Act to Change FY2022 filing

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Chicago, IL501(c)(3)Since 2018Public & Societal BenefitEIN 83-2287633Revenue $656K in FY2022

On file with the IRSacttochange.orgPo Box 59102, 60659-0102 · Chicago, ILTax-exempt since Nov 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Act to Change continues to empower students by advocating for systemic change and providing resources to promote healthy communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $350K a year · 55% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
139 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 138.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $340K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$656K
-47% vs prior year
Spent
$151K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$656K
FY2022▼ -47%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$656K
FY2023$479K
FY2024$351K
FY2025$444K
Expenses
$151K
FY2022▲ +225%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$47K
FY2022$151K
FY2023$224K
FY2024$314K
FY2025$692K
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2022▲ +41%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

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

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $151K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. 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.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chair and Co-Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director and Co-Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director and Co-Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Soukprida Phetmisy’s $111K as Executive Director is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Soukprida Phetmisy$110,784$120,000—
Andrew Murphy——$12,295

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

Ending bullying among Asian American and Pacific Islander youth.

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3 programs · $64K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

On May 18, 2022, Act To Change host its 4th annual national AAPI Day Against Bullying+Hate with the support of municipalities, elected officials and partner organizations. The day was chosen to honor the birthday of Vincent Chin, whose murder in a hate crime in 1982 sparked a national uprising.

$47Kprogram expense
02

Act To Change's Youth Ambassadors Program (YAP) engages and empowers Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth by providing them the resources and tools they need to end bullying in their communities through meaningful conversations, diversification of libraries, and faculty and school administrator engagement.

$16Kprogram expense
03

In Partnership with Two National Organizations

Stop AAPI Hate and Hate is A Virus - Act to Change held its 4th Annual Anti-Bullying Youth Conference in recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month. The conference was held virtually.

$500program 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 · FY2024
Tides FoundationFY2024$231K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$340K
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$656K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$399K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$256K
Money outPt IX
$151K
Ln 25
Programscol B$151K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$399K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$256K
Total revenueLn 12$656K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 68
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$72K$72K
OccupancyLn 16$216$216
TravelLn 17$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$79K$79K
Total functional expensesLn 25$151K$151K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $444K$692K−$247K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $351K$314K$37K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $479K$224K$255K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $656K$151K$504K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$47K$1.2M$1.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $655,566 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $987,168$399,376
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $260,396$256,190
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,247,564$655,566
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $46,517$151,122
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $46,517$151,122
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,201,047$504,444
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $655,566 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$399,376
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$399,376
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $256,190 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$256,190
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $256,190 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$655,566
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $151,122 across 24 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $71,769$71,769
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $216$216
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $79,137$79,137
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $151,122 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$151,122
Part X · Balance sheet $1,746,309 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,241,865$1,746,309
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,241,865$1,746,309
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,241,865$1,746,309
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,241,865$1,746,309
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,241,865$1,746,309
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,746,309 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$655,566
XI-2 Total expenses$151,122
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$504,444
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,241,865
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,746,309

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