East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) is a left-of-center organizing and policy organization based in Oakland, California. It is a member of the Economic Analysis and Research Network, a coalition of left-wing policy organizations created by the labor-union-aligned Economic Policy Institute. These organizations advocate for economic policy changes on a local level.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Economic Policy
Website: workingeastbay.org
Formation:

1999

Executive Director:

Kate O’Hara

Executive Director’s Compensation:

Gross Salary: $87,822 1

Location: Oakland, CA View on map
Tax ID: 94-3314108
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $7,519,599 Revenue: $2,816,900 Expenses: $2,852,970

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    EBASE advocates for fair development, good jobs, immigrant rights, and faith organizing.2 Working with labor-union-backed campaigns like Fight for $15 and Lift Up Oakland, EBASE advocates for raising the California minimum wage. EBASE and its religious organizing arm, Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME), are part of the Raise the Roof coalition that advocates for immigrants’ rights in the East Bay area.

    Campaigns

    Minimum Wage

    EBASE is part of a larger left-wing advocacy network that campaigns for increased minimum wages throughout the East Bay and California. In conjunction with the Lift Up Oakland coalition, EBASE put Measure FF on the 2014 ballot, which raised the minimum wage to $12.15 an hour in the city of Oakland.3 Continued efforts by EBASE and labor-union-backed campaigns like Fight for $15 secured legislation to increase the California minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.4

    While EBASE touts the rise in wages as a win-win situation for businesses and workers, many businesses saw a large increase in labor costs that led to a reduction in workers’ hours and in some cases, layoffs. Some businesses were forced to increase their prices or shorten their hours of operation to make up for their rise in labor costs, ultimately resulting in a loss of business.5

    Immigration

    EBASE is part of the Raise the Roof coalition, which advocates making Concord, California a “sanctuary city” that does not assist federal immigration enforcement authorities. It supported an “inclusion resolution” in Concord City Council, providing a safe place for immigrants, denouncing hate speech, and limiting cooperation between local police and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).67

    Religious Organizing

    EBASE reinforces its organizing efforts with the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME). This component of their organization brings together religious leaders to further support EBASE’s advocacy campaigns.8

    Funding

    Numerous labor unions have provided funding for East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy. Department of Labor reports show that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, local and state affiliates of the Service Employees International Union, the SEIU-aligned union federation Change to Win, the East Bay Organizing Committee associated with the SEIU-led Fight for $15 campaign, and local and state affiliates of a number of other labor unions have funded EBASE.9

    Left-wing foundations also support EBASE: Notable contributors include the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the California Endowment, the Thomas J. Long Foundation, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and the California Wellness Foundation.10

    Coalition Memberships

    Alameda County United in Defense of Immigrant Rights (ACUDIR) (Non-profit)

    Bay Resistance (Non-profit)

    Economic Analysis and Research Network (Non-profit)

    Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME) (Non-profit)

    Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI) (Non-profit)

    The Oakland Citywide Anti-Displacement Network (Non-profit)

    Oakland Rising (Non-profit)

    Partnership for Working Families (Non-profit)

    Protect Oakland Renters (Non-profit)

    Raise the Roof (Non-profit)

    Revive Oakland (Non-profit)

    Donor Organizations

    California Endowment (Non-profit)

    East Bay Organizing Committee (Labor Union)

    Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund (Non-profit)

    Hidden Leaf Foundation (Non-profit)

    Kapor Center for Social Impact (Mitchell Kapor Foundation) (Non-profit)

    Marguerite Casey Foundation (Non-profit)

    McKay Foundation (Non-profit)

    Partnership for Working Families (Non-profit)

    Public Welfare Foundation (Non-profit)

    Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment (Non-profit)

    Rosenberg Foundation (Non-profit)

    San Francisco Foundation (Non-profit)

    Schwab Charitable Fund (Non-profit)

    Solidago Foundation (Non-profit)

    Surdna Foundation (Non-profit)

    W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Non-profit)

    Zellerbach Family Foundation (Non-profit)

    Board of Directors

    Danielle Mahones, President, Bay Area Black Worker Center

    Andreas Cluver, Vice-President, Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO

    Larisa Casillas, Secretary-Treasurer, Urban Habitat

    Annette Bernhardt, Labor Center, University of California, Berkeley

    Brandon Sturdivant, National People’s Action

    Yvonne Williams, Alameda County Labor Council, ATU 192

    Sanjay Garla, SEIU United Service Workers West

    Ty Hudson, UNITE-HERE Local 2850

    Reverend Sandhya Jha, Oakland Peace Center

    Reverend Kurt A. Kuhwald, Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $7,519,599 $2,816,900 $2,852,970 View
    2023 $7,698,540 $5,417,465 $2,595,230 View
    2022 $4,768,716 $1,972,251 $2,050,631 View
    2021 $3,976,176 $2,906,453 $1,734,326 View
    2020 $2,929,751 $1,466,359 $1,294,757 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 19

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Katherine O'HaraExecutive Dir.$137,856

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $22,470,374
    • Number of Grants: 232
    • Number of Funders: 58

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $3,500,0002023 Walter and Elise Haas FundSeven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being??
    $595,0002023 Tides CenterEQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
    $550,0002020 San Francisco FoundationFor general operating support. Core partner advancing equity agenda. This is an invitational general operating grant to support ebase, an anchor economic justice and housing advocacy partner to SFF. For general operating support for the contra costa immigrants rights alliance. Ebase is a long standing worker rights and housing hub organizing frontline workers to advocate for worker protections during covid-19
    $500,0002024 Walter and Elise Haas FundSEVEN YEARS OF GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO CLOSE THE RACIAL AND GENDER WEALTH GAP AND IMPROVE NONPROFIT WELL-BEING
    $500,0002022 Silicon Valley Community FoundationWorkforce Development
    $495,0002022 San Francisco FoundationPROGRAM – FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ADVANCE RACIAL JUSTICE, AND STEM DISPLACEMENT THROUGH STRENGTHENING WORKER AND RESIDENT LEADERSHIP, PASSING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICIES THAT RAISE THE FLOOR ON LOW-WAGE JOBS, AND EMPOWERING LOW-WAGE WORKERS. PROGRAM – TO MOBILIZE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR HELLOFRESH WORKERS WHO ARE ORGANIZING TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS IN THEIR FACILITY. PROGRAM – TO PARTNER WITH OTHER COMMUNITY LABOR PARTNERSHIPS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UC BERKELEY LABOR CENTER TO DEVELOP AND PILOT STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE WORKER POWER BUILDING STRATEGIES INTO WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS.
    $408,3332022 PowerSwitch ActionCALIFORNIA, HOUSING WMTC
    $405,8112021 PowerSwitch ActionCalifornia, Housing WMTC
    $400,0002024 THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATIONCORE OPERATING SUPPORT
    $300,5002024 PowerSwitch ActionCAPACITY BUILDING; CALIFORNIA
    $300,0002024 The California EndowmentTo support an organization that advances health equity in the East Bay and in California by building an inclusive economy based on good jobs and healthy communities, with a focus on advancing racial justice with Black and Brown communities.
    $300,0002023 The California EndowmentTo support an organization that advances economic, health, racial and social justice by building a just economy in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area based on good jobs and healthy communities.
    $300,0002021 THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATIONFOR CORE OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF LOW-INCOME WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES.
    $270,3152020 PowerSwitch ActionEquitable Cities & California
    $255,0002020 The California EndowmentTo support programming designed to strengthen coalitions and the capacity of stakeholders to ensure that community benefits, health and equity are incorporated in East Oakland development efforts.
    $200,0002025 The California EndowmentTo support the development of a learning and impact framework to engage on intersectional issues that impact Black workers' ability to live and work with dignity, wholeness and health in Alameda County.
    $200,0002024 Omidyar Network Fund, Inc.General Operating
    $175,0002023 PowerSwitch ActionCAPACITY BUILDING, CALIFORNIA, HOUSING
    $150,2502021 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support
    $150,0002021 Y & H Soda FoundationGeneral Operating Support
    $117,0002021 Marguerite Casey FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
    $115,0002024 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project California)BUDGET POWER PROJECT -MILLION VOTERS PROJECT
    $100,0002024 Tenants and Owners Development CorpSUPPORT OAKLAND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
    $100,0002023 San Francisco FoundationPROGRAM – TO SUPPORT WORKER POWER-BUILDING AND WORKFORCE TRAINING
    $100,0002020 Y & H Soda FoundationGeneral Operating Support

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $1,436,317
    • Number of Grants: 22
    • Number of Recipients: 17

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $256,7962022 Unite Here Local 2Provide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $245,3672021 Unite Here Local 2TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND EDUCATE WORKERS IN HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES EFFECTED BY COVID-19
    $60,0002024 Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible DevelopmentProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $60,0002024 Working Partnerships USAProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $46,3132023 Unite Here Local 2Provide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $39,9962021 Monument ImpactCCIRA PROJECT
    $36,0002021 Youth for Christ USA IncTO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND EDUCATE WORKERS IN HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES EFFECTED BY COVID-19
    $31,0002022 North Bay Jobs with JusticeProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $25,0002024 INDEPENDENT ARTS & MEDIAProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $25,0002024 Restaurant Opportunities Centers ROC United IncProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $17,0002023 North Bay Jobs with JusticeProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $10,0002024 Communities United For Restorative Youth JusticeProvide Outreach & Educate Workers
    $10,0002024 PowerSwitch ActionProvide Outreach & Educate Workers

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    References

    1. EBASE, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2017, Part VII Line 1a
    2. workingeastbay.org. Accessed July 23, 2019. http://workingeastbay.org
    3. Levin, Sam. “The Push for Oakland’s Progressive Ballot Measures.” East Bay Express. October 8, 2014. https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-push-for-oaklands-progressive-ballot-measures/Content?oid=4092063
    4. Siders, David. “Jerry Brown signs $15 minimum wage in California.” The Sacramento Bee. April 4, 2016. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article69842317.html
    5. Saltsman, Michael. “Oakland minimum wage hike burdens businesses, hurts employees.” California Political Review. April 10, 2005. http://www.capoliticalreview.com/top-stories/oakland-minimum-wage-hike-burdens-businesses-employees/
    6. workingeastbay.org. Accessed July 23, 2019. http://workingeastbay.org/whats-new/immigration-wins-coco-county/
    7. Barone, Valerie. “Considering adoption of Resolution No. 17-73 affirming the City of Concord’s commitment to being a welcoming, inclusive, tolerant, and supportive community for all.” September 26, 2017. Accessed July 23, 2019. https://www.cityofconcord.org/DocumentCenter/View/360/Staff-Report-and-Adopted-Resolution-PDF?bidId=
    8. workingeastbay.org. Accessed July 23, 2019. http://workingeastbay.org/fame/
    9. Data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards from Annual Reports of Labor Organizations. Queries conducted July 31, 2019.
    10. Data compiled by FoundationSearch.com subscription service, a project of Metasoft Systems, Inc., from forms filed with the IRS. Queries conducted July 31, 2019.