2025-05-14T20:30:31-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 933490948 TASTE FOR EQUITY TAST 2068187203 1631 NE Broadway Suite 2055 Portland OR 972321425 LB Yockey Jones Treasurer 2068187203 2025-05-10 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X L B Yockey Jones 1622 NW Riverscape Portland OR 97209 620273 0 X tasteforequity.org X non profit entity 2024 OR TASTE for Equity is a catalyst to experience and inspire action for a more equitable community 6 6 0 65 0 0 400273 0 0 -131543 0 268730 109325 0 0 0 0 18944 0 128269 0 140461 0 140461 0 0 0 140461 TASTE for Equity brings leaders together across cultures and traditional divides to forge deeper connections and inspire action for a more equitable community. Our annual gala does this through an elevated experience that also celebrates the richness of Oregon's BIPOC and LGBTQ+ food and wine industry, honors community heroes, and provides grants to organizations serving and advocating communities of color and queer communities. 0 0 10528 0 90% of our costs to produce the Gala were paid directly to our priority populations: Black, Indigenous and other People of Color and/or LGBTQIA+ individuals, businesses and social service organizations. 109325 109325 109325 We granted three organizations, ELSO, APANO, and Adelante Mujeres $25,000 each. 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Adelante Mujeres 2030 Main St a Forest Grove OR 97116 030473181 c 3 25000 General operating grant to support their mission. ELSO 2828 NE Alberta St Portland OR 97211 831208258 c 3 25000 General operating suport for their mission Latino Network 410 NE 18th Ave Portland OR 97232 731675402 c 3 10000 General operating support of their mission KAIROS PDX 4915 N Gantenbein Ave Portland OR 97217 460987167 c 3 10000 General operating support of their mission Seeding Justice 510 SW 3rd Ave 300 Portland OR 97204 930691187 c 3 10000 General Operating support of their mission 7 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 CRITERIA for all TASTE beneficiaries: Must be a 501c3 nonprofit, Primarily serves people in the Portland metropolitan and northern Willamette Valley areas, Must serve BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ communities (directly or through advocacy), Priority for culturally-specific and LGBTQIA+-specific organizations, Must be at least three years old. Each organization will receive four years of full support and partnership. In their rolloff year, they will receive a departing small grant (~$10k depending on the full grant budget for the year) and be called out at the Gala each year and other opportunities TBD. Each organization is expected to partner with TASTE including having someone serve on the Steering Committee and help "their community" show up to the Gala and related TASTE activities. Form 990, Header, Line A This is the first year that TASTE for Equity is filing a separate return. TASTE was granted exemption by the IRS in 2024. Previous years' financial information has been included on fiscal sponsors' returns. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 This is our first filing year so our bylaws are new. ARTICLE I: PURPOSE Section 1. Organizational Purpose. This corporation shall be organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, religious, and educational purposes. Subject to the limitations stated in the Articles of Incorporation, the purposes of this corporation shall be to engage in any lawful activities, none of which are for profit, for which corporations may be organized under Oregon, Section 65 of the Oregon Corporations Code (or its corresponding future provisions) and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or its corresponding future provisions). The primary purpose of TASTE for Equity. ("TASTE") is to be a catalyst to experience and inspire action for a more equitable community. We bring leaders, creators, and changemakers together across cultural divides to support, promote and inspire action toward significant equity advances in the region. From support programs, sponsorships, and mentorships to the annual gala honoring Oregon's BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ food and wine industry - community is at the heart of everything we do. Section 2. Guiding Principles. In order to fulfill our purpose and mission, we have organizationally chosen to adhere to the following guiding principles: We are focused on spotlighting and patronizing vendors, partners and beneficiaries owned/led by our priority population: BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals We seek to amplify the work of our community's diversity, inclusion, equity and justice practitioners and champions-and connect and inspire them further-rather than duplicate or compete with their businesses and/or efforts. Our leadership and committees should reflect the racial and queer communities we are serving with more than 50% of board and committee members from those communities. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b a draft version of this form is provided to the board via email for review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 This is the first year of 990 filing. The form will be available on our website and guidestar. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Fiscal statements and governing documents are not yet made available to the public but will be added to the tasteforequity.org website.