2019-11-14T11:49:13-00:00 2018-12-31 JACKSON FRIDAY CPA LLC 32 BROADWAY STE 1408 NEW YORK NY 10004 990 2018-01-01 010939141 RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC REST 2122436900 275 SEVENTH AVENUE Room 1703 NEW YORK NY 10001 SEKOU SIBY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2122436900 2019-11-14 true FRIDAY OVIAWE CPA 2125130103 2019-11-14 X 98.113.137.230 2019-11-14 15:49:01 ES P 05BC6D69A61017A93DAE43D2DBD616FEBA6E94EE 05BC6D69A61017A93DAE43D2DBD616FEBA6E94EE 2018 2020-03-31 21:24:44Z FEKKAK MAMDOUH 350 SEVENTH AVENUE 18TH FL NEW YORK NY 10001 3775910 false X www.rocunited.org X 2008 NY 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 6 6 97 300 0 9425135 3606306 154621 169064 443 540 152 0 9580351 3775910 0 0 3077459 3811934 0 713989 3114958 2808675 6192417 6620609 3387934 -2844699 11027101 10534234 312178 987802 10714923 9546432 X 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. false false 3216636 MEMBERSHIP In addition, we launched a Law and Organizing Department, which worked with Chris Williams and Sheila Maddali to conduct 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 2018, 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. In addition, we increased the number of RAISE restaurants to more than 850 by the end of the year. We began pilot consulting with 4 restaurants through our RAISE Training and Technical Assistance Firm. The program now includes informational materials and webinars and rapid response support from our Legal and Organizing Department, and has grown exponentially to include more than 400 restaurants and 13,000 consumers and restaurant workers. Our Raise work also include technical assistance and training by the Haas business school of Berkeley. 574326 THREATS TO RESTAURANT WORKERS ROC United focused on resisting the federal activities that could hurt restaurant workers. This includes helping defeat the department of labors decision to make tips the property of the owners. In addition, following approval from our Board and membership, ROC United was also a leading plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against President Donald Trump for violating the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution, although this case was dismissed in 2018, it was re-opened in 2019. We worked with RAISE restaurant members to draft statements, speak to the press, and even submit affidavits attesting to how the Presidents dual role as restaurant owner and President puts them in unfair competition with leader of the US and thus violates the Emoluments clause. 835391 ONE FAIR WAGE 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. 626554 5252907 true true false true false false false false false false true false true true 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 false true 38 0 true 97 true false false false false false false false false false false false false 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true true false false CA NY X THE ORGANIZATION 2122436900 275 SEVENTH AVENUE STE 1703 NEW YORK NY 10001 CHRIS MELODY DIRECTOR 001.00 X 0 0 0 MARIA FIGUEROA DIRECTOR 001.00 X 0 0 0 ABEL VALENZUELA DIRECTOR 002.00 X X 0 0 0 JENNIFER HERMAN CHAIRPERSON 003.00 X X 0 0 0 DAYNA CUNNINGHAM DIRECTOR 001.00 X 0 0 0 WOONG CHANG DIRECTOR 001.00 X 0 0 0 FEKKAK MAMDOUH CEO OF THE LLC 060.00 X 87356 0 6539 SARU JAYARAMAN PRESIDENT 060.00 X 2400 0 0 SEKOU SIBY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 060.00 X 114168 0 6539 DAVID C PALMER PROGRAM DIRECTOR 060.00 X 153717 0 5141 357641 18219 2 false false false 245 9199 115587 3481275 570 3606306 PROGRAM REVENUE 169064 169064 169064 540 540 3775910 169604 X 0 0 0 0 203924 101962 50981 50981 0 2937623 2197531 389476 350616 0 430059 360400 33343 36316 240328 175911 33695 30722 0 13907 13907 37614 12538 12538 12538 209680 209680 0 741688 656744 84944 16916 8570 8346 404364 324499 47200 32665 0 0 562716 528544 17086 17086 0 0 412212 358696 7145 46371 0 152255 152255 0 67609 33465 17072 17072 Bank charges, Penalties and payroll processing fees 137871 80943 38741 18187 Telephone 37922 30978 2799 4145 Postage and delivery 3870 2936 281 653 10051 3348 3356 3347 6620609 5252907 653713 713989 2565977 3185551 6454859 3041750 86006 7300 40063 40063 257764 2140931 1662495 2158702 11027101 10534234 187176 214076 666015 125002 107711 312178 987802 X 2373292 3833970 8341631 5712462 10714923 9546432 11027101 10534234 -2844699 1676208 X false true X true false X 7067201 3532292 9651078 9579756 3775370 33605697 7067201 3532292 9651078 9579756 3775370 33605697 33605697 91 77 70 443 540 1221 56063 188865 152 245080 33851998 0.99270 0.99130 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 8740 200940 209680 5043226 5252906 412645 103161 364403 328746 403589 412645 1509383 2264075 214138 319977 269181 209680 1012976 91101 82187 100897 103161 377346 566019 101893 35718 49446 8740 195797 false 40063 40063 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Investment in Subsidiary 2140931 C 2140931 Due from Affiliates 2054945 Other receivables 15526 Security deposits 88231 2158702 Federal income taxes Due to Affiliates 38963 Due to Others 68748 Capital Lease Liability 107711 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 626,554, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 RESEARCH As part of our Racial Equity Project, we developed a close partnership with high-profile restaurateurs in Oakland and Seattle to engage in an intensive desegregation process in the first half of 2018, along with conducting focus groups with restaurant workers on hiring bias, and conducting workshops and online tests with consumers and restaurant employers on implicit bias. For our childcare research, we conducted additional surveying in New York currently, as well as continuing discussions with the Tipping Point Lab in the Bay Area about piloting a worker childcare cooperative. In addition to the CKE report, we published a report on the connections between the Trump administration and the National Restaurant Association. 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, which also include a COLORS Restaurant. We are hoping to open the COLORS Oakland restaurant by January 2020. 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. 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