2024-11-14T14:14:59-08:00 2023-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2023-01-01 872643898 FIERCE Advocates Families & Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerme FIER 5102325812 312 12th Street Richmond CA 94801 Sheryl Lane Executive Dir. 2024-11-14 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Sheryl Lane 312 12th Street Richmond CA 94801 2506065 false X www.fierceadvocates.org X 2021 CA We focus on healing centered care, leadership development, and parent-led advocacy as the foundation for a holistic, neighborhood-based approach to lift up community voices and unlock the resiliency within our community. 6 6 12 10 0 2496296 4436 1506 3827 2506065 3853 0 408255 0 49354 347229 759337 1746728 1805763 59035 1746728 X FIERCE Advcocates amplifies the voices of parents/caregivers of color and partners with them to advance equitable access and opportunities for all youth to have quality education and all families to achieve emotional and physical well-being. false false 281603 FIERCE Advocates' CoCo Doula program conducted two cohorts of training Black women to become community-based doulas and a a result 29 people graduated from the training program and five trainees were identifed at the end of the year to join our staff team in early 2024 and provide doula services to Black birthing people in Contra Costa County. In 2023, FIERCE Advocates achieved a major milestone with supporting the pregancy and delivery of the 100th baby in the program. 166042 4436 FIERCE Advocates' Health and Wellness Program, hosted robust programming including our life coaching program that was expanded to include Latinx women, peer support groups that created community in a safe environment that cultivates wellness and emotional well-being. Additionally we hosted family wellness days, that included arts and crafts and wellness classes and outdoor activities such as community hikes. FIERCE Advocates launched a pilot project called Black Family Sanctuary that included youth ages 4-15 who participated in eight sessions where they enjoyed community acticities with other families. 78795 3853 Program General - activities that are shared between departments or organization wide, such as a leadership development activities for local residents, community festivals or Back to School events. 33961 560401 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true true 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 true 18 0 true 12 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false false false false false true true true true true false true true false CA X Sheryl Lane Sutro Li 5102325812 312 12th Street Richmond CA 94801 Sheryl Lane Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 74118 0 8505 Jasmine Jones Board President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Talia Rubin Board Vice Pres 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Payal Patel Board Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tejal Desai Board Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rose Healy Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gabino Arrendondo Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 74118 8505 0 false false false 0 390490 2105806 2496296 Program service fees 900099 4436 4436 4436 1506 1506 0 0 3827 3827 3827 3827 0 0 0 0 0 2506065 8263 1506 X 0 3853 3853 0 0 86130 28660 29000 28470 0 259943 222643 30355 6945 0 37509 30156 5290 2063 24673 18138 4117 2418 0 750 599 107 44 30770 30770 0 0 0 170913 143175 26066 1672 1666 1316 244 106 57872 44923 9701 3248 3021 2338 484 199 0 46869 36009 7736 3124 11898 10735 1109 54 0 2643 1695 918 30 0 0 0 2905 2227 484 194 Dues, licenses, service fees 12301 9594 1937 770 Professional development 4571 3634 931 6 Other expenses 1050 706 333 11 0 759337 560401 149582 49354 1445793 0 330471 0 0 0 0 0 2850 0 0 0 0 0 26649 0 1805763 32386 26649 0 59035 X 1563342 183386 0 1746728 0 1805763 1746728 X false true X true false X 2496296 2496296 0 0 2496296 2496296 293679 2202617 5333 5333 0 0 2501629 4436 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Operating lease liability 26649 26649 X 2506065 2506065 2506065 759337 759337 759337 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2023 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Program General - activities that are shared between departments or organization wide, such as a leadership development activities for local residents, community festivals or Back to School events. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The organization's executive director and Board of Director's Treasurer will review the 990 and provide access to it to all board members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Our policy is brand new and so we will begin monitoring it moving forward. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The board of directors reviewed recent salary benchmarks for Contra Costa County (CCC) and utilized the Northern CA Fair Pay Report (2021). The board benchmarked the ED's salary against those in CCC. This adjustment proposed and ratified was reflective of the competitive landscape and positioned the ED's salary between the 10th and 25th percentiles. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Board's treasurer reviewed staff salary adjustments and utilized living wage calculators including those from MIT which used data from Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines and Dept of Labor. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 FIERCE Advocates articles of incorporation are available on the State of California's Secretary of State website. Documents such as conflict of interest policy, financial statements are available upon request.