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← THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$57,968,925
Total expenses
$66,459,868
Contributions and grants received
$56,314,743
Grants paid
$12,500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,654,182
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$19,534,865
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,115,598
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,419,267
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$62,234,892
Management and general expenses
$1,715,562
Fundraising expenses
$2,509,414
Program service expenses (Part III)
$62,234,892

Program services were 93.6% 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

    $56,314,743

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $728,886

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $969,055 · excluded $969,055

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,855,594

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

    securities $4,170,467

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $685,127

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $685,127 · excluded $685,127

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,500,000 · program services $12,500,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $304,540 · program services $95,635 · management and general $140,270 · fundraising $68,635

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,501,236 · program services $2,590,614 · management and general $441,382 · fundraising $469,240

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $85,010 · program services $63,617 · management and general $10,240 · fundraising $11,153

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $403,642 · program services $290,263 · management and general $57,609 · fundraising $55,770

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $290,029 · program services $205,318 · management and general $43,865 · fundraising $40,846

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $419,769 · program services $292,514 · management and general $127,255

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,699 · management and general $36,699

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $120,000 · management and general $120,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,528,904 · fundraising $1,528,904

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $54,359 · management and general $54,359

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $374,600 · program services $63,344 · management and general $206,295 · fundraising $104,961

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $113,280 · program services $37,131 · management and general $68,762 · fundraising $7,387

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $312,006 · program services $136,073 · management and general $148,863 · fundraising $27,070

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $1,024,262 · program services $1,024,262

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $467,246 · program services $262,608 · management and general $96,899 · fundraising $107,739

  • 17 · Travel

    total $130,120 · program services $92,114 · management and general $19,680 · fundraising $18,326

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $48,147 · program services $34,084 · management and general $7,282 · fundraising $6,781

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,273 · management and general $2,273

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,860 · management and general $44,860

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIGITAL MEDIA BUY

    total $15,610,119 · program services $15,610,119

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM MAILING FEES

    total $14,940,481 · program services $14,940,481

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION & PRINTING

    total $11,327,263 · program services $11,327,263

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM FEES

    total $2,149,630 · program services $2,149,630

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $671,393 · program services $519,822 · management and general $88,969 · fundraising $62,602

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,131,127 · end of year $901,534

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,214,927 · end of year $2,626,788

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,451,614 · end of year $1,290,619

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $357,030 · end of year $272,900

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

    $52,470

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

    $52,470

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,273 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,837,573 · end of year $7,536,432

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,369,041 · end of year $6,906,592

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $233,456 · end of year $300,780

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,316,164 · end of year $3,814,818

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,863,965 · end of year $14,169,267

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $950,000 · end of year $1,250,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG UNDER-REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDING UNMARRIED WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1

  • CONDUCTED VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTER TURNOUT PROGRAMS VIA MAIL AND DIGITAL METHODS TO UNDER-REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDING UNMARRIED WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

    Expenses $62,234,892 · Grants $12,500,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Denise Juneau See Schedule O

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Alper

    SECRETARY / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katina Banks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Diana Walsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gail Kitch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Damara Catlett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Susie Hwang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Susan Stutzman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gibby Waitzkin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Thomas Lopach

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $274,540
    From this org
    $257,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,366
    Hours/week
    29

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,798
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,376
    Deferred
    $7,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,861
    Filer's total
    $274,540

  • Katharine Werner

    VP OF DIGITAL PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $227,568
    From this org
    $201,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,442
    Hours/week
    37.42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,094
    Bonus
    $14,032
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,034
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,408
    Filer's total
    $227,568

  • Elbert Hairston

    VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $212,712
    From this org
    $198,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,299
    Hours/week
    36.92

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,570
    Bonus
    $13,843
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,952
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,347
    Filer's total
    $212,712

  • Caryn Pavlak

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $192,400
    From this org
    $179,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,440
    Hours/week
    33.48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,405
    Bonus
    $12,555
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,399
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,041
    Filer's total
    $192,400

  • Nancy Leeds

    VP OF MAIL PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $179,461
    From this org
    $161,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,524
    Hours/week
    30.13

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,639
    Bonus
    $11,298
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,842
    Filer's total
    $179,461

  • Lionel Dripps

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $164,447
    From this org
    $155,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,782
    Hours/week
    24.49

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,480
    Bonus
    $9,185
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,782
    Filer's total
    $164,447

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
DURING THE YEAR THE ORGANIZATION PAID BONUS AMOUNTS TO INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN II.

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349311902

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