The Audre Lorde Project INC

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Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)Since 1996Medical ResearchEIN 06-1502452

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 800 volunteers and 11 employees.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $357K a year · 29% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 69% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $39K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$107K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$212K
-52% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
64%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$212K
FY2024▼ -52%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$578K
FY2024$437K
FY2024$212K
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2024▼ -3%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$645K
FY2021$697K
FY2022$869K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2024$1.2M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -44%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$3.5M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2024$1.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1998.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $774K Management & general 17% · $200K Fundraising 19% · $234K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Deputy Director
$99,881Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

India Harris’s $100K as Deputy Director is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 328 $100K–1M medical research nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alissa Jean Cherry—$108,542————
India Harris$99,881$87,457$83,310———
Cleopatra Acquaye- Reynolds———$72,026$56,859$30,405
India Harris Prog Coord Became———$61,190——
Maxwell Scales———$58,451$49,155$30,558

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers LGBTSTGNC people of color through leadership training, wellness services, and political education to build community power.

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3 program services account for $774K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Organizing research we held 4 quarterly community forums, workshops and skill shares on various topics related to community accountability and transformative justice alp participated in the city-wide police accountability campaign, communities united for police reform, and we co-coordinated actions against state-sponsored racial violence.

$485Kprogram expense
02

Education recruited over 350 new members and reached 1,800 people through a wide range of activities, including events such as essential stories, spaces to discuss racial violence and solidarity, and pozitively resilient, on the history of hiv organizing in poc communities held critical community forums, such as an LGBTSTGNC poc event on…

$175Kprogram expense
03

Training trained over 100 LGBTSTGNC poc to be leaders for their communities through alps organizing and leadership trainings, including our organizing training, daring to be powerful, and alps interpreter training for LGBTSTGNC immigrants of color continued 3RD space support health and wellness collective, a group of healing…

$113Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$39K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$212K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$212K
Investment incomeLn 3$59
Other incomeLn 4–11$6
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$774K
Managementcol C$200K
Fundraisingcol D$234K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$107K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$212K
Investment incomeLn 3$59
Other incomeLn 4–11$6
Total revenueLn 12$212K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$982K
SavingsLn 2$36K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
Other assetsLn 15$328K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$107K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 6800
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$114K$107K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$105K$71K$9K$24K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$610K$414K$55K$140K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$154K$105K$14K$35K
Payroll taxesLn 10$64K$43K$6K$15K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$481$481
Accounting feesLn 11c$31K$15K$8K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$26K$7K$17K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$26K$10K$15K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$60K$45K$15K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$7K$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$12K$9K$3K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$23K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$19K$11K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$64K$36K$20K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$774K$200K$234K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $437K$1.2M−$806K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $578K$1.0M−$437K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$869K$346K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$697K$1.9M$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$645K$735K$1.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $211,917 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$211,852
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$211,852
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $59$59
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6$6
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6 · Excluded from tax $59$211,917
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,208,197 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $71,075 · Management $9,407 · Fundraising $24,040$104,522
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $414,461 · Management $54,856 · Fundraising $140,186$609,503
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $104,870 · Management $13,880 · Fundraising $35,471$154,221
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,452 · Management $5,751 · Fundraising $14,697$63,900
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $481$481
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $15,277 · Management $7,639 · Fundraising $7,639$30,555
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,599 · Management $17,328 · Fundraising $2,181$26,108
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,408$1,408
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,889 · Management $14,555 · Fundraising $1,340$25,784
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $44,810 · Management $14,936$59,746
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,189 · Management $1,540 · Fundraising $1,540$10,269
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,880 · Management $2,960$11,840
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $23,400$23,400
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,063$4,063
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,266 · Management $7,511$18,777
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,782 · Management $20,447 · Fundraising $7,391$63,620
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $773,550 · Management $200,162 · Fundraising $234,485$1,208,197
Part X · Balance sheet $1,359,279 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,990,551$981,537
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $30,728$36,493
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,478$3,478
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $10,215$10,215
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $327,556$327,556
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,362,528$1,359,279
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $107,768$100,788
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,420$6,420
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $114,188$107,208
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,248,340$1,252,071
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,248,340$1,252,071
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,362,528$1,359,279
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,252,071 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$211,917
XI-2 Total expenses$1,208,197
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$996,280
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,248,340
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$11
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,252,071

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