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THE CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS

EIN 45-3084134 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$9,441,076
Expenses 2024
$8,239,188

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
R01
Classification
3000
Street
1212 BROADWAY STE 700

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).

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.

  • TIMMY LU

    CEO/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $137,429
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,119
    Other
    $16,310
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIN SHAO CHIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIVIAN HUANG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEX TOM

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,475
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,248
    Other
    $21,227
    Hours/week
    5

  • HINES VIDAL

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,893
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $147,313
    Other
    $16,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $108,063 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $39,250 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,580 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $163,893 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 — 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
    $9,441,076
    Expenses
    $8,239,188
    Contributions
    $8,765,383
    Grants paid
    $1,645,656
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,335,040
    Expenses
    $8,069,211
    Contributions
    $8,659,347
    Grants paid
    $1,575,839
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,617,584
    Expenses
    $3,348,643
    Contributions
    $4,892,484
    Grants paid
    $61,298
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,449,636
    Expenses
    $8,689,594
    Contributions
    $9,094,936
    Grants paid
    $1,282,422
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,156,012
    Expenses
    $8,098,499
    Contributions
    $8,662,553
    Grants paid
    $1,042,702

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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.