Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$8,512,138

Total expenses

$5,393,277

Contributions and grants received

$8,011,224

Grants paid

$1,716,246

Program service revenue

$500,855

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$59

Total assets, end of year

$6,127,571

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,532,814

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,594,757

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,234,858

Management and general expenses

$806,015

Fundraising expenses

$352,404

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,234,858

Program services were 78.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• TRAINING AND REGIONAL SUPPORT: THROUGH THE URBAN PEACE ACADEMY, THE ORGANIZATION TRAINS RESIDENTS, PEACEMAKERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE INCLUDING DEVELOPING VARIOUS STRATEGIES AND IDEOLOGIES TO BETTER OPERATE WITHIN THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. UPI'S TRAININGS INCLUDES CURRICULUMS CENTERING AROUND DEVELOPING AND ESTABLISHING A "LICENSE TO OPERATE" WHICH IS FORMED THROUGH RELATIONSHIP BUILDING EFFORTS, STRATEGIES TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES, IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE AND WORKER WELLNESS, AND UTILIZING CULTURAL IDEOLOGIES TO CREATE SHARED COMMUNITY GROUPS. TO DATE, UPI TRAINED OVER 5,000 PEACEMAKERS, RESIDENTS, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)COMMUNITY PRACTITIONERS, AND HEALTH OUTREACH WORKERS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY. STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT OUR GANG INTERVENTION TRAINING HAS RESULTED IN A 41% REDUCTION IN RETALIATORY VIOLENCE AND PREVENTED 185 GANG RETALIATIONS IN LOS ANGELES OVER A ONE YEAR TIME SPAN. AS A RESULT OF UPI'S REGIONAL SUPPORT EFFORTS, CHICAGO HAS ESTABLISHED ITS OWN PEACE ACADEMY TO TRAIN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WORKERS, AND SACRAMENTO EXPERIENCED ZERO YOUTH HOMICIDES FOR TWO YEARS, CREDITING THE URBAN PEACE INSTITUTE'S SUPPORT FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY IN SAVING THE LIVES OF ITS CHILDREN. IN ADDITION, UPI'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRAINED OVER 70 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, ON-THE-GROUND ORGANIZATIONS AND MULTI-SECTOR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN 2023 ALONE.

  Expenses $3,192,589 · Grants $1,707,318

• CAPACITY BUILDING: FOCUSES ON EMPOWERING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, AND RESEARCH-DRIVEN STRATEGIES. WE CREATE PLATFORMS FOR COLLABORATION, ENSURE EFFICIENT SYSTEMS FOR GRANT MANAGEMENT, AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGES THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION (CVI) EFFORTS. BY FOSTERING MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY, WE BUILD STRONG PARTNERSHIPS TO AMPLIFY LOCAL IMPACT AND DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. OUR GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN BOTH THE COMMUNITY'S CAPACITY AND THE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS.

  Expenses $458,974 · Grants $8,929 · Revenue $500,855

• JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION (FORMERLY SMART JUSTICE): UPI WORKS TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MASS INCARCERATION AND JUVENILE INCARCERATION FACILITIES BY DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO DISRUPT THE PRISON PIPELINE AND PROVIDE HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BIPOC YOUTH THAT END UP IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE DO THIS THROUGH A THREE-PRONGED SYSTEM: TRAINING, ADVOCACY, AND POWER-BUILDING. UPI TRAINS PRISON-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTIONISTS, OR CREDIBLE MESSENGERS, TO PROVIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS WITHIN JUVENILE FACILITIES, WE WORK WITH THE LA YOUTH UPRISING COALITION (LAYUP) TO LEAD ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO HOLD PROBATION OFFICERS AND THE COUNTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISTREATMENT OF THE YOUTH IN THESE, OFTEN, UNSAFE FACILITIES WHILE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR FUNDS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)TO BE DIVERTED FROM PRIVATE PRISONS AND BE REALLOCATED TOWARDS PROVEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT FOCUS ON ENSURING YOUTH ARE NOT SHEPHERDED TO THE PRISON SYSTEM AS IS OFTEN SEEN IN THE CASE OF UNDERSERVED BLACK AND BROWN INDIVIDUALS. LASTLY, UPI ALSO EMPOWERS YOUTH THROUGH YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND LIBERATION FELLOWSHIPS. UPI'S ADVOCACY HAS ELIMINATED FUNDING FOR HARMFUL SCHOOL-BASED PROBATION SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND HAS ENSURED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2022.

  Expenses $583,295

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• RESILIENT AGENCY

  $502,170

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• CHAPTER TWO

  $477,695

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CROSSROADS

  $211,246

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• 2ND CALL

  $112,814

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• CHAMPIONS IN SERVICE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES

  $99,602

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• VENICE 2000 - HELPER FOUNDATION

  $56,754

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• COMMUNITY PARTNERS

  $54,524

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

  $46,254

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS

  $42,921

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

• ADVOCATES FOR PEACE AND URBAN UNITY

  $35,043

  COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501079349300100

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