Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023
Filed by TENNESSEE COALITION FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT INC.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the return it replaced , filed 18 April 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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.
- Total revenue
- $96,805 changed to $86,805
- Contributions and grants received
- $104,612 changed to $94,612
- Total assets, end of year
- $104,049 changed to $94,049
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $104,049 changed to $94,049
Totals
- Total revenue
- $86,805
- Total expenses
- $80,001
- Contributions and grants received
- $94,612
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,162
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $5
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- -$8,974
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $94,049
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $94,049
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $64,000
Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
Education around open government policies especially public records and open meetings
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Research and Education: Research related to public records and open meetings practices in the state, including surveys and audits; research on laws and policies, and tracking of changes in laws and policies, including through court cases; monitoring of changes in practices due to the pandemic; sharing of information through website, newsletters, media interviews and other written material.
Expenses $44,000
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HELP LINE: Assisted members of the public and journalists in accessing public records and know their rights under the public records and open meetings laws.
Expenses $12,000
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WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS: Presented numerous civic presentations about public records and open meeting laws and how important they are to maintaining transparency in government
Expenses $8,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Deborah Fisher
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $66,700
- Compensation
- $65,500
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- $1,200
- Hours/week
- 30
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Lucian Pera
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Doug Pierce
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam Yeomans
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Marian Ott
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Dorothy Bowles
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Victor Ashe
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Chris Baker
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Braden Boucek
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Joel Christopher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Marie De Varenne
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alison Gerber
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Frank Gibson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ben Goad
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Robb Harvey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick Hollow
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Gregg Jones
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jack McElroy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Russell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Otis Sanford
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Helen Burns Sharp
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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John Stern
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Hedy Weinberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dick Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 18 April 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202520569349201382
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