TOLA ORGANIZING ACADEMY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R99

Classification

2000

Street

191 RIDGEWAY AVE

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

• 2024 Programs Spring 2024 The Organizing and Leadership Academy (TOLA), in collaboration with Communities for a New California (CNC) created a two month pilot program in the 41st Congressional district. The objectives of this effort which was completely funded by TOLA was to: a. recruit and train 6-8 organizers, b. recruit and train local community volunteers, c. increase turnout among less likely Latino or young voters TOLA interns, were selected because of their interest in learning campaign basics. The basics included: PDI instruction, self-motivation, recruitment of volunteers, specifics of mail balloting, importance of reporting, creating urgency, managing staff and personal visits. Our primary target was 61,961 Latinos who did not vote in November 2022.Our approach was two pronged. First, our bi-lingual phone bank (CNC) called voters in our target who have phones (this process helped clean up our list and identified people who have moved or were not interested). Each person talked to was asked what issues they were interested in, whether they planned to vote, and whether they would be interested in helping others get out to vote. Phoners/organizers were instructed to engage as best they could as we emphasized quality calls as opposed to quantity. Each night the script was improved/adjusted and modifications made.In less than a month we had conversations with over 6,000 less likely voters who indicated what issues were important to them (healthcare 11.6%, housing 22.9%, jobs 11.7, inflation 32.6, other 21%). 1,002 of these less likely voters indicated a willingness to volunteer.Each day the people who indicated willingness to volunteer were followed up by TOLA fellows either in person or on the phone. Of the 1,002 who agreed on the phone to volunteer, 312 actually volunteered, voters.Our efforts increased Latino turnout by 5%.Summer 2024 TOLA, in collaboration with the Cesar Chavez Service Clubs piloted a summer/fall program for high school students. In July 2024 a select group of 15 high school students from various high schools in San Diego were selected for an intensive internship learning the basics of community organizing. The project goal was to demonstrate the power and influence young people can have on elections and community improvement initiatives. The project had three distinct phases.Phase 1TOLA and Cesar Chavez Service Clubs interns spent three weeks attending seminars to become more knowledgeable about the different aspects that go into electoral non-partisan campaigns from polling to community outreach, while also learning the basics of community organizing. Interns also gained experience engaging voters through door-to-door work and phone banking.Phase 2During the fall school Interns developed their own outreach campaign demonstrating the power young voters can have electorally. During this phase interns of applied the organizing skills they learned to bring their projects to life. Each project reflects the interest of the intern and ties into a different aspect of a campaign.Phase 3During phase 3 of the project interns with the guidance of their mentors evaluated the success and impact of their project.

  Expenses $260,460 · Grants $42,000

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.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $155,370

  Expenses

  $310,634

  Contributions

  $155,370

  Grants paid

  $45,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $266,500

  Expenses

  $199,316

  Contributions

  $266,500

  Grants paid

  $44,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $506,000

  Expenses

  $562,017

  Contributions

  $346,000

  Grants paid

  $15,061

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

  $483,881

  Expenses

  $403,754

  Assets (EOY)

  $322,175

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $387,850

  Expenses

  $355,320

  Assets (EOY)

  $241,055

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $334,588

  Expenses

  $348,485

  Assets (EOY)

  $208,525

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $372,344

  Expenses

  $176,186

  Assets (EOY)

  $222,422

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $188,231

  Expenses

  $161,967

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,264

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

• DATA FOR SOCIAL GOOD FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2023 · SPECIFIC POLLING

• MEDIA WORKING GROUP

  $15,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CESAR CHAVEZ SERVICE CLUBS

  $5,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2022 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

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