2023-11-15T09:18:42-06:00 2022-12-31 030327374 McSoley McCoy & Co 118 Tilley Drive Ste 202 South Burlington VT 05403 990 2022-01-01 475375511 Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc DBA Rights and Democracy Institute RIGH 8022420519 70 So Winooski Ave 205 Burlington VT 05401 Alison Nihart Interim Executive Dir. 8022420519 2023-11-14 1 Alison Nihart XXX-XX-XXXX 1 Colleen Montgomery P00038392 8026581808 2023-11-14 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Alison Nihart 70 So Winooski Ave 205 Burlington VT 05401 1441565 0 X www.rights-democracy.org X 2015 VT RADEF is organized to inform and educate the public about their human rights under state, national and international law, and to promote discussion and understanding of the character of an effective and robust democracy with respect to political participation and to economic and social justice. 11 11 0 63 0 0 1564788 1441534 0 0 47 31 0 0 1564835 1441565 150350 397040 0 0 919419 1187575 0 0 10685 71078 151615 1140847 1736230 423988 -294665 896041 497438 156933 52995 739108 444443 X RADEF is organized to inform and educate the public about their human rights under state, national and international law, and to promote discussion and understanding of the character of an effective and robust democracy with respect to political participation and to economic and social justice. 0 0 502847 297770 PHI (Vaccine Outreach) :A special RDI project since 2021 focused door-to-door or site-based canvass program to provide information about the vaccine in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy, lower income communities, and communities of color in New Hampshire.This tactic was used to have meaningful conversations with the community about their personal beliefs, experiences, and opinions on COVID vaccination. 341355 0 Rural Organizing:Rural organizing continues to be a major area of work as we engage with our communities on a broad range of issues. In addition to our Renews issue areas, we worked heavily on education justice, economic justice, and healthcare justice in 2022. Education Justice: In partnership with our affiliate, Race Forward, we organized in VT and NH for HEAL Together (Honest Education Action & Leadership), a national initiative to organize at the school district level to unite communities in the face of the culture wars exploding across the country. We held virtual and in person events to raise awareness of the school board, school budgets, and the issue of police in schools. Economic Justice: We organized restaurant workers who support ending the sub-minimum wage in favor of a living wage for all.Healthcare Justice: Our healthcare work included a story collection campaign to raise awareness of barriers to healthcare access, as well as a campaign to fight insurance company denials of critical medical care and medications. We also organized in support of harm reduction solutions to the overdose crisis in both states. 325761 99270 Jobs Justice Climate (JJC):In 2022, we coordinated the Vermont Renews Coalition and New Hampshire Renews Coalition, both statewide coalitions for which RDI serves as the anchor organization. The state coalitions are constituents of the regional coalition Renew New England. Our JJC work continued to address the intersecting racial, environmental and economic crises we are confronting. RDI continued to engage and organize around our JJC priority issue areas - climate justice, environmental justice, and housing justice.Climate Justice: We supported and coordinated a campaign to close the Bow power plant, the last coal-fired plant in New England, conducted outreach and held public education events about the Civilian Climate Corps bill and the PUC bill (requiring PUC to consider climate change impacts when setting fees and rates), and helped to support and coordinate six climate strikes throughout NH.Environmental Justice: We organized a series of events in four environmental justice communities in Vermont to provide opportunities for community members to share their experiences related to environmental justice issues, including housing, transportation, and more.Housing justice: Our tenant organizing work has continued to flourish. We have held regular tenant meetings, know-your-rights trainings, and Housing for All public events. We organized in support of the Burlington Just Cause Eviction Charter Change. 57974 0 Miscellaneous smaller programs 26983 0 Leadership Development:While leadership development is integrated into all of RDI's areas of work, in 2021, we launched two cohort-based training programs.Catalyst Leadership was created to develop and support emerging leaders from the most impacted communities across New Hampshire and Vermont, who are committed to a bold agenda for equity and justice. Its flagship year had two cohorts: a bistate cohort and a placed-based cohort in southern Vermont. Grassroots Leadership Academy is an educational initiative to support the development of a new generation of community organizers interested in growing their skills to advance human rights. Race-Class Academy RDI launched an ongoing guided course to acquaint participants with race-class messaging as an organizing strategy. We held a condensed training in February with 63 attendees and a four-part series in May averaging 50 participants per session. 84957 0 1254920 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Kirthana Vallesi 8025032075 70 So Winooski Ave Burlington VT 05401 Mary Gannon Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Margaret Daly Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Cathy Albisa Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jamie Mccallum Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Amanda Janoo Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 David Kirkpatrick Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Natasha Eckart-Baning Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lidia Yen Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Duaa Zahra Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Katie McCarty Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Clifton West Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ruqaiyah Khadijah Morris Executive Director 20.00 20.00 X 39163 39163 12541 Kirthana Vallesi Director of Operations 20.00 20.00 X 37265 37265 0 76428 76428 12541 0 0 0 0 0 1441534 1441534 31 31 1441565 0 0 31 397040 397040 76428 53500 22928 891687 638831 244879 7977 133299 62691 69226 1382 86161 40522 44746 893 6431 529 5902 3100 3100 38900 32446 6327 127 550 473 77 25028 9904 15124 6485 2908 3577 35348 7204 28144 5517 5517 Dues & subscriptions 14233 3507 10726 Event expenses 5810 3857 1953 Affliation Fees 5500 5500 Staff Development 2429 2429 2284 1508 470 306 1736230 1254920 470625 10685 453621 214400 50447 50473 391973 232565 896041 497438 97413 52995 59520 0 156933 52995 X 607892 271099 131216 173344 739108 444443 896041 497438 -294665 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 256109 738383 755620 1565363 1441534 4757009 256109 738383 755620 1565363 1441534 4757009 429652 4327357 327 835 438 47 31 1678 4758687 0.90940 0.73070 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 X Part X, Line 2: The Organization is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). However, income from certain activities not directly related to the Organization's tax exempt purpose is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes, requires entities to disclose in their financial statements the nature of any uncertainty in their tax positions. For tax-exempt entities, tax-exempt status itself is deemed to be an uncertainty, as events could potentially occur to jeopardize their tax-exempt status. Management believes the Organization has no uncertain tax positions. The Organization is no longer subject to examination by taxing authorities for the years before the year ended December 31, 2019. 1 COWASS North America Incorporated PO Box 52 Alton NH 03809 223229024 501(c)(3) 18000 0 To advocate for government actions that will urgently address our climate and inequality crises while proactively mitigating the impact of past and current discriminatory policies on workers, Indigenous Peoples, people ofcolor and other marginalized groups and their communities Granite State Organizing Project 383 Beech Street Manchester NH 03103 470873896 501(c)(3) 144500 0 Design and implement multi-level interventions to improve vaccine equity, mental, physical, social, and spiritual well-being more broadly in marginalized communities. Resist Inc dba Manchester Community Action Coalition 42 Seaverns Avenue Boston MA 02130 042433182 501(c)(3) 153270 0 Design and implement multi-level interventions to improve vaccine equity, mental, physical, social, and spiritual well-being more broadly in marginalized communities. Unitarian Universalist Action New Hampshire PO Box 3862 Manchester NH 03105 821355025 501(c)(3) 5750 0 To advocate for government actions that will urgently address our climate and inequality crises while proactivelymitigating the impact of past and current discriminatory policies on workers, Indigenous Peoples, people ofcolor and other marginalized groups and their communities Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc 3 Pitkin Court Ste 301E Montpelier VT 05602 030349736 501(c)(3) 40000 0 Funding may be used to compensate relief members who lead or collaborate on Relief initiatives designed to engage the BIPOC community on land, environment, agriculture, and food issues. Center for Whole Communities PO Box 5483 Burlington VT 05402 510462232 501(c)(3) 20000 0 To support RDI's launch of an EJ Network in Vermont in collaboration with CWC during the first 15 months of Network development. 6 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1a Line 1a Explanation - (a)Executive Committee. An Executive Committee, which shall consist of at least three (3) Directors, one of whom shall be the Executive Director or one of the Co-Executive Directors, who shall also serve as chairperson of the Executive Committee. The other members of the Executive Committee shall be appointed by the Executive Director or Co-Executive Directors, subject to the approval of the Board. The Executive Committee shall have all the authority of the Board except as to the following matters: i.The filling of vacancies on the Board or on any committee; ii. 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