RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC (EIN 01-0939141)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-10
IRS object ID: 202013159349305486
Schema version: 2019v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-10T08:55:55-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JACKSON FRIDAY CPA LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	32 BROADWAY STE 1408	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10004	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010939141	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	REST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2122436900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	275 SEVENTH AVENUE Room 1703	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10001	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SEKOU SIBY	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2122436900	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-11-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	FRIDAY OVIAWE CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	2125130103	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-11-10	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	173.77.254.61	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-11-11	IPDt
IP Tm	01:55:08	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	3CB372899CBEFAD5E61A13FAC44BABBC27DE5464	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	3CB372899CBEFAD5E61A13FAC44BABBC27DE5464	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SEKOU SIBY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	350 SEVENTH AVENUE 18TH FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10001	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,727,743	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.rocunited.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2008	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To serve as a resource and advocacy organization for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged restaurant workers across the country, providing job training, support services, research and advocacy for needy restaurant work	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	70	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1600	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,606,306	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$5,588,158	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$169,064	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$107,044	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$540	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$101	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$32,440	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,775,910	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,727,743	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,811,934	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,586,149	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$738,835	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,808,675	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,770,215	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,620,609	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,356,364	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$2,844,699	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$628,621	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$10,534,234	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,696,096	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$987,802	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$831,853	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$9,546,432	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$8,864,243	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	To serve as a resource and advocacy organization for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged restaurant workers across the country, providing job training, support services, research and advocacy for needy restaurant workers and the general public.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,050,642	ExpenseAmt
Desc	MEMBERSHIP We launched a Law and Organizing Department, which worked conducted organizing training for our staff and worker leaders in One Fair Wage campaign states. We also trained all our staff members on a new database, EveryAction, to better track membership growth and retention. In 2019, our Law and Organizing Department plus ROC chapter staff have helped file many unfair labor practice, EEOC, or wage board cases as well as providing know your rights training to hundreds of workers. We grew our online members by more than 20,000 in a single year. In addition, we increased the number of RAISE restaurants to more than 850 by the end of the year. The program now includes informational materials and webinars and rapid response support from our Legal and Organizing Department departments and has grown exponentially to include more than 400 restaurants and 13,000 consumers and restaurant workers. Our Raise work also included technical assistance and training by the Haas business school of Berkeley.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$544,154	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THREATS TO RESTAURANT WORKERS ROC United focused on resisting activities that could hurt restaurant workers. This includes helping defeat the decision to make tips the property of restaurant owners. In addition, following approval from our Board and membership, ROC United was also a leading plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against the Trump Hotels for violating the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$791,498	ExpenseAmt
Desc	INCREASED WAGES ROC United led One Fair Wage public education efforts in NY, DC, and MI, to call for the elimination of the subminimum wage for tipped workers. In Michigan, we launched a We The People organizing process to invite hundreds of thousands of Michiganders to living room conversations, town hall meetings, community dinners, and teach-ins to openly discuss issues that unite people across the state. We worked with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, who traveled to promote our One Fair Wage campaign in these three locations. We also launched a Tipped Worker Resource Center TWRC to provide lighter-touch support to states that do not have a ROC chapter office.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$593,639	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,979,933	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	Yes (true)	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	69	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	70	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	THE ORGANIZATION	PersonNm
Phone	2122436900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	275 SEVENTH AVENUE STE 1703	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10001	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
SEKOU SIBY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	060.00	Yes (X)	$136,305	$0	$0
EVA PUTZOVA
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR	060.00		$103,171	$0	$0	Yes (X)
CHRIS MELODY
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
MARIA FIGUEROA
CHAIRPERSON	003.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
REV REGINALD BRANTLEY
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
FIELD FIGUEREDO
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
DAYNA CUNNINGHAM
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
FELICIA GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)	Yes (X)
KATHLEEN MULLIGAN
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)	Yes (X)
COREY WIGGINS
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
JENNIFER HERMAN
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
WOONG CHANG
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
ABEL VALENZUELA
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$239,476	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Fundraising	$500	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$69,315	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$5,518,343	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$5,588,158	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PROGRAM REVENUE	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$107,044	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$107,044	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$107,044	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$101	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$101	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$500	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other income - Restaurant Others	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$32,440	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$32,440	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$32,440	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,727,743	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$139,585	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$230,421	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,211	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$57,605	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$57,605	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,859,284	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,146,336	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$375,583	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$337,365	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$260,082	TotalAmt
Program Services	$224,148	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,505	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,429	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$236,362	TotalAmt
Program Services	$173,008	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,139	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30,215	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$85,067	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,067	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,625	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,625	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,690	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,230	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,230	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,230	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,250	ProgramServicesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$583,063	TotalAmt
Program Services	$499,787	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$83,276	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,598	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,234	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$32,364	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$304,956	TotalAmt
Program Services	$226,746	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,676	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,534	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$586,620	TotalAmt
Program Services	$550,996	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,812	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$524,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$456,573	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,094	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$59,024	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,168	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,724	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,722	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,722	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$67,296	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,310	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,993	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,993	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Bank charges, Penalties and payroll processing fees	$114,496	$66,736	$32,717	$15,043
Telephone	$37,931	$30,985	$2,800	$4,146
Special events	$3,359			$3,359
Sub-Grants	$226,249	$226,249

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,156	TotalAmt
Program Services	$718	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$720	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$718	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,356,364	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,979,933	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$637,596	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$738,835	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,185,551	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,585,697	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,041,750	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,062,500	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,300	BOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$82,564	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$54,231	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$28,333	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,140,931	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,116,133	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,158,702	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,903,433	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,534,234	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,696,096	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$214,076	BOYAmt
EOY	$86,821	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$666,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$666,015	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$107,711	BOYAmt
EOY	$79,017	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$987,802	BOYAmt
EOY	$831,853	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,833,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,391,875	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,712,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,472,368	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,546,432	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,864,243	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,534,234	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,696,096	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$628,621	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$53,568	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,532,292	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,651,078	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,579,756	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,775,370	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,695,202	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$32,233,698	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,532,292	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,651,078	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,579,756	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,775,370	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,695,202	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$32,233,698	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$32,233,698	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$77	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$70	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$443	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$540	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$101	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,231	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$188,865	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$152	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$32,440	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$221,457	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$32,456,386	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99310	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99270	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$6,011	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$120,262	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$126,273	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$4,853,660	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$4,979,933	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$398,997	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$99,749	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$328,746	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$403,589	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$412,645	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$398,997	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,543,977	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$2,315,966	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$319,977	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$269,181	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$209,680	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$126,273	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$925,111	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$82,187	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$100,897	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$103,161	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$99,749	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$385,994	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$578,991	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$35,718	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$49,446	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$8,740	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$6,011	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$99,915	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$82,564	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$54,231	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$28,333	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$28,333	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Invst Program Related Org InvstProgramRelatedOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Investment in Subsidiary	Desc
Book Value	$3,116,133	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	C	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Program Rltd	$3,116,133	TotalBookValueProgramRltdAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Due from Affiliates	$1,803,572
Other receivables	$1,630
Security deposits	$98,231

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$1,903,433	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal income taxes
Due to Affiliates	$28,333
Due to Others	$50,684
Capital Lease Liability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$79,017	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,727,743	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,727,743	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,727,743	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,356,364	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,356,364	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,356,364	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt
FELICIA GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR
KATHLEEN MULLIGAN
DIRECTOR
JENNIFER HERMAN
DIRECTOR
WOONG CHANG
DIRECTOR
ABEL VALENZUELA
DIRECTOR

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Program Service Expenses 593,639, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 RESEARCH Building the High Road to Racial Equity Addressing Implicit Bias in the San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant Industry. ROC is conducting research to reduce the impact of discrimination against people of color in the restaurant industry as a way to increase their likelihood to gain meaningful employment.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 COLORS AND CHOW In Oakland, the construction ended at our Restore Oakland center. In addition, we launched ESL CHOW courses in DC, Seattle, and the Bay, and are increasingly offering focused CHOW courses on popular topics like bartender training, currently in NY, Michigan, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. Our CHOW school of training graduated more than 850 workers. In New York alone, more than 50 of the workers who graduated gained employment within 60 days. 100 workers placed in good jobs in New York represent more than 3,000,000 income for low wage communities of color.
Form 990, Part IX, Line LINE 11g	OTHER FEES FOR SERVICES INCLUDES PROGRAM MANAGEMET FEES - 402,592 CHOW INSPECTORS - 37,799 PUBLICITY STRATEGIST - 111,000 TEMP. HELP - 102,681 AND OTHERS PROFESSIONAL FEES - 87,616
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 11B	FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. MANAGEMENT AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW THE INFORMATION TAX RETURN AND ALL QUESTIONS DISCUSSED WITH THE CPA FIRM PRIOR TO SIGNING AND SUBMISSION.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 12C	THE ORGANIZATION MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY HAVING ANNUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, DISTRIBUTING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALY FOR SIGNATURE, OVERSEEING VENDOR LEDGER REPORT FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICT AND ENFORCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE AND BEST PRACTICES.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.