NonprofitsWorkers Defense Project Inc

Education

Workers Defense Project Inc

AUSTIN, TX

Total revenue

$3.8M

Total expenses

$3.1M

Net assets

$11.8M

Grants received

$16.1M

166 grants

EIN

352296166

Tax year

2023

Mission

Workers defense project is a membership based organization that empowers low-income workers to achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing, and strategic partnerships.

Programs

3 programs

Organizing: organizing is at the heart of all of our work, but through the organizing department we work to increase our base of members, provide leadership trainings to our current members and together run issue campaigns that help to improve the lives of workers and immigrants in texas.

Expenses: $882KGrants: $83K

Better builder policy: program we work to highlight the dangers of the construction industry in texas and work directly with developers or local governments to set high standards for worksites to ensure that workers are safe at the job and have good benefits that allow them to support their families.

Expenses: $1.3MGrants: $350K

Emergency assistance: provided critical resources and assistance to high-risk workers and community members impacted by the covid-19 pandemic.

Expenses: $10KGrants: $10K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$3.7M
Program service revenue$98K
Investment income$41K
Other revenue
Total revenue$3.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$443K
Salaries & benefits$1.9M
Fundraising$156K
Other expenses$673K
Total expenses$3.1M
Total assets$12.1M
Net assets$11.8M

People

14 listed

NameRoleCompensation

PARISA FATEHI-WEEKS

PRESIDENT

Board

1 hrs/wk

ISAAC FAZ

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Board

1 hrs/wk

CLAUDIA GOLINELLI

VICE PRESIDENT, WORKER B

Board

1 hrs/wk

ADRIAN RIZO

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOSE CABADA

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

PHILLIP SCHMANDT

ALLY BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

REBECCA RUTH WEBBER

ALLY BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARIA HUERTA

WORKER-BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARIO ONTIVEROS

WORKER-BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MYRNA MENDEZ

WORKER-BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHARON MEDINA

WORKER-BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MIRNA RODRIGUEZ

WORKER-BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LIZETH CHACON

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

EMILY TIMM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 166 of 166

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.2M
General operating support and project support
2024
$400K
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
2024
$165K
CLIMATE JUSTICE
2024
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$125K
PROMOTE POLICIES TO VALUE FAMILIES AT WORK
2024
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$100K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2024
$75K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING
2024
$55K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$50K
AFFILIATE STATE PROGRAMS SUPPORT
2024
$50K
501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$50K
CORE SUPPORT FOR SCENARIO PLANNING TO BUILD A MORE COLLABORATIVE ECOSYSTEM IN TEXAS
2024
$50K
Program Grant
2024
$33K
ADVANCING NELP'S MISSION THROUGH PARTNERS
2024
$30K
HEALTH AND WELFARE
2024
$30K
General support
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$15K
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2024
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2024
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE
2024
$10K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2024
$545K
General operating support and project support
2023
$400K
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING.
2023
$270K
Jobs and Family Economic Security
2023
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$150K
FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS WORK
2023
$125K
PROMOTE POLICIES TO VALUE FAMILIES AT WORK
2023
$118K
Program Grant
2023
$100K
ADVANCING NELP'S MISSION THROUGH PARTNERS
2023
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$30K
HEALTH AND WELFARE
2023
$30K
General support
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$20K
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2023
$20K
WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT 2023 HISPANIC IMPACT FUND AWARD
2023
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$10K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2023
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$1.1M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$815K
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
2022
$419K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$167K
enable the organization to achieve its mission to empower low-income workers achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships by providing general operating support
2022
$160K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$150K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$110K
PROMOTE POLICIES TO VALUE FAMILIES AT WORK
2022
$100K
ADVANCING NELP'S MISSION THROUGH PARTNERS
2022
$100K
Program Grant
2022
$90K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$79K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2022
$79K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2022
$70K
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2022
$55K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$45K
SUPPORT YOUNG WORKERS AND FAMILIES IN TEXAS
2022
$30K
General support
2022
$25K
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
HEALTH AND WELFARE
2022
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$16K
TOWARD APPROVED TANGIBLE ASSETS DESCRIBED IN OPEN FOR BUSINESS GRANT AGREEMENT
2022
$10K
CLIMATE JUSTICE
2022
$10K
To support nonpartisan civic engagement activities within their constituencies in the Fall of 2022.
2022
$203K
General operating support
2021
$167K
enable the organization to achieve its mission to empower low-income workers achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships by providing general operating support
2021
$50K
POWER UP TEXAS FUND
2021
$30K
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND COUNSELING TO LOW-INCOME WORKERS
2021
$28K
empower low wage workers
2021
$25K
Power Up Texas Fund
2021
$25K
WE ARE HOME/IMMIGRATION
2021
$25K
HEALTH AND WELFARE
2021
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2021
$15K
SUPORT WORKERS IMPACTED BY STORMS
2021
$6K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2021
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2021
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$500K
General support and core support for institutional strengthening
2020
$265K
SUBGRANT FOR HARRIS COUNTY ESSENTIAL WORK CAMPAIGN
2020
$250K
COVID Relief
2020
$225K
Core support to scale innovative models that address challenges facing working people in low wage industries, and to share lessons from these models with the broader Future of Work field
2020
$220K
Program Grant
2020
$200K
BUILD A BETTER TEXAS
2020
$180K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$180K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$166K
enable the organization to achieve its mission to empower low-income workers achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships by providing general operating support
2020
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$108K
General Support
2020
$104K
PROMOTE POLICIES TO VALUE FAMILIES AT WORK
2020
$100K
TO HELP LOW-WAGE, UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN AUSTIN, DALLAS AND HOUSTON STAY SAFE, HEALTHY AND FINANCIALLY STABLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY EDUCATING IMMIGRANTS ABOUT THEIR LABOR RIGHTS, WORKPLACE SAFETY, AND RESOURCES; PROVIDING IMMIGRANT WORKERS WITH LEGAL ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ISSUES; AND ADVOCATING FOR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES AND ASSISTING WITH POLICY ENFORCEMENT.
2020
$80K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$75K
NFA-FORD BORDER CHARGE
2020
$73K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$71K
WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT IS ACTING AS A FISCAL AGENT FOR THE AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY HISPANIC LATINO COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE
2020
$63K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$50K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$50K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$50K
COVID-19 Response
2020
$50K
COVID-19 Response
2020
$30K
Labor rights
2020
$30K
COVID-19 Response
2020
$30K
Labor rights
2020
$27K
Project Support
2020
$25K
HEALTH AND WELFARE
2020
$25K
Covid Donation.
2020
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE COVID-19 RESPONSE.
2020
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE COVID-19 RESPONSE.
2020
$18K
COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY FUND, FIGHTBACK
2020
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2020
$14K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$10K
To perform non-partisan voter mobilization efforts
2020
$10K
To encourage complete count of immigrant communities for 2020 Census
2020
$9K
Focusing on Census 2020
2020
$7K
PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT
2020
$7K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$5K
EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2020
$1K
PUBLIC CHARITY
2020
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$500
For general support as part of the matching gift or directed giving program
2020
$125
Matching Gift
2020
$55K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$50K
General Support
2019
$30K
HEALTH AND WELFARE
2019
$15K
ALL TOGETHER ATX
2019
$5K
ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME WORKERS
2019
$1K
General Operating Support
2019
$300K
BUILD A BETTER SOUTH
2018
$129K
PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT
2018
$41K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$25K
Contribution from Stan Marek
2018
$23K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. NO BENEFITS TO BE RECEIVED FROM THIS GRANT.
2018
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
2018
$20K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT, INC.
2018
$9K
Informative session and other
2018
$4K
WOMEN'S ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZING IN
2018
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$250K
improve conditions for working families in the American South by developing an overall profile of the construction workforce and determining the factors that most affect working conditions in the construction industry
2017
$33K
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS
2017
$6K
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017
$3K
EMPOWER LOW-INCOME WORKERS TO ACHIEVE FAIR EMPLOYMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, DIRECT SERVICES, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
2017

Funded by

$16.1M from 73 funders · 166 grants · 2017–2024

The Ford Foundation

$2.7M · 10 grants · 2020–2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$2.5M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$2.3M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

WK Kellogg Foundation

$1.0M · 5 grants · 2017–2023

Marguerite Casey Foundation

$650K · 7 grants · 2020–2023

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

$615K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Prudential Foundation

$500K · 2 grants · 2018–2020

NEO Philanthropy Inc

$488K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN352296166
NTEE codeB21
Subsection03
Ruling date2008-04
Formed2002
Employees14
Volunteers0
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