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← THE CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2023. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$9,156,012 changed to $10,449,636
Total expenses
$8,098,499 changed to $8,689,594
Contributions and grants received
$8,662,553 changed to $9,094,936
Grants paid
$1,042,702 changed to $1,282,422
Program service revenue
$493,001 changed to $574,701
Investment income
$12 changed to $0
Other revenue
$446 changed to $779,999
Total assets, end of year
$9,269,661 changed to $9,888,040
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,597,733 changed to $2,262,784
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,671,928 changed to $7,625,256
Program services expenses
$6,776,741 changed to $6,761,986
Management and general expenses
$891,450 changed to $1,254,522
Fundraising expenses
$430,308 changed to $673,086
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,776,741 changed to $6,761,986

Listed under a different title

  • ALEX TOM: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR then Executive Dir.
  • TIMMY LU: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/CH then CEO/Chair

Totals

Total revenue
$10,449,636
Total expenses
$8,689,594
Contributions and grants received
$9,094,936
Grants paid
$1,282,422
Program service revenue
$574,701
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$779,999
Total assets, end of year
$9,888,040
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,262,784
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,625,256
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,761,986
Management and general expenses
$1,254,522
Fundraising expenses
$673,086
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,761,986

Program services were 77.8% 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

    $9,094,936

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fees for services

    total $574,701 · related or exempt $574,701

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $66,703

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $66,703

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $66,703 · unrelated business $66,703

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Earnings from Equity Inv

    total $711,738 · unrelated business $711,738

  • 11b · Other revenue: Other revenue

    total $1,558 · related or exempt $1,558

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $713,296

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,282,422 · program services $1,282,422

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,820,293 · program services $3,204,332 · management and general $362,330 · fundraising $253,631

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,639 · management and general $11,639

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,684 · management and general $27,684

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,535,076 · program services $1,495,040 · management and general $759,187 · fundraising $280,849

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $628,707 · program services $463,768 · management and general $64,045 · fundraising $100,894

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $129,667 · program services $90,767 · management and general $12,967 · fundraising $25,933

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $135,508 · program services $125,911 · management and general $3,201 · fundraising $6,396

  • 17 · Travel

    total $71,666 · program services $68,886 · fundraising $2,780

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,181 · program services $30,860 · management and general $3,718 · fundraising $2,603

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,751 · management and general $9,751

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,814,101 · end of year $1,467,798

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,640,598 · end of year $1,662,306

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $134,825 · end of year $4,715,926

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $348,873 · end of year $988,555

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $275,014 · end of year $1,053,455

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $178,700 · end of year $2,036,608

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $47,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $169,497 · end of year $178,676

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,390,821 · end of year $1,982,347

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,474,393 · end of year $5,642,909

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CEP SPECIALIZES IN PEOPLE OF COLOR-LED GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT BUILDING 501C4 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF C3/C4 INNOVATIONS, ENGAGEMENT IN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, CAMPAIGN CONSULTATION, AND INTEGRATED VOTER ENGAGEMENT 2.0.

  • PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $6,109,915 · Grants $1,035,202 · Revenue $574,701

  • BUILD AND EXERCISE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL POWER THROUGH MASS-BASED ELECTORAL ORGANIZING AND INTEGRATED STRATEGIES, INCLUDING BASE-BUILDING AND POLICY ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $652,071 · Grants $247,220

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • TIMMY LU

    CEO/Chair

    Total calculated
    $127,076
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $113,162
    Other
    $13,914
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • ALEX TOM

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $113,666
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $100,171
    Other
    $13,495
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • LIN SHAO CHIN

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIVIAN HUANG

    Secretary

    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

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • RESILIENT STRATEGIES

    C CORP · MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ADMIN SERVICES · CA · 50% owned · share of income $51,832 · share of assets $814,486

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202403119349300245

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