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Democracy At Work Institute

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Total revenue

$2.8M

Total expenses

$4.2M

Net assets

$2.2M

Grants received

$8.9M

53 grants

EIN

275265123

Tax year

2024

Mission

To expand the promise of worker ownership to communities most affected by social and economic inequality.

Programs

9 programs

Fiscally-sponsored projects - fiscally sponsored projects allow mission-aligned initiatives to access funding. We provide oversight and disburse funds incrementally over the course of the grant periods.

Expenses: $721KGrants: $631K

School for democratic management - as a field-building organization, dawi is committed to accelerating the work of the next generation of worker cooperative members, managers, developers, and regional partners by filling critical gaps in worker cooperative education via trends in online learning, regional cooperative growth, and the field's need for culturally-relevant content.

Expenses: $381K

Communications & field building

Expenses: $378KGrants: $5K

Worker ownership cities

Expenses: $318K

Rural projects/technical assistance

Expenses: $247K

Data & research

Expenses: $238K

Legacy fund

Expenses: $202K

Organizational development

Expenses: $116K

Wcc (worker co-op conference)

Expenses: $31K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.4M
Program service revenue$315K
Investment income$49K
Other revenue$2K
Total revenue$2.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$956K
Salaries & benefits$2.0M
Fundraising$71K
Other expenses$1.2M
Total expenses$4.2M
Total assets$3.0M
Net assets$2.2M

People

15 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JULIAN MCKINLEY

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$124K

32 hrs/wk

VANESSA BRANSBURG

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$122K

32 hrs/wk

ANH-THU NGUYEN

PROGRAM DIRECTOR/DIR.(THRU NOV)

Board

$98K

32 hrs/wk

ZEN TRENHOLM

PROGRAM DIR./SECRETARY (AS OF NOV)

Board

$97K

32 hrs/wk

OLGA PRUSHINSKAYA

PROGRAM DIRECTOR/SECRETARY(THRU NOV)

Board

$84K

32 hrs/wk

NINA STENDER

PROGRAM DIRECTOR/DIR.(AS OF NOV)

Board

$82K

32 hrs/wk

MARU BAUTISTA

PRESIDENT

Board

$11K

1 hrs/wk

MADDIE TATERKA

DIRECTOR

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

EULALIO GUEVARA

TREASURER

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

JESS ZIMBABWE

DIRECTOR (UNTIL FEBRUARY)

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE CHUNG

DIRECTOR

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

REBECCA LURIE

DIRECTOR

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

TERESITA SATTAR

DIRECTOR (UNTIL MAY)

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

SHEVANTHI DANIEL

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Staff

$109K

32 hrs/wk

MELISSA HOOVER

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Staff

$106K

32 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 53 of 53

FromAmountPurposeYear
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$250K
Workforce Development
2024
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER
$125K
EMPLOYMENT
2024
LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$60K
BUILDING ECONOMIC POWER
2024
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
$25K
82462 SITE VISIT DONATION
2024
Cooperacin Santa Ana
$24K
Cooperative development & advocacy
2024
SKOLL FUND
$15K
GENERAL NONPROFIT SUPPORT
2024
THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION
$810K
TO SUPPORT GUILDED STAFF CAPACITY AND GUARANTEED PAYMENT PROGRAM
2023
The James Irvine Foundation
$550K
To support cooperative development
2023
THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION
$500K
FOR CORE OPERATING SUPPORT TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE ECONOMY IN CALIFORNIA, PARTICULARLY FOR IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW-WAGE WORKERS, THROUGH ADVANCING THE FIELD OF WORKER OWNERSHIP, WITH ATTENTION TO WORKER COOPERATIVES.
2023
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$250K
Workforce Development
2023
WK Kellogg Foundation
$250K
Jobs and Family Economic Security
2023
PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN
$150K
HOMECARE COOP DEVELOPMENT
2023
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
$135K
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
2023
KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION
$100K
ARTIST PAYMENT ACCELERATOR PROTOTYPE & IMPLEMENTATION
2023
THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC
$100K
GUILDED
2023
THE BARRA FOUNDATION INC
$100K
CATALYST FUND GRANT
2023
LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$80K
BUILDING ECONOMIC POWER
2023
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$75K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
Cooperacin Santa Ana
$24K
Co-op Incubation
2023
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST
$15K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2023
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$10K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
EDWIN & ELAYNE GROSS CHARITABLE FND
$551
GENERAL USE
2023
The Kendeda Fund
$500K
Operations for Legacy Fund I
2022
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
$400K
79651 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY AT WORK INSTITUTE
2022
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$250K
Workforce Development
2022
WK Kellogg Foundation
$250K
build and accelerate national employee ownership efforts for larger-scale expansion as a racial equity strategy in several cities across the country
2022
WEINGART FOUNDATION
$200K
SUPPORT FOR THE CA WORKER OWNER COLLABORATIVE
2022
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
$154K
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
2022
PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN
$150K
HOMECARE COOP DEVELOPMENT
2022
THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION
$110K
GUILDED
2022
THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION
$110K
GUILDED
2022
WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES INC
$100K
CAPACITY BUIDLING
2022
RACE FORWARD
$75K
TO SUPPORT THE RAPID RESPONSE COOPERATIVE MODEL
2022
TRUIST FOUNDATION INC
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
JOYCE AND IRVING GOLDMAN FAMILY
$20K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR THE FARM GENERATIONS COOPERATIVE FOR GROWNBY
2022
WEINGART FOUNDATION
$5K
SUPPORT FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS NEEDS FOR UPCOMING SEEDING EQUITY CONFERENCE
2022
WK Kellogg Foundation
$600K
accelerate growth of minority-owned and minority-workforce businesses sharing ownership with employees and build funding streams to support growth, development and sustainability of worker ownership across the country
2021
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$152K
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
$129K
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
2021
JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESS EXPANSION
2021
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
WK Kellogg Foundation
$350K
accelerate growth of minority-owned and minority-workforce businesses sharing ownership with employees and build funding streams to support growth, development and sustainability of worker ownership across the country
2020
The Kendeda Fund
$300K
Legacy Business Investment Fund Setup and Launch
2020
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
$116K
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
2020
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
$100K
to provide general support
2020
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND
$11K
General support
2020
THE COOPERATIVE CHARITABLE TRUST
$5K
ENCOURAGE PURSUITOF EMPLOYEEOWNED BUSINESSES
2020
WK Kellogg Foundation
$300K
accelerate growth of minority-owned and minority-workforce businesses sharing ownership with employees and build funding streams to support growth, development and sustainability of worker ownership across the country
2019
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
$40K
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
2019
THE COOPERATIVE CHARITABLE TRUST
$8K
ENCOURAGE PURSUITOF EMPLOYEEOWNED BUSINESSES
2019
SOLIDAGO FOUNDATION
$150K
PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT
2018
WK Kellogg Foundation
$350K
develop proof of concepts in multiple cities that will advance employee ownership conversions in order to create and maintain sustainable, dignified jobs with a critical focus on minority-owned businesses and businesses with a substantial minority workforce
2017
SURDNA FOUNDATION INC
$250K
General support
2017

Funded by

$8.9M from 32 funders · 53 grants · 2017–2024

WK Kellogg Foundation

$2.1M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

$810K · 1 grant · 2023

The Kendeda Fund

$800K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$750K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Global Communities

$574K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

The James Irvine Foundation

$550K · 1 grant · 2023

The California Wellness Foundation

$500K · 1 grant · 2023

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$425K · 2 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN275265123
NTEE codeJ19
Subsection03
Ruling date2013-08
Formed2012
Employees18
Volunteers8
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