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The Birth to Five Water Cooler, a statewide network of 500 early care and education advocates and providers ensures more coordinated and successful policy interventions with the state legislature. We are also working to ensure the newly implemented state school funding plan the Local Control Funding Formula helps improve the educational outcomes of students throughout California. In just 2014, Advancement Project was an integral part of securing more than $1 billion in school funding for Californias highest-need students, including English Learners, foster youth, and children 0-5. 1703611 Voter Protection: In 2015, Advancement Projects Voter Protection Project continued to work with grassroots partners representing communities of color in dismantling barriers to the ballot box, especially in advance of 2016, which will be the first presidential election without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act since it was enacted in 1965. We confronted a rising tide of attempted discrimination in voting, and had some victories, while seeing the need for continued and increased long-term voter protection work with our grass-roots partners in this climate. Our team of seasoned voting rights lawyers filed litigation, monitored election administration, educated our partners and corrected some problems as they arose. We worked in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia, investigating voting changes such as strict voter ID laws, cuts to early voting, moving polling places, initiating new forms of purging, changing voter challenge rules, registration procedures, and limiting access for Spanish-speaking voters. 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2) SUPPORT OF THE FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE NAACP'S EFFORTS TO PASS A BILL REVISING THE STATE'S ZERO TOLERANCE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE LAW; 3) WORK WITH THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TAXI WORKERS ALLIANCE ON THEIR EFFORT TO OBTAIN REVISIONS TO THE COUNTY TAXICAB CODE.3) DISCUSSIONS TO BLOCK REGRESSIVE ELECTIONS BILLS AND ADVANCE PROGRESSIVE ELECTION REFORM IN MO, FL AND PA STATE LEGISLATURES, AND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FEDERAL LOBBYING IN THE CONGRESS REGARDING PROPOSED REFORMS OF THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT AND THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT.4) ADVOCACY IN CONGRESS ON BEHALF OF DISPLACED RESIDENTS FROM THE GULF COAST AND SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING SYSTEM IN NEW ORLEANS AND NATIONWIDE. 849263 472543 376720 160125 154111 6014 382734 Deferred rent liability 361318 361318 12455272 -131821 354880 223059 12232213 12232213 12271527 354880 354880 11916647 11916647 false Advancement Project Justice Awards Lunch 206580 182392 24188 24188 206580 182392 24188 24188 24188 true POWER U CENTER FOR SOCIAL CHG 8330 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI FL 33138 020584196 501(c)(3) 33000 0 POLICING TIDES CENTER PO BOX 29907 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 943213100 501(c)(3) 38800 0 CRIMINAL YOUTH & POLICING PROGRAM 2 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Grant recipients are required to submit reports detailing the results of the project funded and expenditures incurred. 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X X X false false false false false false false false false false EDWARD HAILES SENIOR ATTORNEY 168848 5136 5074 179058 GIOVANNI COZZARELLI CFO 145578 4515 11358 161451 JENNIFER FARMER DIR COMMUNICATIONS 140867 11342 152209 JOHN KIM CO-DIRECTOR CA 169474 300 11330 181104 JUDITH DIANIS CO-DIRECTOR DC 198416 6193 11417 216026 KIMBERLY PATTILLO DIR EDUC EQUITY 137500 4125 16833 158458 PENDA HAIR BD MEM/CO-DIR 206417 5315 1268 213000 X 1 49973 MARKET VALUE false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse: Advancement Projects Ending-the-Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse Track Project focused on ending harsh discipline and the criminalization of children of color; greatly improved education outcomes in 2015, and continues to do so in several school districts, including in Colorado, New York, Mississippi, and Florida. Additionally, we support the national movement to end the school-to-prison pipeline by working alongside national stakeholders; as well as on the ground with local partners by offering communications, legal, policy, and organizing support to grassroots groups in states across the country; which includes bringing the issues that affect young LGBTQ people of color into the school-to-prison pipeline discussion. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: Educational Equity: The Educational Equity program expands educational opportunities and ensures appropriate school facilities for low income and disadvantaged children from birth through high school graduation. The Birth to Five Water Cooler, a statewide network of 500 early care and education advocates and providers ensures more coordinated and successful policy interventions with the state legislature. We are also working to ensure the newly implemented state school funding plan the Local Control Funding Formula helps improve the educational outcomes of students throughout California. In just 2014, Advancement Project was an integral part of securing more than $1 billion in school funding for Californias highest-need students, including English Learners, foster youth, and children 0-5. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: Right to Vote: The goals of Advancement Projects Right to Vote campaign are to: strengthen legal protection for voters; implement national standards for voting; and to rebuild the voting rights movement, utilizing the lofty goal of an affirmative right to vote; creating a stimulus of constant vigilance on voting rights. Last year, AP worked with Promise AZ in Phoenix, AZ, and the MO Voter Protection Coalition to advance a voting rights agenda rooted in movement building. In both states, AP worked to galvanize statewide coalition of grassroots partners to respond to hostile attacks against the right to vote by building a pro-active organizing infrastructure. AP is now spearheading a public opinion research project in Missouri, and exploring advocacy strategies to implement a community oversight board over election administration in Maricopa County, AZ. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 11: Strategic Communications: Advancement Projects strategic communications program adds capacity to state and local groups working to confront and dismantle structural racism. To create a more just democracy, Advancement Project combines carefully crafted legal, policy and communications strategies in support of grassroots movements. Since our inception, we have employed strategic communications to promote local reform efforts and to influence the national discourse on issues of structural exclusion. Through public opinion research, crafting winning narratives and messages, spokesperson identification and development, rapid response and pitching grassroots leaders to national media, we have positioned ourselves as a public relations firm for the racial justice movement. Our work includes the development of strategic communications plans, which incorporate both paid and earned media. We communicate with our audience through traditional and social media. The goal of our communications program is to empower local leaders and move the dial on the most pressing racial justice and civil rights issues of our times. We routinely develop echo chambers to capture hearts and minds, creating demand for change in policy and the law. We support our organizations work in voting rights, rights restoration for persons with prior felony convictions, immigrant justice, ensuring a fundamental right to vote in state and federal law, changing perceptions around youth of color, policing and ending the schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER STEVE ENGLISH AND BOD PRESIDENT MOLLY MUNGER ARE MARRIED. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD FOR REVIEW UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts THE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS IS CALLED FOR AT EACH BOARD MEETING. DIRECTORS WHO HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN A MATTER SUCH THAT IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, DISCLOSE SUCH INTEREST AND DO NOT VOTE ON THE MATTER. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED SALARY SURVEYS AND THE CFO AND THE TREASURER USED THEM TO ANALYZE THE COMPENSATION BEING AWARDED FOR DIRECTORS OF ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE AND PURPOSES. THE CO-DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT COMPENSATED PROPOSED COMPENSATION FOR COMPENSATED CO-DIRECTORS. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WHICH AFTER DELIBERATING MAKES ITS COMPENSATION DETERMINATION. THE AUDIT COMMITEE DELIBERATED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN MADE ITS COMPENSATION DETERMINATIONS FOR THE SALARIES OF THE CO-DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees THE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES IS FIRST BASED ON A 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THE ORGANIZATION'S CO-DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT ADDITIONAL INCREASES AS THEY SEE FIT. DURING 2015, THE ORGANIATION GRANTED ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR SOME EMPLOYEES TO BRING THEIR SALARIES UP TO COMPARABLE MARKET RATES. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B THE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES IS FIRST BASED ON A 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THE ORGANIZATION'S CO-DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT ADDITIONAL INCREASES AS THEY SEE FIT. DURING 2015, THE ORGANIATION GRANTED ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR SOME EMPLOYEES TO BRING THEIR SALARIES UP TO COMPARABLE MARKET RATES. FORM 990, PART X, LINE 29 - PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED $1,200,000 FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATING RESERVE. THE TERMS OF GRANT REQUIRE THAT THE FUNDS ARE MANAGED ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES DETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHOULD INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: (1) A POLICY OUTLINING THE GOVERNANCE AND USE OF THE RESERVE FUND, INCLUDING SPECIFYING THE NATURE OF THE INTENDED USES SPECIFYING CRITERIA JUSTIFYING USAGE OR BORROWING OF THE RESERVE FUNDS AS WELL AS PROCEDURES FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF BORROWING FROM THE RESERVE FUND, SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED, AND THIS POLICY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FORD FOUNDATION (2) THE POLICY DESCRIBED IN '(1)' SHALL PROVIDE THAT ANY BORROWINGS FROM THE RESERVE ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRCTORS (3) THE ORGANIZATION SHALL MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESERVE FUND POLICY THROUGH REGULAR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (4) THE RESERVE FUND SHALL BE PHYSICALLY SEGREGATED FROM ALL OTHER ASSETS AND IS TO BE REFLECTED SEPARATELY ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND SHOWN AS PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS (5) THE POLICY FOR THE RESERVE FUND SHALL SPECIFY THE ORGANIZATION'S INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY AND MODIFIED BASED ON ECONOMIC AND MARKET CONDITIONS AT THE TIME. THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY SHOULD REQUIRE THAT THE FUNDS BE CONSERVATIVELY INVESTED SO AS NOT TO LOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING THE RESERVE, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY THAT PUTS THE FUNDS AT RISK OR PREVENTS LIQUIDITY AND (6) THE RESERVE FUND'S MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO EXERCISE ORDINARY BUSINESS CARE AND PRUDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE RESERVE FUND UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF MAKING AN INVESTMENT, IN PROVIDING FOR THE LONG- AND SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO CARRY OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES.