Red Wine & Blue
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What it says it does
RED WINE & BLUE IS AN EMPOWERED GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY OF SUBURBAN WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER TO DEFEAT EXTREMISM, ONE FRIEND AT A TIME. WE PROVIDE A WELCOMING PATHWAY TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS - INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN ENGAGED BEFORE - TO ORGANIZE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS THE GROWING THREATS OF EXTREMISM.
- Income
- $6.0 million
- Spending
- $5.1 million
- Employees
- 82
- Volunteers
- 3,917
- Highest pay
- $165,462, ceo
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)
- $4.7 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE OCONTENT CREATION AND NARRATIVE BUILDING: RED WINE & BLUE USES CONTENT CREATION AND MEDIA TO ENGAGE, EMPOWER, AND ORGANIZE SBURBAN WOMEN. WE PRODUCE LIVE EVENTS, VIDEOS, GRAPHICS, A PODCAST, AND MORE. OUR CONTENT MEETS WOMEN WHERE THEY ARE AND MAKES THEM FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND INSPIRED. TO INCREASE THE VIRAL NATURE OF OUR CONTENT, WE MAKE IT FUN, HEARTFELT, AND HUMOROUS SO THEY FEEL SAFE AND PROUD TO SHARE IT WITH THEIR NETWORKS.COMMUNITY-BUILDING AND FRIEND-TO-FRIEND ORGANIZING: MANY WOMEN FEEL LIKE OUTSIDERS, BUT MOST ARE TRUSTED COMMUNITY INSIDERS, WITH EXTENSIVE NETWORKS BRIDGING MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND INTERESTS. WE CONNECT WOMEN TO EACH OTHER THROUGH OUR ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAINING AND EVENTS AND SUPPORT THEIR ORGANIZING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, INCLUDING THROUGH OUR DISTRIBUTED ORGANIZING PROGRAM, TROUBLENATION. RED WINE & BLUE MEMBERS, IN TURN, SHARE OUR RESOURCES ACROSS THEIR NETWORKS AND BECOME TRUSTED MESSENGERS WHO INCREASE RED WINE & BLUE'S REACH AND GENERATE ADDITIONAL NEW MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS.RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT FRIEND-TO-FRIEND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SPREAD A MESSAGE AND MOVE PEOPLE TO ACTION. RED WINE & BLUE HELPS WOMEN BUILD THE CONFIDENCE AND CIVIC MUSCLE TO TAP THESE RELATIONAL NETWORKS THROUGH NON-TRADITIONAL CONTENT AND TRAINING THAT HELP THEM REALIZE THEIR POWER TO INFLUENCE THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW.LOOK AHEAD: IN 2025, RED WINE & BLUE WILL EXPAND ITS PRESCENCE NATIONALLY AND IN OUR FOCUS STATES BY ORGANIZING LOCALLY TO COMBAT EXTREMISM. WE WILL BUILD LASTING, ORGANIZING, AND COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR SUBURBAN WOMEN TO COMBAT DISINFORMATION AND PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.
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? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
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 August 2022.
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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