Equity Alliance Fund
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
TEAF ENCOURAGES BLACK VOTERS TO SUPPORT POLICIES AND CANDIDATES WHO WILL INVEST IN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
- Income
- $406,068
- Spending
- $257,412
- Employees
- 114
- Volunteers
- 556
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $256,734 spent. IN 2024, TEA ACHIEVED VICTORIES ACROSS ITS ELECTORAL AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS, THROUGH A COMBINATION OF VOLUNTEER AND PAID TEAMMATES. OUR ENDORSED CANDIDATES WON KEY RACES IN SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2 AND STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 67, AND WE HELPED SECURE A WIN FOR THE NASHVILLE TRANSIT REFERENDUM. WE ALSO EXCEEDED OUR CANVASSING GOALS IN MULTIPLE RACES, SURPASSING GOTV PHASE TARGETS IN THE NASHVILLE TRANSIT CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS 67, 75, AND 97, AND BEATING CANDIDATE ID PHASE GOALS IN HOUSE DISTRICTS 49 AND 97. IN ADDITION, WE EXCEEDED OUR PHONE BANKING GOALS IN EVERY RACE WHERE WE COMPETED. TO SUPPORT THIS GROWTH, TEA DEVELOPED NEW HOW-TO GUIDES AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, IMPROVING ONBOARDING FOR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND STRENGTHENING THE USE OF VAN ACROSS OUR CAMPAIGNS. IN 2024, TEA ACHIEVED VICTORIES ACROSS ITS ELECTORAL AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS, THROUGH A COMBINATION OF VOLUNTEER AND PAID TEAMMATES. OUR ENDORSED CANDIDATES WON KEY RACES IN SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2 AND STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 67, AND WE HELPED SECURE A WIN FOR THE NASHVILLE TRANSIT REFERENDUM. WE ALSO EXCEEDED OUR CANVASSING GOALS IN MULTIPLE RACES, SURPASSING GOTV PHASE TARGETS IN THE NASHVILLE TRANSIT CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS 67, 75, AND 97, AND BEATING CANDIDATE ID PHASE GOALS IN HOUSE DISTRICTS 49 AND 97. IN ADDITION, WE EXCEEDED OUR PHONE BANKING GOALS IN EVERY RACE WHERE WE COMPETED. TO SUPPORT THIS GROWTH, TEA DEVELOPED NEW HOW-TO GUIDES AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, IMPROVING ONBOARDING FOR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND STRENGTHENING THE USE OF VAN ACROSS OUR CAMPAIGNS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on December 15, 2020 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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