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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PEOPLES ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,319,598
Total expenses
$1,903,618
Contributions and grants received
$1,253,298
Grants paid
$677,000
Program service revenue
$66,274
Investment income
$26
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,016,832
Total liabilities, end of year
$184,673
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,832,159
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,476,110
Management and general expenses
$427,508
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,476,110

Program services were 77.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,253,298

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AFFILIATE DUES

    total $61,500 · related or exempt $61,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,774 · related or exempt $4,774

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26 · excluded $26

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $677,000 · program services $677,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $572,194 · program services $405,665 · management and general $166,529

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $112,071 · program services $79,155 · management and general $32,916

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,496 · program services $30,850 · management and general $12,646

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,361 · management and general $43,361

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,750 · management and general $25,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,525 · program services $1,525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,355 · program services $6,507 · management and general $5,848

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,461 · program services $966 · management and general $495

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,355 · program services $3,226 · management and general $20,129

  • 17 · Travel

    total $147,038 · program services $123,498 · management and general $23,540

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $143,094 · program services $112,826 · management and general $30,268

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTING SERVICES

    total $68,455 · program services $29,727 · management and general $38,728

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $28,885 · program services $1,871 · management and general $27,014

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING & COPYING

    total $3,385 · program services $3,204 · management and general $181

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $193 · program services $90 · management and general $103

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,485,334 · end of year $2,797,505

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $150,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,673 · end of year $60,058

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,691 · end of year $9,269

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

    $2,542

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

    $2,542

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,930 · end of year $32,672

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $106,589 · end of year $152,001

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,810,050 · end of year $2,419,659

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $606,129 · end of year $412,500

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PEOPLE'S ACTION IS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC, RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY THROUGH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PEOPLE'S ACTION IS FOCUSED ON ADVANCING AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, TAX FAIRNESS AND FAIR IMMIGRATION REFORM, AS WELL AS PROTECTING SAFETY NET PROGRAMS.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OADVOCACY - THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE NATIONAL AGENDA FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PEOPLE. OUR AGENDA IS BASED AROUND A RANGE OF ISSUES AFFECTING WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT INCLUDE HEALTH CARE, CLEAN ENERGY, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE OVERDOSE CRISIS AND ISSUES RELATING TO CRIMINALIZATION OF THESE COMMUNITIES. ACHIEVEMENTS 2022:PEOPLE'S ACTION ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT VICTORIES WITH OUR MEMBER GROUPS IN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL ELECTIONSBY INVESTING IN ORGANIZING, TRAINING, DEEP CANVASSING, ALLIANCE BUILDING, AND EFFECTIVE MESSAGING. WE WERE ABLE TOMOBILIZE AND ENGAGE COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE AROUND A SHARED VISION FOR OUR FUTURE. THE GROUNDWORK LAID IN 2022WILL ENABLE US TO PROMOTE PROGRESSIVE POLICIES AND CONTINUE TO WIN ELECTIONS WITH CANDIDATES WHO ALIGN WITH OURVISION OF AN EQUITABLE ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY FOR ALL.

    Expenses $806,136 · Grants $242,000 · Revenue $66,274

  • SEE SCHEDULE OPOLITICAL - THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS BY SUPPORTING CANDIDATES ALIGNED WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION, OUR ISSUE-BASED AGENDA AND VISION FOR THE COUNTRY. WE GENERATE ENERGY AROUND THE ELECTION CYCLE USING OUR ISSUES AND MOVE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THROUGH MASS VOLUNTEERISM. WE SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING INDEPENDENT POLITICAL POWER AND FUNCTIONAL MODELS FOR CO-GOVERNANCE.

    Expenses $669,974 · Grants $435,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Adrienne Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dreama Caldwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elianne Farhat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Haslam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jesse Graham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juanita Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Stafford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lizeth Chacon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Twiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reginald Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Kraig

    BOARD MEMBER, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rosemary Rivera

    BOARD MEMBER, VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sulma Arias

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Tomas Robles

    BOARD MEMBER

    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5
UNRELATED ORGANIZATION - PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION - WAGES, $7,370, BENEFITS, $1,369 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING COMPENSATION - SULMA ARIAS

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

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • PEOPLE'S ACTION OUTREACH LLC

    CANVASSING · WA · income $0 · assets $30,269

    Directly controlled by PEOPLE'S ACTION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313149349303126

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