Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$8,707,902

Total expenses

$3,849,395

Contributions and grants received

$8,649,958

Grants paid

$456,752

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$44,379

Other revenue

$13,565

Total assets, end of year

$10,231,826

Total liabilities, end of year

$637,327

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,594,499

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,686,631

Management and general expenses

$845,647

Fundraising expenses

$317,117

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,686,631

Program services were 69.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• SEE SCHEDULE ONARRATIVE CHANGE AND CULTURAL STRATEGY: WE USE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, NARRATIVE, DIGITAL AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES TO CHANGE THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE VALUED AND POSITIONED AS LEADERS AND DECISION-MAKERS, AND TO CHANGE THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCE POLITICS AND USE THEIR CIVIC POWER TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO WORK WITH ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES OF CREATIVES, CREATING VISUALS AND IMAGES THAT CELEBRATE THE CULTURAL VALUE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.IN 2022 WE TRAINED 25+ YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AS SPOKESPEOPLE AND PUBLISHED OVER 15 OP-EDS GENERATING OVER 20 MEDIA HITS. OUR MEDIA COVERAGE INCLUDED MAJOR OUTLETS WITH FEATURES AND OP-EDS IN MERCED COUNTY TIMES, MERCED SUN-STAR, THE FRESNO BEE, BLACK VOICE NEWS, MSNBC, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND RADIO BILINGUE, AMONG OTHERS. WE DEVELOPED 10 COMMUNICATIONS LEADS ACROSS OUR ALLIANCE OF YOUTH ORGANIZING PARTNERS TO BUILD SKILLS AND ADVANCE SHARED MESSAGING AND NARRATIVES. WE DEVELOPED OVER 120 CONTENT PIECES CENTERING VOTER EDUCATION, HOUSING JUSTICE, REDISTRICTING ISSUES, PEOPLE OVER PROFIT, AND CLIMATE JUSTICE. OUR DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT RESULTED IN OVER 15,000 SHARES, COMMENTS, AND MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. ENGAGING VIDEO CONTENT AND VIDEOS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND HEALTH EDUCATION AROUND COVID-19, REACHING OVER 16,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA. WE REACHED OVER 1M YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS POWER CALIFORNIA DIGITAL CHANNELS SHARING VOTER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.

  Expenses $2,686,631 · Grants $456,752

• SEE SCHEDULE OFIELD CAMPAIGNS: WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY, AND VOTING POWER OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE BUILT A BASE OF SUPPORTERS WITH OVER 100,000 YOUNG VOTERS OF COLOR STATEWIDE. WITH OUR ALLIANCE NETWORK OF 10+ LOCAL GRASSROOTS YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN RURAL, URBAN AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WE ARE BUILDING POWER AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS 20+ COUNTIES THROUGH YOUTH ORGANIZING, VOTER EDUCATION, AND MOBILIZATION. THROUGHOUT 2022 WE BUILT THE CAPACITY OF 15+ YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZING AND BUILDING POWER IN PLACES LIKE THE CENTRAL VALLEY, INLAND CALIFORNIA, AND SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES.IN 2022, WE ENGAGED AND MOBILIZED OVER 50,000 YOUNG VOTERS THROUGH PHONE AND DOOR TO DOOR. WE REACHED OVER 45,000 VOTERS VIA TEXT AND OVER 1M VOTERS DIGITALLY.

• SEE SCHEDULE OORGANIZING PROGRAMS: WE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (16-34) AND YOUTH ORGANIZING GROUPS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ORGANIZING MUSCLE, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL STRATEGY TO BUILD A SUSTAINED VOTING BASE WITH POWER TO MOBILIZE YOUNG VOTERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. WE FACILITATE POWER CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO MOBILIZE 100,000 YOUNG VOTERS ANNUALLY, MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR COMBINED EFFORTS TO ENGAGE AND MOBILIZE YOUNG VOTERS. WE BUILT YOUTH ORGANIZING CAPACITY IN REGIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY, IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL MUSCLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO EXPAND CIVIC POWER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AREAS WHERE LITTLE YOUTH ORGANIZING EXISTS. OUR ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS ALIGN OUR YOUTH ORGANIZING AROUND A YOUTH CENTERED BUDGET AGENDA AND ADVOCATES FOR HOUSING AND RENTAL PROTECTIONS. IN 2022 WE LAUNCHED OUR MEMBERSHIP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR (16-34) THAT BUILDS A POLITICAL HOME FOR ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. WE LAUNCHED 2 MEMBERSHIP HUBS IN 2022 AND ENGAGED OVER 1,000 MEMBERS STATEWIDE IN DIGITAL AND IN-PERSON ACTIONS. THROUGHOUT 2022 WE TRAINED AND ENGAGED OVER 4,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA. POWER ACADEMIES, YOUTH CONVENINGS, TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS, RALLIES, AND ACTIONS PROVIDE LEADERSHIP SPACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP AND HONE SKILLS IN YOUTH ORGANIZING, RUNNING PHONE BANKS, CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, VOTER EDUCATION, POLITICAL EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CANVASSSING, VOTER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

As filed on the 2022 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

• POWERCA ACTION

  $300,000

  CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• LEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

  $62,300

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

  $27,400

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• FAITH IN THE VALLEY

  $17,500

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE

  $10,000

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• FRESNO BARRIOS UNIDOS

  $10,000

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• JAKARA MOVEMENT

  $10,000

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE

  $7,000

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF STOCKTON

  $7,000

  HOUSING ORGANIZING, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202313199349332201

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