Worksafe INC

Tax-deductible

Oakland, CA501(c)(3)EIN 94-2927954Revenue $1.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSworksafe.org1736 Franklin St Ste 500, 94612-3422 · Oakland, CATax-exempt since Mar 1984Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To promote safety and health through technical support, advocacy support, education, and training. We focus on eliminating all types of workplace hazards and also on workplace-created toxic hazards that impact at-risk communities in California.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers and 10 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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $546K a year · 32% 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
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$426K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
19 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $158K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.1M
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$1.7M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$3.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +34%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$987K
FY2022$993K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$3.7M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$942K
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.8M
FY2024$3.5M
FY2025$3.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Mar 1984.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $1.3M Management & general 19% · $333K Fundraising 5% · $86K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $426K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$174,185Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Staff & Equ.
$147,432Pt VII · Sec A
Bil. SR Staff Atty
$104,868Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stephen Knight$174,185$128,038$120,697$126,589$114,275—
Jora Trang$147,432—$107,856$102,248$100,302—
Karin Umfrey$104,868—————
Douglas Parker—————$83,706

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes safety and health by eliminating workplace hazards and toxic exposures in California communities.

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1 program · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Policy Advocacy

Worksafe advocates for strong occupational safety and health (OSH) protections for workers particularly low-income, immigrant, and contingent workers.Legal Services and Training: Worksafe promotes access to justice for low-wage and immigrant workers by providing free legal training and technical assistance to legal aid programs, worker…

$1.3Mprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$158K
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $112K · 2019–2020

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$138K
Money outPt IX
$1.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$333K
Fundraisingcol D$86K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$700K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$138K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$436K
SavingsLn 2$2.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$823
Other assetsLn 15$156K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$3.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$2.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$823
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$350K$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M$3.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$4K$4K
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$232K$139K$72K$21K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$876K$697K$140K$39K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$38K$32K$4K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$65K$52K$10K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$85K$65K$16K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K$39K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$174K$151K$12K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3$3
Office expensesLn 13$73K$52K$17K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$57K$55K$1K$425
TravelLn 17$44K$35K$8K$824
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$2K$5K$112
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$15K$13K$658$958
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$4K$2K$267
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.7M$1.3M$333K$86K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.7M$222K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.0M$1.3M$700K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$1.1M$1.0M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$993K$287K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$987K$531K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.5M$1.0M$500K$942K 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 $1,941,619 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,926,146$1,817,551
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $70,432$137,758
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$8,470−$13,690
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,988,108$1,941,619
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$4,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $847,680$1,294,839
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $4,688$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $435,675$421,234
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,288,043$1,720,073
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $700,065$221,546
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,941,619 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$25,192
VIII-1e Government grants$700,308
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,092,051
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,817,551
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $137,758$137,758
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 eventsExcluded from tax −$15,703−$15,703
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,013$2,013
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $124,068$1,941,619
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,720,073 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $4,000$4,000
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 $138,962 · Management $71,797 · Fundraising $20,844$231,603
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $696,972 · Management $139,947 · Fundraising $39,096$876,015
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $32,137 · Management $3,934 · Fundraising $1,748$37,819
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $51,896 · Management $9,778 · Fundraising $2,854$64,528
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $64,504 · Management $16,126 · Fundraising $4,244$84,874
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $38,950$38,950
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $5,186$5,186
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $150,668 · Management $12,095 · Fundraising $11,649$174,412
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $3$3
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $52,111 · Management $17,261 · Fundraising $3,221$72,593
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $54,816 · Management $1,452 · Fundraising $425$56,693
IX-17 TravelPrograms $35,198 · Management $8,135 · Fundraising $824$44,157
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,949 · Management $4,625 · Fundraising $112$6,686
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,554$1,554
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,404 · Management $658 · Fundraising $958$15,020
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,853 · Management $1,860 · Fundraising $267$5,980
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,300,470 · Management $333,358 · Fundraising $86,245$1,720,073
Part X · Balance sheet $4,823,192 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $429,418$436,215
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,302,271$2,278,703
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $119,264$50,182
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,617$18,832
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,378$823
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,792,339$1,882,559
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $188,825$155,878
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,846,112$4,823,192
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $105,933$122,875
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $70,081$839,747
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $173,995$142,921
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $350,009$1,105,543
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,486,729$3,699,941
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,374$17,708
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,496,103$3,717,649
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,846,112$4,823,192
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,717,649 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,941,619
XI-2 Total expenses$1,720,073
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$221,546
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,496,103
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,717,649

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

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