Education
Smartmeme Inc
OAKLAND, CA
Total revenue
$4.2M
Total expenses
$2.0M
Net assets
$5.0M
Grants received
$5.7M
40 grants
EIN
201897585
Tax year
2023
Mission
Smartmeme, inc. Dba center for story-based strategy (css) cultivates imagination spaces where story, grassroots leadership, organizing, and democracy are interwoven strategies to build power.
Programs
2 programs
CSS Network: CSS advanced its narrative strategy work through three key initiatives designed to build capacity and support leadership development for organizations. First, CSS convened a series of collaborative learning spaces & fellowships that fostered co-creation, relationship-building, and shared learning across organizations. These sessions focused on developing narrative initiatives and strengthening participants' proficiency in Story-Based Strategy (SBS) methods.
Partnerships: Healthy & Safe Schools: In the first year of a two-year initiative, CSS implemented a structured, multi-phase framework designed to support a cohort of organizations in the adoption and application of SBS methodologies. This initiative facilitated the development of a cohesive meta-narrative and integrated long-term communication strategies to strengthen campaign effectiveness and advance community capacity of participating organizations working to promote and grow healthy schools.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Expenses
People
13 listed
Paul Castro
Interim ED
$135K
32 hrs/wk
Reuben Tihi Hayslett
Board President
—
2 hrs/wk
Jamila Brown
Vice President
—
2 hrs/wk
Yee Won Chong
OutgngTreasurer
—
2 hrs/wk
Angus Maguire
Secretary
—
2 hrs/wk
Seng So
Secretary
—
2 hrs/wk
Kedar Reddy
Treasurer
—
2 hrs/wk
Sara Dillon
Outgng Secretar
—
2 hrs/wk
Michael Premo
Outgng Treasure
—
2 hrs/wk
Dallas Goldtooth
Outgoing Pres.
—
2 hrs/wk
Ivy Brashear
Board Member
—
2 hrs/wk
Nayantara Sen
Executive Dir.
—
32 hrs/wk
Zakiya Scott
Strategy Director
$101K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
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