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THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM OF POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE BY ENCOURAGING AND SPONSORING PUBLIC DEBATE OF THE PROBLEM OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND PROVIDING RELEVANT STATISTICAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. 7 7 0 175 0 0 0 42001020 0 0 0 15 0 14000 0 42015035 0 0 0 0 0 26979 0 0 0 0 2924770 0 2951749 0 39063286 12708 39974837 0 894933 12708 39079904 X RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AND OTHER MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM OF POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE BY ENCOURAGING AND SPONSORING PUBLIC DEBATE OF THE PROBLEM OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND PROVIDING RELEVANT STATISTICAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. 0 0 1495472 WE THE PROTESTERS COLLECTED A DATABASE OF POLICE-INVOLVED KILLINGS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRODUCED GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES. HERE ARE SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMS: #8CANTWAIT: TO ENACT MORE RESTRICTIVE POLICE USE OF FORCE STANDARDS ACROSS THE NATION. SINCE THEN, 320 CITIES AND 13 STATES HAVE ENACTED ONE OR MORE OF THE EIGHT #8CANTWAIT RESTRICTIONS ON POLICE USE OF FORCE, LIKE BANNING ALL NECK RESTRAINTS AND REQUIRING POLICE TO USE DE-ESCALATION AND ALTERNATIVES TO DEADLY FORCE. #ENDALLNOKNOCKS: TO STOP THE PRACTICE AND ABUSE OF NO KNOCK RAIDS. THUS FAR, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH ORGANIZERS AND LEGISLATORS IN 45 CITIES TO INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE, AND RESEARCH-BASED, WARRANT LEGISLATION. #NIXTHE6: EXPANDED THE FIRST-EVER DATABASE OF POLICE UNION CONTRACTS TO INCLUDE OVER 700 CONTRACTS. WE NOW MANAGE A CORE OF 300+ VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE HELPING US GET TO HAVING THIS BE A COMPLETE DATABASE OF POLICE UNION CONTRACTS AS WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE ARE 13,000 CONTRACTS TO FIND AND CODE! WE ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING A RANGE OF CITIES AND STATES ON ADDRESSING CONTRACT ISSUES AND THIS PROJECT HAS DEFINED THE SPACE. MAPPING POLICE VIOLENCE: THE ONLY DATABASE IN AMERICA THAT TRACKS ALL FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS AND PEOPLE KILLED BY OTHER TYPES OF POLICE USE OF FORCE WITH INFORMATION ON BOTH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE KILLED AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ARMED. WE HAVE PUBLISHED AN ANNUAL POLICE VIOLENCE REPORT AS WELL AS CITY AND STATE LEVEL REPORTS EVERY YEAR USING THIS DATA. WE NOW HAVE MORE THAN 7 YEARS OF DATA IN OUR DATABASE AND HAVE MAPPED THE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RATES OF POLICE VIOLENCE. THIS IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT TRACKS AND DISPLAYS RATES OF POLICE VIOLENCE AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THAT TRACKS TRENDS OVER TIME IN LEVELS OF POLICE VIOLENCE NATIONWIDE. POLICE USE OF FORCE PROJECT: THE FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC DATABASE OF POLICE USE OF FORCE STANDARDS IN AMERICA'S 100 LARGEST CITIES POLICE SCORECARD: THE FIRST STATEWIDE EVALUATION OF POLICING THAT INCORPORATES DATA ON USE OF FORCE, CIVILIAN COMPLAINTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ARRESTS, HOMICIDE CLEARANCES, POLICE FUNDING, ICE COOPERATION, AND RACIAL DISPARITIES INTO AN EASY-TO-USE LETTER GRADE PERMITTING COMPARISONS AMONG DEPARTMENTS AND TRACKING PROGRESS OVER TIME ACROSS POLICING OUTCOMES. 1495472 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 NY CA X BOBAK EMAMIAN 2032132203 30 E 125TH STREET STE 132 NEW YORK NY 10035 SHARHONDA BOSSIER CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 DONNELL O'CALLAGHAN SECRETARY 3.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BOBAK EMAMIAN TREASURER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 TRIER BRYANT DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 KANYI MAQUBELA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 DE'ARA BALENGER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 DERAY MCKESSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 1.00 X 0 0 26979 0 0 26979 0 0 0 0 0 42001020 42001020 15 15 14000 14000 14000 42015035 0 0 14015 X 26979 26979 538402 538402 35963 35963 60000 60000 1146913 1130413 16500 232748 232748 831375 6420 824955 66564 64303 2261 2422 669 1753 3634 3634 5675 5675 RESEARCH 200 200 874 719 155 2951749 1495472 1456277 0 12708 39908924 1524 54870 13153 3634 0 9519 12708 39974837 894933 0 894933 X 12708 39079904 12708 39079904 12708 39974837 X 39063286 3910 X X 0 1 X 0 0 X 241809 175908 242333 108418 42001020 42769488 241809 175908 242333 108418 42001020 42769488 144609 42624879 19 24 16 15 74 42769562 14463 0.99660 0.73070 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60000 60000 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: A PROFESSIONAL LOBBYING FIRM WAS USED TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION AS PART OF THE BLM MOVEMENT. 13153 3634 9519 9519 42015035 0 42015035 0 42015035 2951749 0 2951749 0 2951749 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 BYLAWS WERE UPDATED TO REFLECT A LARGER BOARD AND THE STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS, COMMITTEES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS CIRCULATED VIA EMAIL TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CORPORATION MAY NOT ENTER INTO ANY INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTION UNLESS THE BOARD FIRST DETERMINES THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION IS FAIR,REASONABLE, AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CORPORATION. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AN "INTERESTED PARTY OR INTERESTED PERSON MUST DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AN INTERESTED PARTY IS (A) ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR KEY EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY AFFILIATE; (B) ANY RELATIVE OF A DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR KEY EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY AFFILIATE; AND (C) ANY ENTITY IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) OR HAS A 35% OR GREATER OWNERSHIP OR BENEFICIAL INTEREST, OR IN THE CASE OF PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, A DIRECT OR INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN EXCESS OF 5%. A KEY EMPLOYEE IS ANY PERSON WHO IS IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION. AFTER DISCLOSURE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND ALL MATERIAL FACTS, AND AFTER ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERESTED PARTY, THE BOARD SHALL HOLD A MEETING TO DETERMINE IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. AN INTERESTED PARTY HAVING AN INTEREST IN AN INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS PROHIBITED FROM ATTENDING A MEETING AT WHICH THE TRANSACTION IS CONSIDERED, OR FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE DELIBERATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE BOARD REGARDING THE INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTION. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY THE INTERESTED PARTY VOTE ON SUCH INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTION OR INFLUENCE IMPROPERLY THE DELIBERATIONS OR VOTING ON THE MATTER. AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE, THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE CORPORATION CAN OBTAIN WITH REASONABLE EFFORTS A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT FROM A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS NOT REASONABLY POSSIBLE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT PRODUCING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS WHETHER THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS IN THE CORPORATION'S BEST INTERESTS, FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT, AND WHETHER IT IS FAIR AND REASONABLE. IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ABOVE DETERMINATION IT SHALL MAKE ITS DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR KEY EMPLOYEE SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON: (A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY; (B) HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY (C) HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY; AND (D) UNDERSTANDS THE CORPORATION IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES. PRIOR TO INITIAL ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, EACH DIRECTOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION A SIGNED WRITTEN STATEMENT IDENTIFYING: (A) ANY ENTITY OF WHICH THE DIRECTOR IS AN OFFICER, DIRECTOR,TRUSTEE, MEMBER, OWNER OR EMPLOYEE WITH WHICH THE CORPORATION HAS A RELATIONSHIP; AND (B) ANY TRANSACTION IN WHICH THE CORPORATION IS A PARTICIPANT WHICH MIGHT POSSIBLY GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT FOR THE DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 6,500. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 6,500. OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 803,441. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 803,441. PUBLIC RELATIONS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 93,000. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 93,000. HUMAN RESOURCES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 10,000. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 10,000. CAMPAIGN : PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 233,972. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 233,972. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: SECTION 481(A) ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN OVERALL METHOD OF ACCOUNTING 3,910. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 1: THE ORGANIZATION CHANGED ITS METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FROM CASH TO ACCRUAL. STAYWOKE INC 30 E 125TH STREET STE 132 NEW YORK NY 10035 813782211 INFORM PUBLIC ABOUT ACTS OF POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS DE 501(C)(4) WE THE PROTESTERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0