Democracy at Work Institute
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2.8m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$4.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$3m
$796k liabilities
Net assets
$2.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
4.9 years on average
Staff
18
8 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Democracy at Work Institute's network
11 people3 organisationsi11 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 11 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANH-THU Nguyen (also filed as Anh-Thu Nguyen) | Program Director/Dir.(Thru Nov) | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Christine Chung | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Eulalio Guevara | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jess Zimbabwe | Director (Until February) | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Maddie Taterka | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Maru Bautista | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Nina Stender | Program Director/Dir.(As of Nov) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Olga Prushinskaya | Program Director/Secretary(Thru Nov) | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rebecca Lurie | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Teresita Sattar | Director (Until May) | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| ZEN Trenholm | Program Dir./Secretary (As of Nov) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Julian McKinley | Co-Exec Dir. | since 2023 |
| Melissa Hoover | Program Director | since 2018 |
| Shevanthi Daniel | Program Director | 2024 |
| Todd Leverette | Program Manager | 2020 |
| Vanessa Bransburg | Executive Dir. | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian McKinley | Co-Executive Director | 32 | $124k | $8k | |
| Vanessa Bransburg | Co-Executive Director | 32 | $122k | $7k | |
| Shevanthi Daniel | Program Director | 32 | $109k | $7k | |
| Melissa Hoover | Program Director | 32 | $106k | $9k | |
| Anh-Thu Nguyen | Program Director/Dir.(Thru Nov) | 32 | $98k | ||
| Zen Trenholm | Program Dir./Secretary (As of Nov) | 32 | $97k | ||
| Olga Prushinskaya | Program Director/Secretary(Thru Nov) | 32 | $84k | ||
| Nina Stender | Program Director/Dir.(As of Nov) | 32 | $82k | ||
| Maru Bautista | President | 1 | $11k | ||
| Eulalio Guevara | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christine Chung | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rebecca Lurie | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Teresita Sattar | Director (Until May) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Maddie Taterka | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jess Zimbabwe | Director (Until February) | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Democracy at Work Institute
- EIN
- 275265123
- Address
- 1880 Camino de la Reina, San Diego, CA, 92108-1539
- State
- California
- Mission
- The mission of the democracy at work institute is to expand the worker cooperative model to reach communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality, specifically people of color, recent immigrants, and low-wage workforces. We are a movement-based think-and-do tank supporting worker cooperatives to grow to a scale that creates meaningful change in the economy. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- J19 Employment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Employment
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2012
- Principal officer
- Vanessa Bransburg (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2013
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsMaru Bautista
≥7years on the filingsEulalio Guevara
≥7years on the filingsRebecca Lurie
≥6years on the filingsJess Zimbabwe
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3m
- Total liabilities
- $796k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.4m
- Program service revenue
- $315k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $956k
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 8
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8m | $4.2m | Deficit $1.4m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
6 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Guilded Lca | Grant assistance/cash awards | $599k |
| Pilipino Workers Center | Grant assistance/cash awards | $38k |
| Cooperacion Santa Ana (V) | Grant assistance/cash awards | $34k |
| Apis & Heritage Managing Member LLC | Grant assistance/cash awards | $32k |
| United Taxi Workers of San Diego | Grant assistance/cash awards | $31k |
| Cooperation la | Grant assistance/cash awards | $26k |