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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REFUGEE ARTISAN INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,424,228
Total expenses
$1,243,384
Contributions and grants received
$1,304,341
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,419
Other revenue
$118,468
Total assets, end of year
$2,468,545
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,011,439
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,457,106
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$899,619
Management and general expenses
$228,379
Fundraising expenses
$115,386
Program service expenses (Part III)
$899,620

Program services were 72.4% 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)

    $513,044

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $791,297

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,419 · related or exempt $1,419

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $153,614

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $35,146

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $118,468

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $108,456 · program services $65,338 · management and general $12,250 · fundraising $30,868

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $505,018 · program services $432,578 · management and general $24,041 · fundraising $48,399

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,945 · program services $11,058 · management and general $4,047 · fundraising $1,840

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,291 · program services $43,869 · management and general $3,919 · fundraising $7,503

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $72,730 · program services $8,258 · management and general $64,472

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,430 · program services $39,521 · management and general $22,799 · fundraising $2,110

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,187 · program services $5,707 · management and general $551 · fundraising $1,929

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,806 · program services $9,289 · management and general $5,303 · fundraising $3,214

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,099 · management and general $11,099

  • 20 · Interest

    total $31,250 · management and general $31,250

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,893 · management and general $18,893

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $286 · management and general $286

  • 24a · Other expenses: Meals

    total $16,876 · program services $52 · management and general $3,454 · fundraising $13,370

  • 24b · Other expenses: Artisans

    total $239,046 · program services $233,636 · fundraising $5,410

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $17,480 · program services $2,163 · management and general $15,317

  • 24d · Other expenses: Office supplies

    total $15,621 · program services $14,856 · management and general $22 · fundraising $743

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $43,970 · program services $33,294 · management and general $10,676

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $357,374 · end of year $764,149

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $4,744

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $130,272 · end of year $252,528

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $900

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $900

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

    $1,500,028

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

    $53,804

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,454,433 · end of year $1,446,224

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,717 · end of year $80,975

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $318,246

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $625,000 · end of year $612,218

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,276,262 · end of year $1,457,106

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RAI partners with refugee and immigrant women to foster an inclusive, prosperous transition to the US through artisan skills training and micro business development.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RAI partners with refugee and immigrant women to foster an inclusive prosperous transition to the US through artisan skills training and micro business development

  • Expanded staff and resources to strengthen program delivery-offering instruction to more artisans and taking key steps toward building a comprehensive workforce development program that supports refugee and immigrant women while connecting them to resources and new opportunities. Also launched an innovative product line of recycling bags made from upcycled vinyl billboards, expanding fairly paid work opportunities for artisans and diverting thousands of pounds of plastic from landfills.

    Expenses $899,620

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $108,546
    From this org
    $108,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yumiko Damashek

    Board ChairEx Comm Ch

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Heather Bridges

    Vice Board ChairTreas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brittany Mehl

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hayden Bixby

    Governance Comm Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kathi Lentzsch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Leang Chung

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Elta Ratliff

    Develop Comm Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cleo Escarez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Maju Qureshi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Shannon Walker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ziba-Kaboli Gerbrands

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523129349300022

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