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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$706,929
Total expenses
$1,228,981
Contributions and grants received
$706,929
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$205,360
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$205,360
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$465,998
Management and general expenses
$759,463
Fundraising expenses
$3,520
Program service expenses (Part III)
$465,998

Program services were 37.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $706,929

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $282,217 · management and general $282,217

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $299,839 · management and general $299,839

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,962 · management and general $15,962

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,850 · management and general $49,850

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,792 · management and general $46,792

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,967 · management and general $1,967

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,419 · management and general $13,419

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $110,166 · program services $110,166

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $61,581 · program services $61,581

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,053 · program services $1,789 · management and general $8,264

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,583 · program services $16,040 · management and general $7,543

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,194 · management and general $14,194

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,854 · program services $7,574 · management and general $280

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,213 · program services $6,769 · management and general $1,964 · fundraising $3,480

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,700 · management and general $3,700

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,364 · management and general $4,364

  • 24a · Other expenses: Printing

    total $162,191 · program services $162,079 · management and general $72 · fundraising $40

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff Training

    total $9,036 · management and general $9,036

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $711,938 · end of year $69,239

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,922 · end of year $6,159

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

    $49,872

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

    $41,974

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,576 · end of year $7,898

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $122,064

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,380

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,644

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $727,412 · end of year $205,360

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We specialize in using digital and social media, media relations, and original content like videos, graphics, and blogs to increase support for progressive ideals. Together, we can build a Minnesota that works for everyone.

  • Program services consist of the following: Professional Development: Supporting ABM staffs professional development, growth, and skill-building through trainings, workshops, and conferences.Research: Qualitative and quantitative research on policy proposals and the public opinion surrounding said proposals in Minnesota communities. Civic Engagement-Voter education efforts like explaining the mechanics of registering and voting. State Legislative Accountability: Educate the public on elected officials positions on issues, votes in congress or state legislature, and local office using earned and online media. Gubernatorial Accountability: Educate the public on the Governors office/positions on issues using earned and online media. AG Accountability: Educate the public on the Attorney Generals office/positions on issues using earned and online media. Political Action: Educate the public on the Governors office/positions on issues using earned and online media.

    Expenses $465,998 · Grants $100,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joe Davis

    Key Employee

    Total calculated
    $151,311
    From this org
    $146,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,407
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,904
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,407
    Filer's total
    $151,311

  • Marissa Luna

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $148,389
    From this org
    $135,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,076
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

  • Denise Cardinal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liz Xiong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Leonard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Elliot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bethany Winkels

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave McGonagle

    Treasurer

    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. 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

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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443189349311189

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