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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEOPLE UNITED FOR PRIVACY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,397,453
Total expenses
$2,416,868
Contributions and grants received
$2,291,917
Grants paid
$90,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$105,536
Total assets, end of year
$1,076,723
Total liabilities, end of year
$99,518
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$977,205
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,395,413
Management and general expenses
$365,207
Fundraising expenses
$656,248
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,395,413

Program services were 57.7% 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

    $2,291,917

  • 11a · Other revenue: SHARED SERVICES REVENU

    total $105,502 · related or exempt $105,502

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $34 · related or exempt $34

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $105,536

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,000 · program services $90,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $613,942 · program services $392,800 · management and general $120,181 · fundraising $100,961

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $416,789 · program services $266,662 · management and general $81,588 · fundraising $68,539

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,492 · program services $26,880 · management and general $11,100 · fundraising $8,512

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,047 · program services $45,202 · management and general $14,183 · fundraising $12,662

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,995 · management and general $34,995

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,315 · management and general $44,315

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $308,550 · fundraising $308,550

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $510,435 · program services $480,034 · management and general $18,288 · fundraising $12,113

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $42,471 · program services $1,427 · management and general $2,500 · fundraising $38,544

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,360 · program services $22,583 · management and general $20,001 · fundraising $12,776

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,648 · program services $5,810 · management and general $8,942 · fundraising $896

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,013 · program services $57,740 · management and general $1,706 · fundraising $71,567

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,171 · management and general $4,171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,621 · management and general $1,444 · fundraising $177

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAILING AND POSTAGE

    total $22,350 · program services $1,396 · management and general $3 · fundraising $20,951

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS EXPENSES

    total $6,669 · program services $4,879 · management and general $1,790 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $992,548 · end of year $1,009,338

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,919 · end of year $43,436

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,984 · end of year $2,146

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

    $26,395

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

    $4,592

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $955 · end of year $21,803

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,786 · end of year $99,518

  • 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 $321,931 · end of year $302,516

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PEOPLE UNITED FOR PRIVACY FOUNDATION WORKS TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS - REGARDLESS OF THEIR BELIEFS - TO COME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THEIR SHARED VALUES. WE PROTECT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY FIGHTING TO ENSURE THAT CHARITABLE GIVING - ESPECIALLY ANONYMOUS GIVING - IS NOT THREATENED OR IMPEDED IN ANY WAY.

  • EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS AMONG VARIOUS AUDIENCES ON THE THREAT FORCED DONOR DISCLOSURE POSES TO ALL AMERICANS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND THE NEED TO PASS PROACTIVE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CITIZEN PRIVACY.

    Expenses $1,395,413 · Grants $90,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shayne Madsen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Starlee Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Daniel Erspamer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Brad Gruber

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Heather Lauer

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $301,979
    From this org
    $294,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,068
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,911
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,068
    Filer's total
    $301,979

  • Brian Hawkins

    EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $153,000
    From this org
    $153,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,000

  • Matthew Nese

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $169,046
    From this org
    $164,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,204
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,499
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,204
    Filer's total
    $169,046

  • Dustin Hurst

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $144,134
    From this org
    $140,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,634
    Hours/week
    40

  • Misty Wickizer-Jernigan

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $144,570
    From this org
    $137,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,728
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lucas Wachob

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND POLICY

    Total calculated
    $129,284
    From this org
    $125,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,824
    Hours/week
    38

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442559349300609

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