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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RED WINE & BLUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,981,334
Total expenses
$5,069,334
Contributions and grants received
$5,893,431
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$35,580
Other revenue
$52,323
Total assets, end of year
$3,272,344
Total liabilities, end of year
$338,336
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,934,008
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,671,323
Management and general expenses
$290,646
Fundraising expenses
$107,365
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,671,323

Program services were 92.1% 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

    $225,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,668,431

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,580 · excluded $35,580

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $20,760

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $20,760 · related or exempt $20,760

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $31,563 · related or exempt $31,563

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $31,563

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $298,902 · program services $271,533 · management and general $21,848 · fundraising $5,521

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,830,477 · program services $1,662,868 · management and general $133,800 · fundraising $33,809

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $211,814 · program services $190,923 · management and general $16,677 · fundraising $4,214

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $177,732 · program services $161,483 · management and general $12,972 · fundraising $3,277

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,810 · program services $26,829 · management and general $2,087 · fundraising $894

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,760 · program services $35,784 · management and general $2,783 · fundraising $1,193

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $480,854 · program services $419,890 · management and general $13,911 · fundraising $47,053

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,315,712 · program services $1,315,712

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $115,567 · program services $94,498 · management and general $17,760 · fundraising $3,309

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,369 · program services $6,252 · management and general $36,867 · fundraising $2,250

  • 17 · Travel

    total $212,608 · program services $179,659 · management and general $31,941 · fundraising $1,008

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $197,328 · program services $197,328

  • 24b · Other expenses: ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS

    total $113,401 · program services $108,564 · fundraising $4,837

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $613,971 · end of year $1,193,659

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $680,616 · end of year $1,135,090

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $550,322 · end of year $852,875

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $90,720

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,901 · end of year $338,336

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,797,008 · end of year $2,629,008

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $305,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RED WINE & BLUE IS AN EMPOWERED GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY OF SUBURBAN WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER TO DEFEAT EXTREMISM, ONE FRIEND AT A TIME. WE PROVIDE A WELCOMING PATHWAY TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS - INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN ENGAGED BEFORE - TO ORGANIZE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS THE GROWING THREATS OF EXTREMISM.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OCONTENT CREATION AND NARRATIVE BUILDING: RED WINE & BLUE USES CONTENT CREATION AND MEDIA TO ENGAGE, EMPOWER, AND ORGANIZE SBURBAN WOMEN. WE PRODUCE LIVE EVENTS, VIDEOS, GRAPHICS, A PODCAST, AND MORE. OUR CONTENT MEETS WOMEN WHERE THEY ARE AND MAKES THEM FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND INSPIRED. TO INCREASE THE VIRAL NATURE OF OUR CONTENT, WE MAKE IT FUN, HEARTFELT, AND HUMOROUS SO THEY FEEL SAFE AND PROUD TO SHARE IT WITH THEIR NETWORKS.COMMUNITY-BUILDING AND FRIEND-TO-FRIEND ORGANIZING: MANY WOMEN FEEL LIKE OUTSIDERS, BUT MOST ARE TRUSTED COMMUNITY INSIDERS, WITH EXTENSIVE NETWORKS BRIDGING MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND INTERESTS. WE CONNECT WOMEN TO EACH OTHER THROUGH OUR ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAINING AND EVENTS AND SUPPORT THEIR ORGANIZING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, INCLUDING THROUGH OUR DISTRIBUTED ORGANIZING PROGRAM, TROUBLENATION. RED WINE & BLUE MEMBERS, IN TURN, SHARE OUR RESOURCES ACROSS THEIR NETWORKS AND BECOME TRUSTED MESSENGERS WHO INCREASE RED WINE & BLUE'S REACH AND GENERATE ADDITIONAL NEW MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS.RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT FRIEND-TO-FRIEND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SPREAD A MESSAGE AND MOVE PEOPLE TO ACTION. RED WINE & BLUE HELPS WOMEN BUILD THE CONFIDENCE AND CIVIC MUSCLE TO TAP THESE RELATIONAL NETWORKS THROUGH NON-TRADITIONAL CONTENT AND TRAINING THAT HELP THEM REALIZE THEIR POWER TO INFLUENCE THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW.LOOK AHEAD: IN 2025, RED WINE & BLUE WILL EXPAND ITS PRESCENCE NATIONALLY AND IN OUR FOCUS STATES BY ORGANIZING LOCALLY TO COMBAT EXTREMISM. WE WILL BUILD LASTING, ORGANIZING, AND COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR SUBURBAN WOMEN TO COMBAT DISINFORMATION AND PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.

    Expenses $4,671,323 · Revenue $52,323

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erika Anthony

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Cropper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Demarco

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Ratner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kitty Straus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Paris

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $165,462
    From this org
    $162,228
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,234
    Hours/week
    40 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,228
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,234
    Filer's total
    $165,462

  • Lafonda Cousin

    COO

    Total calculated
    $133,440
    From this org
    $130,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,725
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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
202533219349310423

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