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← POLARIS ACTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by POLARIS ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$957,760
Total expenses
$671,821
Contributions and grants received
$957,760
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$511,801
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$511,801
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,938
Management and general expenses
$191,461
Fundraising expenses
$31,422
Program service expenses (Part III)
$448,938

Program services were 66.8% 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

    $957,760

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $282,710 · program services $200,792 · management and general $71,524 · fundraising $10,394

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $76,134 · program services $54,210 · management and general $19,118 · fundraising $2,806

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,033 · management and general $15,033

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,379 · management and general $8,379

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,539 · management and general $2,539

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $79,895 · program services $31,662 · management and general $41,233 · fundraising $7,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,401 · program services $1,401

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,954 · management and general $5,954

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,336 · management and general $1,336

  • 17 · Travel

    total $56,364 · program services $33,126 · management and general $15,403 · fundraising $7,835

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $117,755 · program services $112,794 · management and general $1,574 · fundraising $3,387

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $546 · management and general $546

  • 24a · Other expenses: ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION

    total $10,715 · program services $10,026 · management and general $689

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $4,927 · program services $4,927

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES

    total $2,959 · management and general $2,959

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE EXPENSE

    total $2,728 · management and general $2,728

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,446 · management and general $2,446

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $225,862 · end of year $511,801

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $225,862 · end of year $511,801

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

POLARIS PROMOTES THE NEED FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY TO THE PUBLIC. THROUGH INNOVATIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, POLARIS EXPOSES THE MALIGN ACTIONS AND INTENTIONS OF DICTATORSHIPS AND RADICAL REGIMES THAT ABUSE THEIR PEOPLE AND SEEK TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED STATES AND OUR SECURITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PUBLICLY PROMOTE THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA THE NEED FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AND IMPORTANCE OF U.S. LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE MALIGN ACTIONS OF FOREIGN DICTATORSHIPS THAT SEEK TO HARM THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

  • PUBLIC ADVOCACY - TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES.

    Expenses $448,938

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Morgan Ortagus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gabriel Noronha

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,710
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $710
    Hours/week
    50

  • Cale Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Gantt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lauri Regan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Brier

    DIRECTOR

    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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349320999

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