We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in the workplace.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
99¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$989K 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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FY2020 · 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 surplus $666K a year · 4% 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
99%
of spending
Looks good: 99% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$989K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
14
named funders · $1.5M
Looks good: 14 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$670K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$46.5M
Spent
$43.1M
To programs
99%
Net assets
$4.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$46.5M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$46.5M
FY2021$23.4M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.6M
Expenses
$43.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$43.1M
FY2021$24.0M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.3M
Net assets
$4.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$3.1M

From the FY2020 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 May 2016.

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Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 99% · $42.7M Management & general 1% · $334K Fundraising 0% · $19K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $989K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Head of Prod
$171,256Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Data
$165,081Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Di
$137,222Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Digi
$133,574Pt VII · Sec A
Policy Direc
$129,464Pt VII · Sec A
President
$127,500Pt VII · Sec A
Program Dire
$125,290Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Danielle Alvarado’s $162K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Frank J D'Andrea————$171,256
Ka Y Chau————$165,081
Danielle Alvarado$161,500$131,500$131,500$107,080—
Jeremiah Miller$146,713$126,212———
Rachel Lauter———$84,346$137,222
Emily Jay————$133,574
Lexi Peterson-Burge$131,247————
Anjali Sakaria————$129,464

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

Uniting workers to improve conditions, raise standards, and fight for justice.

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3 programs · $42.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Covid-19 Relief

In 2020, the organization received a 38,000,000 grant from the wa covid- 19 immigrant relief fund designated for one-time cash asisstance payments to eligible applicants experiencing hardship due to the public health emergency related to the coronavirus disease.

$38.7Mprogram expense
02

The raise wages now project is a fiscally sponsored project of the fair work center. RWN aims to launch and grow a national membership organization, offering both advocacy tools and financial health products, dedicated to building a more financially secure future for workers and their families.

$2.8Mprogram expense
03

Outreach and Education

The fair work center conducts community-based know your rights workshops about workplace rights; we provide resources outlining working rights and protections, and we help workers navigate city, state and federal government agencies to enforce those rights.

$451Kprogram 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
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Grants paid · 61 grants · $61.1M · 2020–2024
Al Noor Islamic CenterVA · FY2024$62,500
Grassroots Power ProjectCA · FY2024$50,000
Colectiva Legal Del PuebloWA · FY2024$12,944
Queer Power AllianceWA · FY2023$64,260
Al Noor Islamic CenterVA · FY2023$44,800
Lgbtq AllyshipWA · FY2022$59,047
Al Noor Islamic CenterVA · FY2022$45,000
Working WashingtonWA · FY2022$7,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$20,864,000
Colectiva Legal Del PuebloWA · FY2021$136,800
Partner in EmploymentWA · FY2021$99,969
Civic Education FundWA · FY2021$97,121
Lgbtq AllyshipWA · FY2021$81,667
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$46.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$46.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$316
Money outPt IX
$43.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$42.7M
Managementcol C$334K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$670K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$46.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$316
Total revenueLn 12$46.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.3M
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$670K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$711K$3.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$16K
Total assetsLn 16$835K$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K$670K
Net assetsLn 32$826K$4.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$937K$937K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$38.1M$38.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$137K$68K$69K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$986K$83K$268
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$63K$58K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$126K$89K$21K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$145K$131K$14K$350
Legal feesLn 11b$105K$105K$67
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$15K$19K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$926$926
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.4M$1.4M$2K$479
Office expensesLn 13$21K$15K$5K$721
Information technologyLn 14$302K$299K$3K$249
OccupancyLn 16$84K$8K$76K
TravelLn 17$12K$11K$66
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$1K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$504K$476K$28K
All other expensesLn 24e$57K$57K
Total functional expensesLn 25$43.1M$42.7M$334K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.6M$2.3M$276K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$2.0M$311K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.3M$2.4M−$42K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $23.4M$24.0M−$589K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $46.5M$43.1M$3.4M$4.4M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $46,477,183 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,178,717$46,445,882
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $91,244$30,985
I-10 Investment income$316
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$12,482$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,257,479$46,477,183
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $360,877$39,010,910
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,392,300$1,540,356
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $803,553$2,550,551
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,556,730$43,101,817
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $700,749$3,375,366
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $46,477,183 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,165,019
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$45,280,863
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$46,445,882
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $30,985$30,985
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $316$316
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $30,985 · Excluded from tax $316$46,477,183
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $43,101,817 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $936,993$936,993
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $38,073,917$38,073,917
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $68,111 · Management $69,111$137,222
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $985,924 · Management $82,613 · Fundraising $268$1,068,805
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $58,177 · Management $4,814$62,991
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $88,590 · Management $20,682 · Fundraising $16,951$126,223
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $130,531 · Management $14,234 · Fundraising $350$145,115
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $104,838 · Management $67$104,905
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,563 · Management $18,891$33,454
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $926$926
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,410,262 · Management $1,879 · Fundraising $479$1,412,620
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,042 · Management $5,234 · Fundraising $721$20,997
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $299,243 · Management $2,621 · Fundraising $249$302,113
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,447 · Management $75,961$84,408
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,490 · Management $66$11,556
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $7,822$7,822
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,283$4,283
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,311 · Management $5,541$6,852
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $476,036 · Management $28,000$504,036
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $56,579$56,579
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $42,748,802 · Management $333,997 · Fundraising $19,018$43,101,817
Part X · Balance sheet $5,094,736 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $710,756$3,275,807
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,197
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $96,868$917,041
X-4 Accounts receivable$873,630
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,400$11,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,169$16,061
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $835,193$5,094,736
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,951$498,975
X-19 Deferred revenue$11,235
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$160,094
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,951$670,304
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $521,162$988,953
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $305,080$3,435,479
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $826,242$4,424,432
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $835,193$5,094,736
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,424,432 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$46,477,183
XI-2 Total expenses$43,101,817
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,375,366
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$826,242
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$222,824
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,424,432

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