2025-05-03T13:41:31-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 452751950 TRANSIT RIDERS UNION TRAN 2066514282 PO Box 20723 Seattle WA 98102 Katie Wilson President 2067817204 2025-05-03 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://transitriders.org X X 198395 X 198395 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198395 0 0 159536 19007 3685 3605 34083 219916 -21521 104419 0 82898 X 107333 86863 0 0 1938 500 109271 87363 4852 4465 104419 82898 TRU organizes for economic justice including better public transit, stronger renter protections & labor standards, and progressive funding for public goods and services in Seattle and King County. In 2024, our main areas of work included campaigns to raise the minimum wage; organizing to protect renters; continuing direct "mutual aid" work with people living unsheltered; and advocating for robust public goods and social services funded with progressive revenue. Stay Housed Stay Healthy Coalition: TRU continued working with and helping to lead this coalition, organizing with renters and championing renter interests. In 2024, we successfully fended off plans to weaken Seattle's renter protections. We also collected information from Seattle renters about the growing problem of arbitrary and manipulative rental "junk fees" that landlords charge and created a document that we shared with elected officials. In the Seattle City Budget process, we fought with partial success to restore funding for tenant services and rental assistance that was cut in half in the mayor's proposed budget. These funds are vital to ensure that renters in distress have access to counseling, legal services, and organizing support as they try to avoid eviction or resolve other issues with their landlords. 56% of Seattle households are renters and benefit from the renter protections we are defending. 0 36492 Camp Outreach Project: TRU members continued a 100% volunteer-run project providing direct assistance to the growing number of people living unsheltered in Seattle. Volunteers cooked weekly meals to serve at several homeless encampments where they built relationships and assisted the residents. They also purchased basic supplies like water, clothing, batteries and fuel, especially during the winter months. TRU members fundraised from individual supporters specifically for this project. This project served around 60 homeless individuals every week throughout the year, and over 25 TRU members and volunteers participated in running the program. 0 15213 Minimum Wage: TRU supported the successful ballot initiative campaign to raise the minimum wage in Renton, and led a successful effort to pass minimum wage legislation through the King County Council for unincorporated King County. And we led a coalition campaign to qualify a minimum wage and access to hours initiative for the February 2025 ballot in Burien. Raising the minimum wage in these jurisdictions will benefit thousands of low-wage workers. 0 65856 Progressive Revenue and Budget Advocacy: TRU led a community-labor coalition to advocate for new progressive revenue during the Seattle budget process and to push back against shifting JumpStart payroll expense tax funding away from affordable housing, equitable development, and climate resilience programs. All Seattle residents benefit from the programs and services we are fighting to protect against cuts. 0 20001 137562 Katie Wilson President / General Secretary 10 0 0 0 Beau Morton Vice President / Assisting Secretary 2 0 0 0 Anthony D'Amico Recording Secretary 2 0 0 0 Jason Austin Treasurer 4 0 0 0 Kristina Sawyckyj Disability & Access Officer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McBooks Inc PO Box 20723 Seattle WA 98102 2066514282 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Schedule C, Part I-A, Line 1 TRU made endorsements in candidate races and our members volunteered to knock doors. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Banking and Merchant Fees; Books, Subscriptions, Reference; Charitable Contributions; Service Provision through Camp Outreach Project; Licenses and Fees; Events & Supplies; Telecommunications; Travel & Meetings; in-kind services. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Security deposit assets Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Payroll liabilities and accounts payable