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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 13 May 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Program services expenses
$94,722 changed to $130,027
Management and general expenses
$47,362 changed to $36,570
Fundraising expenses
$47,353 changed to $22,840
Program service expenses (Part III)
$94,722 changed to $130,027

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Madeline DeSantis
  • Robert Perry

Listed only on the later return

  • Kelsey Fisk
  • Maya Getter

Listed under a different title

  • Edward Taylor: Trustee then Secretary

Totals

Total revenue
$258,105
Total expenses
$189,437
Contributions and grants received
$238,030
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15
Other revenue
$20,060
Total assets, end of year
$181,515
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,508
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$175,007
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$130,027
Management and general expenses
$36,570
Fundraising expenses
$22,840
Program service expenses (Part III)
$130,027

Program services were 68.6% 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

    $238,030

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15 · related or exempt $15

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,997

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,794

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,203

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $160

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $160 · related or exempt $160

  • 11a · Other revenue: Open Democracy Action

    total $15,697 · related or exempt $15,697

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,697

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,414 · program services $39,269 · management and general $12,083 · fundraising $9,062

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $74,984 · program services $59,399 · management and general $5,928 · fundraising $9,657

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,555 · program services $7,916 · management and general $2,639

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,680 · program services $8,010 · management and general $1,388 · fundraising $1,282

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $4,255 · program services $3,790 · management and general $465

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,769 · management and general $1,769

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $515 · management and general $465 · fundraising $50

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $480 · program services $432 · management and general $48

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,759 · program services $2,239 · management and general $2,304 · fundraising $216

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,136 · program services $4,068 · management and general $2,035 · fundraising $2,033

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,596 · program services $989 · management and general $5,607

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,822 · program services $2,185 · management and general $637

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $289 · program services $289

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $360 · program services $360

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $661 · management and general $661

  • 24a · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $2,162 · program services $1,081 · management and general $541 · fundraising $540

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $107,237 · end of year $176,266

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,195 · end of year $4,195

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $1,849

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

    $795

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,414 · end of year $1,054

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,508 · end of year $6,508

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $106,338 · end of year $175,007

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

POLITICAL EQUALITY FOR ALL THROUGH AN OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE, AND TRUSTED GOVERNMENT FREE FROM THE CORRUPTION OF BIG-MONEY POLITICS

  • Freedom to Vote: Program Objectives: worked to educate citizens on how to register to vote and participate in the elections. Program Services: 1. Open Democracy organized High School voter registration drives and workshops to teach students to run their own drives. 2. Recruited volunteers to step up and fill roles as election workers, as supervisors of the checklist or to work as ballot clerks or nonpartisan poll observers. Accomplishments: 1. Working with The Civics Center, Open Democracy helped to increase the number of 18-year olds in NH who registered to vote, bringing the percentage from 12% to 15.6%. 2. Designed and held the First Annual Democracy Festival, held in August. The Festival brought together many civic related organizations to provide information, speakers and entertainment to a large audience.

    Expenses $59,812

  • Fair and Transparent Elections: Program Objectives: Open Democracy worked to educate citizens about how much money is in elections. Program Services: 1. Research and analysis of campaign finance reports 2. Held educational programs, forums and workshops. Accomplishments: Our team members took hundreds of actions including writing letters to the editor, tabling at events and educating neighbors. Our book club read and discussed 4 books about strengthening our democracy. The Open Democracy Book Club has more than 600 members.

    Expenses $55,587

  • Keeping Alive the Granny D Haddock Legacy and Her Reform Messages Program: Objectives: Making sure that Coalition for Open Democracy Founder Doris ?Granny D? Haddock is remembered as the inspirational NH icon that she is for walking 3,200 miles across the country at age 90 for the cause of reforming campaign finance laws to get the big money out, showing what the power of one can do at any age, and bringing to light her many words of wisdom. Program Services and Accomplishments: 1. Honored the legacy of Doris Granny D Haddock 2. Conducted the annual Granny D Walk 3. Continuing work to restore Granny D?s colorful van ?Rosie" that she used to travel the country to register voters and for traveling programs to promote political equality.

    Expenses $14,628

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Olivia Zink

    Excutive Director

    Total calculated
    $60,414
    From this org
    $60,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gordon Allen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Barnes

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Coon

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simone Archer-Krauss

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Taylor

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maya Getter

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelsey Fisk

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413059349302061

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