Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Phans for Racial Equity
Phans for Racial Equity (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,378 to it, the largest being THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION ($46,378). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $16k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $104k
What Phans for Racial Equity does
Mission
Phans for Racial Equity PHRE seeks to build an antiracist live music scene and promote liberation through racial equity in the world at large by activating the collective power of our community. We aim to dismantle White supremacy within the live music scene by facilitating thoughtful engagement around race and its intersection with other issues so fans can challenge discrimination and systemic oppression wherever they find it. When we are successful not only will all fans feel welcome in the live music scene but the collective power of our community will be activated to advance racial equity in the world at large. We hold ourselves accountable by centering fans of color amplifying their voices and prioritizing their well-being. We also acknowledge that we join an ongoing movement for racial equity and commit to supporting community-led organizations who are already working to advance social political and economic equality.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Public Education
$9,354 spent36% of program spendingEngagement with the Jam Band Community
$6,975 spent27% of program spendingAdvocacy to build antiracist live music spaces
$9,586 spent37% of program spendingGrant Programming: In 2022 PHRE had a presence at over 32 live music events with over 10,000 in attendance per show in cooperation with Phish and the WaterWheel Foundation. Prior to each of the shows PHRE established relationships with non-profit organizations that focused on supporting and advocating for criminal justice reform within the communities where the band was traveling to. PHRE raised awareness for these organizations during the shows both in-person and through social media platforms. PHRE partnered with the following organizations across the country: Alabama Appleseed Orange Beach AL SC Appleseed Charleston SC The Language Conservancy Noblesville IN New Commonwealth Fund Mansfield MA Racial Equity and Justice Organization Bangor ME Amistad Law Project Philadelphia PA North Star Fund Bethel NY Re-Center Hartford CT RAPP Release Aging People in Prison Wantagh NY Emancipate NC Raleigh NC Community Ecology Institute Columbia MD Village of Healing Cuyahoga Falls OH Oakland Forward Clarkson MI New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Atlantic City NJ Urban Triage Inc East Troy WI and Last Prisoner Project Commerce City CO. Fans were encouraged to support these organizations…
$0 spentof which $18,584 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,915.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $45k to $135k (+200%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Phans for Racial Equity’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Phans for Racial Equity’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Phans for Racial Equity draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Phans for Racial Equity's revenue fell 81% between 2021 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,028 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Phans for Racial Equity?
- Phans for Racial Equity (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,378 to it, the largest being THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION ($46,378). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Phans for Racial Equity have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $46,378 in grants to Phans for Racial Equity.
- Who is the largest funder of Phans for Racial Equity?
- THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $46,378 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Phans for Racial Equity find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing