To educate low wage Workers about their rights.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$117K 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $24K a year · 5% 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
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$117K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $102K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$39
<0.01% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$760K
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$627K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$443K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$760K
FY2021▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$662K
FY2021$760K
FY2022$588K
FY2023$233K
FY2024$219K
Expenses
$627K
FY2021▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$616K
FY2021$627K
FY2022$504K
FY2023$502K
FY2024$333K
Net assets
$443K
FY2021▲ +43%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$310K
FY2021$443K
FY2022$527K
FY2023$258K
FY2024$143K

From the FY2021 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 Aug 2012.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $450K Management & general 13% · $81K Fundraising 15% · $96K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $117K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$62,167Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
$43,096Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
$11,808Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rose Robertson’s $46K as Operations Director is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1216 $100K–1M employment 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Santa Cecilia Prado—$15,009$67,800$62,167$52,000
Ashley Bachelder————$50,917
Rose Robertson$45,501$32,366———
Erica Perry———$43,096$1,250
Rj Robles$36,731————
Edith Ornelas———$11,808—

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates low-wage workers about their legal rights.

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1 program · $450K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Trained hundreds of low-wage workers on their wage and hour rightstrained 60 workers to identify hazards and prevent injuries in the workplaceheld weekly member trainings on skills, such as media outreach, radio programming & management, and outreach to the communityprevented the eviction of dozens of south nashville familiessupported…

$450Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$102K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $83K · 2020–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$9,595
Southern Movement CommitteeTN · FY2021$33,064
Unitemized GrantFY2021$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$24,864

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$760K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$760K
Investment incomeLn 3$156
Fees for servicesLn 2g$145
Money outPt IX
$627K
Ln 25
Programscol B$450K
Managementcol C$81K
Fundraisingcol D$96K
Owns and owesPt X
$443K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$442K
Total assetsLn 16$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$39
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$760K
Government grantsLn 1e$63K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$145
Investment incomeLn 3$156
Total revenueLn 12$760K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$442K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$442K
Total assetsLn 16$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$39
Net assetsLn 32$443K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 670
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$378K$442K
Total assetsLn 16$379K$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$68K$39
Net assetsLn 32$310K$443K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$33K$33K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$17K$17K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$128K$19K$45K$64K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$267K$246K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$26K$19K$3K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$22K$3K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$61K$58K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$173$1K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$9K$2K$141
Information technologyLn 14$5K$4K$984
OccupancyLn 16$7K$6K$1K
TravelLn 17$3K$2K$551
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$12K$10K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$7K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$86$86
Total functional expensesLn 25$627K$450K$81K$96K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $219K$333K−$115K$143K 990 PDF
FY2023 $233K$502K−$269K$258K 990 PDF
FY2022 $588K$504K$84K$527K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $760K$627K$133K$443K 990 PDF
FY2020 $662K$616K$46K$310K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $760,360 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $659,506$760,059
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,670$145
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $78$156
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $662,254$760,360
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $24,864$49,783
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $366,983$451,621
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $224,188$126,063
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $616,035$627,467
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $46,219$132,893
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $760,360 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$280
VIII-1e Government grants$63,185
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$696,594
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,630
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$760,059
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $145$145
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $156$156
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $145 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $156$760,360
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $627,467 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $33,064$33,064
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $16,719$16,719
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $19,216 · Management $44,837 · Fundraising $64,053$128,106
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $245,971 · Fundraising $21,389$267,360
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $18,750 · Management $2,934 · Fundraising $4,191$25,875
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,943 · Management $3,433 · Fundraising $4,904$30,280
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,088$7,088
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $57,952 · Management $3,144$61,096
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $173 · Fundraising $1,065$1,238
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,608 · Management $2,150 · Fundraising $141$10,899
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,934 · Management $984$4,918
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,753 · Management $1,438$7,191
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,205 · Management $551$2,756
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,563 · Management $2,391$11,954
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,880$4,880
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,630 · Management $7,327$13,957
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $86$86
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $450,308 · Management $81,416 · Fundraising $95,743$627,467
Part X · Balance sheet $443,097 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $377,770$442,307
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $790$790
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $378,560$443,097
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,301$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $64,094$39
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $68,395$39
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $310,165$443,058
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $310,165$443,058
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $378,560$443,097
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $443,058 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$760,360
XI-2 Total expenses$627,467
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$132,893
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$310,165
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$443,058

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