Diversity Richmond

“Payroll preparation services have been outsourced to adp.”

“The organization's draft form 990 was distributed to the members of the board of directors by electronic mail approximately one week prior to the date of filing.”

“Each member of the board signs the organization's conflict of interest policy and makes an annual declaration of any conflicts. The policy is enforced by the board.”

“The compensation for the president is established by the board based on perfomance. The organization's annual budget is prepared using comparative compensation data for all members of management and the annual budget is reviewed and approved by the board of directors.”

“Information is available upon request.”

“------------------------------------------------------------------------- the organization mourns the loss of its former chairman, art toth, who passed away in april 2022. -------------------------------------------------------------------------”

“-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The organization operates as "diversity richmond". 2. The organization operates a thrift store branded as "diversity thrift". 3. Through july 2018, the organization operated bingo games for the general public branded as "diversity bingo". Since july 2018, the organization operates isolated bingo games solely for fundraising purposes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- other information ------------------------------------------------------------------------- in 2022, the organization's thrift store was named one of the best thrift stores in style magazine's best of richmond annual survey. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- better business bureau accreditation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ the organization is an accredited charity by the better business bureau which requires meeting the better business bureau's twenty (20) standards for charity accountability in categories such as governance, measuring effectiveness, finances, and fundraising/information. The organization's accreditation expires in 2024. Race relations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ for the last six years, diversity richmond has coordinated a series of events recognizing the leadership and contributions of black and brown lgbtq+ people and their allies. The series includes community conversations addressing issues of transgender women, spirituality and black and brown people, black queer politics and the annual recognition of national hiv/aids awareness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- mission accomplishments ------------------------------------------------------------------------- diversity richmond's primary mission is "awareness". In connection therewith, below are specific examples of mission accomplishments during 2022: -diversity richmond's meeting rooms were used at no charge by other organizations such as richmond triangle players, side by side, monument city music, va pride, the virginia anti-violence project and four aa recovery groups; -diversity richmond provided incidental storage for multiple lgbtq+ organizations saving them thousands of dollars annually; -diversity thrift donated free books to local school teachers; -diversity richmond's iridian gallery, the south's only art gallery dedicated to lgbtq+ artists, coordinated bi-monthly exhibits and special events; -diversity richmond conducted multiple community conversations addressing racism and white privilege; and ------------------------------------------------------------------------ the organization is highly active in social media through its website (www.diversityrichmond.org) and facebook. As of september 21, 2022, the organization had 9,500 likes and 10,500 followers on its facebook page (increases of 6% and 8% from the prior year).”

“The organization is the grateful recipient of volunteer services in its: a. Thrift store operations, b. Board roles and committee leadership, and c. Program service.”

“------------------------------------------------------------------------- diversity richmond operates a retail store that receives publicly donated items of clothing, household items, books and furniture. These items are then prepared for sale to the public through the organization's retail store branded as diversity thrift. A significant number of volunteer services are provided in the thrift shop in sorting, organizing and preparing donated items for sale. Revenues produced by diversity thrift are used to fund (a) the operations of diversity richmond, (b) the design and provision of educational, civic and cultural programming, and (c) the provision of direct cash support for agencies and groups that provide services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (lgbtq+) people in central virginia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------”

“Diversity richmond occupies a 47,000 square foot facility in richmond, virginia that provides flexible meeting and programming space for lgbtq+ people, for the groups that provide services to them, and for people and groups in central virginia that support the organization's mission. Diversity richmond also provides support to the community through the operation of its website, social media and networking services that tie together the efforts of groups serving lgbtq+ people. Diversity richmond also hosts a growing schedule of programming events produced in- house, including musical performances, discussion groups and gallery shows. In 2022 over 45,000 people attended events produced or promoted by diversity richmond. Specifically, the organization provides meeting space to four (4) twelve-step recovery programs (e.g., alcoholics anonymous) in addition to local non-profit organizations. Specific programs in 2022 by diversity richmond are described below: 1. The iridian gallery at diversity richmond is one of the few art galleries in the nation solely dedicated to promoting lgbtq+ artists. The gallery committee is comprised of local artists hosting exhibits during 2022 and have scheduled several exhibits for 2023. In 2021, diversity richmond also internally allocated 20,000 towards lgbtq+ artists and 18,350 was awarded in 2022. 2. Diversity richmond, through its program, diversity thrift, partners with approximately 15 social service and recovery programs by donating clothing to their clients in-need. For many of these agencies, diversity thrift is the only source of clothing available to their clients. Each participant is gifted a 25 clothing voucher which will purchase several articles of clothing. Diversity thrift contributes approximately 175 items of clothing monthly. 3. Diversity richmond held the central virginia pride fest in 2022 - an annual celebration designed to promote peace and understanding among diverse cultures, races, creeds, genders and sexual orientation. Approximately 40,000 attendees. --------------------------------------------------------------------------”

“------------------------------------------------------------------------- utilizing net revenues from its diversity thrift and from rental income, diversity richmond provided direct cash support to non-profits, agencies and groups serving lgbtq+ people in central virginia. In 2022 diversity richmond distributed 57,500. Recipients included black men can cook, he she ze and we, kehillah, metropolitan community church, minority veterans of america, nationz foundation, patchwork rva, rainbow souls, school of the performing arts in the richmond community, serenity, sylvia's sisters, twin oaks community, inc., virginia state university and women of essence. Diversity richmond donates the use of its conference rooms and event hall to nonprofits whose mission identifies with ours. These programs include many local lgbtq organizations, four twelve-step programs and other programs serving the local community. Finally, the organization provides equipment to local non-profit theaters for props, sets and costumes at an estimated value of 2,500 to 3,000 for the year ended december 31, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------”

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