2022-09-15T10:02:35-05:00 2021-12-31 521392008 GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 800N BETHESDA MD 208142930 990 2021-01-01 522216665 SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS LEADING TOGETHER INC SOUT 3012701855 8403 COLESVILLE ROAD 1100 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 SIMRAN NOOR CHAIR 3012701855 2022-09-15 1 SIMRAN NOOR 999009999 RICHARD J LOCASTRO CPA P00288314 3019519090 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z SIMRAN NOOR 8403 COLESVILLE ROAD 1100 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 1079432 0 X WWW.SAALT.ORG X 2000 DE SAALT IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO RACIAL JUSTICE THROUGH STRUCTURAL CHANGE. 11 11 5 7 0 0 646070 1053667 10027 25500 25 16 3787 249 659909 1079432 5000 35237 0 0 386560 335319 0 0 92098 233482 319830 625042 690386 34867 389046 907973 1297767 18308 19056 889665 1278711 X SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS LEADING TOGETHER (SAALT) IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT STRATEGY AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO RACIAL JUSTICE THROUGH STRUCTURAL CHANGE, WHICH MEANS WE FOCUS ON TRANSFORMING INSTITUTIONS WHILE LEVERAGING INCREMENTAL CHANGE AS A MEANS TO SHIFT CONDITIONS AND POWER. WE DO THIS THROUGH FEDERAL POLICY AND ADVOCACY, LOCAL AND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, COALITION BUILDING (I.E. NCSO) AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. WE CONVENE DEDICATED SPACES FOR SOUTH ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL EDUCATION LEADING TO STRATEGIES AND NARRATIVES TO REALIZE OUR VISION. 0 0 114896 25000 COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION: SINCE THE PANDEMIC, SAALT HAS CONTINUED TO ADAPT ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL PARTNERS. WE CONTINUED TO OFFER VIRTUAL TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS ON THE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO OUR NATIONAL COALITION OF SOUTH ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS (NCSO) AND OTHER ALLIES. IN 2021, THIS INCLUDED ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING," "UNLEARNING CASTE SUPREMACY," "TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND THE FARMERS' PROTESTS, AND "HEALING THROUGH THE LAND." 91402 POLICY RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY: SAALT ENGAGED IN POLICY ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY ON KEY ISSUES AFFECTING SOUTH ASIANS, INCLUDING IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AND HATE VIOLENCE, AND THE CONTINUING IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ACROSS THESE ISSUES. SAALT PRESENTS COMMUNITY-BASED POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES. SAALT ALSO RELEASES POLICY REPORTS AND ISSUES BRIEFS ON VARIOUS TOPICS WITH UNIQUE ANALYSIS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF AUDIENCES, INCLUDING SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MEDIA, AND POLICYMAKERS. IN 2021, SAALT'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TRACKING POLICY DEVELOPMENTS IN IMMIGRATION, HATE VIOLENCE, AND COVID-19 RELIEF. SAALT FOCUSED ON MARKING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 THROUGH STORYTELLING AND NARRATIVE CHANGE BY HOSTING AN INTERACTIVE POP-UP INSTALLATION IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED "PROCESS 20 YEARS SINCE." THIS IMMERSIVE DOCUSERIES FEATURED THE VOICES OF TEN YOUNG SOUTH ASIANS WHO HAVE LIVED IN AN ENTIRELY POST 9/11 ERA. WE ALSO HOSTED A VIRTUAL SCREENING OF THE DOCUSERIES WITH OUR NETWORK AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LASTLY, WE HELD A JOINT CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING WITH JUSTICE FOR MUSLIMS COLLECTIVE WITH AN EXPERT PANEL OF FIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DEMONSTRATE THE LINGERING IMPACT OF OUR GOVERNMENT'S INITIAL AND CONTINUED RESPONSE TO 9/11, WHICH CRIMINALIZES MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. SAALT'S POLICY ADVOCACY ALSO ENCOMPASSED POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS PUSHING BACK AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISM CHARGES AND ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT SPYING AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM AS EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN WHITE SUPREMACIST VIOLENCE.IN AN EFFORT TO DEEPEN OUR COMMITMENT TO CASTE OPPRESSION OF SOUTH ASIANS IN THE U.S. SAALT JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON DALIT RIGHTS (ICDR) IN PRESENTING ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC), DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ON WHY CASTE SHOULD BE A PROTECTED CATEGORY UNDER CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.AS MORE CASES OF SOUTH ASIAN MIGRANTS ENTERING THE U.S. BOTH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN BORDER WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION EMERGED IN THE MEDIA, OUR WORK ON A MAJOR SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY CONDITIONS REPORT HAS BECOME EVER MORE URGENT. OUR RESEARCH PARTNER, SOUTH ASIAN LEFT ACTIVIST MOVEMENT (SALAM) DEVELOPED AN ACCESSIBLE MATRIX TO SUMMARIZE THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL PUSH FACTORS SUCH AS RELIGION, CASTE, AND POLITICAL OPINION TO HELP LAWYERS, ADVOCATES, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHY SOUTH ASIAN MIGRANTS ARE FORCED INTO PERILOUS JOURNEYS FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES TO THE U.S. WHERE THEY ARE LARGELY DENIED ASYLUM OR ENTRY. WE CONTINUED TO TRACK HATE VIOLENCE TARGETING SOUTH ASIAN, MUSLIM, SIKH, ARAB, AND MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. AND EXPANDED OUR WORK TO INCLUDE ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AS WELL AS HINDUTVA-LED (HINDU RIGHT) HATE VIOLENCE THREATENING MUSLIM, SIKH, DALIT-BAHUJAN, ADIVASI, AND OTHER MINORITIZED POPULATIONS IN INDIA AND THE DIASPORA. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ALLIES AND CREATED STRATEGIC ALLIANCES TO TRACK THESE EMERGING AND EVOLVING FORMS OF HATE VIOLENCE. SAALT CONVENED A MEETING OF THESE ALLIES BEFORE WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS IN 2021 TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL COVID-19 AID TO INDIA BEING INTENTIONALLY WITHHELD FROM CASTE OPPRESSED (DALIT, BAHUJAN, ADIVASI) AND RELIGIOUSLY MINORITIZED (MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN) POPULATIONS BY THE RULING PARTY NETWORKS IN INDIA. 71788 35237 500 PARTNERSHIPS: CURRENTLY 50 SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FROM REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES FORM THE NATIONAL COALITION OF SOUTH ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS ("NCSO") WHICH IS FACILITATED BY SAALT. COALITION PARTNERS RANGE FROM MEMBER-LED ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND VOLUNTEER COLLECTIVES THAT FOCUS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, GENDER JUSTICE, RACIAL JUSTICE, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND WORKERS RIGHTS. SAALT WORKS CLOSELY WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK AND LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERTISE TO INFORM OUR FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA. IN 2020, AFTER RECOGNITION THAT AN IDENTITY-BASED COALITION ALONE CANNOT MOBILIZE EFFECTIVELY, SAALT CREATED A SET OF SHARED VALUES FOR THE NCSO TO BRING MEMBERS INTO GREATER ALIGNMENT THROUGH POLITICAL EDUCATION, WHICH ENABLED US TO BRING ON A NEW AND VIBRANT SET OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS WHILE BIDDING FAREWELL TO OTHERS. 53768 COMMUNICATIONS: SAALT'S COMMUNICATIONS WORK IS FOCUSED ON INFORMING AND INFLUENCING THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON TRENDS IMPACTING SOUTH ASIANS TO MEDIA, STAKEHOLDERS, AND TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SHIFTING NARRATIVES ABOUT AND WITHIN SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. SAALT WRITES OPINION EDITORIALS, MAINTAINS A WEBSITE, AND ENGAGED IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH. WE CONTINUED OUR VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY BLOG ON MEDIUM, RELEASED QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS TO OUR SUPPORTERS AND THE PUBLIC, AND PROVIDE MONTHLY REPORTS AND ANALYSIS OF OUR VAST HATE VIOLENCE DATABASE, AND CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH. 53768 331854 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA MD NY X ROCHELLE HOWARD 3012701855 8403 COLESVILLE ROAD 1100 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 SIMRAN NOOR BOARD CHAIR (SEE SCHED O) 2.00 X X 3750 0 0 NAJI'A TAMEEZ TREASURER (SEE SCH O) (FROM 11/2021) 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SHRUTI GARG TREASURER (SEE SCH O) (UNTIL 11/2021) 2.00 X X 1750 0 0 SUMI DUTTA VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 1845 0 0 NIKITA CHAUDHRY SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DARAKSHAN RAJA BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 02/2021) 2.00 X 0 0 0 JAYEESHA DUTTA BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 4300 0 0 MAHEEN KALEEM BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MONEEK BHANOT BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SABRINA SINGH BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BIX GABRIEL BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 PUSHKAR SHARMA BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 DEEPA PANCHANG BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 LAKSHMI SRIDARAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 93082 0 10850 104727 0 10850 0 0 0 0 0 1053667 1053667 FEES FOR SERVICES 900099 25000 25000 REGISTRATION FEES 900099 500 500 25500 16 16 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 249 249 249 1079432 25500 0 265 X 35237 35237 115577 59454 42612 13511 187550 103637 43347 40566 7589 363 6736 490 24603 7145 14923 2535 2097 300 1797 49532 49532 131614 65944 46011 19659 7793 5027 1850 916 27458 11311 12038 4109 41759 17241 18324 6194 12059 5999 6060 352 352 5506 2829 1749 928 TRAINING & WORKSHOPS 21477 9970 8317 3190 DUES, SUBS. AND FEES 11197 6533 4664 MERCHANT FEES 4068 4068 PAYROLL SERVICE CHARGES 1473 1473 3445 864 2581 690386 331854 266434 92098 774808 1094214 100689 169278 14201 6069 14923 28206 1548 1548 352 0 3000 907973 1297767 18308 19056 18308 19056 X 327911 923956 561754 354755 889665 1278711 907973 1297767 389046 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1442106 303392 757856 646070 1053667 4203091 1442106 303392 757856 646070 1053667 4203091 1634104 2568987 665 25 16 706 7975 3787 249 12011 4215808 44967 0.60940 0.59170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 690386 690386 128558 32140 0 0 175054 140275 118756 128558 562643 843965 19037 4925 354 24316 43764 35069 29689 32140 140662 210993 1808 228 354 2390 1548 1548 0 0 X 1092682 13250 13250 1079432 0 1079432 703636 13250 13250 690386 0 690386 PART X, LINE 2: FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020, SAALT HAS DOCUMENTED ITS CONSIDERATION OF FASB ASC 740-10, INCOME TAXES, THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAS DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 DESI RAINBOW PARENTS AND ALLIES 3 RONEY ROAD EDISON NJ 08820 853352073 501(C)(3) 35237 0 FMV GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT 1 0 PART I, LINE 2: SAALT FISCALLY SPONSORED DRPA DURING 2020 AND 2021. DRPA SUCCESSFULLY FILED AND WAS APPROVED TO BECOME ITS OWN 501C3 ORGANIZATION IN MID-2021. SAALT GAVE DRPA THE FUNDS THAT WERE RAISED ON THEIR BEHALF, AND IT IS SHOWN HERE AS A GRANT. SAALT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY MONITORING TO THE FUNDS GIVEN TO DRPA BECAUSE THEY WERE DONATED BY INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INTENTION WAS THAT THE FUNDS WERE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR DRPA PROGRAMMING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND PROVIDED TO THE FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES. THE RETURN WAS THEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD BEFORE IT WAS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY STATEMENT ANNUALLY. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MONITORS THE PROCESS AND MAINTAINS ALL THE SIGNED STATEMENTS ON FILE. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AN INTERESTED PERSON DISCLOSES THE EXISTENCE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ANY DIRECTOR RECUSES HIMSELF OR HERSELF AT ANY TIME FROM INVOLVEMENT IN ANY DECISION OR DISCUSSION IN WHICH THE DIRECTOR BELIEVES HE OR SHE HAS OR MAY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. AFTER DISCLOSURE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND ALL MATERIAL FACTS, AND AFTER ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERESTED PERSON, HE/SHE LEAVES THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHILE THE DETERMINATION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DISCUSSED AND VOTED UPON. THE REMAINING BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DECIDE IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. IF THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE A MEMBER HAS FAILED TO DISCLOSE ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, IT INFORMS THE MEMBER OF THE BASIS FOR SUCH BELIEF AND AFFORD THE MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE ALLEGED FAILURE TO DISCLOSE. IF, AFTER HEARING THE MEMBER'S RESPONSE AND AFTER MAKING FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE MEMBER HAS FAILED TO DISCLOSE AN ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT TAKES APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY AND CORRECTIVE ACTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE PROCEDURE FOR APPROVING COMPENSATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DELEGATES A COMMITTEE CALLED THE "APPROVAL BODY", COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER COMPARABILITY DATA THAT MAY INCLUDE: A) EXPERT COMPENSATION STUDIES BY INDEPENDENT FIRMS, B) WRITTEN JOB OFFERS FOR POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, C)DOCUMENTED TELEPHONE CALLS ABOUT SIMILAR POSITIONS AT BOTH NONPROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND D) INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE IRS FORM 990 FILINGS OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE APPROVAL BODY MUST DOCUMENT ITS DECISION FOR THE APPROVAL, HOW IT WAS REACHED AND ANY ACTIONS TAKEN. THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW WAS DONE IN FEBRUARY 2020. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 65,944. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 46,011. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 19,659. TOTAL EXPENSES 131,614. PART VII, SECTION A FOUR OFFICER/BOARD MEMBERS WERE COMPENSATED FOR CONSULTING SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND NOT FOR THEIR SERVICE ON THE BOARD.