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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,205,463
Total expenses
$2,169,186
Contributions and grants received
$3,070,469
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$219,025
Investment income
$12,996
Other revenue
-$97,027
Total assets, end of year
$3,220,933
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,967,714
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,253,219
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,760,087
Management and general expenses
$267,594
Fundraising expenses
$141,505
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,760,087

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $281,406

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,058,827

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $730,236

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION SERVICES

    total $219,025 · related or exempt $219,025

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,996 · excluded $12,996

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $61,020

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $281,406

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $159,585

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$98,565 · excluded -$98,565

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,538 · excluded $1,538

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,538

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $159,584 · program services $150,879 · management and general $3,627 · fundraising $5,078

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,012,605 · program services $957,372 · management and general $23,014 · fundraising $32,219

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,763 · program services $87,703 · management and general $2,108 · fundraising $2,952

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $123,345 · program services $116,617 · management and general $2,803 · fundraising $3,925

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,825 · management and general $8,624 · fundraising $2,201

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,000 · management and general $26,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $297,670 · program services $180,156 · management and general $51,717 · fundraising $65,797

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,707 · program services $15,767 · management and general $22,386 · fundraising $2,554

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $169,786 · program services $141,114 · management and general $25,406 · fundraising $3,266

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,884 · program services $1,077 · management and general $8,264 · fundraising $14,543

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $68,815 · program services $33,076 · management and general $35,434 · fundraising $305

  • 17 · Travel

    total $98,720 · program services $62,055 · management and general $32,182 · fundraising $4,483

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,996 · program services $1,888 · management and general $45 · fundraising $63

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,234 · management and general $6,234

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $14,024 · program services $6,129 · management and general $7,456 · fundraising $439

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES

    total $8,923 · program services $2,557 · management and general $5,866 · fundraising $500

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    total $5,757 · management and general $5,757

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANKING AND CREDIT CARD

    total $3,895 · program services $758 · management and general $233 · fundraising $2,904

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,653 · program services $2,939 · management and general $438 · fundraising $276

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $266,214 · end of year $225,524

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,933 · end of year $1,398,275

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,794 · end of year $24,095

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,550,500

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $39,358

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,016 · end of year $1,511,142

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $89,619 · end of year $61,897

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,223 · end of year $498,350

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,300,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $147,411 · end of year $169,364

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $216,942 · end of year $1,253,219

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GARDEN STATE EQUALITY IS A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

  • TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON ISSUES IMPACTING COMMUNITIES, FOCUSING ON HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND THE CREATION OF SAFE ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH PUBLIC FORUMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $1,760,087 · Revenue $219,025

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frankln Cumberbatch Jr

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Ashley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Bradshaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Godoski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Graham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nikki Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marc Yonker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Prol

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christian Fuscarino

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,167
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,167
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,167
    Filer's total
    $169,167

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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349305951

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