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← CALIFORNIA CALLS ACTION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CALIFORNIA CALLS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,651,589
Total expenses
$1,986,450
Contributions and grants received
$2,258,356
Grants paid
$1,351,683
Program service revenue
$391,683
Investment income
$825
Other revenue
$725
Total assets, end of year
$1,775,878
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,191
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,711,687
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,881,491
Management and general expenses
$104,959
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,881,491

Program services were 94.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $400,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,858,356

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $34,808

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE-FOR-SERVICE

    total $391,683 · related or exempt $391,683

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $825 · excluded $825

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $725 · excluded $725

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $725

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,351,683 · program services $1,351,683

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $129,896 · program services $129,896

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,715 · program services $12,715

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,801 · management and general $7,801

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,120 · management and general $4,120

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $155,059 · program services $146,644 · management and general $8,415

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,104 · program services $643 · management and general $39,461

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $66,790 · program services $51,726 · management and general $15,064

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,318 · program services $1,187 · management and general $1,131

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,784 · management and general $12,784

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MATERIALS

    total $97,585 · program services $96,672 · management and general $913

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPORT

    total $61,511 · program services $47,671 · management and general $13,840

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOTER DATA FILES

    total $39,293 · program services $39,293

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $4,561 · program services $3,231 · management and general $1,330

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $230 · program services $130 · management and general $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $968,683 · end of year $992,924

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,494 · end of year $101

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $75,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $98,777 · end of year $707,853

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,406 · end of year $64,191

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $463,194 · end of year $1,295,000

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $583,354 · end of year $416,687

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AN ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE CALIFORNIA'S ELECTORATE.

  • AN ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND MOTIVATE CALIFORNIA'S ELECTORATE, CCAF WORKS TO ADVANCE KEY LEGISLATIVE AND BALLOT MEASURE PRIORITIES, SUCH AS PROPOSITION 5, PROP 36, AND MEASURE A.- TAKES POSITIONS ON LOCAL AND STATE BALLOT MEASURES.- MAKES RE-GRANTS TO LOCAL PARTNERS TO RUN GET-OUT-THE-VOTE PROGRAMS ON BALLOT MEASURES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO MEASURE A.- FUNDS STAFF WITH LEAD PLANNING, TRAINING, AND GET-OUT-THE-VOTE PROGRAM OPERATIONS.- PRODUCES MATERIALS SUCH AS VOTER GUIDES AND LITERATURE TO PROMOTE THE POSITIONS ON THOSE BALLOT MEASURES, DETAILING THE IMPACTS OF MEASURES LIKE PROPOSITION 5 AND PROP 36.- USES DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, SUCH AS EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING, TO PROMOTE THE POSITIONS ON THOSE BALLOT MEASURES AND MOBILIZE VOTERS FOR INITIATIVES LIKE MEASURE A.- ENGAGES IN DIRECT AND GRASSROOTS LOBBYING ON LEGISLATION (PHONE CALLS, LETTERS, DELEGATION MEETINGS, ETC.).

    Expenses $1,881,491 · Grants $1,351,683 · Revenue $391,683

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Thigpenn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $183,200
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $160,000
    Other
    $23,200
    Hours/week
    4 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $160,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,400 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $183,200 related

  • Sabrina Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $173,406
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,500
    Other
    $14,906
    Hours/week
    4 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $158,500 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,106 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $173,406 related

  • Chris Wilson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • Henry Perez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • Derecka Mehrans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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)

PART I, LINE 3
THE COMPENSATION FOR SABRINA SMITH, TREASURER, AND ANTHONY THIGPENN, DIRECTOR, IS DETERMINED BY A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349326755

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