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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,858,078
Total expenses
$3,543,749
Contributions and grants received
$2,668,472
Grants paid
$1,240,000
Program service revenue
$189,300
Investment income
$306
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$339,831
Total liabilities, end of year
$875,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$535,169
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,434,911
Management and general expenses
$49,171
Fundraising expenses
$59,667
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,434,911

Program services were 96.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,205,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,463,472

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RELATIONAL ORGANIZING

    total $189,300 · related or exempt $189,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $306 · excluded $306

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,240,000 · program services $1,240,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,279,171 · program services $1,178,104 · management and general $41,400 · fundraising $59,667

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,300 · management and general $6,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,807 · program services $16,807

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,313 · management and general $1,313

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,000,158 · program services $1,000,000 · management and general $158

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $477 · end of year $11,555

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $30,025 · end of year $28,276

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,200,000 · end of year $300,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $875,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,080,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,049,498 · end of year -$835,169

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,200,000 · end of year $300,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT FUND (OEF) IS ORGANIZED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYDAY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BECOME MORE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, THAT IS, BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES AND DECISIONS MADE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROMOTE QUALITY OF LIFE. OEF PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS, AND WORKS WITH THEM TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT RELATIONAL ORGANIZING PLANS THAT FIT INTO THEIR LARGER MISSION, AS WELL AS PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TRAINING THEY NEED TO DEVELOP AND APPLY CORE SKILLS IN THEIR VOLUNTEERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN VOTING AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND INCREASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GENERALLY, BY THE POOR, AND OTHER UNDESERVED POPULATIONS, BY PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF STAFF, TRAINING, AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS, TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER 501(C)(3) NON-PROFITS WORKING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND TOWARDS THOSE ENDS. TO INCREASE ACCESIBLITY, ACCESS, AND AWARENESS ABOUT GOVERNMENT OR OTHER PULIC SERVICES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

  • WE PROVIDED SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF STAFF, TRAINING, AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER 501(C)(3) NON-PROFITS WORKING WITH POOR AND OTHER UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN VOTING. WE EXPANDED OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE VITAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AROUND IMPORTANT PUBLIC ISSUES LIKE HOW TO OBTAIN A COVID VACCINE FOR THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED.WE ENGAGED IN RESEARCH PROJECTS TO EVALUATE HOW TO BEST ENGAGE IN THESE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $3,434,911 · Grants $1,240,000 · Revenue $189,300

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Trevino

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Valeria Cerda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Scott Nunnery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • VOTE TRIPLING ACTION FUND

    $1,140,000

    PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF HAVING FRIENDS AND FAMILY ENCOURAGE THEIR FRIENDS TO VOTE. THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN EFFORT TO INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • ACCELERATE CHANGE

    $100,000

    RESEARCH THE IMPACT OF THE EMPOWERED CHANGE BLENDED ORGANIZING WORKFLOW

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349320741

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