Powerpac Foundation FY2021 filing

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San Francisco, CA501(c)(3)Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 26-2215714

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To promote civic engagement and voter participation in minority, low-income, and other historically underrepresented communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$281K 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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FY2021 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $187K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$281K
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
Cash reserves
26 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 25.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$63K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$917K
-72% vs prior year
Spent
$873K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$917K
FY2021▼ -72%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$917K
FY2022$688K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
Expenses
$873K
FY2021▼ -61%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$873K
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$861K
FY2024$790K
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2021▲ +2%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.2M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2009.

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Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $542K Management & general 24% · $209K Fundraising 14% · $122K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $281K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder of She the People
$240,417Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$40,855Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Aimee Allison’s $189K as Founder of She the People is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Aimee Allison$189,423$211,582$230,833$240,417$194,200
Lisa Le—$19,690$34,288$40,855$39,215

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers underrepresented communities to participate in voting and civic life.

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2 program services account for $542K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01

She the people brings together a national network of women of color - voters, organizers, movement builders - to transform our democracy. She the people is organizing a multiracial coalition that will lead the nation into a new political and cultural era.

$461Kprogram expense
02

The foundation 2021 policy research and advocacy centered on indentifying key policy areas of concern to the communities of color in california for the foreseeable future. Our general work included researching demographic and geographic concentrations as well as third party research on economic and social issues of concern to our target…

$81Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 23 grants · $1.4M · 2020–2024
East Bay Asian Local Dev CorpFY2024$30,000
Center on Civic EngagementDC · FY2024$10,000
Brightline Defense ProjectCA · FY2023$65,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$15,000
Gamma Boule Foundation INCMD · FY2020$200,000
Casa INCMD · FY2020$100,000
Keys Empowers INCMD · FY2020$100,000
St James P E ChurchMD · FY2020$100,000
Evolve MentoringNC · FY2020$25,000
ScopeCA · FY2020$25,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$917K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$916K
Investment incomeLn 3$905
Money outPt IX
$873K
Ln 25
Programscol B$542K
Managementcol C$209K
Fundraisingcol D$122K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$63K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$916K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$905
Total revenueLn 12$917K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$674K
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$63K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$89K$63K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$5K$5K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15K$15K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$370K$176K$119K$75K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$49K$23K$16K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$12K$8K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$41K$0$41K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$329K$280K$18K$31K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$8K$7K$219$1K
Information technologyLn 14$15K$14K$462$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$6K$4K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$873K$542K$209K$122K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.1M$790K$274K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$861K$156K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $688K$1.3M−$571K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $917K$873K$44K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.3M$2.3M$1.0M$1.8M 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 $916,626 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$915,721
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$915,721
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $905 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$905
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $905 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$916,626
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $872,977 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,000$5,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,000$15,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $175,743 · Management $119,395 · Fundraising $75,262$370,400
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,248 · Management $15,794 · Fundraising $9,956$48,998
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,051 · Management $8,187 · Fundraising $5,161$25,399
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,247 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,247
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $40,855 · Fundraising $0$40,855
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $279,992 · Management $18,200 · Fundraising $30,675$328,867
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,581 · Management $219 · Fundraising $1,054$7,854
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $14,052 · Management $462 · Fundraising $0$14,514
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,617 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,617
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,369 · Fundraising $0$2,369
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,140 · Management $3,717 · Fundraising $0$9,857
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $541,671 · Management $209,198 · Fundraising $122,108$872,977
Part X · Balance sheet $1,912,878 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $831,369$673,732
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,062,202$1,212,966
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,690$26,180
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,895,261$1,912,878
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $88,993$62,961
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $88,993$62,961
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $264,110$273,048
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,542,158$1,576,869
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,806,268$1,849,917
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,895,261$1,912,878
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,849,917 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$916,626
XI-2 Total expenses$872,977
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$43,649
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,806,268
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,849,917

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