Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
People Power Initiatives Inc
BURLINGTON, VT
Total revenue
$438K
Total expenses
$415K
Net assets
$104K
Grants received
$2.7M
12 grants
EIN
462592029
Tax year
2024
Mission
Foster and promote economic and social justice.
Programs
3 programs
Up in arms:a four-year campaign to raise public awareness and support for a reduction in excessive pentagon spending and to transfer those funds to other priorities that fuel the american dream, like healthcare, childcare, and education. We developed campaign strategy and plan for new campaign that launched in 2025
Stamp stampede:a national movement with over 137,326 members dedicated to legally stamping messages on dollars to protest big money in politics and roadblocks to voting for minorities, students, disabled, and low-income people.- we recruited 117 new members- we maintained a website that logged 114,589 reported stamped bill sightings.
Assange defense:comprising human rights defenders, press freedom advocates, civil liberties lawyers, and supporters across the united states, assange defense organizes public rallies, provides educational resources, and raises awareness about the unprecedented prosecution against julian assange and the threat it poses to the freedom of the press in the u.s.- we produce public educational materials about press freedom for social media and website. - we helped organize and support over a 100 events nationwide including distributed events on world press freedom day and independence day. - we ran online public education ads about press freedom in the united states.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
6 listed
BEN COHEN
PRESIDENT/TREAS
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15 hrs/wk
DAL LAMAGNA
SECRETARY
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0JUDITH WICKS
DIRECTOR
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0RICHARD FOOS
DIRECTOR
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0DANIEL GOLDBERG
DIRECTOR
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0NINA TURNER
DIRECTOR
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0Independent contractors
ERIKSON COMMUNICATION GROUP
CONSULTING
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$2.7M from 7 funders · 12 grants · 2019–2024
$1.9M · 3 grants · 2021–2023
$502K · 2 grants · 2019–2020
$108K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$81K · 1 grant · 2023
$46K · 2 grants · 2020–2021
$30K · 1 grant · 2020
$9K · 1 grant · 2020