Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by WASHINGTON STATE COALITION OF AFRICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $299,240
- Total expenses
- $275,515
- Contributions and grants received
- $299,240
- Grants paid
- $67,400
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $103,270
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $46,848
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $56,422
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $258,597
- Management and general expenses
- $15,330
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,588
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $258,597
Program services were 93.9% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$198,459
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$100,781
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $63,808 · program services $63,808
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $3,592 · program services $3,592
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $29,200 · program services $27,740 · management and general $1,460
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,641 · program services $6,846 · management and general $2,795
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11g · Fees: other
total $105,385 · program services $103,645 · management and general $1,740
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $13,208 · program services $9,762 · management and general $3,446
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13 · Office expenses
total $24,834 · program services $21,812 · management and general $2,084 · fundraising $938
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14 · Information technology
total $3,696 · program services $2,737 · management and general $959
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,724 · program services $2,099 · management and general $2,625
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17 · Travel
total $7,297 · program services $7,291 · management and general $6
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $671 · program services $556 · management and general $100 · fundraising $15
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24a · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT
total $2,977 · program services $2,325 · management and general $115 · fundraising $537
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24b · Other expenses: STIPEND
total $2,713 · program services $2,713
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24c · Other expenses: APPRECIATION EXPENSE
total $2,258 · program services $2,160 · fundraising $98
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24d · Other expenses: TRAINING/STAFF DEVELOPM
total $1,511 · program services $1,511
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $30,243 · end of year $75,616
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $50 · end of year $50
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,866 · end of year $27,604
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $250 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $712 · end of year $46,848
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $32,697 · end of year $56,422
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WE SUPPORT AFRICAN-DESCENT MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS BUILD TRUST AND COLLABORATE ACROSS COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE OUR COMMON CHALLENGES. THE CORE SERVICES WE OFFER ARE OUTREACH/TRANSLATION, PRESERVING OUR CULTURE AND HERITAGE, INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, EVENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. OUR OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRACT LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS SPEAK 34 AFRICAN DIASPORA LANGUAGES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
WE SUPPORT AFRICAN DESCENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON STATE BY SHARING RESOURCES, BUILDING TRUST TO ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT UPLIGHTING WASHINGTONIANS.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HEAL:BASED ON CONCERN AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR YOUTH LEADERS IN 2019, WSCACL HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE VIA OUR MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNITY COUNCIL POSITION AT FRONT & CENTERED. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING FROM HOLD MULTIPLE EJ FOCUS GROUPS, PLANTED TREES AND CLEANED A RIVER IN NORTHEAST SPOKANE, AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES 10 AREA, AND ENGAGED 356 AFRICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESIDING IN KING, SNOHOMISH, PIERCE COUNTIES IN AN ORIGINAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS RESEARCH PROJECT, SUPPORTED 25 HEAL SUBGRANTEES WITH $324,000 IN FUNDING THAT RESULTED IN THE EXECUTION OF 60 PROJECTS IN 11 COUNTIES IN 13 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, ENGAGED 28 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AND REACHED 30,984 PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE IN SIX MONTHS.
Expenses $77,664 · Grants $67,400
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FISCAL SPONSORSHIP:WE FISCALLY SPONSORED SEVEN DIFFERENT CHARITABLE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SPEECH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL GENOCIDES IN AFRICA; MENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR; CULTURAL FOOD, MUSIC, ARTS, AND HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS; AND INITIATIVES THAT TELL THE STORIES OF AFRICA ITS HERITAGE AND ITS FUTURE USING ALL FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION, AND AN EAST AFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
Expenses $64,924
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EVERGREEN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE YOUTH WARRIORS PROGRAM:- PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE AFRICAN YOUTH DRUG PROGRAM BEGINNING IN 2019, WSCACL'S EVERGREEN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WARRIORS (EEJ) GREW FROM 5 YOUTH TO 23 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS FROM KING, SNOHOMISH, AND PIERCE COUNTIES FROM 7 AFRICAN COMMUNITIES. WSCACL USES AN INTERGENERATIONAL AFRICAN VILLAGE MODEL INCORPORATING AFRICAN CULTURE BY INCLUDING COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, YOUNG ADULT COACH, YOUTH LEADERS, YOUTH, AND PARENTS IN THE PROGRAM. - EVERGREEN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE YOUTH WARRIORS DESIGNED AND HOSTED A MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT TAUGHT AT TOTAL OF 56 AFRICAN DESCENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION AND MINDFULNESS STRATEGIES IN TWO SESSIONS THAT RESULTED IN TWO PEOPLE SEEKING THE PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST SERVICES. WE CONDUCTED PRE-POST SURVEYS WHERE WE EXCEEDED OUR MEASURABLE GOALS WITH 88% -100% PROGRAM SATISFACTION. - EVERGREEN PRESENTED AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR ACTION TO 89 SOUTH KING & SURROUNDING AREA COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE STACC4J FIX THE HARM AIR PLANE PROJECT, THEY PLANTED TWO TREES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES 10 AREA; CLEANED UP THE SPOKANE RIVER, PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS FROM SPOKANE EJ PROJECT ORGANIZERS SPOKANE NAACP, THE LAND COUNCIL, AND THE SPOKANE RIVER KEEPERS; PARTICIPATED IN EJ ADVOCACY WITH FRONT & CENTERED IN OLYMPIA, TAUGHT HEAL SUBGRANTEE APPLICANTS ABOUT THE NO AND LOW COST EJ PROJECT OPTIONS THAT MAKE A BIG COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND LEARNED ABOUT THE SALMON LIFE CYCLE.
Expenses $52,236
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH-COVID-19 CAPACITY:WE SUPPORTED A WELLNESS/ RESOURCE JOB FAIR & MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC FOR THE SHELTER MIGRANT PROGRAM AT RIVERTON PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH-SHARED SIMPLE PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGES ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SHARING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, CREATED LIST OF SHELTER RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SPOKE TO 42 HOUSEHOLDS WHICH INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 126 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND IDENTIFED 3 HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMMEDIATELY AND CONNECTING THEM TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTY MANAGERS, ENROLLED SHELTER RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND EBT CARDS; PRODUCED TEN COVID-19 YOUTH VACCINE VIDEOS; AND PROVIDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING/VACCINATIONS/HIV PREVENTION/HEALTH INSURANCE EXPANSION RESOURCES AT MULTIPLE HEALTH/CULTURAL FAIRS IN SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES.
Expenses $43,184
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CULTURE & HERITAGE: ONE OF OUR CORE SERVICES IS TO HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR AFRICAN DIASPORA CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN EVERY IN-PERSON EVENT WE HOST OR CO-HOST THROUGH OUR JOINT COMMITTEE WHICH IS COMPOSED OF CULTURE & HERITAGE MEMBERS. WE HIRE AFRICAN DIASPORA ENTERTAINERS, ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS CATERERS, EVENT PLANNERS, AND DECORATORS, TEA AND COFFEE CEREMONIES, AND EVENT FASHION SHOW CONTESTS.
Expenses $13,951
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IMMIGRANT RIGHTS:ONE OF THE CORE SERVICES WE UNIQUELY OFFER AGENCIES/ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT BETTER COMMUNICATION AND EMPOWERMENT OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES INCLUDES AN OUTREACH AND TRANSLATION SERVICES TEAM OF COMMUNITY INFLUENTIAL LEADERS. OUR TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS CAN SPEAK 33 MAJOR AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND REPRESENT EVERY REGION IN AFRICA. UNLIKE OTHER TRANSLATION SERVICES THAT ONLY TRANSLATE MATERIAL FOR AGENCIES, OUR COMMUNITY INFLUENTIAL LEADERS & TRANSLATORS ALSO UTILIZE THEIR VAST 140,000+ COMBINED SOCIAL MEDIA REACH ACROSS POPULAR AFRICAN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND ACROSS THE STATE TO SHARE THEIR TRANSLATED MATERIALS IN THEIR TRUSTED NETWORKS AND PROVIDING DIRECT OUTREACH FOR THE AGENCY/ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO BROADER AFRICAN DIASPORA MEMBERS THROUGH OUR TRUSTED NETWORK OF BOARD MEMBERS AND FORMER LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT RIVERTON PARK MIGRANT PROGRAM BY CO-HOSTING A HOLIDAY MUSIC PROGRAM FOR THE 2ND YEAR WITH THE FABULOUS VOICES OF THE SOUND OF THE NORTHWEST AND EXHILARATING DRUMMING OF THE ANZANZA ENSEMBLE. WE LED THE EFFORT OF THE LARGEST INCREASE IN AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS APPLING FOR HEALTH CARE INSURANCE DURING THE APPLE HEALTH EXPANSION THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY LEADERS. OTHER CONTINUED PROGRAMS: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, JOINT COMMITTEE, OPERATIONAL CO-GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP MODEL, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
Expenses $6,638
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Hassna CalhounHASSNA CALHOUN
VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING
- Total calculated
- $1,000
- From this org
- $1,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Gail WilliamsGAIL WILLIAMS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Asia FahieASIA FAHIE
VICE PRESIDENT OF HOUSING
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sam G HarrellSAM G HARRELL
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $600
- From this org
- $600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Dr Tseguy Abraha PharmdDR TSEGUY ABRAHA PHARMD
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $1,000
- From this org
- $1,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Salenna GreenSALENNA GREEN
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
- Total calculated
- $50
- From this org
- $50
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Nansare ConsolataNANSARE CONSOLATA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $946
- From this org
- $946
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Modester ChattaMODESTER CHATTA
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $510
- From this org
- $510
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Martha LucasMARTHA LUCAS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $29,200
- From this org
- $29,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- 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.
Grants on this return
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$55,800
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$8,008
GENERAL SUPPORT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513219349317151
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