The mission of the organization is to educate, amplify, and mobilize a next generation of civic leaders in work towards a democracy that is just and inclusive.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$500K 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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $185K a year · 7% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$500K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $21K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Concern: 0.0 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
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
$29K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% 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
$2.4M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$341K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$2.4M
FY2023▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$4.9M
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2023▲ +36%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$242K
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$3.4M
FY2024$4.5M
Net assets
$341K
FY2023▼ -74%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$341K
FY2024$738K

From the FY2023 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 Aug 2021.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $2.3M Management & general 24% · $812K Fundraising 7% · $250K

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; $500K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director, President, Exec. Dir.
$133,316Pt VII · Sec A
Institute Director
$127,983Pt VII · Sec A
Programming Director
$109,957Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Treasurer
$86,244Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Secretary
$42,251Pt VII · Sec A

Larcy Douglas’s $133K as Director, President, Exec. Dir. is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 798 $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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
Audrey Musewe—$220,568—
Larcy Douglas$133,316$109,530$13,395
Terry Scott$127,983——
Jamielyn Wheeler$109,957——
Charles Douglas III$86,244$29,354$5,200
David Domke$42,251$35,875$2,917

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Educates, amplifies, and mobilizes young leaders for a just and inclusive democracy.

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1 program · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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See attached statement.

$2.3Mprogram 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 · 10 grants · $188K · 2022–2024
Filipino Community Center BuildingFY2024$10,000
Filipino Community Center BuildingFY2024$10,000
Bridge Crossing Jubilee INCFY2023$50,000
Feel Good ActionWA · FY2023$24,500
Foot Soldiers Park INCAL · FY2023$17,681
The Stewart Foundation INCGA · FY2023$10,910
Bridge Crossing Jubilee INCFY2022$23,800
Foot Soldiers Park INCAL · FY2022$21,600

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$61K
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$812K
Fundraisingcol D$250K
Owns and owesPt X
$341K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8K
Total assetsLn 16$370K
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$456K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$558K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$61K
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Gains on assetsLn 7$17K
Total revenueLn 12$2.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$6K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$21K
Other assetsLn 15$342K
Total assetsLn 16$370K
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
Net assetsLn 32$341K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 60
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$883K$8K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$269K$21K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$370K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$29K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$341K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$137K$137K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$301K$142K$101K$58K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$944K$557K$260K$127K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$69K$37K$24K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$36K$20K$14K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$109K$62K$32K$15K
Legal feesLn 11b$21K$0$21K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$0$4K$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$35K$35K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$436K$301K$135K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$79K$62K$17K$0
Office expensesLn 13$26K$14K$11K$377
Information technologyLn 14$57K$5K$52K$95
OccupancyLn 16$65K$49K$16K$0
TravelLn 17$755K$680K$74K$860
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$295K$246K$47K$917
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$0$3K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$2.3M$812K$250K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $4.9M$4.5M$400K$738K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.4M$3.4M−$974K$341K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$2.5M−$350K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$242K$1.7M$1.7M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,397,153 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,124,842$2,319,115
I-9 Program service revenue$61,000
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$17,038
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,124,842$2,397,153
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $59,570$136,656
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,170,730$1,459,771
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $12,500$34,770
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,232,240$1,740,278
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,475,040$3,371,475
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$350,198−$974,322
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-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,397,153 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$557,967
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,761,148
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$455,679
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,319,115
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$61,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $382$382
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16,656$16,656
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $61,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $17,038$2,397,153
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,371,475 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $136,656$136,656
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $141,987 · Management $101,192 · Fundraising $58,137$301,316
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $556,667 · Management $259,776 · Fundraising $127,422$943,865
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $36,553 · Management $23,656 · Fundraising $8,728$68,937
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,638 · Management $13,881 · Fundraising $2,960$36,479
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $61,556 · Management $32,262 · Fundraising $15,356$109,174
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $21,392 · Fundraising $0$21,392
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $3,699 · Fundraising $0$3,699
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $34,770$34,770
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $300,596 · Management $135,203 · Fundraising $0$435,799
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $61,593 · Management $17,364 · Fundraising $0$78,957
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,942 · Management $11,367 · Fundraising $377$25,686
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,247 · Management $51,898 · Fundraising $95$57,240
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $48,733 · Management $16,244 · Fundraising $0$64,977
IX-17 TravelPrograms $680,218 · Management $73,871 · Fundraising $860$754,949
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $246,281 · Management $47,353 · Fundraising $917$294,551
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $3,028 · Fundraising $0$3,028
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,309,667 · Management $812,186 · Fundraising $249,622$3,371,475
Part X · Balance sheet $370,498 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $41,393$6,106
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $841,572$1,763
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $269,237$20,821
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $162,567$341,808
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,314,769$370,498
X-25 Other liabilities$29,484
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$29,484
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,314,769$341,014
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,314,769$370,498
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $341,014 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,397,153
XI-2 Total expenses$3,371,475
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$974,322
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,314,769
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$567
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$341,014

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