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The Center for Cultural Power

Public charity
Foundations · OAKLAND, CA · EIN 45-3154473

About

Artists transform the world through their powerful art: stories, images, and songs. The center for cultural power exists to create a thriving ecosystem for artists and culture makers to shift worldviews AWAY from domination and extraction toward collaboration and interdependence.the center for cultural power mobilizes artists to envision a world in which cultural, economic, and political power are distributed equitably and where ALL human beings CAN live in harmony with nature. Cultural power is an artist-centered cultural strategy organization that promotes the artist as a key agent of social change and is committed to building their collective power. We center values-aligned artists in our cultural and narrative strategy work.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Foundations
Employees
55
Volunteers
5

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-12-31
Revenue
$11.6M
Expenses
$10.2M
Assets
$14.4M
Liabilities
$816K

Financial history

$14.8M$7.4M$0
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RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $11.6M · Avg: $6.2M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$172K
Foreign employees2
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$0
Grants Given
$309K
THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER
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Address

2648 International BLVD STE 115 106
Oakland, CA, 94601-156

Governance

Voting board members6
Independent members5
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsYes
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Fundraising activity (Schedule G)

Uses professional fundraisersYes
Net to org-$20K
Retained by contractors$20K
ChannelsEmail · Grant solicitation
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