Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,205,805
- Total expenses
- $655,549
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,205,805
- Grants paid
- $60,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $823,687
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $823,687
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $571,359
- Management and general expenses
- $48,773
- Fundraising expenses
- $35,417
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $571,359
Program services were 87.2% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
-
1b · Membership dues
$0
-
1c · Fundraising events
$0
-
1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,205,805
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$550,000
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3 · Investment income
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $60,000 · program services $60,000
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $108,333 · program services $75,833 · management and general $27,083 · fundraising $5,417
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,801 · program services $4,801 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $30,000 · fundraising $30,000
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $2,415 · program services $2,225 · management and general $190 · fundraising $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,000 · program services $5,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $15,000 · program services $5,000 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $3,000 · program services $1,500 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $15,000 · program services $15,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
17 · Travel
total $35,000 · program services $35,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $5,000 · program services $4,000 · management and general $1,000 · fundraising $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $7,000 · program services $0 · management and general $7,000 · fundraising $0
-
24a · Other expenses: In-kind disaster relief goods distributed
total $225,000 · program services $225,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES
total $48,000 · program services $48,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24c · Other expenses: Grants to Domestic Organizations
total $25,000 · program services $25,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM SUPPORT
total $25,000 · program services $25,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24e · All other expenses
total $42,000 · program services $40,000 · management and general $2,000 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $186,604 · end of year $324,382
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $325,000
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$174,305
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $174,305
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $186,604 · end of year $823,687
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Democracy Green advances environmental fairness conservation and community resilience by providing disaster-relief support clean water and air quality education environmental health programming and nature-based restoration efforts for systemically vulnerable communities across North Carolina.
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Democracy Green operated its Green Alert Disaster-Relief Network distributing emergency supplies clean water household recovery materials PPE generators and air-quality tools to communities impacted by storms flooding and infrastructure failures. The organization maintained regional supply hubs and supported partner groups with rapid-response resources.
Expenses $294,546
-
Democracy Green provided clean water and air quality education including PFAS and lead testing training community workshops environmental health screenings and public resource-navigation support for residents in systemically vulnerable communities across North Carolina.
Expenses $122,017 · Grants $30,000
-
Democracy Green advanced conservation and nature-based restoration projects including wetland restoration ecological assessments invasive-species removal and creek cleanup activities to improve environmental health and community resilience.
Expenses $99,326 · Grants $30,000
-
Democracy Green provided education and outreach on utility affordability and consumer protection helping residents understand rate cases energy burdens shutoff protections and how to participate in regulatory processes. The program supported low-income and systemically vulnerable communities in navigating the utility system and accessing essential protections.
Expenses $55,470
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
LaMeshia Whittington
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
-
Marques Thompson
Board Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Miriam Tolbert
Secretary Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sanja Whittington
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $108,333
- From this org
- $108,333
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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
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Pink With a Passion
$25,000
Support for clean water access environmental education and community program services.
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Grant to support land preservation sustainable farming and conservation based community development.
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Royal Oak Concerned Citizens Associ
$15,000
Grant to support land preservation sustainable farming and conservation based community development.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202513219349302611
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