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Coalition for Economic Justice
The Coalition for Economic Justice is a left-of-center nonprofit that promotes causes such as the $15 minimum wage.
At-A-Glance
Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Economic Policy
Website: cejbuffalo.org
Location: Buffalo, NY View on map
Tax ID: 22-3037457
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $553,568 Revenue: $612,865 Expenses: $252,409
The Coalition for Economic Justice is a left-of-center nonprofit that promotes causes such as the $15 minimum wage.
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Employee Compensation
- Number of Employees: 3
Highest Earning Employees
| Employee | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Nowak | Executive Dir. | $66,630 |
Grant Activity
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $1,068,320
- Number of Grants: 59
- Number of Funders: 19
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $75,000 | 2021 | Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | UNRESTRICTED USE; BUFFALO MUTUAL AID |
| $54,000 | 2020 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | For grant recipient's exempt purposes |
| $50,000 | 2024 | Flock Inc | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| $40,000 | 2022 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock | To support a coalition of community, labor and faith-based groups in Buffalo |
| $40,000 | 2020 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock | To support a coalition of community, labor and faith-based groups in Buffalo |
| $27,000 | 2023 | Flock Inc | PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT |
| $27,000 | 2022 | Flock Inc | PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT |
| $27,000 | 2021 | Flock Inc | Buffalo Transit Riders United (BTRU) is a coalition of public transit riders in the Buffalo-Niagara metropolitan area organized in pursuit of reliable, equitable, accessible, affordable public transit service. The Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA) does not meet the needs of Buffalo area residents. Buses are often late or do not show up, they are not scheduled early or late enough in the day, and they come rarely if at all on weekends. These failing disproportionately impact communities of color, low income families, and people with disabilities. |
| $27,000 | 2021 | Flock Inc | Buffalo Transit Riders United (BTRU) is a coalition of public transit riders in the Buffalo-Niagara metropolitan area organized in pursuit of reliable, equitable, accessible, affordable public transit service. The Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA) does not meet the needs of Buffalo area residents. Buses are often late or do not show up, they are not scheduled early or late enough in the day, and they come rarely if at all on weekends. These failing disproportionately impact communities of color, low income families, and people with disabilities. To address these issues some of our current campaign goals are to increase membership, address social stigma around public transit, and to ensure riders have direct decision making power at the NFTA. Increasing membership and leadership in the campaign is a continuous goal for BTRU. As we continue to build our base, through canvassing and public meetings, we build our power. We are also building relationships with other social justice organizations working on issues that intersect with transit justice. In 2019, BTRU help collaborative meetings and actions with environmental justice and housing justice organizations to increase the public dialog about the relationships between these issues. Stigma around public transit is an important issue. We work in collaboration with local environmental justice organizations to fight for alternative energy buses, but we also recognize that these efforts are less effective if people are still primarily choosing to rely on individual cars. Buffalo is a very car centric city and it can be difficult to encourage someone to use public transit when the reputation, and reality, of the bus is based in its unreliability. This creates, for some, a set of beliefs about what it means to be the kind of person that has to rely on transit and the value of the system itself. In 2019, we held our first Transit Based Scavenger Hunt, which encouraged people to explore our city, connect with local arts and music, and create positive memories using the system. This year, we are also in conversation with union partners to establish worker-rider partnerships, where riders would act as Transit Ambassadors answering questions and working with the employees to learn how to best navigate the system for themselves. Lastly, obtaining rider representation on the NFTA board has been a major focus in the last year. Initially, BTRU was fighting for increased funding for the NFTA. We were told that with more funding rider’s demands for improvements to the system could be met. By late 2017, the leaders realized that the NFTA was seeking out and spending funding on projects that did not align with rider’s immediate needs. Therefore, BTRU’s demand is now that the NFTA’s Board of Commissioners be altered to include voting members who are full-time transit riders who represent riders’ interests. |
| $27,000 | 2021 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | For grant recipient's exempt purposes |
| $27,000 | 2020 | Flock Inc | Buffalo Transit Riders United (BTRU) is a coalition of public transit riders in the Buffalo-niagara metropolitan area organized in pursuit of reliable, equitable, accessible, affordable public transit service. The Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA) does not meet the needs of Buffalo area residents. Buses are often late or do not show up, they are not scheduled early or late enough in the day, and they come rarely if at all on weekends. These failing disproportionately impact communities of color, low income families, and people with disabilities. To address these issues some of our current campaign goals are to increase membership, address social stigma around public transit, and to ensure riders have direct decision making power at the NFTA. Increasing membership and leadership in the campaign is a continuous goal for BTRU. As we continue to build our base, through canvassing and public meetings, we build our power. We are also building relationships with other social justice organizations working on issues that intersect with transit justice. In 2019, BTRU help collaborative meetings and actions with environmental justice and housing justice organizations to increase the public dialog about the relationships between these issues. Stigma around public transit is an important issue. We work in collaboration with local environmental justice organizations to fight for alternative energy buses, but we also recognize that these efforts are less effective if people are still primarily choosing to rely on individual cars. Buffalo is a very car centric city and it can be difficult to encourage someone to use public transit when the reputation, and reality, of the bus is based in its unreliability. This creates, for some, a set of beliefs about what it means to be the kind of person that has to rely on transit and the value of the system itself. In 2019, we held our first Transit Based Scavenger Hunt, which encouraged people to explore our city, connect with local arts and music, and create positive memories using the system. This year, we are also in conversation with union partners to establish worker-rider partnerships, where riders would act as Transit Ambassadors answering questions and working with the employees to learn how to best navigate the system for themselves. Lastly, obtaining rider representation on the NFTA board has been a major focus in the last year. Initially, BTRU was fighting for increased funding for the NFTA. We were told that with more funding rider’s demands for improvements to the system could be met. By late 2017, the leaders realized that the NFTA was seeking out and spending funding on projects that did not align with rider’s immediate needs. |
| $25,000 | 2024 | Energy Action Fund | TO SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY POLICY ADVANCEMENT IN THE STATES. |
| $25,000 | 2022 | People United for Sustainable Housing Inc | IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS GAPS IN SERVICES THAT ARISE AS CRISIS DEVELOPS WHILE HELPING BUILD AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. ROWBOAT GRANT |
| $25,000 | 2020 | People United for Sustainable Housing Inc | IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS GAPS IN SERVICES THAT ARISE AS CRISIS DEVELOPS WHILE HELPING BUILD AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY |
| $20,000 | 2021 | Ben & Jerry's Foundation | 2021 RENEWAL – Grassroots Organizing for Social Change-General Support |
| $17,500 | 2020 | Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | UNRESTRICTED USE; BUFFALO MUTUAL AID |
| $17,000 | 2020 | Ben & Jerry's Foundation | Renewal – Grassroots Organizing for Social Change – Buffalo Transit Riders United (BTRU) |
| $15,000 | 2022 | Jobs with Justice Education Fund | To support increasing fundraising capacity |
| $15,000 | 2021 | Jobs with Justice Education Fund | TO BUILD A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS IN MUTUAL AID EFFORTS |
| $15,000 | 2021 | TIDES FOUNDATION | EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT |
| $12,500 | 2022 | Local Initiatives Support Corporation | SEE PART IV |
| $10,000 | 2021 | Flock Inc | The Buffalo Mutual Aid Network (BMAN) is a group for peer-to-peer organizing, humanitarian assistance, and reliable information sharing developed in response to the COVID-19 crisis. All funds raised will be used to support the different programs within BMAN, particularly our Peer to Peer program, which connects community volunteers with folks who have made requests for groceries and household goods, and our Solidarity Fund, which facilitates direct financial assistances among community members. |
| $10,000 | 2021 | Flock Inc | The Buffalo Mutual Aid Network (BMAN) is a group for peer-to-peer organizing, humanitarian assistance, and reliable information sharing developed in response to the COVID-19 crisis. All funds raised will be used to support the different programs within BMAN, particularly our Peer to Peer program, which connects community volunteers with folks who have made requests for groceries and household goods, and our Solidarity Fund, which facilitates direct financial assistances among community members. |
| $7,318 | 2021 | Network for Good, Inc. | UNRESTRICTED |
| $5,000 | 2024 | The Western New York Foundation | EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANT |
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