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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by REPRESENT US.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,682,131
Total expenses
$2,484,946
Contributions and grants received
$2,678,291
Grants paid
$136,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,840
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,083,593
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,857
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,070,736
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,913,255
Management and general expenses
$335,755
Fundraising expenses
$235,936
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,913,255

Program services were 77.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $571,447

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,106,844

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,840 · excluded $3,840

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $136,000 · program services $136,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $606,446 · program services $277,432 · management and general $173,022 · fundraising $155,992

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,110 · program services $5,082 · management and general $3,170 · fundraising $2,858

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $38,639 · program services $17,676 · management and general $11,024 · fundraising $9,939

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,401 · program services $17,362 · management and general $13,206 · fundraising $12,833

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,671 · management and general $6,671

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,743 · management and general $4,743

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,353,904 · program services $1,240,275 · management and general $111,209 · fundraising $2,420

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $119,582 · program services $119,544 · management and general $38

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,877 · program services $22,499 · management and general $10,896 · fundraising $44,482

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,846 · program services $6,049 · management and general $643 · fundraising $154

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,102 · program services $34,364 · management and general $930 · fundraising $808

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,207 · program services $4,135 · management and general $30 · fundraising $42

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $443 · program services $112 · management and general $173 · fundraising $158

  • 24a · Other expenses: Communications

    total $38,975 · program services $32,725 · fundraising $6,250

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,393,697 · end of year $1,017,446

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $862,464 · end of year $581,447

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,391

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $56,188 · end of year $2,484,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,189 · end of year $12,857

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $100,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,235,954 · end of year $4,060,736

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,637,597 · end of year $10,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Represent.US is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization challenging the undue influence of well-financed interests over American politics through long-term structural reform solutions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

National, nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization fighting to protect and strengthen democracy

  • Public Education and Communications: To fix our democracy, RepresentUs (RU) is mobilizing a massive grassroots movement centered around a suite of smart, bold, common-sense policy solutions. RU has the democracy movement's most vibrant and recognizable brand. RU has grown the largest and most active online community in the field, with digital content that breaks through the noise and engages diverse audiences. In this way, RU recruits and engages an army of politically savvy, impassioned advocates. RU executes ambitious public education and marketing campaigns that inspire people to take meaningful action. As new supporters are on-boarded, RU provides a continual flow of topical content that emphasizes movement victories, tells stories about remarkable volunteers, and prompts users to engage.

    Expenses $1,411,275 · Grants $3,000

  • Organizing, Advocacy, and Lobbying: When supporters recruited through our digital program are ready to take action, RepresentUs brings them into our national digital volunteer network, hosted on the web platform Discord. Discord enables activists to communicate with one another and learn about the policies and politics of the reform field. This national community provides online trainings and skills-building workshops, including traditional organizing skills like phone banking, event planning, and writing letters to the editor. RU also offers opportunities for activists to learn new media content development, SMS text-banking, online fundraising, and the steps involved in passing a non-binding resolution in their own community. This platform facilitates invaluable connections between activists, organizers, and leaders. It provides opportunities for volunteers to become leaders. More than 13,241 volunteers activists joined the community during the year.

    Expenses $501,980 · Grants $133,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jon DeVaan

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caroline Moon

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kulpreet Rana

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anke Faber

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Jones

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Lawrence

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam McKay

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Graham Lynn

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $215,390
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $192,708
    Other
    $22,682
    Hours/week
    15 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $192,708 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,535 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,147 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $215,390 related

  • Heather Gresham

    Counsel and VP of People and Culture

    Total calculated
    $200,467
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,213
    Other
    $18,254
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,213 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,175 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,079 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $200,467 related

  • Michael Dolence

    VP Finance and Administration

    Total calculated
    $191,118
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $168,431
    Other
    $22,687
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $168,431 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,710 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,977 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $191,118 related

  • Jennifer Johnson

    Movement Director

    Total calculated
    $164,662
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,662
    Other
    $14,000
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $150,662 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,712 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,288 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $164,662 related

  • Adia Jordan

    Strategic Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $149,972
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $136,908
    Other
    $13,064
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

  • Megan Caska

    Senior Political Director

    Total calculated
    $140,242
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $127,464
    Other
    $12,778
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

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)

Part I, Line 3:
Although there are no employees, Represent.Us (RU) shares expenses with related organization Represent.Us Education Fund (RUEF). All compensation is paid by RUEF. RUEF allocates payroll costs to RU based upon allocated time spent by staff. RU reimburses all allocated costs to RUEF. RU relies on the RUEF's methods for establishing the organization's compensation of the CEO/ Executive Director. These methods include a compensation committee, a written employment contract, and approval by the board.

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
2022
Filed
26 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331529349301008

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