COLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND

Programs

1. Voting rights and democracy:color of change.org education fund continued to leverage the power of our members' voices and the media to permanently reshape the debate on voting rights and voter suppression efforts that disproportionately impact black communities. To that end, we launched a pilot civic engagement digital platform that boosted black voter engagement through local, state, and national outreach. Through a mix of digital tools and new media, this tool allows volunteers to engage with black voters and other volunteers. We also created and led campaigns that mobilized large numbers of black people and allies to assert their political power to end voter intimidation and fight voter suppression policies, including voter id laws.

   $3,060,051 spent
   26% of program spending

2. Culture and media engagement:color of change played a unique and effective role in transforming the impact of media in america by focusing on systemic change in the areas where we can have the most influence. We position ourselves in between media producers and the harmful media vehicles they would create by disrupting the chain of production that allows harmful media content to exist in the first place. At the same time, we push back and work to take existing harmful content off the air while supporting and promoting complex, humanizing, and varied portrayals of people of color.

   $2,040,032 spent
   17% of program spending

3. Training and organizing:we trained local leaders on the basics of effective digital campaigning for racial justice as a way to sharpen campaigning strategies, amplify their community organizing efforts, and boost individual fundraising totals. We introduced them to organizefor and demonstrated how they could use the platform to launch real world change work and activate community members to take action; the organizefor" platform centers women, millennials, and youth organizing groups through outreach and training; simultaneously strengthening the digital infrastructure and earned media capacity of black-led nonpartisan organizations working on voting rights.

   $1,657,526 spent
   14% of program spending

4. Criminal justice:color of change aimed to neutralize the political power of the opponents of criminal justice reform and to redirect the revenues they have been plundering from the system back into black communities that have been the most heavily devastated by mass incarceration. Additionally, color of change worked on rapid response education campaigns to shed light on the health crisis within our prison system due to the pandemic. We work to end unjust practices on social media platforms that promote misinformation and disinformation in black communities, ensure regulation of ai and new technology, and protect net neutrality. We advocate for economic policies to state and federal elected officials that advance economic opportunities and protect programs that impact black communities.

   $1,320,576 spent$1,077,514 earned by the program
   11% of program spending

5. Media, democracy and economic justice:color of change's ongoing economic justice work holding corporations accountable, pushing to ensure that the wealthiest among us pay their fair share, and protecting the safety net of critical government benefits and services needed by the most vulnerable is aimed at ensuring that all americans are represented, served, and protected, regardless of race or class. Color of change has leveraged our members' voices to push back against corporations who are exploiting lowwage workers and partnered with groups on the ground fighting for paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage. During the pandemic, color of change was focused on pushing back against corporate overreach in economic policies and continued to identify and expose corporations that are members of organizations that advocate for policies that are harmful to black communities.

   $3,917,126 spent
   33% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,995,311.