Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MISSISSIPPI VOTES.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,947,630
Total expenses: $5,090,331
Contributions and grants received: $2,945,572
Grants paid: $13,250
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $1,558
Other revenue: $500
Total assets, end of year: $2,298,266
Total liabilities, end of year: $571,217
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,727,049
Program services expenses (Part IX): $4,072,321
Management and general expenses: $1,018,010
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $4,072,321

Program services were 80.0% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$2,945,572
3 · Investment income

total $1,558 · excluded $1,558
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

total $500 · related or exempt $500
11e · Other revenue, total

$500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $13,250 · program services $13,250
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $247,184 · program services $148,310 · management and general $98,874
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,115,744 · program services $669,446 · management and general $446,298
9 · Other employee benefits

total $98,850 · program services $59,310 · management and general $39,540
10 · Payroll taxes

total $103,734 · program services $62,240 · management and general $41,494
11b · Fees: legal

total $1,794 · management and general $1,794
11c · Fees: accounting

total $27,114 · management and general $27,114
11g · Fees: other

total $359,843 · program services $357,687 · management and general $2,156
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $1,951,084 · program services $1,951,084
13 · Office expenses

total $111,582 · management and general $111,582
14 · Information technology

total $3,500 · program services $3,500
16 · Occupancy

total $248,328 · program services $115,314 · management and general $133,014
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $19,924 · program services $19,924
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $20,452 · management and general $20,452
23 · Insurance

total $16,296 · management and general $16,296
24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

total $528,452 · program services $528,452
24b · Other expenses: TRAVEL, MEALS & ENTERTA

total $181,792 · program services $127,254 · management and general $54,538
24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS

total $24,162 · management and general $24,162
24d · Other expenses: VOTER ACCESS NETWORK &

total $16,550 · program services $16,550
24e · All other expenses

total $696 · management and general $696

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $3,452,584 · end of year $1,050,754
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $470,859 · end of year $738,407
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $4,800 · end of year $4,800
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$125,263
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$52,182
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $67,172 · end of year $73,081
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $281,543 · end of year $431,224
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $124,817 · end of year $36,776
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $282,391 · end of year $534,441
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,869,750 · end of year $1,727,049

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MISSISSIPPI VOTES IS AN ORGANIZATION OF INTERGENERATIONAL SYNERGY CENTERING AND LED BY YOUNG PEOPLE INVESTED IN THE PROGRESSION OF MISSISSIPPI. WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES THAT EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE, ENCOURAGES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATES COMMUNITIES ON VOTING RIGHTS THROUGH PLACE-BASED GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MISSISSIPPI VOTES CONDUCTS VOTER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FIRST TIME VOTER SEMINARS, VOTER REGISTRATION, AND GET-OUT-THE-VOTE DRIVES IN A NONPARTISAN, UNBIASED MANNER WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL PARTY. IT IS AN ORGANIZATION OF INTERGENERATIONAL SYNERGY CENTERED ON YOUNG PEOPLE INVESTED IN MISSISSIPPI'S PROGRESSION. THE MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH ESTABLISHED PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES THAT EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE, ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATE COMMUNITIES ON VOTING RIGHTS THROUGH PLACE-BASED GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING. IN THIS COVID ERA, THE GOAL IS TO SAFELY AND ORGANICALLY REACH VOTERS, AND TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER IN MISSISSIPPI TO VOTE AND BE INFORMED AT THE BALLOT BOX.

VOTER SERVICES INCLUDE VOTER SUFFRAGE CURRICULUM, VOTER EDUCATION, AND ASSISTANCE WITH ELECTION PROTECTION ON ELECTION DAY, CONTINUATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, UP2US THAT STARTED IN PRIOR YEAR. DUE TO COVID, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL SHIFT OF FOCUS TO DIGITAL AND MAIL ENGAGEMENT WITH VOTERS AND POTENTIAL VOTERS. DIRECT MAIL AND DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT WERE SIGNIFICANT TACTICS USED TO ENGAGE MISSISSIPPIANS. TARGETED UNIVERSES FOR 2024 WERE SELECT HOUSEHOLDS OF PRESIDENTIAL-ONLY VOTERS 65 YEARS AND OLDER, YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 18-35, AND INFREQUENT VOTERS. OVER 90,000 PIECES OF DIRECT MAIL WERE SENT OUT TO THESE GROUPS IN 2024. DIGITAL ADS PLAYED 28,220,000 TIMES. THERE WERE OVER 200,000 DIRECT CALLS TO VOTERS. ANOTHER DIGITAL TOOL USED THIS YEAR WAS BALLOT READY, WHICH ALLOWS REGISTERED VOTERS TO USE AND DEVELOP A VOTER GUIDE: RESEARCH THE BALLOT, FIND OUT HOW TO VOTE, CHECK REGISTRATION, GET INVOLVED, AND REQUEST A BALLOT. EDUCATIONAL TEXT MESSAGING CAMPAIGNS WERE ALSO USED THIS YEAR VIA HUSTLE TO INFORM VOTERS OF ELECTION DEADLINES AND CAPTURE DATA ABOUT PARTICIPATION INTENTIONS. 2,987,000 TEXT MESSAGES WERE SENT TO POTENTIAL VOTERS.

Expenses $4,072,321 · Grants $13,250 · Revenue $500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Alex LawsonALEX LAWSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Anna BrandlANNA BRANDL

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jitoria HunterJITORIA HUNTER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ryder TaffRYDER TAFF

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Arekia Bennett-ScottAREKIA BENNETT-SCOTT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$140,819

From this org

$134,822

From related orgs

$0

Other

$5,997

Hours/week

40
Jessica TownsendJESSICA TOWNSEND

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Total calculated

$106,365

From this org

$100,588

From related orgs

$0

Other

$5,777

Hours/week

40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 23 February 2026
IRS schema version: 2024v5.5
Source object: 202600569349301400

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