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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TOLA ORGANIZING ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$266,500
Total expenses
$199,316
Contributions and grants received
$266,500
Grants paid
$44,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$332,349
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$332,349
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$163,137
Management and general expenses
$36,179
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$163,137

Program services were 81.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $266,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $83,440 · program services $83,440

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $275 · management and general $275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,262 · management and general $26,262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,966 · program services $1,866 · management and general $100

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,373 · program services $33,831 · management and general $9,542

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $265,165 · end of year $332,349

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $265,165 · end of year $332,349

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TRAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS: IN 2023 WE BEGAN A RECRUITMENT EFFORT TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHO WERE INTERESTED IN GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZING. BY REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, COLLEGES, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, WE RECRUITED 10 INDIVIDUALS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM. A FEW OF THE INDIVIDUALS STARTED IN DECEMBER 2023 AND THE FULL COHORT OF PARTICIPANTS BEGAN FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 2024.

    Expenses $31,920 · Grants $22,000

  • POLLING OF LATINO RESIDENTSCONDUCTED NONPARTISAN RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY AND INLAND EMPIRE TO DETERMINE WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT TO LATINO RESIDENTS. THE POLLING, CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, PROVIDED IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING HOW LATINOS RECEIVE INFORMATION (TV, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, INTERNET ETC.).OUR RESEARCH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMMUNITIES FOR A NEW CALIFORNIA PROVIDED THE FIRST OF ITS KIND RESEARCH TO FIND WHY SOME LATINO REGISTERED VOTERS DON'T VOTE. THIS NONPARTISAN POLLING INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO HELP FACILITATE VOTER OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $129,116 · Grants $20,000

  • CLIMATETO APPROPRIATELY ADDRESS THE RAPIDLY WORSENING CLIMATE CRISIS AND BREAK THE STRANGLEHOLD OF OIL AND GAS INTERESTS ON BOLD, EQUITABLE AND ACCELERATED CLIMATE POLICY IN CALIFORNIA, THE ORGANIZING AND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (TOLA) AND THE CLIMATE CENTER LAUNCHED A PILOT GRASSROOTS EDUCATIONAL POWERBUILDING CAMPAIGN. OUR GOAL WAS TO IDENTIFY, EDUCATE, ORGANIZE, AND EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOOD CLIMATE LEADERS TO MOBILIZE YOUTH AND OTHER OCCASIONAL VOTERS IN THEIR DISTRICT.OVER THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM ENDING IN EARLY 2023, TOLA RECRUITED A FULL-TIME STAFF OF 3 INDIVIDUALS WHO IN TURN RECRUITED 48 PART-TIME STAFF AND AN ADDITIONAL 12 VOLUNTEERS. PHONING WAS AUGMENTED BY A "PAID PHONING SERVICE" TO REACH A BROADER TARGET OF VOTERS. THESE INDIVIDUALS, MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, MADE 103,849 CALLS, SENT 4,510 TEXT MESSAGES AND KNOCKED ON 1,188 DOORS. THEY IDENTIFIED 7,378 INDIVIDUALS WHO INDICATED THEY WOULD SUPPORT A CLIMATE CHAMPION AND ANOTHER 307 WHO INDICATED A POSSIBILITY OF SUPPORTING A CLIMATE CHAMPION. OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPORTIVE, 887 AGREED TO PLACE A LAWN SIGN IN THEIR HOME (ALL WERE DELIVERED), AND 313 PEOPLE INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER AT SOME POINT. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT VOTER EDUCATION WORK, TWO MAILERS WERE SENT TO VOTERS:FIRES BROCHURE TO 20,890 WOMEN LIVING IN NORTHERN SACRAMENTO COUNTY BETWEEN 30-45 YEARS OLD.WATER BROCHURE TO 20,890 WOMEN LIVING IN NORTHERN SACRAMENTO COUNTY BETWEEN 30-45 YEARS OLD.

    Expenses $2,101 · Grants $2,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Linda Legerrette

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carlos Legerrette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Weinzveg Left 022023

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Tramutola

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Christian Garcia Began 0223

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349312403

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