GOLD2023

PURPLE

Fostering lesbian and womyn's community initiatives

Lansing, MI   |  http://www.purple4womyn.org

Mission

Purple is a feminist umbrella organization for activities and initiatives that promote lesbian and womyn's community. We adopt appropriate projects proposed and primarily staffed by others as projects of Purple Inc., consulting with and advising the organizers, and extending to the projects the benefits of our tax-deductible non-profit status and the use of our resources. In this way,​ we stimulate and foster activities that immediately benefit lesbian/womyn's community and serve as an incubator for promising initiatives that need a boost to start up but may grow and develop into independent entities.

Ruling year info

2015

President

Marilyn Frye

Main address

P.O. Box 26213

Lansing, MI 48909 USA

Show more contact info

EIN

46-2649125

NTEE code info

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (S01)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (W12)

Cultural, Ethnic Awareness (A23)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Sign in or create an account to view Form(s) 990 for 2018 and 2017.
Register now

Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Lesbians and womyn are still disadvantaged and are indeed facing a loss of recognition as a distinct population with correspondingly distinct issues. Purple means to further activism that promotes recognition of our community and furthers solutions to our isolation and oppression.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

The Lesbian Legacies Endowment: Womyn’s Cultural/Political Activism in Second Wave Feminism.

This endowment will support, build and make accessible important materials in the Michigan State University Library Special Collections on lesbian political and cultural activism in the last half-century. The primary goal of the fund is to create opportunities for researchers to come and use the collections for research, further activism, and artistic activities.

Population(s) Served
LGBTQ people
Women and girls

Purple is also now actively soliciting proposals from local and regional womyn imagining or already working on other nonprofit initiatives to further the well-being of lesbians, womyn and our community itself. We are open to addressing a wide range of concerns under that description: education, culture, health, civil rights and more fit under our umbrella. The relationship between Purple and a candidate project would be determined by the nature of the project and the needs of both Purple and the participants. It could range from Purple’s adopting an initiative as its own, staffed by the womyn who proposed it, to a formal fiscal sponsorship.

We are especially interested in fostering initiatives by and for members who are under-represented and under-resourced: womyn of color, young womyn, differently-abled womyn, low-income womyn, and others.

Population(s) Served
Women and girls
LGBTQ people

Where we work

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.

Financials

PURPLE
lock

Unlock financial insights by subscribing to our monthly plan.

Subscribe

Unlock nonprofit financial insights that will help you make more informed decisions. Try our monthly plan today.

  • Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
  • Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
  • Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations

Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights?
Learn more about GuideStar Pro.

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

lock

Connect with nonprofit leaders

Subscribe

Build relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.

  • Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
  • Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
  • Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations

Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.

lock

Connect with nonprofit leaders

Subscribe

Build relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.

  • Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
  • Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
  • Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations

Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.

PURPLE

Board of directors
as of 02/23/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Marilyn Frye

Elizabeth Glew

Purple

Val Osowski

Purple

Julie Haan

Purple

Carolyn Shafer

Purple

Marilyn Frye

Purple

Terry Grant

Purple

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.

  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/23/2023
info Candid has made improvements to the race and ethnicity options.

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or other sexual orientations in the LGBTQIA+ community
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability