2024-11-15T21:58:01-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 842287734 EVERYDAY CANVASSING EVER 2402647102 10023 Dallas Avenue Silver Spring MD 20901 Augustin Fragale President 2402647102 2024-05-13 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Mady Nadje 11100 Childs Street Silver Spring MD 20901 270339 0 X everydaycanvassing.org X 2019 MD We have open-ended conversations through knocking doors and engaging with people in public spaces. We listen and record resident's appreciation and concerns for their community so that government will learn and improve from community input. We also educate the public about government and nonprofit services, as well as local community gatherings, that can help them. 5 5 0 221 0 0 102683 158034 35848 111991 0 0 0 314 138531 270339 0 0 0 0 107291 163062 0 0 0 12018 24847 119309 187909 19222 82430 89354 171784 0 0 89354 171784 We have open-ended conversations through knocking doors and engaging with people in public spaces. We listen and record resident's appreciations and concerns for their community so that government will thereafter learn and improve from community input. We also educate the public about government and nonprofit services, as well as local community gatherings, that can help them. 0 0 32558 0 28042 The Montgomery County Planning Department, a government-affiliated organization responsible for land-use and infrastructural design in Montgomery County, sought representative data about the needs of Gaithersburg, Shady Grove, Rockville, Clarksburg, and University Boulevard residents. In particular, there was historically a lack of input from community members that rented their homes. That's where we came in. At the core of our approach is the belief that real community engagement, which meets people where they are - quite literally at their doors - is an excellent tool to shape local government's work. We collected the stories of renters in the aforementioned areas by: Knocking on about 8,000 doors and talking with over 700 renters in English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Korean, and Amharic. Distributing 8,000 multilingual flyers with a short website link to a survey about desires and concerns. And with every conversation, we connected renters to services and organizations to meet their needs: everything from rent relief assistance, to Chinese cultural organizations, to English as a second language classes. The bulk of interviewees shared contact information for follow-up, which we followed through on with thousands of calls to engage residents in further planning and community projects. This is continued work that we have conducted prior with Montgomery Planning. A report based on our outreach for the Fairland Briggs Chaney Master Plan from 2022 can be found at: https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/upcounty/fairland/fairland-master-plan-1997/fairland-briggs-chaney-mp/equitable-community-engagement/what-weve-heard/. 41958 158034 Along with our project specific accomplishments, we always work to connect community members with public resources, engage in open-ended conversations around how our community could improve, and introduce community members to one-another. For example, outside of county master planning efforts like Fairland and Briggs Chaney master plan and the University Boulevard sector plan, we have canvassed people in White Oak, Downtown Silver Spring, Gaithersburg, Long Branch, Rockville, Montgomery Village, Aspen Hill, Wheaton, Germantown, Takoma Park, Fairland, Burtonsville, Clarksburg, and more. In 2023, we knocked and left flyers at about 20,000 doors to have conversations one-on-one with residents. We also navigated people through accessing resources and introduced them to resources at food distribution events in community settings like churches, parks, and private rental properties with residents of mostly low and moderate incomes. This year, we added Emmanuel Walker and Angela Rivera as permanent part-time members of our team. Emmanuel and Angela's work is having conversations with residents at food distribution events and connecting government to community members in their efforts to improve budgeting and programming. We also added Tino Fragale, our former Board President, as our second full-time Co-Executive Director. Our work building relationships with our community residents door-by-door is mostly powered by a group of about 221 volunteers. All our staff also work on government contracted projects as well. So the expenses recorded for Emmanuel, Angela, Harold, Tino, and Mady's wages are divided amongst the projects done in collaboration with government. These volunteers are organized by our Co-Executive Director who are at the moment are our only two full-time staff member paid year-round. Also, because our volunteers are walking, talking, and connecting with community members for usually 3 - 4 hours, we host "family meals" after we knock doors. Sitting down, eating, and reflecting on the experiences we've had talking with people at doors and bonding allows our volunteer operation to remain well-attended and consistent. Sharing food is therefore also critical to our success building up the level of civic engagement in our community and is a mission-related expense. All printing has been used to share resources or inspire conversations door-to-door. 77969 50485 For the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families (MCCC) we developed infrastructure and facilitated the first iteration of community member policy and program creation in their organizations. For DEP, we co-created the Climate Justice Co-Creation Initiative, where we developed a team of community based organizations and individual stipended community members to co-develop policy and program solutions to climate-related issues in Montgomery County, MD. The Climate Justice Co-Creation Initiative will focus on climate change mitigation and prevention strategies over the next several years with growing involvement and decision-making from individuals most directly impacted by climate-related challenges. As for MCCC, we began and finished the Out of School Time focus groups, while beginning the Community Needs Assessment for Children, Youth, and Families. Out of School Time was a pilot project with MCCC where we recruited low income community members through canvassing to take part in suggesting the next generation of out of school programming and policy development. The focus groups evolved in our work with the Community Needs Assessment, where we stipended recurring focus groups with the same group of thirty people. We divided these thirty people in three groups of ten. Each group of ten attended five to seven meetings and the groupings were based on geography and age. We called each group a cohort. About half of this work occurred in November and December 2023, with the other half of the work occurring in the first half of 2024. Each cohort originally focused on getting to know one another and identifying mutual challenges their families and children were experiencing. The cohorts culminated in late spring of 2024. A multi-media website detailing the recommendations and findings of the cohort participants, titled "Community Change Agents," will be released in late 2024. 30938 33464 Extending a contract with Manna Food from 2022, we continued distributing information about where to get emergency food in our community. With the thousands of doors we knocked in 2023, we also informed and shared info about calling Manna Food to reserve free boxes of groceries. Our team personally made calls and deliveries to hundreds of families who could not transport themselves to food distribution locations. 30938 0 33464 183423 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MD X X Augustin Fragale 2402647102 10023 Dallas Avenue Silver Spring MD 20901 Wally-Mady Nadje Co-Executive Director 47 0 X 72999 0 0 Augustin Fragale Co-Executive Director 47 X 9570 0 0 Deanna Stephen Board Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Giovanni Marchand Board Member At-Large 1 0 X 0 0 0 Devorah Stavisky Board Secretary 1 0 X 0 0 0 Kush Kharod Board President 10 0 X 0 0 0 Hana Taye Board Member At-Large 1 0 X 0 0 0 82569 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158034 0 158034 Montgomery Planning Department Master Plan Canvassing 611000 28042 28042 0 0 Manna Food Emergency Food Information Canvassing 624200 33464 33464 0 0 Department of Environmental Protection - Climate Justice Co-Creation Initiative 611000 40000 40000 0 0 Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families - Out of School Time 611000 10485 10485 0 0 0 0 0 0 111991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tax Refund 611000 214 214 0 0 Returned funds originally intended but not used for Community Needs Assessment 611000 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 314 270339 112305 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82569 82569 0 0 0 0 0 0 63983 63983 0 0 0 0 0 0 4747 4747 0 0 11763 11763 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4486 0 4486 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5126 5126 0 0 0 0 0 0 743 743 0 0 1756 1756 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 235 235 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Food for events and post canvassing 2444 2444 0 0 Community Members Stipends for Community Needs Assessment (less than $500 per person in 2023) 9000 9000 0 0 Printing Canvassing Materials and Meeting Agendas. 946 946 0 0 0 0 0 0 187909 183423 4486 0 89354 171784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89354 171784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 89354 171784 0 0 89354 171784 89354 171784 82430 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 647 5471 86595 102683 158034 353430 0 0 9954 35848 111991 157793 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 647 5471 96549 138531 270025 511223 647 3300 12000 2000 0 17947 0 0 9954 35748 111991 157693 647 3300 21954 37748 111991 175640 335583 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 314 314 647 5471 96549 138531 270339 511537 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 $100 returned that were originally expected to be spent for the Community Needs Assessment cohort participants. $214.39 were returned for sent back to us for over estimating and paying employer taxes through our payroll software provider Gusto. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 183369 183369 36674 9169 0 0 0 5339 22592 36674 64605 96908 0 67 268 0 335 0 1335 5648 9169 16152 24228 0 0 51 0 51 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The form 990 was emailed to the entire organization before submission. In the lead-up to submission, organizational budgets, financial statements, bank account transactions, and new projects were examined and approved by the board. These reviews occurred every 2 months at least. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We have followed the below conflict of interest policy during all our board of directors meetings of 2023. Below is an excerpt from our bylaws. 3.3 Procedures for Addressing the Conflict of Interest (a) An interested person(s) may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, they shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. (b) The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. (c) After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. (d) If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall find another solution which enables them to NOT take the money from someone who presents a conflict of interest. 3.4 Violations of the Conflicts of Interest Policy (a) If the governing board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. (b) If, after hearing the member's response and after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances, the governing board or committee determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action up to and including termination. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The appointment of Board President, Augustin (Tino) Fragale, to Co-Executive Director with existing Executive Director Mady Nadje was reviewed and approved by five independent board directors and data from existing staff salaries and wages was used to make Tino's wage determination. Tino followed conflict of interest policy and was not allowed to vote on his salary and he was required to leave the meeting while the discussion of his wages happened between independent board directors. Tino's salary was pegged to Mady's salary at $65,000. Generally, both their salaries are lower than nonprofit Executive Director's who do draw salaries in Montgomery County, Maryland. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 At the bottom of our website, we have links to view our conflict of interest policy, bylaws, and annual form 990s. https://everydaycanvassing.org Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g For the Community Needs Assessment with the Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families we hired contractors to interpret in Spanish, Amharic, and American Sign Language. Additionally, we hired event assistants to support children who would come to cohort meetings with their parents.