Public Charity

COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR SAFE SPACES

Based in WASHINGTON, DC, COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR SAFE SPACES operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $59K in revenue, $554K in expenses for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 25 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $766K.

EIN: 273963489 WASHINGTON, DC Alliances & Advocacy NTEE: F01 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$59K
Total Expenses$554K
Grant Records25
Funding Total$766K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR SAFE SPACES (CASS) IS A BLACK TRANS AND QUEER LED ORGANIZATION THAT USES PUBLIC EDUCATION, CULTURAL ORGANIZING, COALITION-BUILDING, AND ADVOCACY TO BUILD COMMUNITY SAFETY. CASS CULTIVATES THE GREATER DC COMMUNITYS CAPACITY TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO PATRIARCHAL AND STATE VIOLENCE THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE AND ABOLITIONIST FRAMEWORKS.

Where $100 goes at Collective Action for Safe Spaces

How Collective Action for Safe Spaces divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$46 Programs the work itself
$52 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $46 for programs

$35
Transformative justice hub
75% of program spending
$11
Workshops and technical assistance
25% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Asteria Summers
PROG & COMM DIRECTOR Emem Obot
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Je'kendria Trahan
BOARD TREASURER Jolyn Coleman
DEPUTY DIRECTOR Kailah Hartsfield
BOARD CHAIR Maria Aragon

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$592,023 18 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$96,818 4 grants
Economic Development
$27,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$50,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $59K $554K —
2024 $341K $413K $492K
2022 $253K $223K $690K
2021 $635K $237K $661K
2020 $307K $195K $280K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $307K to $59K (-81%).

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