Colorofchange Org

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New York, NY501(c)(4)Since 2006 EIN 20-4496889Revenue $5.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRScolorofchange.org110 William St FL 31, 10038-3949 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Jun 2006

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Colorofchange.Org works to strengthen the voice of black americans and increase the level of accountability and responsiveness of elected officials to underrepresented black constituencies using the internet as a lobbying and communications tool.

501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
47¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 13 volunteers and 175 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $485K a year · 6% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
47%
of spending
Concern: 47% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 32% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 32% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $2.2M
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.0M
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.3M
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$5.3M
To programs
47%
Net assets
$19.6M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$5.3M
FY2025▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$19.1M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$6.1M
FY2025$5.3M
Expenses
$5.3M
FY2025▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$11.5M
FY2023$11.6M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$5.3M
Net assets
$19.6M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$28.7M
FY2023$17.5M
FY2024$20.1M
FY2025$19.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2006.

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

Where the money goes

47 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 47% · $2.5M Management & general 49% · $2.6M Fundraising 4% · $219K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President (thru 12/24)
$499,189Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Ed (from 1/25)
$272,849Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$238,360Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Campaigns
$207,465Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Chief Technology Officer
$173,207Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Development
$162,259Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Campaigns
$140,214Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021
Rashad Robinson$499,189$511,283$574,121$463,396
Arisha Hatch——$415,692$236,425
Portia Allen-Kyle$272,849$188,040——
Gilbert Deans——$253,574$154,841
Charles Fields—$250,685——
Uchenna Moka-Solana——$245,766—
Jennifer Edwards——$240,799$158,706
Nicole Taylor$238,360$199,742——

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

Amplifies Black voices and holds elected officials accountable using online tools.

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3 programs · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Voting Rights and Democracy

Color of change continued to use the power of our members' voices and the media to permanently reshape the debate on voting rights and voter suppression efforts that disproportionately impact black communities.

$656Kprogram expense
02

Culture and Media Engagement

Color of change played a unique and effective role in transforming the impact of media in america by focusing on systemic change in the areas where we can have the most influence. We position ourselves in between media producers and the harmful media vehicles they would create by disrupting the chain of production that allows harmful…

$620Kprogram expense
03

Criminal Justice

Over the past year, color of change has led partners across the country - organizers, lawyers, policy experts, and communicators - to continue to hold prosecutors accountable and accelerate prosecutor reform on a national level.

$474Kprogram expense

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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
Tides AdvocacyFY2024$100K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$2.2M
Grants paid · 5 grants · $1.4M · 2020–2020
Colorofchange PacFY2020$1,300,000
Rusted Spoke Productions LLCFY2020$74,010
Court Watch NolaLA · FY2020$23,500
Race ForwardGA · FY2020$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$263K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$120K
Money outPt IX
$5.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Fundraisingcol D$219K
Owns and owesPt X
$19.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$24.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$120K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$263K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$5.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$300K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$48K
Other assetsLn 15$21.5M
Total assetsLn 16$24.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.0M
Net assetsLn 32$19.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5175
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$723K$2.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$302K$300K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$960K$48K
Total assetsLn 16$28.7M$24.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.5M$5.0M
Net assetsLn 32$20.1M$19.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$818K$556K$213K$49K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$300K$204K$78K$18K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$12K$8K$3K$745
Other employee benefitsLn 9$105K$71K$27K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$77K$53K$20K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$96K$65K$25K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$133K$91K$35K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$440K$299K$115K$26K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$32K$22K$8K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$93K$63K$24K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$876K$596K$228K$53K
OccupancyLn 16$384K$261K$100K$23K
TravelLn 17$9K$6K$2K$568
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$725$277$64
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$71K$48K$18K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$70K$47K$18K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$84K$1.6M$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$3K$1K$291
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.3M$2.5M$2.6M$219K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.3M$5.3M$91K$19.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.1M$4.3M$1.8M$20.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.0M$11.6M−$7.6M$17.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $19.1M$11.5M$7.6M$28.7M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,348,097 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,024,740$4,958,768
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $30,000$120,000
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,361$6,251
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $59,915$263,078
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,123,016$5,348,097
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,926,724$1,311,989
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,363,022$3,945,492
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,289,746$5,257,481
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,833,270$90,616
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $5,348,097 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,008 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,958,768
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,958,768
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $120,000$120,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,251$6,251
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $260,070$260,070
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $383,078 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,251$5,348,097
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,257,481 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $555,905 · Management $212,553 · Fundraising $49,050$817,508
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $203,773 · Management $77,913 · Fundraising $17,979$299,665
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,454 · Management $3,231 · Fundraising $745$12,430
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $71,359 · Management $27,285 · Fundraising $6,297$104,941
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $52,665 · Management $20,136 · Fundraising $4,644$77,445
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $65,223 · Management $24,941 · Fundraising $5,755$95,919
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $90,732 · Management $34,691 · Fundraising $8,006$133,429
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $299,489 · Management $114,510 · Fundraising $26,426$440,425
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $21,997 · Management $8,412 · Fundraising $1,941$32,350
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $63,129 · Management $24,137 · Fundraising $5,570$92,836
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $595,694 · Management $227,765 · Fundraising $52,563$876,022
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $261,393 · Management $99,940 · Fundraising $23,056$384,389
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,437 · Management $2,461 · Fundraising $568$9,466
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $725 · Management $277 · Fundraising $64$1,066
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $48,067 · Management $18,379 · Fundraising $4,241$70,687
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $47,475 · Management $18,154 · Fundraising $4,189$69,818
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $84,180 · Management $1,642,633 · Fundraising $7,427$1,734,240
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,295 · Management $1,259 · Fundraising $291$4,845
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,479,992 · Management $2,558,677 · Fundraising $218,812$5,257,481
Part X · Balance sheet $24,614,348 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $722,947$2,487,117
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $104,774$134,718
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $960,219$47,977
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $319$319
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $302,022$300,000
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $3,214,450$180,029
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $21,484,765$21,464,188
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $28,664,371$24,614,348
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $719,517$591,371
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,829,015$4,393,390
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,548,532$4,984,761
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $17,315,839$18,709,587
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,800,000$920,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $20,115,839$19,629,587
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $28,664,371$24,614,348
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,629,587 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,348,097
XI-2 Total expenses$5,257,481
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$90,616
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$20,115,839
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$576,868
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,629,587

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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