To support community activists across america and around the World.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18.4M a year · 45% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $100.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
32
named funders · $5.4M
Looks good: 32 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.9M
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.3M
+63% vs prior year
Spent
$24.7M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$110.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$20.3M
FY2023▲ +63%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$43.8M
FY2021$14.6M
FY2022$12.5M
FY2023$20.3M
FY2024$21.2M
FY2025$132.5M
Expenses
$24.7M
FY2023▲ +53%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$24.1M
FY2021$23.7M
FY2022$16.1M
FY2023$24.7M
FY2024$25.6M
FY2025$20.2M
Net assets
$110.6M
FY2023▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$173.7M
FY2021$121.5M
FY2022$112.1M
FY2023$110.6M
FY2024$108.9M
FY2025$220.8M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending September 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1959.

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Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $22.9M Management & general 7% · $1.6M Fundraising 1% · $190K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$332,716Pt VII · Sec A
Director of the Local Econ.
$250,543Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Fin. & Admin.
$176,525Pt VII · Sec A
Program Officer
$171,629Pt VII · Sec A
Program Officer
$141,398Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Colin Greer’s $421K as President is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 661 $10–100M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Colin Greer$420,551$375,540$332,716$334,029$335,547$312,024
Robert Dandrew$252,843$250,543$250,543$243,290$243,171$236,008
Heeten Kalan$221,011$185,587$171,629$164,977$171,653$135,703
Beata Pudelko$215,190$203,164$176,525$182,471$176,544$157,099
Brooke Pickering-Cole—————$215,156
Edward Clevenger—————$171,101
Noah Bernstein$167,789$147,831$141,398$135,905$131,533—
Sarah Brannen—————$140,641

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

Provides grants and support to community activists and grassroots organizations to build economic justice, empower workers, and strengthen labor movements.

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3 programs · $8.6M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Quality Jobs Fund

The quality jobs fund is a major initiative to enhance community wealth and the potential of working families by seeding sustainable long-term community wellbeing programs in distressed communities of arizona, california and nevada. Our goal: to address the problems of inequality through quality job expansion and skill development.

$5.7Mprogram expense
02

Ere

Education for racial equity:project was established as a cross-racial and inter-generational project committed to support the larger field for somatic abolitionism movement and our efforts aim towards building anti-racist culture internationally. The momentum of the burgeoning local food movement.

$1.6Mprogram expense
03

Local Economies Project & P Climate Action Project

The local economies project supports vibrant, interconnected communities that are powered by the people who live there. We see food and farming as a cornerstone of every region and critical to the movement towards stronger, more resilient economies.

$1.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 523 grants · $29.6M · 2019–2024
Shared Capital CooperativeFY2024$1,500,000
Homeboy IndustriesCA · FY2024$1,500,000
Ica FundCA · FY2024$800,000
Project EquityCA · FY2024$500,000
Jfflabs INCMA · FY2024$500,000
Ica FundCA · FY2024$500,000
Georgetown UniversityDC · FY2024$73,250
Georgetown UniversityDC · FY2024$60,000
Regents Univ of CaliforniaCA · FY2024$50,000
Surj Action INCNY · FY2024$50,000
Resist INCMA · FY2024$50,000
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$16.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Money outPt IX
$24.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$22.9M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Fundraisingcol D$190K
Owns and owesPt X
$110.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.4M
Total assetsLn 16$123.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$16.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$8.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$437K
Total revenueLn 12$20.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$8.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$100.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.3M
Other assetsLn 15$8K
Total assetsLn 16$123.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.9M
Net assetsLn 32$110.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.7M$8.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$106.4M$100.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.5M$12.3M
Total assetsLn 16$124.5M$123.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.4M$12.9M
Net assetsLn 32$112.1M$110.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$17.5M$17.5M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$120K$120K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$115K$115K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.1M$664K$351K$73K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$780K$476K$252K$52K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$162K$99K$52K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$507K$309K$163K$34K
Payroll taxesLn 10$121K$74K$39K$8K
Legal feesLn 11b$321K$217K$104K
Accounting feesLn 11c$50K$50K
Investment management feesLn 11f$115K$115K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.9M$2.9M$12K
Office expensesLn 13$208K$142K$55K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$17K$3K$988
OccupancyLn 16$76K$16K$60K
TravelLn 17$163K$153K$10K
InterestLn 20$280K$280K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$51K$51K
InsuranceLn 23$41K$3K$37K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$67K$64K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$24.7M$22.9M$1.6M$190K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $132.5M$20.2M$112.2M$220.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $21.2M$25.6M−$4.4M$108.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $20.3M$24.7M−$4.4M$110.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $12.5M$16.1M−$3.6M$112.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.6M$23.7M−$9.1M$121.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $43.8M$24.1M$19.7M$173.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $20,326,734 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,223,053$16,719,199
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,032,254$1,331,763
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,162,908$2,185,149
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $66,069$90,623
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,484,284$20,326,734
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $9,498,407$17,729,241
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,563,478$2,658,126
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,068,988$4,297,560
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $16,130,873$24,684,927
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$3,646,589−$4,358,193
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $20,326,734 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$16,719,199
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,914,384
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$16,719,199
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,331,763$1,331,763
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,621,939$2,621,939
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$436,790−$436,790
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $90,623$90,623
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,422,386 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,185,149$20,326,734
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $24,684,927 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $17,493,941$17,493,941
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $120,000$120,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $115,300$115,300
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $663,860 · Management $350,947 · Fundraising $73,033$1,087,840
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $476,249 · Management $251,767 · Fundraising $52,393$780,409
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $99,055 · Management $52,365 · Fundraising $10,897$162,317
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $309,106 · Management $163,407 · Fundraising $34,006$506,519
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $73,866 · Management $39,049 · Fundraising $8,126$121,041
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $216,567 · Management $104,360$320,927
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,401$50,401
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $115,107$115,107
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,893,006 · Management $11,945$2,904,951
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $142,236 · Management $54,647 · Fundraising $10,986$207,869
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,041 · Management $2,962 · Fundraising $988$20,991
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,249 · Management $59,988$76,237
IX-17 TravelPrograms $153,009 · Management $9,944$162,953
IX-20 InterestManagement $279,879$279,879
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $50,822$50,822
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,400 · Management $37,421$40,821
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,669 · Management $2,933$66,602
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $22,856,554 · Management $1,637,944 · Fundraising $190,429$24,684,927
Part X · Balance sheet $123,511,998 assets, 18 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,729,321$8,390,877
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $583,000$1,545,512
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $185,160$318,086
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $54,241$21,656
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,544,138$12,325,174
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $77,280,242$60,651,001
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $29,112,633$40,251,640
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,052$8,052
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $124,496,787$123,511,998
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,341,338$1,130,520
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,122,314$591,579
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $6,642,241$6,416,137
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,009,107$1,819,480
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,414,842$12,872,100
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $106,553,897$103,584,954
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,528,048$7,054,944
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $112,081,945$110,639,898
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $124,496,787$123,511,998
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $110,639,898 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,326,734
XI-2 Total expenses$24,684,927
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,358,193
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$112,081,945
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,754,706
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$161,440
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$110,639,898

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