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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RED WINE & BLUE EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,945,705
Total expenses
$2,591,563
Contributions and grants received
$3,945,668
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$37
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,649,686
Total liabilities, end of year
$843,217
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,806,469
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,352,387
Management and general expenses
$184,646
Fundraising expenses
$54,530
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,352,387

Program services were 90.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $148,254

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,797,414

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37 · excluded $37

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,457,687 · program services $1,349,587 · management and general $93,718 · fundraising $14,382

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $126,688 · program services $116,543 · management and general $7,601 · fundraising $2,544

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $125,102 · program services $115,094 · management and general $7,506 · fundraising $2,502

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $188,064 · program services $173,542 · management and general $12,435 · fundraising $2,087

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,354 · program services $2,369 · management and general $1,985

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,440 · program services $11,396 · management and general $9,044

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $225,000 · program services $225,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,366 · program services $26,506 · fundraising $28,860

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $232,797 · program services $232,797

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,221 · program services $3,069 · management and general $21,813 · fundraising $1,339

  • 17 · Travel

    total $90,744 · program services $59,122 · management and general $30,544 · fundraising $1,078

  • 24a · Other expenses: ORGANIZING TOOLS

    total $20,988 · program services $20,988

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $18,112 · program services $16,374 · fundraising $1,738

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,123,207 · end of year $2,421,432

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,039 · end of year $228,254

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $548,919 · end of year $843,217

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $577,327 · end of year $658,971

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,147,498

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RED WINE & BLUE EDUCATION FUND EMPOWERS SUBURBAN WOMEN AND WOMEN-LED GRASSROOTS GROUPS WITH ORGANIZING AND COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT TO COMBAT DISINFORMATION AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OEDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS: RED WINE & BLUE EDUCATION FUND USES EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO INFORM AND EMPOWER SUBURBAN WOMEN TO SPEAK UP FOR THE VALUES THEY HOLD. RWBEF CAMPAIGNS PROVIDE ANSWERS TO FAQS ABOUT THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS INCLUDING FUN EXPLAINERS AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT.NO-JUDGEMENT EVENTS: RBWEF HOSTS EVENTS FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND LEARN ABOUT ISSUES AND THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIFE EXPERIENCES ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEIR OWN. WE STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY BY SHARING PERSONAL STORIES AND THROUGH CONVERSATIONS.LOOK AHEAD: THROUGH AN EVER-GROWING NETWORK OF PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS ON THE GROUND, RED WINE & BLUE EDUCATION FUND WILL EXPAND ITS CREATIVE CAMPAIGNS AND EVENTS TO EMPOWER EVEN MORE WOMEN TO SPEAK UP FOR THEIR VALUES AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $2,352,387

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Stacy Kramer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike McCurry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Desiree Tims

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mara Vanderslice

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Paris

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $165,462
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $162,228
    Other
    $3,234
    Hours/week
    15 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $162,228 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,234 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $165,462 related

  • Lafonda Cousin

    COO

    Total calculated
    $133,440
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,715
    Other
    $2,725
    Hours/week
    10 + 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. 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 · 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.

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349310424

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