Richmond Community-Owned Development Enterprise

Tax-deductible

Richmond, CA501(c)(3)Since 2018Community DevelopmentEIN 83-3335321Revenue $1.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSrichmondland.org2163 Meeker Ave 117, 94804-6410 · Richmond, CATax-exempt since Sep 2019Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Richmond land builds grassroots power for resident-driven and Community-controlled land use through organizing, land acquistion, Development, and long-term stewardship of land and affordable housing. The organization's mission is to advance housing justice, prevent displacement, and ensure lasting Community ownership in Richmond and west contra costa county.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $589K a year · 48% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$134K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 62% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
47 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 47.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$928K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.0M
-35% vs prior year
Spent
$955K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$3.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2025▼ -35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$870K
FY2021$946K
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.0M
Expenses
$955K
FY2025▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$201K
FY2021$450K
FY2022$635K
FY2023$809K
FY2024$761K
FY2025$955K
Net assets
$3.5M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$669K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$3.5M
FY2025$3.5M

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2019.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $612K Management & general 30% · $288K Fundraising 6% · $55K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $134K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$133,608Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$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

Princess Robinson’s $134K as Executive Director is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Princess Robinson$133,608$66,534———$4,000
Randy Joseph—$16,000$95,460———
Valerie Jameson———$79,214$78,175—
Rakhi Agrawal———$34,806——
Elissa Roy—$6,000$22,000———
Sasha Graham—$16,000$18,000——$1,600
Alex Acuna——$18,000———
Evan Bissell————$17,637—

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

Builds community power for resident-driven land use and affordable housing.

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3 programs · $612K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Real Estate Projects

Richmond land advanced community-controlled real estate projects to preserve and expand permanantly affiordable housing in richmond. During 2025, the organization continued stewardship and plannning activities related to existing affordable housing assest while advancing pre-development work for the north richmond ecovillage intiative.

$481Kprogram expense
02

General Community Organizing

Richmond land advanced community-led organizing and advocacy efforts focused on housing justice, equitable development, and community ownership. The organization engaged residents, communty partners, and local stakeholders through coalition-building, educational activities that supported anti-displacement strategies and increased…

$80Kprogram expense
03

Membership

Richmond land strengthend resident stewardship and community ownership through membership engagement, resident education, leadership development, and governance participation. The orgnization supported current and propective members through outreach, communications, community meetings, and opportuities to engage in organizational…

$51Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $55K · 2025–2025

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$961K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$46K
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Money outPt IX
$955K
Ln 25
Programscol B$612K
Managementcol C$288K
Fundraisingcol D$55K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$928K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$961K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$46K
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.3M
SavingsLn 2$500K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$675K
Other assetsLn 15$100
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$928K
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 67
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$597K$675K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$848K$928K
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M$3.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$55K$55K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$500$500
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$150K$91K$42K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$273K$167K$77K$29K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$9K$5K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$20K$9K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$216K$133K$83K$327
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$20K$12K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$773$730
OccupancyLn 16$4K$4K$634
TravelLn 17$12K$3K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$782$782
InterestLn 20$33K$33K$25
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$21K$8K$12K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$69K$64K$4K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$955K$612K$288K$55K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.0M$955K$81K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$761K$834K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$809K$750K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$635K$702K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $946K$450K$496K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $870K$201K$669K$669K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,036,019 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,560,597$961,492
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $34,700$46,076
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$28,451
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,595,297$1,036,019
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$55,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $170,382$473,294
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $591,022$426,319
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $761,404$955,113
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $833,893$80,906
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,036,019 across 12 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$961,492
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$961,492
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $46,076 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$46,076
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,451$28,451
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $46,076 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,451$1,036,019
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $955,113 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $55,000$55,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $500$500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $91,117 · Management $42,422 · Fundraising $16,672$150,211
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $167,205 · Management $76,642 · Fundraising $29,389$273,236
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,307 · Management $5,059 · Fundraising $2,429$16,795
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,418 · Management $9,151 · Fundraising $3,483$33,052
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,984$3,984
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,976$32,976
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $132,799 · Management $83,025 · Fundraising $327$216,151
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,137$3,137
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,500 · Management $7,946$20,446
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $773 · Fundraising $730$1,503
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,782 · Management $634$4,416
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,347 · Management $9,017$12,364
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $782$782
IX-20 InterestPrograms $32,917 · Management $25$32,942
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,381 · Management $12,399$20,780
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,077 · Management $3,842$7,919
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,609 · Management $3,578 · Fundraising $1,732$68,919
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $612,080 · Management $288,271 · Fundraising $54,762$955,113
Part X · Balance sheet $4,462,671 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,615,676$3,272,608
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$500,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,894$14,667
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $596,513$675,296
X-15 Other assets$100
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,301,083$4,462,671
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $77,478$24,503
X-19 Deferred revenue$950
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,710$253,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $847,771$928,453
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,833,049$1,530,205
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $620,263$2,004,013
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,453,312$3,534,218
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,301,083$4,462,671
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,534,218 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,036,019
XI-2 Total expenses$955,113
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$80,906
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,453,312
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$3,534,218

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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