2024-05-09T12:29:10-05:00 2023-06-30 946214841 ARMANINO LLP 11766 WILSHIRE BLVD 9TH FLOOR LOS ANGELES CA 90025 990 2022-07-01 364816075 THE CONNIE RICE INSTITUTE FOR URBAN PEACE CONN 2134040124 1910 SUNSET BLVD 800 LOS ANGELES CA 90026 FERNANDO REJON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2134040124 2024-05-07 1 FERNANDO REJON 999009999 0 KATY BROWN P00650274 3104784148 2024-05-07 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z URBAN PEACE INSTITUTE FERNANDO REJON 1910 SUNSET BLVD 800 LOS ANGELES CA 90026 2066781 0 X N/A X 2015 CA TO REDUCE AND PREVENT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE BY CREATING INNOVATIVE AND HOLISTIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDING TRAINING TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 8 8 23 8 0 0 3661681 1500538 610300 565078 0 0 0 1165 4271981 2066781 0 287956 0 0 815737 2034650 0 0 557188 931804 862522 1747541 3185128 2524440 -1118347 2691736 1981395 97493 505499 2594243 1475896 X URBAN PEACE INSTITUTE REDUCES AND PREVENTS COMMUNITY VIOLENCE BY APPLYING A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDERLYING REASONS FOR VIOLENCE AND CREATE INNOVATIVE, HOLISTIC WAYS TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO THEM. WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SUPPORTING SAFETY EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN CAN LEARN, FAMILIES CAN THRIVE, AND COMMUNITIES CAN PROSPER. 0 0 863576 117432 TRAINING AND REGIONAL SUPPORT - THROUGH THE URBAN PEACE ACADEMY, THE ORGANIZATION TRAINS RESIDENTS, PEACEMAKERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE INCLUDING DEVELOPING VARIOUS STRATEGIES AND IDEOLOGIES TO BETTER OPERATE WITHIN THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. UPI'S TRAININGS INCLUDES CURRICULUMS CENTERING AROUND DEVELOPING AND ESTABLISHING A "LICENSE TO OPERATE" WHICH IS FORMED THROUGH RELATIONSHIP BUILDING EFFORTS, STRATEGIES TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES, IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE AND WORKER WELLNESS, AND UTILIZING CULTURAL IDEOLOGIES TO CREATE SHARED COMMUNITY GROUPS. TO DATE, UPI TRAINED OVER 5,000 PEACEMAKERS, RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY PRACTITIONERS, AND HEALTH OUTREACH WORKERS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY. STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT OUR GANG INTERVENTION TRAINING HAS RESULTED IN A 41% REDUCTION IN RETALIATORY VIOLENCE AND PREVENTED 185 GANG RETALIATIONS IN LOS ANGELES OVER A ONE YEAR TIME SPAN. AS A RESULT OF UPI'S REGIONAL SUPPORT EFFORTS, CHICAGO HAS ESTABLISHED ITS OWN PEACE ACADEMY TO TRAIN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WORKERS, AND SACRAMENTO EXPERIENCED ZERO YOUTH HOMICIDES FOR TWO YEARS, CREDITING THE URBAN PEACE INSTITUTE'S SUPPORT FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY IN SAVING THE LIVES OF ITS CHILDREN. IN ADDITION, UPI'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRAINED OVER 70 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, ON-THE-GROUND ORGANIZATIONS AND MULTI-SECTOR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN 2023 ALONE. 587592 170524 565078 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY - IN LOS ANGELES, UPI IMPLEMENTS ON-THE-GROUND VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THREE SCHOOL SAFETY COLLABORATIVES TO INCREASE SAFETY FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, A LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY CAPACITY OF BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS, AND SPEARHEADS THE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP, A RELATIONSHIP-BASED POLICING INITIATIVE TO PREVENT AND REDUCE VIOLENCE IN TEN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. WHILE HOMICIDES ARE STILL HIGH WITHIN THESE COMMUNITIES, DUE TO EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON NON-VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION, IN 2020, VIOLENT CRIME WENT DOWN BY 5%, COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IN TOTAL, UPI'S CSH PROGRAM SERVES OVER 20 STUDENTS ANNUALLY IN OUR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TRAININGS AND ENGAGES OVER 60 RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR THREE SCHOOL SAFETY COLLABORATIVES SITES, WORKING WITH LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ENSURE STUDENTS' WELFARE AND INCREASE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION. 408429 JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION (FORMERLY SMART JUSTICE) - UPI WORKS TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MASS INCARCERATION AND JUVENILE INCARCERATION FACILITIES BY DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO DISRUPT THE PRISON PIPELINE AND PROVIDE HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BIPOC YOUTH THAT END UP IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE DO THIS THROUGH A THREE-PRONGED SYSTEM: TRAINING, ADVOCACY, AND POWER-BUILDING. UPI TRAINS PRISON-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTIONISTS, OR CREDIBLE MESSENGERS, TO PROVIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS WITHIN JUVENILE FACILITIES, WE WORK WITH THE LA YOUTH UPRISING COALITION (LAYUP) TO LEAD ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO HOLD PROBATION OFFICERS AND THE COUNTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISTREATMENT OF THE YOUTH IN THESE, OFTEN, UNSAFE FACILITIES WHILE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR FUNDS TO BE DIVERTED FROM PRIVATE PRISONS AND BE REALLOCATED TOWARDS PROVEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT FOCUS ON ENSURING YOUTH ARE NOT SHEPHERDED TO THE PRISON SYSTEM AS IS OFTEN SEEN IN THE CASE OF UNDERSERVED BLACK AND BROWN INDIVIDUALS. LASTLY, UPI ALSO EMPOWERS YOUTH THROUGH YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND LIBERATION FELLOWSHIPS. UPI'S ADVOCACY HAS ELIMINATED FUNDING FOR HARMFUL SCHOOL-BASED PROBATION SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND HAS ENSURED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2022. 1859597 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X TIMOTHY SHUGRUE 2134040124 1910 SUNSET BLVD STE 800 LOS ANGELES CA 90026 CONNIE RICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAULA LITT VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUSAN LEE TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 XAVIER MORALES SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ALEX JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JANE PEEBLES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GERALD TORRES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHANNON WATTS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 FERNANDO REJON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 151121 0 13084 TIMOTHY SHUGRUE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS 40.00 X 67774 0 6906 218895 0 19990 1 0 1 0 CHAPTER TWO 8929 S SEPULVEDA BLVD STE 405 LOS ANGELES CA 90045 CONSULTING 309937 1 923172 577366 1500538 CONTRACT REVENUE 900099 565078 565078 565078 OTHER INCOME 900099 1165 1165 1165 2066781 565078 0 1165 X 287956 287956 282146 93509 154177 34460 1503761 899554 345547 258660 31714 13219 15807 2688 60371 36163 24208 156658 75752 68815 12091 2427 2427 37928 37928 320222 163191 20078 136953 63199 15986 47213 65236 25064 30632 9540 172131 132316 23574 16241 54184 42334 7549 4301 57781 40736 8392 8653 11002 4362 6640 BAD DEBT EXPENSE 42041 42041 DEVELOPMENT 23873 1598 200 22075 SUBSCRIPTIONS 11878 1182 6383 4313 MEMBERSHIPS/DUES 620 620 3185128 1859597 768343 557188 972744 930681 560961 1718992 205283 40499 35000 0 0 35000 0 208971 2691736 1981395 97493 304758 0 200741 97493 505499 X 1644243 549772 950000 926124 2594243 1475896 2691736 1981395 -1118347 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 69816 3661681 1500538 5232035 69816 3661681 1500538 5232035 715718 4516317 5232035 1175378 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 35000 35000 35000 RIGHT-OF-USE LEASE ASSETS 208971 208971 LEASE LIABILITIES 200741 200741 X 2066781 0 2066781 0 2066781 3185128 0 3185128 0 3185128 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVED TAX-EXEMPT STATUS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AND UNDER THE CALIFORNIA REVENUE CODE SECTION 23701(D). ACCORDINGLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM PAYING FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA INCOME TAXES EXCEPT ON ANY UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THE ORGANIZATION HAD NO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME FOR THE YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVALUATED ITS CURRENT TAX PROVISIONS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT AS OF JUNE 30, 2023, THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR WHICH A RESERVE WOULD BE NECESSARY. 1 CHAPTER TWO 8929 S SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90045 262915770 501(C)(3) 202140 0 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CROSSROADS PO BOX 2474 DOWNEY CA 90242 203187437 501(C)(3) 44687 0 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION RESILIENT AGENCY 2429 RIVERDALE AVE LOS ANGELES CA 900311134 824107473 501(C)(3) 41129 0 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 3 0 PART I, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION ONLY MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH CLOSELY RELATED MISSIONS AND IS ABLE TO MONITOR THE USE OF FUNDS THROUGH WORKING CLOSELY WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES MONTHLY DOCUMENTATION FOR HOW THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FERNANDO REJON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 149170 0 1951 0 0 0 13084 0 0 0 164205 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS RECEIVED A HOLIDAY BONUS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN OUTSIDE CPA FIRM. THE FULL BOARD IS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C IF A SITUATION OCCURS WHERE THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR A PROJECT LEADER, VOLUNTEER, EMPLOYEE, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, THE INDIVIDUAL MUST DISCLOSE THIS TO HUMAN RESOURCES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IT USES COMPARABLE DATA AND MARKET RATES FROM OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE AND ALL DECISIONS ARE CONTEMPORENAOUSLY DOCUMENTED. SALARY PAY SCALES FOR OFFICERS ARE DEVELOPED BY UPIS SENIOR TEAM LEADERSHIP AND ARE BASED ON SALARIES OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS WITHIN CALIFORNIA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES THEIR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 163,191. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 20,078. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 136,953. TOTAL EXPENSES 320,222.