NonprofitsVoices Of Community Activists & Leaders-Vocal-Ny-Inc

Health Care

Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders-Vocal-Ny-Inc

BROOKLYN, NY

Total revenue

$13.1M

Total expenses

$8.9M

Net assets

$11.3M

Grants received

$13.4M

178 grants

EIN

134094385

Tax year

2024

Mission

To create healthy and just communities by building the power of low-income people affected by hiv/aids, mass incarceration, the war on drugs, and homelessness. It is accomplished through community organizing, campaigns & harm reduction services.

Programs

1 program

Harm reduction services - providing life-saving, low-threshold harm reduction services to people who use drugs. Services include syringe exchange, drop-in center, street-based outreach, health education, care coordination, and hep c testing & navigation.

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Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$13.0M
Program service revenue
Investment income$30K
Other revenue$61K
Total revenue$13.1M

Expenses

Grants paid$837K
Salaries & benefits$5.1M
Fundraising$425K
Other expenses$2.9M
Total expenses$8.9M
Total assets$16.8M
Net assets$11.3M

People

14 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JEREMY SAUNDERS

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$146K

40 hrs/wk

ALYSSA AGUILERA

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$143K

40 hrs/wk

HIAWATHA COLLINS

VICE CHAIR

Board

$15K

2 hrs/wk

WAYNE STARKS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARILYN REYES

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOVADA SENHOUSE

DIRECTOR THRU APR 2024

Board

2 hrs/wk

PEDRO BENITEZ

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

REGINALD BROWN

CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

NATHILYN FLOWERS ADESEGUN

TREASURER THRU APR 2024

Board

2 hrs/wk

PAULETTE SOLTANI

CO-DIRECTOR - TX

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

CATE GRAZIANI

CO-DIRECTOR - TX

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

JAWANZA WILLIAMS

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING

Staff

$113K

40 hrs/wk

ARASH DIBA MANAGING

DIRECTOR OF HARM REDUCTION SERVICES

Staff

$110K

40 hrs/wk

KIMBERLY SMITH

POLITICAL DIRECTOR

Staff

$110K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

GRF CPAS & ADVISORS

ADVISORY AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES

$158K

Grants received

Showing 178 of 178

FromAmountPurposeYear
$650K
POVERTY RELIEF
2024
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTERING CRIMINALIZATION PROJECT.
2024
$250K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VOCAL US (DBA VOCAL KENTUCKY) TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT IN KENTUCKY FOR IMPROVED POLICIES ON OVERDOSE PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, AND DRUG POLICY IN WAYS THAT BRIDGE URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
2024
$230K
AFFILIATE STATE PROGRAMS SUPPORT
2024
$203K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2024
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$200K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$181K
General operating support and project support
2024
$151K
OVERDOSE PREVENTION (OPIOID)
2024
$150K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-KY)
2024
$125K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMMING AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO RESPOND TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN NEW YORK CITY HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE.
2024
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VOCAL-TX TO BUILD A PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT AMONG LOW-INCOME PEOPLE TO END AIDS, HOMELESSNESS, MASS INCARCERATION, AND THE WAR ON DRUGS.
2024
$75K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.
2024
$60K
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUND
2024
$50K
To conduct non-partisan activities to increase voter participation.
2024
$50K
Program Grant
2024
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$40K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2024
$31K
BASEBUILDING TRAINING, CAPACITY BUILDING & NETWORK MGMT/INNOVATIONS - FIGHT BACK!
2024
$25K
501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$25K
Housing and Transportation
2024
$25K
PREVENTING OVERDOSE DEATHS
2024
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE.
2024
$20K
ORGANIZING IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING JUSTICE POLICY
2024
$16K
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$16K
FOR VOCAL-KY: CANVASSING STIPENDS, LITERATURE PRINTING, MAIL, TEXTING, AND STAFF TIME.
2024
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$10K
SUBGRANT
2024
$8K
CHARITABLE SUPPORT. ANY RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE GRANTEE.
2024
$7K
Organizing -
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$250
UPSTATE DOWNSTATE HOUSING ALLIANCE
2024
$500K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$500K
POVERTY RELIEF
2023
$401K
General operating support and project support
2023
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$201K
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VOCAL US (DBA VOCAL KENTUCKY) TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT IN KENTUCKY FOR IMPROVED POLICIES ON OVERDOSE PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, AND DRUG POLICY IN WAYS THAT BRIDGE URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
2023
$155K
TO BUILD A UNIFIED STATEWIDE NETWORK OF HARM REDUCTION PROVIDERS ACROSS NEW YORK; BUILDER SPONSORSHIP.
2023
$125K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR VOCAL-KY FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN KENTUCKY
2023
$120K
ALLIANCE FOR HOUSING JUSTICE
2023
$100K
OVERDOSE PREVENTION (OPIOID)
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE UPSTATE DOWNSTATE HOUSING ASSOCIATION COALITION
2023
$100K
FOR VOCAL-TX
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VOCAL-TX TO BUILD A PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT AMONG LOW-INCOME PEOPLE TO END AIDS, HOMELESSNESS, MASS INCARCERATION, AND THE WAR ON DRUGS.
2023
$90K
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUND
2023
$90K
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES - CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2023
$88K
AFFILIATE STATE PROGRAMS SUPPORT
2023
$73K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$73K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$67K
STRENGTHENING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOLSTER SERVICES
2023
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-TX) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness in order to create healthy and just communities.
2023
$20K
GOTV/Voter Registration
2023
$18K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$15K
2023
$10K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR VOCAL-KY FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN KENTUCKY
2023
$10K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$10K
VOTER ENGAGEMENT
2023
$7K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2023
$7K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$7K
L01 ALLIANCE/ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
2023
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$250
Matching Gifts
2023
$700K
POVERTY RELIEF
2022
$350K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VOCAL US (DBA VOCAL KENTUCKY) TO BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT IN KENTUCKY FOR IMPROVED POLICIES ON OVERDOSE PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, AND DRUG POLICY IN WAYS THAT BRIDGE URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
2022
$300K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$268K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$200K
OVERDOSE PREVENTION (OPIOID)
2022
$200K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
$150K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2022
$140K
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY GRANT
2022
$100K
Alliance for Housing Justice
2022
$84K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$75K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY)
2022
$73K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$70K
AFFILIATE STATE PROGRAMS SUPPORT
2022
$65K
BLUE STATE PROJECT SUBGRANT C3
2022
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
SUPPORT HEALTH ISSUES
2022
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$18K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$16K
BASEBUILDING - TRAINING, CAPACITY BUILDING & NETWORK MGMT/INNOVATIONS - FIGHT BACK!
2022
$10K
Climate and Housing Justice
2022
$10K
Climate and Housing Justice
2022
$8K
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS.
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$107K
General operating support
2021
$100K
Alliance for Housing Justice
2021
$73K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$70K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$61K
TO IMPROVE LIVES AND REDUCE STIGMA, LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS IN NYS, AND GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAT IN PRISONS/JAILS IN NYS AND TO PROMOTE A HEALTH EQUITY APPROACH TO DRUG USE IN NEW YORK BY COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY AND ADVOCACY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT CAMPAIGNS AND PRODUCE POLICY-RELEVANT MATERIALS.
2021
$39K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$39K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$19K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT (BLACK LED ORGS)
2021
$150
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$215K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY)-NY
2020
$200K
General support and core support for its Statewide Power Building and Civic Engagement Campaigns
2020
$70K
TO SUPPORT THE UPSTATE DOWNSTATE HOUSING ALLIANCE
2020
$70K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$53K
TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE FOLLOWING DRUG POLICY REFORMS: UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HARM REDUCTION TOOLS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT), AND SECURING CRITICAL RESOURCES AND WINNING LEGISLATION FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS DURING COVID-19 AND GALA SPONSORSHIP
2020
$50K
The Criminal Justice Fund
2020
$50K
ISSUE EDUCATION
2020
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$49K
Alliance for Housing Justice
2020
$40K
AFFILIATE STATE PROGRAMS SUPPORT
2020
$33K
COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY FUND
2020
$31K
Annual Suuport
2020
$25K
General operating support
2020
$20K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$15K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2020
$10K
SUPPORT POLICY ADVOCACY
2020
$10K
General operating support
2020
$9K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$7K
Capacity Building
2020
$7K
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$6K
GENERAL
2020
$5K
PRIMARY PURPOSE
2020
$5K
TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND BLACK-LED ORGANIZATIONS IN COMBATING SYSTEMIC RACISM, POLICE BRUTALITY, AND ADVANCING THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES.
2020
$5K
PRIMARY PURPOSE
2020
$75K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$70K
TO BUILD POWER AND EXECUTE A CAMPAIGN TO WIN PASSAGE OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
2019
$56K
Advocacy Local, LEADERSHIP DEVLOPMENT
2019
$12K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$125K
Campaign engagement, base building, advocacy, and leadership development for #FREEnewyork and CLOSErikers campaigns.
2018
$70K
AIDS PREVENTION/CARE
2018
$60K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$28K
MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES
2018
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$50K
SUPPORT FOR VOCAL'S COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK TO ADVANCE DRUG POLICY REFORM.
2017

Funded by

$13.4M from 70 funders · 178 grants · 2017–2024

The Ford Foundation

$2.1M · 33 grants · 2020–2024

Robin Hood Foundation

$1.9M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$991K · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$650K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Brooklyn Community Foundation

$570K · 8 grants · 2020–2023

Vital Strategies Inc

$452K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Borealis Philanthropy

$440K · 3 grants · 2020–2024

People's Action Institute

$428K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN134094385
NTEE codeE60
Subsection03
Ruling date2002-06
Formed2000
Employees76
Volunteers5200
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