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THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER

EIN 45-3154473 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$11,620,346
Expenses 2024
$10,240,316

Program services were 64.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
2648 INTERNATIONAL BLVD STE 115 106

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

ARTISTS TRANSFORM THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR POWERFUL ART: STORIES, IMAGES, AND SONGS. THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER EXISTS TO CREATE A THRIVING ECOSYSTEM FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURE MAKERS TO SHIFT WORLDVIEWS AWAY FROM DOMINATION AND EXTRACTION TOWARD COLLABORATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE.THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER MOBILIZES ARTISTS TO ENVISION A WORLD IN WHICH CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL POWER ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AND WHERE ALL HUMAN BEINGS CAN LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. CULTURAL POWER IS AN ARTIST-CENTERED CULTURAL STRATEGY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE ARTIST AS A KEY AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER. WE CENTER VALUES-ALIGNED ARTISTS IN OUR CULTURAL AND NARRATIVE STRATEGY WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IGNITING CHANGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

  • FIELD BUILDING: BUILDS A FIELD OF VALUES-ALIGNED PRACTITIONERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WHO CREATE THE NARRATIVE STRATEGY NEEDED TO REALIZE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

    Expenses $2,946,482 · Grants $308,575 · Revenue $28,228

  • ARTIST LEADERSHIP: BUILDS THE POWER OF ARTISTS TO ADVANCE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS, COHORTS, AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $2,155,191 · Grants $229,300 · Revenue $12,941

  • INTERSECTIONAL STORYTELLING: ACTIVATES ARTISTS AND MOVEMENT GROUPS TO CREATE INSPIRING STORIES ON ISSUES OF MIGRATION, CLIMATE, CIVIC, AND GENDER JUSTICE THAT CENTER DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,546,512 · Grants $161,961 · Revenue $31,797

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $219,082
    From this org
    $202,112
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,970
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,075
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,037
    Deferred
    $6,311
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,659
    Filer's total
    $219,082

  • JEFFREY CHANG

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SONYA CHILDRESS

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY FRANCIS

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIN POTTS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RASHIDA PETERSEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FENNY CHOO

    FINANCE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $172,083
    From this org
    $143,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,596
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,487
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,567
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,029
    Filer's total
    $172,083

  • TARA DORABJI END 082024

    VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $221,969
    From this org
    $204,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,932
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,349
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $53,688
    Deferred
    $4,532
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,400
    Filer's total
    $221,969

  • AISHA GOSS

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,053
    From this org
    $205,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,446
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,007
    Bonus
    $3,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,236
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,210
    Filer's total
    $225,053

  • ALEXIS POSEY

    CHIEF CAMPAIGNS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $186,227
    From this org
    $170,457
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,770
    Hours/week
    33

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,457
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,570
    Filer's total
    $186,227

  • ERIN SOUCIE-WILLIAMS

    CHIEF FIELD BUILDING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $187,336
    From this org
    $170,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,502
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,334
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,500
    Deferred
    $5,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,302
    Filer's total
    $187,336

  • KRYSTLE EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGNS AND ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $154,203
    From this org
    $139,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,492
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,511
    Filer's total
    $154,203

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
    $11,620,346
    Expenses
    $10,240,316
    Contributions
    $11,205,445
    Grants paid
    $699,836
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,070,622
    Expenses
    $14,774,356
    Contributions
    $5,344,559
    Grants paid
    $4,597,758
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,559,604
    Expenses
    $9,684,620
    Contributions
    $6,310,937
    Grants paid
    $2,434,762

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
    $20,883,886
    Expenses
    $5,256,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,247,160

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,436,917
    Expenses
    $4,666,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,904,451

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,842,110
    Expenses
    $1,310,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,363,141

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,713,332
    Expenses
    $4,581,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $872,046

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,533,034
    Expenses
    $10,236,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,919,877

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,519,367
    Expenses
    $13,086,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,625,383

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,006,609
    Expenses
    $10,339,923
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,627,420

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,288,422
    Expenses
    $12,445,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,643,579

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,752,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,599,658

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 2011

Tax period
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011
Principal officer
Ian Inaba
Mailing address
2150 Allston Way Suite 360Berkeley CA 94704
Website
http://celeducationfund.org/
Doing business as
CEL Ed Fund

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 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

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

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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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.