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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CONSUMER WATCHDOG CAMPAIGN.

Totals

Total revenue
$250,663
Total expenses
$89,507
Contributions and grants received
$250,166
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$497
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$886,282
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$886,282
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$68,873
Management and general expenses
$20,353
Fundraising expenses
$281
Program service expenses (Part III)
$68,873

Program services were 76.9% 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

    $250,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $166

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $497 · excluded $497

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $28,570 · program services $26,473 · management and general $2,097

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,375 · program services $18,375

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,744 · program services $4,380 · management and general $364

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,491 · program services $3,491

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,823 · program services $4,281 · management and general $4,542

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,936 · management and general $3,936

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,419 · program services $2,419

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75 · program services $75

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48 · program services $42 · fundraising $6

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $550 · program services $275 · fundraising $275

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,763 · program services $7,506 · management and general $257

  • 17 · Travel

    total $129 · program services $129

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,145 · program services $186 · management and general $8,959

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARKING

    total $675 · program services $655 · management and general $20

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $538 · program services $510 · management and general $28

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $150 · management and general $150

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $76 · program services $76

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $685,742 · end of year $67,317

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $801,757

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $38,125 · end of year $17,208

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $723,867 · end of year $886,282

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CONSUMER ADVOCACY.

  • IN 2022, CONSUMER WATCHDOG CAMPAIGN (CWC) ADVOCATED TO PASS THE FAIRNESS FOR INJURED PATIENTS ACT, A CITIZEN INITIATIVE MEASURE QUALIFIED FOR THE NOVEMBER 2022 CALIFORNIA BALLOT THAT WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED THE $250,000 CAP ON COMPENSATION FOR CALIFORNIA MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE VICTIMS FOR INFLATION, AND ALLOW JUDGES AND JURIES TO DECIDE FAIR COMPENSATION IN CASES INVOLVING CATASTROPHIC INJURIES OR DEATH. CWC EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THE MALPRACTICE CAP CLOSES THE COURTROOM DOOR AND DENIES CALIFORNIA FAMILIES JUSTICE, AND ABOUT ITS DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. CWC CONDUCTED VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH INDIVIDUALS HARMED BY, AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE KILLED BY, MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AND PRODUCED VIDEOS TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. CWC ORGANIZED AND TRAINED CALIFORNIANS IN HOW TO SHARE THEIR OWN STORIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURE WITH LAWMAKERS AND THE MEDIA. CWC CONDUCTED OUTREACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO TRADITIONAL MEDIA, ISSUING NEWS RELEASES AND GENERATING STORIES ABOUT FAMILIES HARMED BY MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE ACROSS CALIFORNIA TO ILLUSTRATE THE NEED TO UPDATE THE CAP. CWC CELEBRATED THE SUCCESS OF THIS CAMPAIGN WHEN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSED HISTORIC LEGISLATION TO UPDATE THE MALPRACTICE CAP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 48 YEARS IN SPRING 2022. THE LAW'S REFORMS TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2023, AND RAISED THE CAP ON A SLIDING SCALE OVER TEN YEARS TO $1 MILLION IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASES, AND $750,000 FOR ALL OTHER INJURY CASES. THE LAW ALSO ALLOWS FOR THREE SEPARATE CAPS IN CASES WHERE MULTIPLE PROVIDERS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE, AND WILL INCREASE THE CAP BY 2% EVERY YEAR STARTING IN 2034.

    Expenses $68,873

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • HARVEY ROSENFIELD

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $450,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $450,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $450,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $450,000 related

  • JAMIE COURT

    SECRETARY/ TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $402,234
    From this org
    $8,894
    From related orgs
    $338,771
    Other
    $54,569
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $8,894 + $338,771 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $863 + $16,587 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,997 + $35,122 related
    Filer's total
    $11,754 + $390,480 related

  • JOHN RICHARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ANNETTE RAMIREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CARMEN BALBER

    ADVOCATE

    Total calculated
    $223,299
    From this org
    $15,826
    From related orgs
    $188,246
    Other
    $19,227
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,826 + $188,246 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $505 + $9,699 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $485 + $8,538 related
    Filer's total
    $16,816 + $206,483 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

None.

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

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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349325373

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