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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FAIR DEMOCRACY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,834,019
Total expenses
$4,495,299
Contributions and grants received
$3,834,019
Grants paid
$1,440,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,434,554
Total liabilities, end of year
$842,744
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$591,810
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,882,114
Management and general expenses
$1,290,351
Fundraising expenses
$322,834
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,882,114

Program services were 64.1% 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

    $3,834,019

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $72,669

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $72,669

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,440,000 · program services $1,440,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $475,192 · program services $301,347 · management and general $0 · fundraising $173,845

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $488,223 · program services $393,535 · management and general $0 · fundraising $94,688

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,928 · program services $15,278 · management and general $0 · fundraising $3,650

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,818 · program services $36,657 · management and general $0 · fundraising $8,161

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,622 · program services $56,814 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22,808

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $146,768 · program services $0 · management and general $146,768 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,106 · program services $0 · management and general $7,106 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $93,736 · program services $82,234 · management and general $9,518 · fundraising $1,984

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $484,338 · program services $484,338 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,192 · program services $0 · management and general $4,191 · fundraising $1

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $92,260 · program services $45,866 · management and general $38,274 · fundraising $8,120

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,316 · program services $0 · management and general $8,658 · fundraising $8,658

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,628 · program services $23,709 · management and general $0 · fundraising $919

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,480 · program services $2,336 · management and general $33,144 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,789 · program services $0 · management and general $35,789 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES AND FEES

    total $6,903 · program services $0 · management and general $6,903 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTION

    total $1,000,000 · program services $0 · management and general $1,000,000 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $945,693 · end of year $1,434,554

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $372,669

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,437 · end of year $6,660

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $30,835 · end of year $836,084

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $1,253,090 · end of year $591,810

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FAIR DEMOCRACY WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ARE HEALTHY WITH STRONG VOTING RIGHTS AND ACCESS, AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED ELECTORATE, AN OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT AND TRUSTED MESSENGERS ENGAGING AMERICANS IN CIVIL DISCOURSE.

  • FAIR DEMOCRACY WORKS TO BUILD AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED ELECTORATE WITH STATE LEGISLATIVE TRACKING AND VOTER EDUCATION ON A RANGE OF STATE-LEVEL ISSUES, WITH A FOCUS ON VOTING RIGHTS, ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, TAX REFORM AND HEALTH CARE.

    Expenses $2,882,114 · Grants $1,440,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Cohen

    DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $372,885
    From this org
    $162,500
    From related orgs
    $175,962
    Other
    $34,423
    Hours/week
    19.2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,500 + $75,962 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,950 + $1,050 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,669 + $12,754 related
    Filer's total
    $183,119 + $189,766 related

  • Victoria Hausman

    DIR, TREAS, CO-CEO-PARTIAL YEAR; SPECIAL ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $350,640
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $250,000
    Other
    $640
    Hours/week
    11.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,000 + $150,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $640 related
    Filer's total
    $100,000 + $250,640 related

  • Ethan Roeder

    CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $213,513
    From this org
    $65,275
    From related orgs
    $130,975
    Other
    $17,263
    Hours/week
    13.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $65,275 + $130,975 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,485 + $4,715 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,049 + $7,014 related
    Filer's total
    $70,809 + $142,704 related

  • Trent Armitage

    CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,576
    From this org
    $43,167
    From related orgs
    $141,429
    Other
    $17,980
    Hours/week
    9.4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $43,167 + $141,429 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,727 + $5,673 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,156 + $8,424 related
    Filer's total
    $47,050 + $155,526 related

  • Jeff Rotkoff

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $179,157
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $35,036
    Other
    $24,121
    Hours/week
    31

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,000 + $35,036 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,740 + $1,660 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,053 + $6,668 related
    Filer's total
    $135,793 + $43,364 related

  • Leslie Martes

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, CEO

    Total calculated
    $173,816
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $161,874
    Other
    $11,942
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $136,874 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,483 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,459 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $173,816 related

  • Caroline Cowley

    DEPUTY NATL DIRECTOR,BATTLEGOND VOTER PROJECT

    Total calculated
    $163,731
    From this org
    $12,917
    From related orgs
    $132,684
    Other
    $18,130
    Hours/week
    3.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $12,917 + $132,684 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $362 + $4,546 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $794 + $12,428 related
    Filer's total
    $14,073 + $149,658 related

  • Brian Herman

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,452
    From this org
    $15,750
    From related orgs
    $115,692
    Other
    $19,010
    Hours/week
    4.8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,750 + $115,692 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $630 + $4,770 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,085 + $12,525 related
    Filer's total
    $17,465 + $132,987 related

  • Maddie Coats

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $145,268
    From this org
    $43,333
    From related orgs
    $86,584
    Other
    $15,351
    Hours/week
    13.3

  • Elizabeth Pedraja

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $145,264
    From this org
    $20,583
    From related orgs
    $108,763
    Other
    $15,918
    Hours/week
    6.4

  • Raul Alvillar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Madhuri Kommareddi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Pt I Line 3
THE BOARD ESTABLISHED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS COMPENSATION UPON REVIEWING SALARY COMPARABILITY DATA COMPILED BY GUIDESTAR.

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

  • FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION

    $1,065,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

  • BARBED WIRE MEDIA

    $315,000

    SOCIAL WELFARE

  • AMERICA VOTES

    $50,000

    SOCIAL WELFARE

  • TEXAS FUTURE COOPERATIVE

    $10,000

    SOCIAL WELFARE

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.

  • FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · DC

    Directly controlled by FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION

  • FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION 527

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · DC

    Directly controlled by FORWARD MAJORITY ACTION 527

  • FAIR DEMOCRACY ENGAGEMENT FUND

    501(c)3 · EDUCATION · DC

    Directly controlled by FAIR DEMOCRACY ENGAGEMENT FD

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202611409349300216

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