NonprofitsChange Elemental

Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Change Elemental

WASHINGTON, DC

Total revenue

$2.2M

Total expenses

$2.6M

Net assets

$3.6M

Grants received

$4.6M

51 grants

EIN

521305780

Tax year

2023

Mission

To provide consulting services to exempt organizations.

Programs

2 programs

The Prefiguring Futures Lab - The Prefiguring Futures Lab is a generator for power with and power within (and appropriate uses of power over)--for the be-how and know-how of advancing liberatory transformation. Rooted in the elements of liberatory transformation, it provides experiences, experiments, and practice--as well as some resources and tools--for tending to the being and doing of prefiguring liberation.

Expenses: $328K

Karl Mathiasen Capacity Building Fund - Change Elemental created the Karl Mathiasen Capacity Building Fund to provide subsidies to groups who need our assistance but cannot afford the full fees. Change Elemental raises money each year to support the KM Fund. The KM Fund helps social organizations at the national and community level to do what they do better by: (a) strengthening their clarity of purpose, (b) defining the most effective strategies to meet new challenges, and (c) structuring themselves more powerfully to make a difference.

Expenses: $5K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$761K
Program service revenue$1.4M
Investment income$86K
Other revenue$50
Total revenue$2.2M

Expenses

Grants paid$2K
Salaries & benefits$1.6M
Fundraising$85K
Other expenses$1.0M
Total expenses$2.6M
Total assets$3.9M
Net assets$3.6M

People

16 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Elissa Sloan Perry

Former Co-Director, Director Prefiguring Futures

Board

$160K

40 hrs/wk

Mark Leach

Former Co-Director, Senior Consultant

Board

$77K

25 hrs/wk

Sage Crump

Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Zulayka Santiago

Co-Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jen Willsea

Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marissa Tirona

Co-Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

David Greene

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ananda Valenzuela

Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Damon Azali-Rojas

Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Stephanie Gutierrez

Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tisch Tchume

Member

Board

1 hrs/wk

Aja Duncan

Senior Consultant

Staff

$152K

40 hrs/wk

Tamitha Walker-Mckinnis

Senior Consultant

Staff

$123K

40 hrs/wk

Delia Allen O'Brien

CoWeaver, Director of Finance and Operation

Staff

$120K

40 hrs/wk

Natasha Winegar

Coweaver, Director of Learning & Narrative Strateg

Staff

$108K

40 hrs/wk

Natalie Bamdad

CoWeaver, Senior Consultant

Staff

$105K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Aurora Commons Susan Misra

Consulting

$166K

Grants received

Showing 51 of 51

FromAmountPurposeYear
$100K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CHANGE ELEMENTAL
2024
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$400K
SUPPORT FOR DESIGN, FACILITATION, COACHING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, STIPEND ADMINISTRATION FOR COHORT 3 OF J.W. MACK FELLOWS
2023
$100K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CHANGE ELEMENTAL
2023
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2023
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$27K
TO PROVIDE EQUITY COACHING TO UP TO 10 GRANTEES WORKING TO OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY THROUGHOUT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF SEVEN GRANTS ON THIS DOCKET TO ORGANIZATIONS ACTING AS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE FUELING URBAN EQUITABLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
2023
$23K
SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATE VENUE LOCATION FOR JOHN W. MACK MOVEMENT BUILDING FELLOWS RETREAT
2023
$20K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$333K
79791 SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC INCLUSION OF FAMILIES BY ADVANCING CROSS-SECTOR AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
2022
$250K
SUPPORT FOR DESIGN, FACILITATION, COACHING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, STIPEND ADMINISTRATION FOR COHORT 3 OF J.W. MACK FELLOWS
2022
$243K
ONE-TIME PROJECT SUPPORT TO DESIGN AND EXECUTE A CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS FACING NEAR-TERM CHALLENGES AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONGER-TERM PLANNING AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
2022
$116K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CHANGE ELEMENTAL
2022
$115K
TO PROVIDE EQUITY COACHING TO UP TO 10 GRANTEES WORKING TO OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY THROUGHOUT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF SEVEN GRANTS ON THIS DOCKET TO ORGANIZATIONS ACTING AS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE FUELING URBAN EQUITABLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
2022
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2022
$20K
general support
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$11K
EVALUATING HEALTHNET'S COMMUNITY DOULA PROGRAM
2022
$10K
WE HAVE INVITED FORMATION, A FORMATION OF FOLKS WHO HAVE ONGOING WORK USING EMERGENT STRATEGY, TO SUBMIT A SHORT PROPOSAL SHARING A BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK AND HOW EMERGENT STRATEGY COACHING AND CONNECTION WITH OTHER EMERGENT STRATEGISTS COULD SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
2022
$10K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$10K
WE HAVE INVITED FORMATION, A FORMATION OF FOLKS WHO HAVE ONGOING WORK USING EMERGENT STRATEGY, TO SUBMIT A SHORT PROPOSAL SHARING A BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK AND HOW EMERGENT STRATEGY COACHING AND CONNECTION WITH OTHER EMERGENT STRATEGISTS COULD SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
2022
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF SERVICE PROGRAM
2022
$104K
SUPPORT FOR EXPANSION OF FACILITATION/COORDINATION/PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENT COHORT OF JOHN W. MACK FELLOWS
2021
$76K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CHANGE ELEMENTAL
2021
$5K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$319K
75947 Exploring the capacities needed by an ecosys
2020
$319K
75947 Exploring the capacities needed by an ecosys
2020
$300K
SUPPORT FOR FACILITATION/TRAINING/COACHING FOR THE JOHN W. MACK MOVEMENT BUILDING FELLOWS
2020
$120K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CHANGE ELEMENTAL
2020
$94K
EVALUATING HEALTHNET'S COMMUNITY DOULA PROGRAM
2020
$50K
TO BUILD UPON KRESGE'S FUEL PROGRAM INVESTMENT BY SUPPORTING THE COHORT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AS THEY ADAPT TO THIS CRISIS PERIOD, AND GROW COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
2020
$35K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2020
$25K
SUPPORT FOR THE JOHN MACK FELLOWS EQUITY POOL
2020
$15K
76165 Understanding different approaches to fundin
2020
$15K
76165 Understanding different approaches to fundin
2020
$15K
TRANSITIONS FUND GRANT
2020
$10K
EMERGENCY GRANT
2020
$10K
TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO 12 KRESGE GRANTEES WORKING TO OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY THROUGHOUT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF SEVEN GRANTS ON THIS DOCKET TO ORGANIZATIONS ACTING AS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FUELING URBAN EQUITABLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
2020
$35K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018

Funded by

$4.6M from 20 funders · 51 grants · 2018–2024

Weingart Foundation

$1.1M · 7 grants · 2020–2023

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$1.0M · 5 grants · 2020–2022

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$600K · 2 grants · 2022–2024

Borealis Philanthropy

$512K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Kresge Foundation

$352K · 6 grants · 2020–2024

The Ford Foundation

$243K · 1 grant · 2022

Hidden Leaf Foundation

$210K · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc

$120K · 3 grants · 2023–2024

Details

EIN521305780
NTEE codeS50Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1983-09
Formed1983
Employees12
Volunteers0
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