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TOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS CENTER INC

EIN 45-3135903 ITHACA, NY

Revenue 2023
$148,577
Expenses 2023
$171,119

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1000
Street
103 W SENECA ST STE 301B

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 · 2023

Mission

TO STAND UP WITH ALL PEOPLE TREATED UNFAIRLY AT WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE TOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS' CENTER IS TO STAND UP WITH ALL PEOPLE TREATED UNFAIRLY AT WORK.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $30,288

  • THE LIVING WAGE ADVOCACY PROGRAM EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING AND THE CHALLENGE TO SELFSUFFICIENCY THAT LOW WAGE EARNERS FACE WITHOUT A LIVING WAGE. THIS PROGRAM PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT ALL WORKING PEOPLE DESERVE A LIVABLE WAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR LABOR. OUR CERTIFIED LIVING WAGE EMPLOYER PROGRAM RECOGNIZES ANY ENTERPRISE THAT VOLUNTARILY PAYS ALL EMPLOYEES AT LEAST A LIVING WAGE.

    Expenses $40,773

  • ANY PERSON WHO FEELS THEY MAY HAVE RECEIVED UNFAIR OR ILLEGAL TREATMENT AT WORK MAY CONTACT THE WORKERS' RIGHTS HOTLINE BY PHONE, EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA. DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OUR HOTLINE SERVICES PRIMARILY BY PHONE AND VIDEO MEETINGS. MOST USERS OF THE HOTLINE ARE RESIDENTS OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY, AND THE SURROUNDING FINGERLAKES AND SOUTHERN TIER REGIONS. WORKER ADVOCATES FOR THE HOTLINE EDUCATE WORKERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AT WORK AND ORGANIZING OR COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT HELP USERS BECOME BETTER ADVOCATES FOR THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BUILDING A WORKFORCE WITH GREATER SELF AGENCY AND KNOWLEDGE OF RIGHTS. THE WORKERS' CENTER MAY ACT AS A MEDIATOR TO HELP RESOLVE CONFLICTS OR HELP WORKERS PREPARE COMPLAINTS TO REGULATORY AGENCIES WHEN NECESSARY. HOTLINE ADVOCATES ENCOURAGE CONCERTED ACTION BETWEEN COWORKERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND MAY PROVIDE INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES AND HELP COORDINATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT WHEN WORKERS' SEEK TO ORGANIZE A UNION.

    Expenses $31,453

  • TOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS' CENTER CONTRACTS WITH TWO SMALL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, MUTUAL AID TOMPKINS AND THE TOMPKINS COUNTY IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION, WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN 501(C)3 DESIGNATION AND NEED A FISCAL SPONSOR IN ORDER TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEIR WORK. WE ACCEPT DONATIONSAND/OR GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SPONSOR, MAINTAIN THOSE FUNDS IN SEPARATE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND RECORD THEM IN RESTRICTEDACCOUNTS IN OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATIONS MAY REQUEST A PAYOUT OF FUNDS ON A MONTHLY (OR LONGER) BASIS BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST SPECIFYING THEAMOUNT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE UP TO THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE AND STATING HOW THE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED. AS LONG AS THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH CHARITABLEPURPOSES, SUPPORTS THEIR MISSION AND ADHERES TO ANY DONOR RESTRICTIONS, WE ISSUE A PAYMENT IN THE FORM OF A GRANT. TCWC CHARGES AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR THESESERVICES. EACH FISCALLY SPONSORED ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, AT MINIMUM, AN ANNUAL REPORT LISTING THE FUNDS RECEIVED, HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT AND PROGRAMACCOMPLISHMENTS WHICH IS THEN REVIEWED BY STAFF FOR COMPLIANCE.

    Expenses $6,990

  • OTHER EXPENSES INCLUDE SOFTWARE AND FUNDRAISING EXPENSES, AND SALARIES ALLOCATED TO THESE SERVICES. OTHER REVENUES INCLUDE AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR RENTAL SPACES AND ADMINSTRATIVE TASK

    Expenses $8,330

  • Expenses $1,924 · Grants $907 · Revenue $4,830

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jon Frankel

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Brown

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Tai

    INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan Sitaraman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Neil Oolie

    INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Byrd

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronniesha Butler

    INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shoshanna Cole

    INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Russell

    INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Meyers

    COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $57,542
    From this org
    $57,542
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $148,577
    Expenses
    $171,119
    Contributions
    $143,680
    Grants paid
    $907
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $192,855
    Expenses
    $186,696
    Contributions
    $187,865
    Grants paid
    $6,590

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
    $244,865
    Expenses
    $254,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $159,941

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $242,836
    Expenses
    $176,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $156,932

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.

Grants made

  • MUTUAL AID TOMPKINS

    $5,238

    2022 FISCALLY SPONSOR MUTUAL AID TOMPKINS TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEIR WORK.

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.