New York · Nonprofit
WE THE PROTESTERS INC
WE THE PROTESTERS INC (New York) receives grants from 161 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,973,889 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($3,384,124). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 161
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $24M
What We the Protesters Inc does
Mission
We the protesters, inc dba campaign zero is a 501(c)3 national non-profit organization committed to a world beyond policing and the carceral system. Through research-driven solutions, we work in and across communities to transfer the power of the police to those disproportionately impacted by the police. To achieve this goal, we create campaigns that uplift community-based solutions beyond policing to support the growth of safe and thriving neighborhoods.our work actively centers on: shrinking the reliance and power of the police; ending mass incarceration; supporting fundamental fairness, accountability, and transparency from law enforcement; and directly supporting and partnering with mission-aligned organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The following campaigns were our 25% focus for 2024:pay-to-stay: the practice of pay-to-stay fees involve charging individuals-both adults and youths-in correctional facilities for costs relating to their incarceration. Pay-to-stay fees not only affect individuals during their time in incarceration but can also result in post-release debt. The campaign focuses specifically on the imposition of room and board and medical fees at the state level for adults and youth serving a sentence.criminal activity & nuisance ordinances: criminal activity & nuisance ordinances (canos) are laws that penalize individuals who receive 911 calls or calls for service to their household, which can lead to eviction of the entire household. The aim of the campaign is to eliminate these policies, as well as serve as a tool for publicly recognizing where these policies are, and which jurisdictions are the most problematic. Model jurors - summonsing process: the current practices of the jury summonsing process across the country are inequitable and discriminatory. Many communities and demographic groups are excluded in this process due to noninclusive qualifications and financial barriers, which all…
$5,094,748 spentof which $45,275 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,094,748.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $13k to $40M (+314464%).
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.
49% of WE THE PROTESTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Deray Mckesson
Executive director
Board chair
Sharhonda Bossier
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $90k → $199k.
36 of 161 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WE THE PROTESTERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 161 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
WE THE PROTESTERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WE THE PROTESTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 66% · 2020 39% · 2021 86% · 2022 43% · 2023 53% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
5% of WE THE PROTESTERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 16% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of WE THE PROTESTERS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $992k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 28 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
WE THE PROTESTERS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WE THE PROTESTERS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Staywoke Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WE THE PROTESTERS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WE THE PROTESTERS INC?
- WE THE PROTESTERS INC (New York) receives grants from 161 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,973,889 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($3,384,124). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WE THE PROTESTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 161 organizations giving $10,973,889 in grants to WE THE PROTESTERS INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WE THE PROTESTERS INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,384,124 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WE THE PROTESTERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 161 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