ACCE Action

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action is a left-of-center group that focuses on liberal housing policies including rent control. 1 ACCE Action participates in efforts to elect Democrats to office at all levels of government. Other left-wing polices ACCE Action supports include raising taxes,2 supporting “sanctuary” policies prohibiting law enforcement from co-operating with federal immigration authorities,3 and increasing the minimum wage. 4

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy
Website: www.acceaction.org
Location: Los Angeles, CA View on map
Tax ID: 27-1482731
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $1,321,284 Revenue: $620,557 Expenses: $914,000

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    Campaigns

    In 2016, ACCE Contra Costa helped pass Measure L in Richmond, California. Measure L implemented new rental regulations including rent control and requiring landlords to show cause when evicting a tenant. 5 Mayor Tom Butt opposed the measure and said that it would create the city’s fourth largest bureaucracy. 6

    In 2018, Richmond ACCE Action campaigned for left-wing candidates including Diana Becton for Contra Costa District Attorney and Eduardo Martinez for city council. 5 Becton received endorsements from California Democrats including Governor Jerry Brown, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, and U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell. 7 Once in office, Becton issued guidance to her office that directed prosecutors to minimize immigration consequences for illegal immigrants that reach a plea. 8 Martinez was a liberal community activist before first being elected to city council in 2014. 9 In addition to ACCE Action, Martinez received endorsements from the far-left groups Democratic Socialists of America, the Green Party, and Our Revolution. 10

    Affiliations

    ACCE Action participates in the Million Voters Project (MVP), which engages in get-out-the-vote campaigns in traditionally Democratic constituencies. 1 During 2018, MVP was active in five congressional districts that flipped from Republicans to Democrats;11 MVP celebrated its role in helping Democrats “reclaim the House.” 11 Other left-of-center groups that are partners of the MVP are Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Civic Engagement Fund, California Calls, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), and Power California. 12

    ACCE Action is a member of School and Communities First coalition. The coalition is the lead group pushing for repealing Proposition 13, which capped property taxes in California, in 2020. 2 The group predicts that repealing Proposition 13 would raise taxes in California by $12 billion annually. 13 Left-wing groups that are part of the coalition include ACLU of Southern California, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Bend the Arc, Oakland Rising, and the League of Women Voters of California. 14

    Housing NOW!, a group that advocates for liberal housing policies including rent control, making it harder to evict tenants, and allowing renters to form unions, counts ACCE as one of its members. 15 16 A more radical proposal of the group is to stop “financial speculation on land and homes,” which could restrict some investments including renovating houses for sale. 16 Other left-wing groups that support Housing Now! include Courage Campaign, PolicyLink, and chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America from Los Angeles, the East Bay, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara. 15

    Immigration

    ACCE Action has supported liberal expansionist immigration policies.  ACCE backed Assembly Bill 291, which bans landlords from reporting illegal immigrants to authorities. 3 Senate Bill 54, which directed California law enforcement agencies not to co-operate with federal immigration authorities, also received ACCE Action’s endorsement. 17 When the Contra Costa sheriff announced that the county would terminate its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold illegal immigrants in one of its jails, ACCE Action applauded the move. 18 After President Donald Trump tweeted about ICE raids ramping up, ACCE Action tweeted out advice telling illegal immigrants what to do if ICE comes to their door. 19  ACCE Action has called the Trump Administration’s border policy “sadistic.” 20

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $1,321,284 $620,557 $914,000 View
    2023 $1,302,850 $1,006,996 $868,746 View
    2022 $1,362,390 $514,424 $597,479 View
    2021 $1,270,920 $1,148,639 $463,181 View
    2020 $700,336 $1,968,092 $1,440,522 View

    Prior year filings: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 109

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $3,516,122
    • Number of Grants: 52
    • Number of Funders: 22

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $400,0002021 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative AdvocacyAFFORDABLE HOUSING
    $285,0002023 San Francisco FoundationPROGRAM – TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCACY. PROGRAM – TO SUPPORT TENANT PROTECTIONS
    $200,0002021 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative AdvocacyAFFORDABLE HOUSING
    $125,0002022 The Satterberg Foundation IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $125,0002021 The Satterberg Foundation IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $100,0002020 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative AdvocacyAFFORDABLE HOUSING
    $100,0002020 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative AdvocacyAFFORDABLE HOUSING
    $90,0002021 San Francisco FoundationPROGRAM – TO SUPPORT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THAT ADVANCES RACIAL EQUITY, TAX EQUITY AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BAY AREA RESIDENTS. PROGRAM – TO SUPPORT ACCE IN WORKING TO ENSURE THAT OAKLAND'S CITY BUDGET ADDRESSES THE RACIAL INEQUITIES IN THE CITY AND THAT LOW-INCOME, WORKING CLASS, AND THOSE HARDEST HIT BY COVID ARE PRIORITIZED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
    $80,0002023 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299GENERAL
    $80,0002021 Liberty Hill FoundationTO ORGANIZE TENANTS AND FIGHT FOR FAIR HOUSING POLICIES AND SERVICES; ORGANIZE PARENTS AND EDUCATORS TOWARD COMMUNITY-BASED POLICIES; ORGANIZE WORKERS TOWARDS FAIR WAGES
    $75,0002024 United Teachers Los AngelesDEVELOPING & ADVOCATING GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES FOR PUBLICALLY FUNDED SCHOOLS
    $75,0002024 Tides AdvocacyENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE ADVOCACY
    $75,0002023 United Teachers Los AngelesDEVELOPING & ADVOCATING GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES FOR PUBLICALLY FUNDED SCHOOLS
    $75,0002022 United Teachers Los AngelesDEVELOPING & ADVOCATING GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES FOR PUBLICALLY FUNDED SCHOOLS
    $75,0002022 United Way of Greater Los AngelesHOUSING
    $75,0002021 United Teachers Los AngelesDEVELOPING & ADVOCATING GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES FOR PUBLICALLY FUNDED SCHOOLS
    $56,3372022 PICO CALIFORNIAMillion Voters Project
    $50,1992023 Million Voters Project Action Fund for Schools and Communities FirstSUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION ACT (SB567)
    $45,0002022 East Bay Community FoundationSupport for the California Sterilization Survivors Advocacy & Wellness Program to engage survivors of state sanctioned sterilization ($35,000); and for fundraising ($10,000)
    $44,5002022 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299GENERAL
    $40,0002021 East Bay Community FoundationTo support voter education and turnout in Oakland and Contra Costa County
    $40,0002020 Liberty Hill FoundationLIBERTY VOTE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $35,0002020 East Bay Community FoundationSupport for social justice activities ($10,000 for Contra Costa and $25,000 for Oakland)
    $30,0002025 KIWA (Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance)PROGRAM WORK
    $30,0002020 Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund IncFIGHT BACK

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $307,100
    • Number of Grants: 6
    • Number of Recipients: 5

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $200,0002020 New York Communities for Change
    $50,0002023 Pico California Action FundContributions for lobbying
    $25,0002020 Schools and Communities First
    $12,1002024 Working Families Organization IncTo provide network dues
    $10,0002023 Working Families Organization IncTo provide network dues
    $10,0002020 Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund Inc

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    References

    1. “Statewide: Office.” ACCE Action. Accessed October 15, 2019. https://www.acceaction.org/statewide.
    2. “California Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government Funding Initiative (2020).” Ballotpedia. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://ballotpedia.org/California_Tax_on_Commercial_and_Industrial_Properties_for_Education_and_Local_Government_Funding_Initiative_(2020).
    3. ACCE. Twitter Post. September 14, 2017. 2:39 PM. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/908399735895027712
    4. ACCE. Twitter Post. June 27, 2018. 1:54 PM. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/1012031462449692673
    5. “Contra Costa: Office.” ACCE Action. Accessed October 15, 2019. https://www.acceaction.org/contra_costa.
    6. Schuknecht, Cat. “Measure L Passes with Mixed Reactions.” Richmond Confidential, November 9, 2016. https://richmondconfidential.org/2016/11/09/measure-l-passes-with-mixed-reactions/.
    7. “Endorsments.” Diana Becton: District Attorney. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.becton4da.org/endorsements.
    8. Becton, Diana. “Immigration Policy.” Office of the Contra Costa District Attorney, May 8, 2019. https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/60282/Contra-Costa-DA-Immigration-Policy-2019-PDF?bidId=.
    9. Zhou, Larry. “Eduardo Martinez: Shy Person Turned into Powerful City Councilman.” Richmond Confidential, November 14, 2014. https://richmondconfidential.org/2014/11/13/eduardo-martinez-shy-person-turned-into-powerful-city-councilman/.
    10. “Endorsements.” Eduardo Martinez. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.eduardomartinez4richmond.net/endorsements/.
    11. “Powerful Community Coalition Helps Reclaim the House of Reps and Beat Back Realtors.” Million Voters Project. Accessed October 15, 2019. https://millionvotersproject.org/node/45.
    12. “Partners.” Million Voters Project. Accessed October 15, 2019. https://millionvotersproject.org/partners.
    13. “What SCF Will Do.” Schools and Communities First. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.schoolsandcommunitiesfirst.org/.
    14. “Supporters.” Schools and Communities First. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.schoolsandcommunitiesfirst.org/who-su.
    15. “About.” Housing Now! California. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.housingnowca.org/about.
    16. “The Crisis.” Housing Now! California. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://www.housingnowca.org/the-crisis.
    17. ACCE. Twitter Post. August 18, 2017. 8:25 PM. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/898702341754335232
    18. ACCE. Twitter Post. July 11, 2018. 2:49 PM. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/1017118752435945472
    19. ACCE. Twitter Post. June 21, 2019. 3:59 PM. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/1142160063362002946
    20. ACCE. Twitter Post. March 27, 2019. 5:19 PM. Accessed November 8, 2019. https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/1111014980122370048