Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Colorofchangeorg Education Fund Inc
OAKLAND, CA
Total revenue
$15.0M
Total expenses
$15.8M
Net assets
—
Grants received
$46.3M
233 grants
EIN
455569879
Tax year
2023
Mission
Color of change.org education fund exists to empower our members - black americans and our allies to make decision makers more responsive to the concerns of black americans and to bring about positive social change for everyone.
Programs
4 programs
Culture and media engagement:color of change played a unique and effective role in transforming the impact of media in america by focusing on systemic change in the areas where we can have the most influence. We position ourselves in between media producers and the harmful media vehicles they would create by disrupting the chain of production that allows harmful media content to exist in the first place. At the same time, we push back and work to take existing harmful content off the air while supporting and promoting complex, humanizing, and varied portrayals of people of color.
Training and organizing:we trained local leaders on the basics of effective digital campaigning for racial justice as a way to sharpen campaigning strategies, amplify their community organizing efforts, and boost individual fundraising totals. We introduced them to organizefor and demonstrated how they could use the platform to launch real world change work and activate community members to take action; the organizefor" platform centers women, millennials, and youth organizing groups through outreach and training; simultaneously strengthening the digital infrastructure and earned media capacity of black-led nonpartisan organizations working on voting rights.
Criminal justice:color of change aimed to neutralize the political power of the opponents of criminal justice reform and to redirect the revenues they have been plundering from the system back into black communities that have been the most heavily devastated by mass incarceration. Additionally, color of change worked on rapid response education campaigns to shed light on the health crisis within our prison system due to the pandemic. We work to end unjust practices on social media platforms that promote misinformation and disinformation in black communities, ensure regulation of ai and new technology, and protect net neutrality. We advocate for economic policies to state and federal elected officials that advance economic opportunities and protect programs that impact black communities.
Media, democracy and economic justice:color of change's ongoing economic justice work holding corporations accountable, pushing to ensure that the wealthiest among us pay their fair share, and protecting the safety net of critical government benefits and services needed by the most vulnerable is aimed at ensuring that all americans are represented, served, and protected, regardless of race or class. Color of change has leveraged our members' voices to push back against corporations who are exploiting lowwage workers and partnered with groups on the ground fighting for paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage. During the pandemic, color of change was focused on pushing back against corporate overreach in economic policies and continued to identify and expose corporations that are members of organizations that advocate for policies that are harmful to black communities.
Financials
FY 2023
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People
8 listed
ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER
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2 hrs/wk
AMANDA BROWN LIERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
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2 hrs/wk
ANDRE BANKS
BOARD CHAIR
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2 hrs/wk
IAN FULLER
TREASURER
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2 hrs/wk
RASHAD ROBINSON
PRESIDENT
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20 hrs/wk
SARAH WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER
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2 hrs/wk
TRICIA ROSE
BOARD MEMBER
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2 hrs/wk
WAYNE JORDAN
BOARD MEMBER
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2 hrs/wk
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