To educate low wage Workers about their rights.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$47K 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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FY2023 · 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
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$47K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.4 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
$10K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$233K
-60% vs prior year
Spent
$502K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$258K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$233K
FY2023▼ -60%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$662K
FY2021$760K
FY2022$588K
FY2023$233K
FY2024$219K
Expenses
$502K
FY2023-0.4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$616K
FY2021$627K
FY2022$504K
FY2023$502K
FY2024$333K
Net assets
$258K
FY2023▼ -51%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$310K
FY2021$443K
FY2022$527K
FY2023$258K
FY2024$143K

From the FY2023 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.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $358K Management & general 19% · $98K Fundraising 9% · $47K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $47K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$32,366Pt VII · Sec A
$15,009Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$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 · $358K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Trained hundreds of low-wage workers on their wage and hour rightsheld weekly member trainings on skills, such as media outreach, radio programming & management, and outreach to the communitysupported dozens of workers to recover unpaid wages and improving wages

$358Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$233K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$230K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$502K
Ln 25
Programscol B$358K
Managementcol C$98K
Fundraisingcol D$47K
Owns and owesPt X
$258K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$267K
Total assetsLn 16$268K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$230K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Total revenueLn 12$233K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$267K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$267K
Other assetsLn 15$790
Total assetsLn 16$268K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
Net assetsLn 32$258K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 670
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$529K$267K
Total assetsLn 16$530K$268K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$10K
Net assetsLn 32$527K$258K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$50K$8K$18K$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$188K$173K$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$49K$41K$4K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$15K$1K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$20K$20K
Accounting feesLn 11c$36K$36K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$101K$96K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$9K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$4K$961
OccupancyLn 16$5K$4K$969
TravelLn 17$139$111$28
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$5K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K$4K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$275$275
Total functional expensesLn 25$502K$358K$98K$47K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $219K$333K−$115K$143K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $233K$502K−$269K$258K 990 PDF
FY2022 $588K$504K$84K$527K 990 PDF
FY2021 $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
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Part I · Summary $233,032 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $586,853$229,574
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,372$3,458
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $588,225$233,032
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $9,595$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $294,193$305,457
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $200,312$196,823
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $504,100$502,280
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $84,125−$269,248
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $233,032 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$567
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$229,007
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$229,574
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,458$3,458
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,458$233,032
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $502,280 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $7,507 · Management $17,516 · Fundraising $25,022$50,045
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $172,855 · Fundraising $15,031$187,886
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $40,786 · Management $3,546 · Fundraising $5,066$49,398
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,968 · Management $1,301 · Fundraising $1,859$18,128
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $19,982$19,982
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $36,138$36,138
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $95,727 · Management $5,194$100,921
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,825 · Management $2,206$11,031
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,842 · Management $961$4,803
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,876 · Management $969$4,845
IX-17 TravelPrograms $111 · Management $28$139
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,839 · Management $1,210$6,049
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,215$4,215
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,983 · Management $4,442$8,425
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $275$275
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $357,594 · Management $97,708 · Fundraising $46,978$502,280
Part X · Balance sheet $268,049 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $529,297$267,259
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $790$790
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $530,087$268,049
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,079$10,114
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,825$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,904$10,114
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $527,183$257,935
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $527,183$257,935
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $530,087$268,049
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $257,935 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$233,032
XI-2 Total expenses$502,280
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$269,248
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$527,183
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$257,935

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