Community Development Project Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Immigrants' rights: takeroot's immigrants' rights team finds innovative ways to use and change laws in order to build power in immigrant communities of color. Takeroot employs the tools of direct representation, community education, and advocacy to advance the rights of low-income immigrants. Takeroot partners with working class immigrant organizing groups to provide their members with comprehensive legal representation in affirmative and removal defense cases. Takeroot aims to protect individuals from detention and deportation, keep families together and build power in immigrant communities. Takeroot provides up-to-date know your rights ("kyr") workshops and materials to help our partners keep their base safe and informed of changes in immigration policy. Takeroot's team is also involved in efforts to support the development of immigrant community defense networks, advocacy to challenge harsh immigration laws and enforcement practices, and promote language access.expenses $ 907,329. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $ 0equitable neighborhoods: takeroot's equitable neighborhoods practice works with grassroots groups, neighborhood organizations and community coalitions to ensure that people of color, immigrants and low-income residents are not ignored or pushed out in the name of "progress. Takeroot partners with residents in historically under-resourced areas to fight for stable, affordable housing, community spaces, jobs to make a good living and other opportunities that allow people to thrive.takeroot's equitable neighborhoods team supports community groups when they respond to New York city-initiated projects and plans, including neighborhood rezoning's; when they want to understand and influence big development projects coming to their area; as they create or defend important community spaces; and when they work to ensure public assets are being used for public good. Takeroot's team also supports grassroots efforts to reform policies to ensure that local people, businesses and community institutions are not displaced by large developers.expenses $ 632,103. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $ 0consumer justice: through free resources including legal clinics, community education, consumer advocacy services, and legalrepresentation, the consumer justice team builds community strength and financial empowerment. Takeroot's consumer empowerment services include:- community education workshops and materials that encourage greater public awareness around consumer and financial empowerment issues, such as credit reporting and access to banking, to demonstrate their impact on low-income communities. The organization strives to teach consumers how to protect and assert their rights.- direct legal services to represent consumers in debt collectionlitigation and to assert their rights against unlawful debt collection practices. The organization's areas of coverage include breach of community development project, lease, credit card debts, student loans, and identity theft, with special attention to the disparate impact of unlawful and fraudulent acts on immigrant communities.- support of community organizations' advocacy campaigns to bringreform in the areas of employment agency fraud, injustice in the bail bond industry, and increased regulation of debt collectors and process servers in New York city.expenses $ 283,254. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $ 0.research and policy: takeroot's research & policy team partners with organizing groups on research projects and policy analysis to document problems, formalize issues for policy-makers, and help move campaigns forward.expenses $ 280,162. Including grants of $ 0. Revenue $ 0.capacity building: takeroot's capacity building team offers community groups the legal assistance they need to establish, grow, build power and bring new opportunities to their neighborhoods. Takeroot's attorneys help build the nonprofits' capacities for effective organizational management and support their organizi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $61.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 18.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings