2015-01-12T16:16:21-06:00 2014-06-30 043195921 SANDBERG & CREEDEN PC 331 PAGE ST STE 2 STOUGHTON MA 020721172 990EZ 2013-07-01 043203910 HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC HOME 6174971595 1151 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 CHERYL JORDAN PRESIDENT 6174971595 2014-10-27 true THERESA J CREEDEN P00747568 7813440850 2014-12-29 2013 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z X WWW.SPARECHANGENEWS.NET X X 145636 X 93162 52474 145636 37007 34495 14865 26644 18316 131327 14309 17490 31799 X 14508 30832 10298 4290 24806 35122 7316 3323 17490 31799 X EVERY TWO WEEKS, PUBLISH A SELF-HELP NEWSPAPER, "SPARE CHANGE NEWS," TO ALLOW VENDORS TO EARN A DIGNIFIED, INDEPENDENT INCOME. PUBLISH WRITING AND ART BY HOMELESS AND OTHER LOW-INCOME CREATIVE PEOPLE. SHARE INSIGHTS WITH READERS TO PROMOTE EMPATHY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. SELLING SPARE CHANGE NEWS PROVIDES SELF-EMPLOYMENT TO HOMELESS AND LOW- INCOME INDIVIDUALS. VENDORS (SALESPEOPLE) PAY 0.35 FOR EACH COPY, SELLING THEM FOR 1.00, WHICH PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED INCOME AND THE PRIDE IN HAVING AN HONORABLE JOB, OFTEN FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND MAINSTREAM WORK. ABOUT 91 VENDORS ARE NOW REGISTERED, 50 OF WHOM REGULARLY SELL THE PAPER EVERY ISSUE. THE TABLE BELOW DESCRIBES THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. SEX: 81% MAILE/ 19% FEMALE AGE: 21% 60 YRS AND OLDER/ 45% 50 - 59 YRS/ 19% 40- 49YRS/5% 30-39 YRS/ 5% 20 - 29 URS 5% NO RESPONSE ETHNICITY: 48% AFRICIAN-AMERICAN/ 34% WHITE/ 1% NATIVE AMERICAN/10% OTHER/ 8% NO RESPONSE HOUSING: 15% FORMERLY HOMELESS/ 74% HOMELESS/SHELTERED DISABILITIES: 46% NO DISABILITY/ 48% DISABLED/ 5% NO RESPONSE THE WRITERS FUND EACH ISSUE OF SPARE CHANGE NEWS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO OR THREE VENDORS AND LOW-INCOME WRITERS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK. THEY EARN 50 PER PUBLISHED PIECE, ALLOWING THE INTERESTED PUBLIC TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THESE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. LAST YEAR WE PUBLISHED 14 WRITERS AND ARTISTS UNDER THIS PROGRAM. MOST PUBLISHED MULTIPLE TIMES, FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 129 PIECES. THE PAPER SPARE CHANGE NEWS IS PUBLISHED TO INFORM THE INTERESTED PUBLIC ABOUT CAUSES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, TO DESCRIBE FIRSTHAND REALITIES FACED BY POOR PEOPLE, AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN GENERAL. 81638 81638 CHERYL JORDAN PRESIDENT 4.00 0 SAMUEL WEEMS VICE PRESIDE 4.00 0 BOB WOODBURY TREASURER 4.00 0 KATHERINE WAITE CLERK (NON V 2.00 0 CHRISTOPHER MCKNETT TRUSTEE 2.00 0 JOSE MATEO TRUSTEE 2.00 0 MICHAEL MORISY TRUSTEE 2.00 0 JAMES SHEARER TRUSTEE 2.00 1300 MARC GOLDFINGER TRUSTEE 2.00 800 ALGIA BENJAMIN TRUSTEE 2.00 0 DAVID LESLIE TRUSTEE 2.00 0 MICHAEL DOORE ASST CLERK N 2.00 0 VINCENT FLANAGAN EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 10673 ANDY AARON-BURKE SEC/TRUSTEE 2.00 0 false false false false false false false false false MA CORPORATION 1151 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 6174971595 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 70937 66781 89335 78360 93162 398575 48369 45517 35222 42964 52474 224546 119306 112298 124557 121324 145636 623121 7200 6000 13200 7200 6000 13200 609921 119306 112298 124557 121324 145636 623121 0.97880 0.98760 0.00000 X SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETES SCHEDULE A PART III AS A 509 (A)(2) ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN A 509(A)(1) ORGANIZATION AS NOTED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S DETERMINATION LETTER BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES ITS ACTIVITIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DEFINITION IN SCH A, PART 1, ITEM 9. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED MORE THAN 33 1/3% OF ITS SUPPORT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS AND GROSS RECEIPTS FROM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ITS EXEMPT FUNCTION AND NOT MORE THAN 33 1/3% OF ITS SUPPORT FROM GROSS INVESTMENT INCOME AND UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERTISING 862 BANK CHARGES 103 DUES & SUBSCRIPTION 618 SUPPLIES 3,016 PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES 1,126 MEALS 490 SPECIAL EVENTS 4,771 TELEPHONE AND INTERNET 2,523 WEB HOSTING 133 TRAVEL 23 CONFERENCE AND MEETING EXP 60 LIABILITY INSURANCE 2,730 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 1,861 TOTAL 18,316 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 2,878 90 PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES 3,363 2,004 6,174 6,174 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 2,117 3,978 TOTAL 10,298 4,290 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 7,316 3,323 FORM 990-EZ, PART III EVERY TWO WEEKS, PUBLISH A SELF-HELP NEWSPAPER, "SPARE CHANGE NEWS," TO ALLOW VENDORS TO EARN A DIGNIFIED, INDEPENDENT INCOME. PUBLISH WRITING AND ART BY HOMELESS AND OTHER LOW-INCOME CREATIVE PEOPLE. SHARE INSIGHTS WITH READERS TO PROMOTE EMPATHY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 SELLING SPARE CHANGE NEWS PROVIDES SELF-EMPLOYMENT TO HOMELESS AND LOW- INCOME INDIVIDUALS. VENDORS (SALESPEOPLE) PAY 0.35 FOR EACH COPY, SELLING THEM FOR 1.00, WHICH PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED INCOME AND THE PRIDE IN HAVING AN HONORABLE JOB, OFTEN FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND MAINSTREAM WORK. ABOUT 91 VENDORS ARE NOW REGISTERED, 50 OF WHOM REGULARLY SELL THE PAPER EVERY ISSUE. THE TABLE BELOW DESCRIBES THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. SEX: 81% MAILE/ 19% FEMALE AGE: 21% 60 YRS AND OLDER/ 45% 50 - 59 YRS/ 19% 40- 49YRS/5% 30-39 YRS/ 5% 20 - 29 URS 5% NO RESPONSE ETHNICITY: 48% AFRICIAN-AMERICAN/ 34% WHITE/ 1% NATIVE AMERICAN/10% OTHER/ 8% NO RESPONSE HOUSING: 15% FORMERLY HOMELESS/ 74% HOMELESS/SHELTERED DISABILITIES: 46% NO DISABILITY/ 48% DISABLED/ 5% NO RESPONSE THE WRITERS FUND EACH ISSUE OF SPARE CHANGE NEWS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO OR THREE VENDORS AND LOW-INCOME WRITERS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK. THEY EARN 50 PER PUBLISHED PIECE, ALLOWING THE INTERESTED PUBLIC TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THESE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. LAST YEAR WE PUBLISHED 14 WRITERS AND ARTISTS UNDER THIS PROGRAM. MOST PUBLISHED MULTIPLE TIMES, FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 129 PIECES. THE PAPER SPARE CHANGE NEWS IS PUBLISHED TO INFORM THE INTERESTED PUBLIC ABOUT CAUSES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, TO DESCRIBE FIRSTHAND REALITIES FACED BY POOR PEOPLE, AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN GENERAL. CHERYL JORDAN SAMUEL WEEMS BOB WOODBURY KATHERINE WAITE CHRISTOPHER MCKNETT JOSE MATEO MICHAEL MORISY JAMES SHEARER MARC GOLDFINGER ALGIA BENJAMIN DAVID LESLIE MICHAEL DOORE VINCENT FLANAGAN ANDY AARONBURKE