Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 1,671,242 | 1,824,285 | 2,012,690 | 1,278,753 | 3,302,874 | 10,089,844 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 1,671,242 | 1,824,285 | 2,012,690 | 1,278,753 | 3,302,874 | 10,089,844 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 2,637,588 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 7,452,256 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 1,671,242 | 1,824,285 | 2,012,690 | 1,278,753 | 3,302,874 | 10,089,844 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 255 | 928 | 515 | 389 | 541 | 2,628 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 150 | 15 | 165 | |||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 10,092,637 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2021 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2021 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2021 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2021: | ||||
| a From 2016....... | ||||
| b From 2017....... | ||||
| c From 2018....... | ||||
| d From 2019....... | ||||
| e From 2020....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2016 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2021 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2021, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2021. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2022. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2021..... | ||||
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 21013475 |
| Software Version: | 2021v4.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Legacy Fund- Incubated Apis & Heritage Capital Partners and the $30 million+ Legacy Fund that invests in helping businesses transition to employee ownership to benefit majority minority and low-income workforces.- Developed training program and curriculum for Legacy Fund portfolio companies. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: NYC- Provided technical assistance and training to worker cooperatives, businesses and cooperative developers in NYC.32 instances of TA325 people trained5 new jobs created- Successfully advocated for the renewal of $3.07 million annual funding from the City of New York for the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative.- Played critical backbone role for collaborative of 11 organizations in NYC. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Rapid Response Cooperatives- Secured a $1 million grant from the State of California ETP for a 6-organization collaborative to develop 5 cooperatives using the Rapid Response Model, providing jobs to 25+ people with barriers to work. Supported four cooperatives developed by CA SEED partners to launch: CleanWash Mobile, CareShare OC, Radiate LA, UTCO. Supported one CA SEED partners cooperative to grow: Courage Homecare Coop.- Launched 2 Radiate Cooperatives: Radiate Orange County with 5 members, Radiate North Carolina with 6 members- Directly supported two Rapid Response Cooperatives to grow: Radiate NYC, Radiate Bay Area- Conducted feasibility studies for two additional RRC cooperatives: Radiate Rio Grande (with Texas Rural Coop Center) and Radiate Sonoma (with Sonoma State Univ)- Signed contracts to support development of three additional Rapid Response Cooperatives: OneAmerica/City of Seattle, Santa Cruz Community Ventures, OneMorgan/Colorado State University, Dolores Street Community Services OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: School for Democratic Management- Completed and marketed Democratic Management Guide - DAWIs most downloaded resource at 622 downloads from around the world- Delivered trainings on democratic management:- 8 part series for Maine economic developers in partnership with CDI.- 13 part series for cooperative members and officers in Kenya in partnership with Global Communities. Average 40 attendees each session.- Vermont Employee Ownership Center annual conference.- Worker Coop Week training on Open Book Management- Sierra Club staff training on participatory management- Published Democratic Management: Lessons from Worker Cooperatives in NonProfit Quarterly- Hosted What Works Webinar on management best practices at Mandela Grocery Cooperative- Produced an online course at courses.institute.coop: The Money Story: Making It Matter to Members- Contributed to Rutgers University Curriculum for Black business owners: Establishing a Worker Cooperative for Business Succession Planning OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: EO Cities/SEED- Co-published with NLC the Municipal Playbook for Employee Ownership.- Co-published with NLC Economic Recovery and Employee Ownership report (200+ downloads at end Q2 21).- Shared Equity Webinar Series launched with 40+ cities attending; 100+ registered.- First Hundred Days Memos detailing our employee ownership priorities and recommendations developed with field input and sent to DOL, Treasury, SBA and USDA- Informed and secured letters of support from field partners for Emergency Econ and Workforce Resiliency Act (Sen. Smith WA-9)- Served on steering committee for the Worker Owned Recovery California Coalition; secured State Senate and Assembly support for a $36.5M conversion financing and incentives bill- Completed a training for 6 City of Santa Clara staff on how they can integrate conversion support into programs and services; part of our SEED-as-a-service consulting contract.- Produced research on the State Small Business Credit Initiative; policy research intern is interviewing field partners about whats possible in various states to move a capital and TA strategy forward- Completed 2 webinars and 2 blogs on how to use American Rescue Plan Act funding to support employee ownership and the NYC Owner to Owners Initiative.- Developed Employee Ownership Cities program, and did outreach to small cities OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Rural Projects/Technical Assistance/Subcontracts- Trained cooperative developers in Kenya, in partnership with Global Communities, through a series of webinars and 1:1 coaching meetings.- Working with partners in Maine, North Carolina, California and various other locations, we provided technical assistance to rural cooperatives, rural businesses and rural cooperative developers nationally:-Groups Assisted: 72-Businesses assisted: 150-Cooperatives assisted: 58-Coops incorporated: 5-Jobs created as a result of assistance: 25-Jobs saved as a result of assistance: 66-Emerging worker co-op developers assisted: 83-People trained: 579- Supported cooperative developers to assess feasibility of coop development projects working with socially disadvantaged groups in Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Central Coast of California, Southeastern Alaska, and the Pine Ridge Reservation. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: Workers to Owners- Convened monthly meetings of a national collaborative of 30+ organizations. Monthly W2O meetings averaged 15 people attendees, 25% POC, 6 rural.- In 2021, there were 32 conversions with an average worker size of 14 that resulted in 439 ownership pathways and transferring $13.7m business assets. This is a significant increase from 2020 conversions of 17.- Produced quarterly and annual reports of impact data for partners learning- The Becoming Employee Owned (BEO) website provided initial consultation/ client intakes to 10 business owners. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 11: Fiscally sponsored projects- Streamlined Fiscal Sponsorship structure to include formal work flow, simple forms for potential sponsees, updated accounting, and standardized contracts and reporting requirements from sponsees.- Collaborated with Obran/The Staffing Collective on a $110,081 grant from Multiplier and Project Equity |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder | THE ORANIZATION'S FULL TIME STAFF ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE MEMBERS AS DESCRIBED IN ITS BYLAWS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | THERE IS A BOARD MEETING AT WHICH THE GOVERNING BODY REVIEWS THE 990. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | OUR TREASURER CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL FIDUCIARY REVIEW. WE ALSO ASK ABOUT CONFLICTS WHENEVER A NEW CONTRACT OR RELATIONSHIP IS BEING CONSIDERED. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management | The Executive Committee of the Board did a salary survey both nationally and for the Bay Area and made a recommendation to the Board. The Board discussed compensation and documented the discussion and decision. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees | The Executive Committee of the Board did a salary survey both nationally and for the Bay Area and made a recommendation to the Board. The Board discussed compensation and documented the discussion and decision. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. |
| Software ID: | 21013475 |
| Software Version: | 2021v4.0 |