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← MINNESOTA VOTERS ALLIANCE

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MINNESOTA VOTERS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$423,088
Total expenses
$211,645
Contributions and grants received
$390,369
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$32,719
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,296,586
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,296,586
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$152,848
Management and general expenses
$27,428
Fundraising expenses
$31,369
Program service expenses (Part III)
$152,848

Program services were 72.2% 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

    $390,369

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,719 · excluded $32,719

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $115,500 · program services $75,075 · management and general $17,325 · fundraising $23,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,200 · program services $2,100 · management and general $840 · fundraising $1,260

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $724 · program services $459 · management and general $112 · fundraising $153

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,470 · program services $5,999 · management and general $1,473 · fundraising $1,998

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,577 · management and general $4,577

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,415 · program services $4,415

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,299 · program services $1,650 · fundraising $1,649

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,247 · program services $2,109 · management and general $1,030 · fundraising $2,108

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $350 · management and general $350

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $180 · program services $40 · management and general $40 · fundraising $100

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,224 · program services $1,001 · management and general $222 · fundraising $1,001

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING

    total $1,434 · management and general $1,434

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS REGISTRATION F

    total $25 · management and general $25

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $98,444 · end of year $217,428

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $897,442 · end of year $1,079,158

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

    $3,774

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

    $3,774

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $995,886 · end of year $1,296,586

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MVA COMPRISES CITIZENS, VOLUNTEERS AND EXPERTS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE LIBERTY INTERESTS OF AMERICANS BY IMPROVING ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH LEGAL ACTION. THE MVA ALSO EDUCATES CITIZENS ON ELECTION MATTERS, ADVOCATES FOR INCREASING VOTER PARTICIPATION AND ENCOURAGES CITIZENS TO SERVE IN THE VARIOUS ELECTION JUDGE POSITIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MVA WORKS TO IMPROVE ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH LEGAL ACTION AND TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ON ELECTION MATTERS.

  • ON JANUARY 5, 2025, THE MINNESOTA VOTERS ALLIANCE (MVA) INITIATED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GOVERNOR TIM WALZ OVER ISSUING AN ILLEGAL AND PREMATURE WRIT OF SPECIAL ELECTION. (MINNESOTA VOTERS ALLIANCE V. WALZ)IN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY, THE SUPREME COURT GRANTED MVA'S PETITION, CANCELLED GOVERNOR WALZ'S WRIT AND THE PLANNED JANUARY 28, 2025, SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE VACANT SEAT. WALZ WAS FORCED TO CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL ELECTION. THIS VICTORY NOT ONLY ENSURED A LAWFUL SPECIAL ELECTION BUT ALSO SET AN IMPORTANT PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE ELECTORAL DISPUTES. ADVOCATED FOR CITIZENS TO BECOME ELECTION JUDGES, BALLOT BOARD MEMBERS AND POLL CHALLENGERS, AND ENCOURAGED VOTER PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.THE MVA WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF HOUSE AND SENATE ELECTION OMNIBUS BILLS AND PROVIDE WRITTEN INPUT TO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS. MVA FILED LAWSUIT CHALLENGING A NEW ELECTIONS PROVISION IN FEDERAL COURT THAT RESTRICTS FREE SPEECH AROUND ELECTION RELATED ISSUES. OUR APPEAL TO THE 8TH CIRCUIT WAS HEARD IN OCTOBER 2025. BY DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FREELY ABOUT ELECTIONS, MVA AIMS TO PRESERVE AN OPEN MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS AND SUPPORT INFORMED PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.MVA WAS INVITED TO SEVERAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT FOCUSED ON EDUCATING CITIZENS IMPROVING ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. CONTINUED RESEARCH ON THE VARIOUS LAWS/RULES REGARDING EARLY VOTING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW MINNESOTA'S EARLY VOTING SYSTEMS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED.

    Expenses $152,848

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DON HUIZENGA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN ERICKSON

    VICE CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY HOFF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDY CILEK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,500
    From this org
    $115,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2025
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611219349300906

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