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WE ARE DOWN HOME

EIN 83-1247155 GREENSBORO, NC

Revenue 2024
$7,443,086
Expenses 2024
$2,806,996

Program services were 76.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B12
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 10694

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOCUS ON SMALL TOWN AND RURAL ORGANIZING SPECIFICALLY BUILDING MULTI RACIAL BASE REFLECTIVE OF DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COUNTIES AND STATE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOCUS ON SMALL TOWN AND RURAL ORGANIZING, SPECIFICALLY BUILDING MULTI-RACIAL BASES REFLECTIVE OF DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COUNTIES AND STATE.

  • BASEBUILDING: WDH ENGAGES IN CONTINUOUS YEAR ROUND BASE BUIDING, TO ENGAGE, MOBILIZE, AND EMPOWER SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES ORGANIZING AND GROWING A SUSTAINABLE, DIVERSE BASE THAT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN CIVIC LIFE, ADVOCATES FOR POLICY CHANGES, AND BUILDS COLLECTIVE POWER. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ISSUE BASED STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, VOTER REGISTRATION, AND COALITION-BUILDING EFFORTS. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A LASTING FOUNDATION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OF ADVOCATING FOR RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN RURAL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $880,638

  • STATEWIDE CAMPAIGNS/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: OUR STATEWIDE ISSUE-BASED CAMPAIGNING WORKS THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION, AND POLICY ADVOCACY, BUILDING POWER TO INFLUENCE LOCAL AND STATE DECISION-MAKERS AND SECURE MEANINGFUL, LASTING CHANGES.BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, WE PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND AND ENROLL IN MEDICAID, ENSURING THEY RECEIVE THE HEALTHCARE THEY NEED. OUR TEAM ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO BENEFIT WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES. WE ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE FUNDING, RESOURCES, AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

    Expenses $770,585 · Grants $10,000

  • COMMUNICATIONS: WDH COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT USED DIGITAL ACTIONS TO SEND OUT MESSAGES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ISSUES SUCH ABOUT SCHOOL VOUCHERS, MEDICAID ENROLLMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WDH USED POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER. THESE DIGITAL ACTIONS ALLOWED US TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH OUR WORKING CLASS BASE AND ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.

    Expenses $487,405

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Faith Cook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kelly Morales

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sondra Youdelman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Todd Zimmer

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,276
    From this org
    $123,840
    From related orgs
    $10,000
    Other
    $34,436
    Hours/week
    27.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,840
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,192
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,244
    Filer's total
    $158,276 + $10,000 related

  • Dreama Caldwell

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,314
    From this org
    $122,855
    From related orgs
    $10,000
    Other
    $22,459
    Hours/week
    27.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,855
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,859
    Filer's total
    $145,314 + $10,000 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,443,086
    Expenses
    $2,806,996
    Contributions
    $7,431,884
    Grants paid
    $10,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,718,437
    Expenses
    $3,076,755
    Contributions
    $2,716,872
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,378,039
    Expenses
    $1,631,764
    Contributions
    $2,376,621
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,334,176
    Expenses
    $1,538,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,177,766

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Todd Zimmer
Mailing address
PO Box 10671Greensboro NC 27404

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • DOWN HOME NC

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. · NC

  • DOWN HOME NC IE PAC

    527 · MEMBER-LED POLITICAL POWER FOR POOR AND WORKING RURAL NORTH CAROLINIANS. · NC

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.