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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$4K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $80K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4K
to officers and key staff · 0.4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$967K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$708K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2023▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$270K
FY2021$239K
FY2022$929K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2024$95K
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$967K
FY2023▲ +70%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$134K
FY2021$432K
FY2022$570K
FY2023$967K
FY2024$1.5M
FY2024$145K
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$708K
FY2023▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$411K
FY2021$218K
FY2022$576K
FY2023$708K
FY2024$990K
FY2024$949K
FY2025$685K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending November 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2018.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $815K Management & general 12% · $112K Fundraising 4% · $40K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $4K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$3,750Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kimberly Allers’s $87K as President is at the 17th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Kimberly Allers$86,667$3,750$3,750

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers people of color to tell their health stories, fostering change and eradicating disparities.

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3 programs · $815K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Irth App & Irth Hospital Improvement Program

Crowd-sourced ratings and reviews of maternity and pediatric doctors and hospitals, are turned into robust patient experience data and strategic insights to create improvement plans for hospitals, providers and payers, Working with hospitals in 8 cities across 6 states. Create a consumer driven evaluation and accountability mechanism.

$505Kprogram expense
02

Irth Ambassadors Program

Activating local doulas and birth workers to lead and conduct immersive community engagment to reach review completion rates increase user acquisition and retention for the app (data collection tool).

$202Kprogram expense
03

Birthright Podcast

Audio-journalism podcast focused on joyful Black birth stories and healing experiences for victims of birth trauma as a counter narrative to mainstream media's doom and gloom approach to Black maternal health coverage.

$108Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Money outPt IX
$967K
Ln 25
Programscol B$815K
Managementcol C$112K
Fundraisingcol D$40K
Owns and owesPt X
$708K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$722K
Total assetsLn 16$723K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$722K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$722K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$740
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$723K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
Net assetsLn 32$708K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
Fiscal year endsHeaderNovember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
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$575K$722K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K$740
Total assetsLn 16$576K$723K
LiabilitiesLn 26$332$15K
Net assetsLn 32$576K$708K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$45K$45K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$131K$131K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$19K$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$13K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$750$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$11K$6K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$55K$19K$36K
Office expensesLn 13$28K$6K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$40K$27K$13K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$317$317
InsuranceLn 23$150$150
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$605K$543K$22K$40K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$967K$815K$112K$40K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.4M$1.7M−$252K$685K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.5M$290K$990K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.1M$967K$137K$708K 990 PDF
FY2022 $929K$570K$358K$576K 990 PDF
FY2021 $239K$432K−$192K$218K 990 PDF
FY2020 $270K$134K$136K$411K 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,104,867 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $902,078$1,094,867
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $26,545$10,000
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $928,623$1,104,867
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$208,008
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $570,478$759,425
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $570,478$967,433
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $358,145$137,434
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,104,867 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,094,867
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,094,867
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $10,000$10,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,000$1,104,867
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $967,433 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $45,000$45,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $130,845$130,845
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $18,782$18,782
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,381$13,381
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $750 · Management $8,000$8,750
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $11,257 · Management $5,586$16,843
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,476$1,476
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $19,293 · Management $35,644$54,937
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,023 · Management $22,050$28,073
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $26,715 · Management $12,973$39,688
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $317$317
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $150$150
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $543,201 · Management $22,069 · Fundraising $39,621$604,891
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $4,300$4,300
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $815,397 · Management $112,415 · Fundraising $39,621$967,433
Part X · Balance sheet $723,198 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $575,291$722,458
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,057$740
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $576,348$723,198
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $332$15,291
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $332$15,291
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $576,016$707,907
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $576,016$707,907
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $576,348$723,198
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $707,907 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,104,867
XI-2 Total expenses$967,433
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$137,434
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$576,016
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$5,543
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$707,907

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