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DEEDS NOT WORDS

EIN 82-3135054 AUSTIN, TX

Revenue 2024
$748,443
Expenses 2024
$629,128

Program services were 73.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q70
Classification
1000
Street
2921 PRADO ST A

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

Deeds Not Words seeks to elevate the voices and power of young women through civic engagement and advocacy training, providing them the tools and skills that they need to make change at the local and state level, creating a more gender equal world.

  • Deeds Not Words now has 19 chapters at high schools and colleges throughout Texas. Through those chapters, we have trained young women to make change on their college campuses (advocating for menstrual equity, for example), at the city council level in El Paso (advocating for a resolution on positive, science based sex education) and in Austin (advocating for a paid sick leave ordinance), and on the state level where our advocates have been an instrumental part of passing 25 bills into law (focused on sexual assault reforms and mental health supports in our schools). We have also trained young women in each of our chapters about the importance of civic engagement through voter registration and participation at the ballot box.

  • Leadership Development: We provide education and training for young people to develop leadership skills and to become effective advocates for change. Our programs include workshops, capstone projects, internships, residencies, webinars, and mentorship opportunities. Deeds Not Words believes that the toughest challenges we face as a state and country cannot be tackled without integrating the voice, leadership, and collaboration of our changemakersand in doing so we transform power by building an organized base of young leaders that are equipped to create the change they know they deserve. Artist in residence: The art world faces persistent gender disparities and underrepresentation. Our program bridges the gap between alented artists and organizations, offering opportunities for artists to develop their careers and advocate for change. This holistic approach empowers artists and organizations, fostering an inclusive, interconnected arts and advocacy ecosystem.Our program primarily targets young BIPOC artists, especially those with backgrounds in graphic design. The focus is on individuals passionate about contributing to social change through the arts. Edith Valle, our Art Director, leads the program and has already graduated four artists. Our collaborative program aims to empower artists through mentorship, workshops, and exhibition opportunities. We emphasize gender equity, inclusivity, and advocacy training. Zines: The Galvanizer, is an art and policy project curated by our Changemakers. Deeds is shifting how policy is consumed and understood by young people by incorporating art to tell stories, raise awareness and inspire action. Since its launch in Spring 2019, each Galvanizer zine has focused on a different issue area, while emphasizing the intersections of reproductive rights with other issues of importance to gender equity. Beyond the Galvanizer, our chapter members across the state have come together to build out their own zines focusing on important issues facing their communities including: criminal justice reform, racial justice, mental health, abortion/reproductive rights, menstrual hygiene, and civic engagement. Over 300 zines have been distributed and are still being used today to bring in new membership and provide vital information about the impacts tudents are facing at their University

    Expenses $434,693 · Grants $344,340 · Revenue $748,190

  • Defend the Frontline and Womens March. Protecting and indeminfy workers and medical professionals who are working to provide safe, legal abortion care in states that provide it. The fund will be used to cover civil and criminal liabilities.

    Expenses $25,001 · Revenue $253

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.

  • Sushma Smith

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ana Gonzalez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Hallie Shafer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ana Ramon

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Emmett Shelling

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrea Reyes

    Prior ED

    Total calculated
    $24,063
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $24,063
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gjabrielle Guterrez

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $47,407
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $47,407
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $748,443
    Expenses
    $629,128
    Contributions
    $748,443
    Grants paid
    $26,661
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $349,330
    Expenses
    $301,564
    Contributions
    $349,330
    Grants paid
    $4,861
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $372,743
    Expenses
    $279,204
    Contributions
    $372,743
    Grants paid
    $6,605

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
    $1,044,065
    Expenses
    $814,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $661,208

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,038,576
    Expenses
    $757,818
    Assets (EOY)
    $399,964

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $792,706
    Expenses
    $781,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $177,707

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $789,800
    Expenses
    $802,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,621

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

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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

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.