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        <ExplanationTxt>NEW PROSPECTIVE GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A GRANT APPLICATION, WHICH IS THEN SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT. ALL GRANTS MADE BY THE ORGANIZATION ARE TO OTHER QUALIFIED CHARITIES UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C) THUS NO FORMAL PROCESS FOR MONITORING THE USE OF THESE GRANTS HAS BEEN ADOPTED.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE CHELSEA FUND/PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS EDUCATION FUND EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. WE AIM TO PARTNER WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COALITIONS TO DEVELOP ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THAT FOSTERS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETY TODAY, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, NEW INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND STRONGER, MORE FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE WORKING CLASS PROJECT THE WORKING CLASS PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN THE FALL OF 2023. TWO MAJOR EFFORTS WERE UNDERTAKEN IN 2023: A WEBINAR AND A GATHERING OF WORKING CLASS ART ANDCULTURAL ARTIFACTS. AN OCTOBER 30, 2023 WEBINAR WAS ENTITLED "THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS: A CONVERSATION WITH JUAN GONZLEZ" WHICH HAD 240 VIEWS THE FIRST WEEK, AND HAS SINCE HAD MORE THAN 1300 VIEWS ON YOUTUBE. THE WEBINARS, BEGINNING WITH THAT ONE, ARE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE PEACE, DEMOCRACY, AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. THE EVENT ASKED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHAT DO THE PEOPLE OF THE US NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS RIGHT NOW? FROM WHERE IS THE MAJOR FLOW OF IMMIGRANTS COMING AND WHY? HOW DOES US FOREIGN POLICY IMPACT THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS, AND WHAT CAN THE US PEOPLE DO TO HELP? WHAT ARE SOME CREDIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS WHICH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? IN NOVEMBER 2023 THE WORKING CLASS PROJECT SOLICITED ARTWORK THAT ENGAGES WORKING CLASS CULTURE. THE WCP BEGAN COLLECTING PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF ORIGINAL WORKING-CLASS ART. MANY OF THESE IMAGES WERE USED IN PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>FORUMS PROJECT THREE MAJOR FORUMS WERE HELD IN 2023 SUPPORTED BY THE CHELSEA FUND. THE FIRST WAS AN AUGUST 2023 LABOR CONFERENCE HELD JOINTLY BY THE CHICAGO WORKERS EDUCATION SOCIETY AND THE LABOR COMMISSION OF THE CPUSA AND BROUGHT ACTIVISTS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT UPSURGE IN WORKPLACE LABOR ACTIVITY. THE CHELSEA FUND PAID FOR TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE SECOND WAS "EL FARO, LABOR OPPRESSION, AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS," AN OCTOBER 2023 EVENT IN MAINE THAT FEATURED TALKS FROM THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF THE MAINE LABOR CLIMATE COUNCIL (AFL-CIO), LEN YANNIELLI, A PROFESSOR AND CLIMATE ACTIVIST, ROSSANA CAMBRON, CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY USA, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE WESTERN MAINE LABOR COUNCIL. IT FOCUSED ON THE EL FARO SCULPTURE THAT COMMEMORATES THE SINKING OF A CONTAINER SHIP AND AIMED TO CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN LABOR AND WORKER OPPRESSION, THE EL FARO DISASTER, AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS.IT WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH "CONVERSATIONS OF UNITY," A MONTHLY DISCOVERYSERIES BETWEEN SOCIAL ANDLABOR ALLIES. FOR THESE EVENTS, THE CHELSEA FUNDSUPPORTED PURCHASE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT TO RECORD THE EVENTS ANDWIDEN THEIR REACH. THIRD, THE CHELSEA FUND SUPPORTED A PEACE CONFERENCE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY NOVEMBER 10-12, 2023, THAT WAS NATIONAL IN SCOPE AND PARTNERED WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COALITIONS FROM LABOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS. THE CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON THE MILITARY BUDGET AND IT EFFECTS ON DOMESTIC PROGRAMS. THE FUND CONTRIBUTED TO THE COSTS OF ACCOMODATIONS IN HOSTELS FOR OUT-OF-TOWN PARTICIPANTS AND USE OF ITS MEETING SPACE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>SCHOOLS PROJECT THE SCHOOLS PROJECT INCLUDED THREE EVENTS. THE FIRST WAS AN APRIL , 22-23, 2023 EVENT IN AUSTIN, TX, AND THE FUND SUPPORTED SOME SUPPORT FOR OUT-OF- TOWN PARTICIPANTS AND FOR LUNCH FOR THE MAIN DAY OF THE SCHOOL. THIS EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT FOCUSED ON THE CPUSA PARTY PROGRAM, THE MARXIST THEORY IN WHICH IT IS ROOTED, AND ITS APPLICATION TO CURRENT CONTRADICTIONS PRESENT IN TEXAS AND THE USA AS A WHOLE. THE SECOND EVENT WAS A MAY 19-21 MARXIST SCHOOL HELD IN NEW YORK CITY AND FOCUSED ON THE SAME ISSUES AS THE AUSTIN SCHOOL, I.E. APPLYING MARXIST THEORY AND THE CPUSA PROGRAM TO LOCAL AND NATIONAL ISSUES, FOR AN ESTIMATED 35-40 PARTICIPANTS. THE THIRD AND LARGEST EVENT IN THIS CATEGORY IS THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE, AN ANNUAL TEN-DAY MARXIST SCHOOL. THE FUND HELPED SUPPORT TRAVEL, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND HOUSING COSTS AS WELL AS USE OF ITS MEETING SPACE. THE LRSH BRINGS TOGETHER ABOUTTHIRTY YOUTH LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO APPROACH ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTING YOUTH. ALL OF THE SCHOOLS PROJECTS AIM TO FOSTER A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, TO BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>SPEAKERS BUREAU- THIS PROJECT SUPPORTED TWO EVENTS IN 2023. THE FIRST ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, IN DECEMBER 2022. A SPEAKER, JENNIFER LENZ, WAS BROUGHT TO NEW YORK CITY TO ATTEND THE BETTER WORLD AWARDS BANQUET IN NEW YORK. THE SECOND BROUGHT JUSTINE MEDINA TO PHILADELPHIA TO SPEAK AT A BANQUET FOR THE PEOPLE'S WORLD. JEN LENZ ATTENDED AS AN ORGANIZER FOR THE STARBUCKS UNION ORGANIZING PROJECT. BOTH JUSTINE AND JENN HIGHLIGHTED CHELSEA'S MISSION OF STRENGTHENING WORKERS' RIGHTS. GRANT TO WORKERS EDUCATION SOCIETY - WORKERS EDUCATION SOCIETY IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION AND IS VOLUNTEER BASED.IT'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF WORKING AND UNEMPLOYED FAMILIES IN ILLINOIS AND TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL AND CUTURAL ACTIVITIES WHICH ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE GRANT TO THE WES SERVES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK IN MAINTAINING A COMMUNITY LIBRARY, SUPPORTS THEIR WORK OF EDUCATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS WHEN FACING UTILTIY SHUTOFFS AND SUPPORTS A VARIETY OF WES'S OTHER COMMUNITY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT AND PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S VICE PRESIDENT FOR REVIEW. AFTER REVIEW BY THE ORGANIZATION'S OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL THE FORM 990 IS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING.</ExplanationTxt>
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