social change. In 2023, we worked with coalitions in eight states and with three national networks. We conducted dozens of virtual and in-person education sessions and facilitated countless custom-designed meetings and workshops to help more than 50 organizations improve the strategies they use to achieve their goals. This helped more than 500 leaders to develop more effective campaign and program strategy across the country.

    Expenses $1,608,548 · Revenue $468,794

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mara Poblet

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $168,299
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,299
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,549
    Filer's total
    $168,299
  • Tammy Bang Luu

    Dir of Programs

    Total calculated
    $154,666
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,666
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,916
    Filer's total
    $154,666
  • Margarita Hernandez

    Labor Program Dir

    Total calculated
    $149,935
    From this org
    $114,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,071
    Hours/week
    40
  • Harmony Goldberg

    Secretary/Staff

    Total calculated
    $148,683
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,683
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tyger Caygill-Walsh

    Administrative Dir

    Total calculated
    $130,296
    From this org
    $116,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,952
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kimberly Freeman Brown

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Libero Della Piana

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Milena Velis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isabel Vinent

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Healey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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
2023
Filed
6 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422509349301712

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