2023-05-03T08:06:28-07:00 2022-12-31 541908007 Kirby & Associates PC 4120 E Parham Rd Ste B Richmond VA 23228 990 2022-01-01 833596756 VIRGINIA COMMUNITY VOICE INC VIRG 7576524555 PO BOX 26972 RICHMOND VA 23261 LEA WHITEHURST Executive Dir. 2023-05-03 true LEA WHITEHURST 999009999 true Phillip J Kirby Jr P00177358 8046727650 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z LEA WHITEHURST 827667 false X www.vacommunityvoice.org X 2019 VA TO EQUIP NEIGHBORS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO REALIZE THEIR VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO PREPARE INSTITUTIONS TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY 8 8 10 0 505782 592720 262590 234947 0 125 0 768497 827667 0 0 293221 491270 0 44611 196204 146997 489425 638267 279072 189400 448591 617357 80534 5834 368057 611523 TO EQUIP NEIGHBORS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO REALIZE THEIR VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO PREPARE INSTITUTIONS TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY false false 519164 Housing EquityIn 2022 VACV engaged dozens of neighbors in monthly meetings of the Housing and Greening Working Groups, and used the Equitable Development Scorecard to drive conversations about redevelopment of the old Oak Grove school. The scorecard is a tool to score new developments on Richmonds Southside, and prompt a conversation with the developer or the city about how to bring that project more in line with community priorities for the built environment, green space, jobs, safety, traffic, etc.Environmental JusticeWe engaged approximately 20 neighbors through two Greening Working Groups (English & Spanish) which met monthly in 2022. Over the past year, this group built a foundation for well-informed decision-making and fostered the ability of community members to make decisions and vet greening projects on the Southside. The Greening Working Group was representative of the local demographics of Southside with even greater engagement among Spanish-speaking neighbors than we have had in the past, due in large part to the fact that we hired a dedicated Latine Community Advocate: 36% Black, 55% Latine/x, and 9% White. We also mobilized dozens of neighbors and volunteers throughout the year in clean up days and tree planting. The Greening Working Group is now starting to draft a Community-Rooted Greening plan to ensure that implementation of the Citys RVAgreen 2050 Climate Action Plan and other climate resilience work is in alignment with South Richmonders priorities.Community Engagement & Leadership DevelopmentThe RVA Thrives Steering Committee, which is 100% Black, met monthly and continued to identify and study priority issues across neighborhoods with a focus on safety and policing. They reviewed community surveys, participated in one-to-one conversations with staff to share their views on the new leadership academy and healing hubs, and mobilized residents within their individual neighborhoods to participate in clean up days.VACV started a listening process to understand what Southside neighbors want from a leadership academy and healing hub and are halfway toward our goal of 100 responses, of which 50% are from Black and 50% are from Latine neighbors. We plan to start the leadership academy in the fall of 2023. In 2022 we hired a bilingual director and designed a community survey which went through many iterations and reviews by neighbors before being launched. We have also had dozens of one-to-one conversations and interviews with neighbors about the leadership program. We started collecting responses in late 2022 and will continue through the spring of 2023, until we have at least 100 responses. So far we have heard that priorities for change or improvement on the Southside include safety, better infrastructure, affordable childcare, and programs for youth and seniors. Most respondents would like to participate in leadership training and want topics such as how to gather community support for change, connecting with community members to find common ground, understanding city government, and how to find and use data in advocacy. We will continue to listen and learn, and start a small working group to design the leadership academy curriculum while also testing out a few workshops this summer / fall.Youth EngagementYEER stands for Youth Empowerment through Eviction Research. Through YEER, young leaders on Richmond's Southside gain graduate-level participatory action research skills, learn how to craft research questions, and design and implement research methods. In 2022, youth conducted community-based research to understand whether the Citys Eviction Diversion program was successful and they concluded that it was!ARCA stands for Art, Racial Reconciliation, and Civic Advocacy. ARCA is a youth arts summer program led by RVA artists Hamilton Glass and Alfonso Perez. Over the past 4 years, young people have designed traffic-calming street art and advocated to the City of Richmond for permission to paint murals at busy intersections on Richmond's Southside. In 2022, 100% of youth in the ARCA program were Latine, and together they painted benches and signs for the new Broad Rock Creek Park. YEER stands for Youth Empowerment through Eviction Research.Community HealingWe are working on securing a building for the South Richmond Center for Well-Being, a space for healing the bodies, minds, and spirits of people in the historically marginalized Black and Hispanic neighborhoods on Richmonds Southside. We have observed that when people are well, physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually, they can more fully show up to resist oppression and affect positive change in their communities. VACV is developing a Center for Well-Being/Centro de Bienestar to prioritize healing the mind, body and spirit of South Richmond. In 2022, we started a listening process to understand what neighbors would like to see in a community wellness center. So far we have heard that people want a place that is safe and clean, inclusive and designed for the community, a peaceful place, with community gardens, where they can gather with friends and family. People want to access medical and mental health services, activities for physical well-being, yoga, meditation, etc. We will continue the listening process this year while also trying to buy the old Ruffin Road Elementary School building as a site for the healing hub.Equity in PracticeSeeking a way to scale our model of community engagement, Virginia Community Voice wrote and published a guide called Community Voice Blueprint which has been downloaded and shared by hundreds of people across the country. The Blueprint outlines our four-stage process of equitable community engagement:-Listen, to identify community strengths & challenges;-Connect, to organize people around key issues;-Craft, to collaborate on equitable solutions; and,-Reflect, to gather feedback for impact and improvement.VACV has developed training, coaching, and an Organizational Equity Improvement Process based on our model of equitable engagement. More than 300 people from more than 150 different institutions in the Richmond region, state of Virginia and the U.S. have been trained by VACV since fall 2019 and 3 organizations have participated in our year-long Organizational Equity Improvement process. More than 90% of participants say they would recommend our training to their colleagues. Additionally, coaching and Organizational Equity Improvement process clients have shared that this work has been highly transformative for their organizational culture.In 2022, Virginia Community Voice trained 39 unique organizations and more than 200 people. 519164 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true false true true false X KIRBY ASSOCIATES CPA 8046727650 4120 E PARHAM RD SUITE B HENRICO VA 23228 LEA WHITEHURST-GIBSON Board President 40.00 0.00 X X 80282 0 0 NELSON REVELEY PhD Board Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MEGAN JULEFS PhD Board Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 EBONY WALDEN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LORI RUFFIN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMELIA LIGHTNER Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALFONSO PEREZ ACOSTA Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH LIM BROOKS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 80282 0 false false false 0 592720 592720 Contracts 5000 5000 Services 202447 202447 Training & Coaching 27500 27500 234947 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 827667 234947 0 0 0 0 80281 64225 8028 8028 0 356619 285297 35661 35661 0 18919 15135 3784 35451 28360 7091 0 1500 1500 4980 4980 0 0 0 1057 1057 3476 2784 692 9226 2307 5997 922 0 0 0 1358 1086 272 0 0 0 0 639 639 3478 3478 Program Expenses 105741 105741 Grant Expense 8070 8070 Dues & Subscriptions 3854 3083 771 Education & Training 935 935 2683 2141 542 638267 519164 74492 44611 416020 512855 0 0 20192 81055 0 0 0 0 0 5351 4112 1878 1239 0 0 0 0 10501 22208 448591 617357 2939 2939 77595 2895 80534 5834 X 368057 611523 368057 611523 448591 617357 X 189400 54066 X false false false X 236922 200422 505782 592720 1535846 97193 63102 262590 234947 657832 0 0 0 334115 263524 768372 827667 2193678 0 0 2193678 0 0 0 0 334115 263524 768372 827667 2193678 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3857 3085 772 1494 1027 467 1239 Payroll Liabilities 2895 2895 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is sent to the President from the tax preparer, The President then sends the 990 to the board members for review and approval. Any questions or comments are discussed with the tax preparer. After the questions have been answered the 990 is approved by the board and filed by the tax preparer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Compensation for the President is determined by board. It is then entered in the budget and approved by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The compensation of other officers and key employees are submitted to the board by the President. The board then reviews and approves the compensation for each officer and employee. The salaries are then entered on the budget which is approved by the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Payroll adjustment = $4571 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 PPP Loan adjustment = $75895 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Prior period adjustment = -$26400