NonprofitsFirstrepair

Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Firstrepair

EVANSTON, IL

Total revenue

$1.2M

Total expenses

$1.1M

Net assets

$583K

Grants received

$1.6M

17 grants

EIN

863191322

Tax year

2024

Mission

Firstrepair is a not-for-profit working nationally to educate and equip leaders, stakeholders, and allies who are advancing local reparation policies that remedy historic and ongoing anti-black practices.

Programs

3 programs

Firstrepair made 50 presentations at conferences, hearings, panels, and other speaking events, including the un permanent forum for people of african descent in geneva, a lecture series at the launch of the san francisco hbcu satellite campus, and a regional reparations retreat in tulsa, ok.

Expenses: $186K

The national resource center for state and local reparations is a home for the local reparations movement. The resource center hosts reparations-centered exhibits, artist talks, expert panels and public viewings of art and data to engage and inform the dialogue around racial healing and repair. The resource center library houses foundational materials on reparations.

Expenses: $122K

Firstrepair curates a range of commissioned arts and culture programming that showcases life with repair including exhibits and showcases, public art, music, documentaries, books, and digital media. Monthly strategy sessions build a network of informed and empowered local leaders equipped to advocate for reparations policies in their communities. Strategy sessions cover the principles of reparations,democracy and reparations,women in the reparations movement,legal and communication strategies, arts and culture, and more.

Expenses: $294K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.2M
Program service revenue
Investment income$12K
Other revenue$67
Total revenue$1.2M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$510K
Fundraising$99K
Other expenses$584K
Total expenses$1.1M
Total assets$600K
Net assets$583K

People

10 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ROBIN RUE SIMMONS

Executive Director

Board

$180K

40 hrs/wk

VICTORIA SHIRE

Chief Operating Officer

Board

$88K

40 hrs/wk

ELISA WALKER

Board Member

Board

$37K

40 hrs/wk

TONIKA JOHNSON

Board Member

Board

$8K

0.5 hrs/wk

COURTNEY Q JONES

Board Member

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

KAMM HOWARD

Board Member

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

CASEY LEWIS VARELA

Secretary

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JULIANNE M MALVEAUX

Board Member

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

MATTHEW R FELDMAN

Treasurer

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

AKINYELE UMOJA

Board Member

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 17 of 17

FromAmountPurposeYear
$128K
CROSSCUTTING STRATEGIES
2024
$100K
General operating support
2024
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR STATE AND LOCAL REPARATIONS
2024
$50K
Program Support
2024
$39K
EC2C Systems Change Distribution
2024
$10K
PROGRAM EXPANSION
2024
$316K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$130K
CROSSCUTTING STRATEGIES
2023
$100K
PROGRAM EXPANSION
2023
$75K
General operating support
2023
$50K
in support of convenings in communities exploring implementing local reparations programs, including screenings of the documentary film The Big Payback
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$30K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF FIRSTREPAIR
2022
$200K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021

Funded by

$1.6M from 10 funders · 17 grants · 2021–2024

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

$718K · 4 grants · 2021–2023

Policylink

$258K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$175K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

New Profit Inc

$110K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

T Rowe Price Program For Charitable

$100K · 1 grant · 2024

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$100K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Fund for Nonviolence

$50K · 1 grant · 2024

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc

$50K · 1 grant · 2023

Details

EIN863191322
NTEE codeR05
Subsection03
Ruling date2022-05
Formed2021
Employees7
Volunteers25
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