Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SAM Advocacy Fund.

Totals

Total revenue: $301,500
Total expenses: $188,194
Contributions and grants received: $301,500
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $188,994
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $188,994
Program services expenses (Part IX): $188,194
Management and general expenses: $0
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $188,194

Program services were 100.0% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$301,500
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

11b · Fees: legal

total $1,667 · program services $1,667
11c · Fees: accounting

total $870 · program services $870
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $69,248 · program services $69,248
11g · Fees: other

total $105,599 · program services $105,599
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $1,560 · program services $1,560
13 · Office expenses

total $1,122 · program services $1,122
14 · Information technology

total $7,558 · program services $7,558
23 · Insurance

total $570 · program services $570

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $75,688 · end of year $188,994
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $75,688 · end of year $188,994
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SAM Advocacy Fund is a citizens based education and electoral reform advocacy organization. From inception to date, it has been devoted exclusively to educating the public and advancing electoral reform in Connecticut including the introduction of ranked choice voting in certain primaries and elections in Connecticut. It currently does business in Connecticut as CT Voters First, ctvotersfirst.org.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAM Advocacy Fund is a citizens based education and electoral reform advocacy organization that, from its inception to date, has been focused on electoral reform in Connecticut including the introduction of ranked choice voting in certain primaries and elections. It currently does business in Connecticut under the name CT Voters First, ctvotersfirst.org.

Doing business as CT Voters First, SAM Advocacy Fund ("CTVF") worked to advance legislation in the Connecticut legislature including a bi-partisan bill to enable the political parties to use ranked choice voting ("RCV") in their presidential primaries, to give municipalities the option to use RCV in single winner elections and to provide for the use of RCV in party conventions. CTVF secured the support of Governor Lamont, hired and worked with professional lobbyists in pursuit of passage of the legislation

Expenses $188,194 · Revenue $301,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Scott W Muller

Chairman and Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
James Cusick

Director and Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
William Guenther

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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: 2023
Filed: 12 May 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202521329349306437

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