Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Organization is organized as an interfaith movement to use our belief in God's goodness and compassion for the suffering to organize and empower the people of Philadelphia to live and work for all.
In 2020 POWER had more than 250,000 direct conversations with voters and reached total of more than 600,000 people via phone, text, advertising, and social media is more accurate.
POWER's Climate Justice Team continues tp pressure local and statewide entities to increase the use of locally sourced renewable energy and the commitment to create local "green" jobs within the necessary infrastructure. In addition, with our partners in the PA Climate Equity Table, we participate in the process of creating equitable distributionl of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) revenue, and created a curriculum on organizing to fight the climate crisis, which we began to present via zoom webinars.
POWER'S Live Free team hosted nine virtual town hall events featuring experts on civilian police accountability oversight, and in partnership with our Civil Engagement team, drove Philadelphia voters turnout to successfully pass a ballot initiative establishing a Civilian Police Oversight Commission and granting City Council, rather than the Major's office, power to establish its composition, powers, and duties.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Rev David Tatgenhorst | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Iman Abdul Hassan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lori Hershey | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Erica Owens | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Liz Brunton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Hildegard Kent | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Francis Upshaw | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rev Michael Cane | TREASURER | 4 | $0 |
| Rev Mark Tyler | CO-CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Rev Melanie Debouse | CO-CHAIR | 4 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202101249349300445_public.xml