NonprofitsPeople Power Initiatives Inc

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

Expenses: $100K

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.

Expenses: $15K

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

Contributions & grants$437K
Program service revenue
Investment income
Other revenue$525
Total revenue$438K

Expenses

Grants paid$12K
Salaries & benefits
Fundraising
Other expenses$403K
Total expenses$415K
Total assets$126K
Net assets$104K

People

6 listed

NameRoleCompensation

BEN COHEN

PRESIDENT/TREAS

Board

15 hrs/wk

DAL LAMAGNA

SECRETARY

Board

0

JUDITH WICKS

DIRECTOR

Board

0

RICHARD FOOS

DIRECTOR

Board

0

DANIEL GOLDBERG

DIRECTOR

Board

0

NINA TURNER

DIRECTOR

Board

0

Independent contractors

ERIKSON COMMUNICATION GROUP

CONSULTING

$187K

Grants received

Showing 12 of 12

FromAmountPurposeYear
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$435K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$81K
SUB-AWARD
2023
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$501K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$25K
Program Support
2021
$500K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT, UNRESTRICTED
2020
$21K
Program Support
2020
$9K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITIBLE PURPOSE
2020
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2019

Funded by

$2.7M from 7 funders · 12 grants · 2019–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$1.9M · 3 grants · 2021–2023

Ben Cohen Charitable Trust

$502K · 2 grants · 2019–2020

Integrity Media Nfp

$108K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Johns Hopkins University

$81K · 1 grant · 2023

Underdog Foundation

$46K · 2 grants · 2020–2021

Falconwood Foundation

$30K · 1 grant · 2020

The Joshua Mailman Foundation

$9K · 1 grant · 2020

Details

EIN462592029
NTEE codeR05
Subsection03
Ruling date2014-08
Formed2013
Employees0
Volunteers6
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