2022-05-16T15:06:49-07:00 2021-12-31 541908007 Kirby & Associates PC 4120 E Parham Rd Ste B Richmond VA 23228 990 2021-01-01 833596756 VIRGINIA COMMUNITY VOICE INC VIRG 7576524555 PO BOX 26972 RICHMOND VA 23261 LEA WHITEHURST-GIBSON President 2022-05-16 true LEA WHITEHURST-GIBSON 999009999 Phillip J Kirby Jr P00177358 8046727650 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z LEA WHITEHURST-GIBSON PO BOX 26972 RICHMOND VA 23261 768497 false X www.vacommunityvoice.org X 2019 VA TO EQUIP NEIGHBORS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO REALIZE THEIR VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO PREPARE INSTITUTIONS TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY 8 8 10 0 200422 505782 62102 262590 0 125 262524 768497 0 0 210697 293221 0 26393 151798 196204 362495 489425 -99971 279072 134133 448591 39249 80534 94884 368057 TO EQUIP NEIGHBORS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO REALIZE THEIR VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO PREPARE INSTITUTIONS TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY false false 412399 Despite facing immense challenges in 2020 due to COVID-19 and the racial uprising,VACV made significant progress toward achieving the goals in 2021. This includesbeing able to retain all staff last year and continuing to hold monthly meetings ofthe RVA Thrives Steering Committee with consistent attendance from most of the 11members. We believe our model of community engagement which is rooted inbuilding deep and authentic relationships with community members, helped sustainour work during such a challenging year of social distancing.Even while meeting virtually, we expanded the bilingual Housing Working Group andthe number of Latine/x neighbors increased from 0 at the start of 2020 to 19 by theend of the year! We think the virtual meeting format may have actually helped usengage more Latine/x neighbors. Perhaps because people had fewer competingevents and because people were so hungry for connection. We have retained LatinaCommunity Advocates who have built relationships, trust, and regularlycommunicate with Southsides Spanish-speaking neighbors.In 2021 Virginia Community Voice engaged nearly 100 neighbors through RVAThrives. This included regular monthly meetings of the Steering Committee andHousing Working Groups, and launch of a Greening Working Group. In partnershipwith Southside ReLeaf, the City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, andCommunity Facilities, and RVAGreen2050. Together, we have held 5 GreeningCommunity Conversations since late 2020 with more than 75 Southside neighborsand other stakeholders in attendance. We formed a Southside Green CollaborativeWorking Group, which brings together 18 Southside neighbors who are workingtogether to create a community-rooted greening plan that reflects neighbors'priorities for making the Southside greener, cooler and more beautiful. This will also include a template for a new park on the Southside that neighbors will help design and develop with the City of Richmond.Neighbors have completed their Equitable Development Scorecard. It was launchedin fall 2021,The scorecard is a tool to score new developments on RichmondsSouthside, and prompt a conversation with the developer or the city about how tobring that project more in line with community priorities for the built environment,green space, jobs, safety, traffic, etc. So far, neighbors have used it to score theRichmond One Casino, the Scorecard is now in phase one of its roll out, with plansfor affordable housing partners to pilot the tool with their developments on theSouthside. Neighbors are now using the tool on their own to score newdevelopments in their community which is exactly the purpose: for neighbors to beequipped to step into their own leadership power!Successful completion of the Scorecard and launch of the Greening Working Groupindicates we are equipping neighbors with the tools they need to lead positivechange in their communities. We are expanding our reach as well with new issueareas such as greening/environmental justice and housing safety.Despite COVID restricting us to online meetings in 2021, we had an 83% attendancerate among our 10 Steering Committee members. Among the 26 members of theHousing Working Group we had a 63% attendance rate. Among the 17 members ofthe Greening Working Group we have had a 62% attendance rate at meetings. Nineyoung people have joined cohort 2 of the YEER program (Youth Empowermentthrough Eviction Research) which does participatory action research.We are very excited that in 2021 we received a BOOST Investment grant to start anew Leadership Academy, and have hired a bilingual director who is going to start alistening process in the South Richmond community this year, to ensure thatneighbors are at the center of designing this new leadership program.Current YEER and past ARCA participants are regularly engaged in planning for ARCAin 2022, which we plan to do in partnership with Parks & Recreation, painting muralsat the new Broad Rock Creek Park. The Greening Working Group is still in thelearning stages, deepening their understanding of climate change, environmentalinjustice and solutions such as green infrastructure, urban forestry, etc. They areworking with a VCU MURP student to plan the entrance to Broad Rock Creek Parkusing augmented reality. Finally, we are actively pursuing funds, financing andlooking for buildings where we could create the Southside Healing Hub. We hope tosecure funds for a listening and design process for the Healing Hub in 2022, andsecure a building in 2023.Community Voice Blueprint training: The past year revealed how deep racialinequities are in our community and has awakened many institutional leaders to theneed for change. We are thrilled that dozens of institutions reached out to us in2020 & 2021 for coaching and organizational assessment and we continue to see ourtrainings sell out. Hundreds of people from across Virginia have now participated inour training, including a new racial equity series, launched last summer in responseto the Black Lives Matter movement. We have learned that people are eager for aspace to learn about, identify and try to change organizational norms rooted incolonialism and white supremacy which exclude the voices of historicallymarginalized people from decision making. Though it is challenging, we see that it is possible for people to learn, grow and change mindsets about how theirorganization engages Black and Brown communities. We are now contracted withMaggie Walker Community Land Trust, Project Homes, Smart Beginnings GreaterRichmond, Virginia Tech, and the Science Museum for coaching and organizationalequity assessment. Including a four-week series, Racial Equity in CommunityEngagement and a three-week series, Get to Work! Practical Strategies forCommunity Engagement. During 2021, we trained 221 different individuals from 52unique organizations. 412399 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true false true true false X KIRBY ASSOCIATES CPA 8046727650 4120 E PARHAM RD SUITE B HENRICO VA 23228 LEA WHITEHURST-GIBSON Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 68899 0 0 NELSON REVELEY PHD Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MEGAN JUELFS PHD Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 EBONY WALDEN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LORI RUFFIN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMELIA LIGHTNER Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALFONSO ACOSTA PEREZ Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH LIM BROOKS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 68899 0 false false false 0 505782 505782 Contracts 53156 53156 RRE Essay Project 9750 9750 Services 198642 198642 Training 1042 1042 262590 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Income 125 125 125 768497 262715 0 0 0 0 68899 55119 6890 6890 186044 148836 18604 18604 0 0 16734 13388 3346 21544 17235 4309 0 300 300 5538 5538 0 0 0 606 606 487 390 97 8991 2248 5844 899 0 0 4800 2400 2400 0 0 0 278 278 0 988 988 960 960 Program Expenses 154418 154418 Project Expenses 10827 10827 Contract Expense 2325 2325 Education & Training 2250 2250 3436 2963 473 489425 412399 50633 26393 120907 416020 0 0 10000 20192 0 0 0 0 0 5351 3473 2866 1878 0 0 0 0 360 10501 134133 448591 2939 2939 36310 77595 39249 80534 X 94884 368057 94884 368057 134133 448591 X 279072 -5899 X false false false X 236922 200422 505782 943126 97193 63102 262590 422885 0 0 0 334115 263524 768372 1366011 0 0 1366011 0 0 0 0 334115 263524 768372 1366011 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3857 2633 1224 1494 840 654 1878 Payroll Liabilities 1700 SBA PPP Loan 75895 77595 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The 990 is sent to the President from the tax preparer, The President then sends the 990 to the board members for review and approval. Any questions or comments are discussed with the tax preparer. After the questions have been answered the 990 is approved by the board and filed by the tax preparer. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Compensation for the President is determined by board. It is then entered in the budget and approved by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The compensation of other officers and key employees are submitted to the board by the President. The board then reviews and approves the compensation for each officer and employee. The salaries are then entered on the budget which is approved by the board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No documents available to the public. Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases Payroll Adjustment = -$5899