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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,325,672
Total expenses
$1,030,060
Contributions and grants received
$1,320,766
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26
Other revenue
$4,880
Total assets, end of year
$1,084,583
Total liabilities, end of year
$432,327
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$652,256
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$447,538
Management and general expenses
$388,748
Fundraising expenses
$193,774
Program service expenses (Part III)
$447,538

Program services were 43.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,320,766

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26 · excluded $26

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,880

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,880

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,880 · excluded $4,880

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $355,377 · program services $191,239 · management and general $85,539 · fundraising $78,599

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $328,707 · program services $181,448 · management and general $73,447 · fundraising $73,812

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,789 · program services $5,448 · management and general $2,595 · fundraising $2,746

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,945 · program services $27,780 · management and general $15,075 · fundraising $11,090

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $54,076 · program services $28,423 · management and general $13,261 · fundraising $12,392

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,204 · program services $3,204

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,729 · management and general $29,729

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,746 · fundraising $1,746

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,625 · program services $2,625

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $718 · management and general $718

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,524 · program services $174 · management and general $14,779 · fundraising $4,571

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $84,370 · program services $66 · management and general $82,140 · fundraising $2,164

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,002 · management and general $17,002

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,607 · program services $3,680 · fundraising $4,927

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,210 · program services $612 · management and general $1,312 · fundraising $286

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,448 · management and general $10,448

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,990 · management and general $23,990

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,689 · management and general $11,689

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,804 · program services $339 · management and general $7,024 · fundraising $1,441

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,786 · end of year $1,596

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,659 · end of year $14,067

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,057

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $907,897

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $273,077

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $658,810 · end of year $634,820

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $83,063 · end of year $432,043

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,636 · end of year $96,166

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $344,037 · end of year $336,161

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $194,683 · end of year $604,115

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $161,962 · end of year $48,141

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT MARIJUANA BY INCREASING, INDENTIFYING, AND ACTIVATING SUPPORTERS OF NON-PUNITIVE, NON-COERCIVE MARIJUANA POLICIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MPP FOUNDATION ENVISIONS A NATION WHERE: 1) MARIJUANA IS LEGALLY REGULATED SIMILARLY TO ALCOHOL, 2) MARIJUANA EDUCATION IS HONEST AND REALISTIC, AND 3) TREATMENT FOR PROBLEM MARIJUANA USERS IS NON-COERCIVE AND GEARED TOWARD REDUCING HARM.

  • COALITION ENGAGEMENT & PUBLIC EDUCATION: MPPF WORKED IN VARIOUS STATES TO INCREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NON-PUNITIVE, NON-COERCIVE MARIJUANA POLICIES, INCLUDING MT, SD, AL, CT, DE, HI, LA, MD, SC, VA AND OTHERS. MPP FOUNDATION ALSO ENGAGED IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR MPPF'S MISSION AMONG THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING PRESENCE AT EVENTS, PROVIDING INFORMATION ONLINE THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OTHER ONLINE ENGAGEMENT CHANNELS, AND PRODUCING COLLATERAL.

    Expenses $447,538

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sal Pace

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jeffrey Zucker

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Betty Aldworth

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Gilmore

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Abernathy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bridget Hennessey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kim Napoli

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tom Roth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Barrington Rutherford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brian Vicente

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Toi Hutchinson

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $131,416
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,362
    Other
    $5,054
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Natasha Olinger

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $68,199
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $68,199
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Matthew Schweich

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,762
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $144,715
    Other
    $11,047
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $144,715 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,832 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,215 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $155,762 related
  • Karen Okeefe

    DIRECTOR OF ST POLICIES

    Total calculated
    $122,604
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $115,342
    Other
    $7,262
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS ARE PAID BY MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT, A RELATED ORGANIZATION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION WHEN THEY APPROVE THE BUDGET EACH YEAR. THE OTHER OFFICER'S SALARIES ARE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EACH YEAR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 March 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202640829349300949

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