To build healthy communities by transforming the power relationships and structures that affect our lives and communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M 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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FY2022 · 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
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.3M a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $55K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.0M
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.8M
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$19.5M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$24.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$20.8M
FY2022▼ -8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$9.6M
FY2021$22.6M
FY2022$20.8M
FY2023$15.1M
FY2024$17.3M
FY2025$19.1M
Expenses
$19.5M
FY2022▲ +102%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.2M
FY2021$9.7M
FY2022$19.5M
FY2023$21.7M
FY2024$15.9M
FY2025$17.7M
Net assets
$24.5M
FY2022▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.4M
FY2021$23.3M
FY2022$24.5M
FY2023$17.9M
FY2024$19.4M
FY2025$20.8M

From the FY2022 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2002.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $18.5M Management & general 4% · $781K Fundraising 1% · $279K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$312,348Pt VII · Sec A
Global Birth Equity Director
$186,500Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$182,000Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Director
$145,150Pt VII · Sec A
Project Chief of Fin & Operations
$141,181Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Training & Evaluation
$140,572Pt VII · Sec A
Policy & Advocacy Director
$134,235Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Xavier Morales’s $221K as Executive Director is at the 26th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care 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
Joia Adele Crear-Perry MD Facog———$312,348——
Xavier Morales$220,610$204,924————
Jaquita Wilson$206,358$188,768————
Tiffanie Harrison$202,621$183,889————
Xavier Morales PHD Mrp——$190,723$182,000$149,112$146,119
Erika Phillips$187,332—————
Lauren Weinstein$186,790$176,012————
Ana Paula Barreto——$173,300$186,500——

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 research, training, and consulting to help organizations center community values, shift power structures, and advance health equity through authentic collaboration.

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3 programs · $18.5M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Fiscal Sponsorship

The praxis project comprehensively supports and incubates emerging organizations and movements through providing fiscal sponsorship.

$17.5Mprogram expense
02

Building Community Power

The praxis project supports base-building and power-building organizations that seek to improve their local environments to promote equity and wellbeing for all residents through providing them with convening, training, and technical assistance.

$552Kprogram expense
03

Transforming the Field

The praxis project consults with community, state, regional, and national organizations and funders on how to center community, equity, and racial justice perspectives into their work. Using a community power frame, the praxis project helps to advance justice goals of equity, racial justice, and authentic collaboration for all…

$456Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$55K
Grants paid · 128 grants · $15.1M · 2020–2025
The Identity Project LLCFY2025$104,452
Free HeartsFY2025$85,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$65,020
Tides CenterCA · FY2025$57,000
Fluxx Productions INCAZ · FY2025$50,000
Faith Crusades MinistriesAL · FY2025$27,247
Squat MediaAZ · FY2025$15,000
Alliance for Global JusticeAZ · FY2025$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$13,821
Unitemized GrantFY2024$116,562
Unitemized GrantFY2024$71,954
Disability Power BlocCA · FY2024$15,000
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$19.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$18.5M
Managementcol C$781K
Fundraisingcol D$279K
Owns and owesPt X
$24.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17.4M
Total assetsLn 16$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$328K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$54K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$1K
Total revenueLn 12$20.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$17.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$17.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$87K
Other assetsLn 15$85K
Total assetsLn 16$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$24.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 595
VolunteersI 6298
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$15.2M$17.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$129$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$87K
Total assetsLn 16$24.2M$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$948K$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$23.3M$24.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$4.1M$4.1M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$310K$310K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$537K$507K$26K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.7M$6.4M$293K$48K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$180K$161K$17K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$959K$858K$88K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$585K$570K$11K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$210K$195K$14K$404
Accounting feesLn 11c$133K$131K$1K$712
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$172K$172K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.4M$3.3M$64K$11K
Office expensesLn 13$492K$424K$60K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$23K
OccupancyLn 16$180K$159K$18K$4K
TravelLn 17$939K$834K$102K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$83K$62K$22K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$520$2K
InsuranceLn 23$25K$23K$2K$265
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$165K$139K$24K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$355K$309K$38K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$19.5M$18.5M$781K$279K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $19.1M$17.7M$1.4M$20.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $17.3M$15.9M$1.4M$19.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.1M$21.7M−$6.6M$17.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $20.8M$19.5M$1.3M$24.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $22.6M$9.7M$12.9M$23.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $9.6M$6.2M$3.4M$10.4M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $20,791,301 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $21,797,525$19,679,847
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $760,690$1,112,764
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$653−$1,310
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,557,562$20,791,301
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,256,418$4,365,275
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,055,145$8,973,935
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $171,139$172,300
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,196,773$6,019,571
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,679,475$19,531,081
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,878,087$1,260,220
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
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 $20,791,301 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$328,200
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$19,351,647
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$54,404
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$19,679,847
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,112,764$1,112,764
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$1,310−$1,310
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,112,764 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,310$20,791,301
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $19,531,081 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $4,055,683$4,055,683
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $309,592$309,592
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $507,444 · Management $25,522 · Fundraising $4,060$537,026
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,371,905 · Management $293,325 · Fundraising $47,792$6,713,022
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $161,434 · Management $16,566 · Fundraising $2,283$180,283
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $858,326 · Management $88,081 · Fundraising $12,142$958,549
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $570,139 · Management $10,547 · Fundraising $4,369$585,055
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $195,051 · Management $14,464 · Fundraising $404$209,919
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $131,314 · Management $1,186 · Fundraising $712$133,212
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $172,300$172,300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,338,013 · Management $63,650 · Fundraising $10,967$3,412,630
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $424,482 · Management $60,500 · Fundraising $7,383$492,365
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $22,583$22,583
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $158,720 · Management $17,652 · Fundraising $3,725$180,097
IX-17 TravelPrograms $833,521 · Management $101,823 · Fundraising $3,765$939,109
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $61,544 · Management $21,594$83,138
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $520 · Management $2,012$2,532
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $22,701 · Management $1,771 · Fundraising $265$24,737
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $139,307 · Management $24,165 · Fundraising $1,186$164,658
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $309,419 · Management $37,769 · Fundraising $7,403$354,591
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $18,471,698 · Management $780,627 · Fundraising $278,756$19,531,081
Part X · Balance sheet $25,584,961 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $15,167,604$17,428,443
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $8,778,665$7,038,275
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $259,609$843,121
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,408$103,112
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,263$87,078
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $129$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,723$84,932
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,229,401$25,584,961
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $602,072$958,485
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $570$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $328,200$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $17,055$84,752
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $947,897$1,043,237
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,473,922$7,252,900
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $20,807,582$17,288,824
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,281,504$24,541,724
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,229,401$25,584,961
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $24,541,724 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,791,301
XI-2 Total expenses$19,531,081
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,260,220
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,281,504
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$24,541,724

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