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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FEDERATION OF STATE CONSERVATION VOTER LEAGUES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,949,709
Total expenses
$1,795,578
Contributions and grants received
$1,940,968
Grants paid
$1,024,088
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,741
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,484,473
Total liabilities, end of year
$740,504
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$743,969
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,650,457
Management and general expenses
$136,659
Fundraising expenses
$8,462
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,650,457

Program services were 91.9% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $150,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,790,968

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,741 · excluded $8,741

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,024,088 · program services $1,024,088

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $147,568 · program services $100,505 · management and general $41,894 · fundraising $5,169

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,145 · program services $3,895 · management and general $1,043 · fundraising $207

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,800 · program services $17,487 · management and general $13,199 · fundraising $1,114

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,525 · program services $7,244 · management and general $1,905 · fundraising $376

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,633 · management and general $2,633

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,448 · management and general $29,448

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $56,386 · program services $48,434 · management and general $7,952

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $106,261 · program services $89,376 · management and general $16,885

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,905 · program services $18,006 · management and general $7,957 · fundraising $942

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,640 · program services $10,688 · management and general $6,384 · fundraising $568

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,132 · program services $2,842 · management and general $2,290

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $687 · management and general $687

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,417 · program services $1,609 · management and general $722 · fundraising $86

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

    total $309,606 · program services $309,606

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $532 · program services $532

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,805 · program services $1,145 · management and general $3,660

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $250,010 · end of year $250,041

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $685,783 · end of year $1,221,197

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $1,957 · end of year $1,113

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,331 · end of year $12,122

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,960 · end of year $29,979

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $361,283 · end of year $710,525

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $519,838 · end of year $743,969

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CONSERVATION MINNESOTA VOTER CENTER RESEARCHES PUBLIC OPINION AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS ON CONSERVATION ISSUES, PROVIDING RELIABLE INFORMATION TO HELP MINNESOTANS MAKE DECISIONS THAT PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR AIR, WATER, COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES.

  • FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS:CMVC BELIEVES IN ACCOUNTABILITY. IT RESEARCHES PUBLIC OPINION AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS SO THAT RELIABLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS. IT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE CONSERVATION MINNESOTA'S CHECKMYLEGISLATOR.ORG WEBSITE. THIS WEBSITE MAKES ELECTED OFFICIALS' CONSERVATION VOTING RECORDS AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME, ALL THE TIME, TO EVERY MINNESOTAN.

    Expenses $1,320,366 · Grants $819,270

  • CULTIVATING LEADERS:THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT CMVC WORKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STATE LEADERS WORKING TO PROTECT OUR LAKES, LANDS, AND WAY OF LIFE. IT REWARDS CONSERVATION CHAMPIONS BY PUBLICLY RECOGNIZING THEIR LEADERSHIP. CMVC ALSO WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES TO RECRUIT STRONG CANDIDATES TO SEEK APPOINTED AND ELECTED OFFICES THAT IMPACT THE GREAT OUTDOORS. DURING ELECTIONS, IT PROVIDES VOTERS WITH UNBIASED AND POSITIVELY PRESENTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONSERVATION RECORDS OF CANDIDATES.

    Expenses $330,091 · Grants $204,818

  • INFORMING STATE LAWMAKERS:CMVC WORKS TO MAKE SURE STATE LEADERS HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE SOUND CONSERVATION DECISIONS. THIS REQUIRES CMVC TO BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND TO ALWAYS BE ACCURATE, CREDIBLE, AND NON-PARTISAN. NOWHERE IS THE PRAGMATIC AND BI-PARTISAN NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK MORE OBVIOUS THAN IN THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM. CMVC IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH LEADERS OF EVERY REGION AND POLITICAL PARTY TO PROTECT OUR LAKES, LAND, AND WAY OF LIFE. CLEAN WATER AND CONSERVATION ISSUES ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO ALL MINNESOTANS TO BE PARTISAN.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JEFF BLODGETT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • LUCY ROGERS 06302023

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GIA VITALI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHARLENE BROOKS SIMONSON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PAUL AUSTIN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,504
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $138,907
    Other
    $31,597
    Hours/week
    22 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $138,907 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,931 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,666 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $170,504 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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

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
2022
Filed
30 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421289349300822

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