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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TESSERACT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,100,043
Total expenses
$827,271
Contributions and grants received
$1,100,043
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$517,193
Total liabilities, end of year
$159,266
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$357,927
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$542,678
Management and general expenses
$173,805
Fundraising expenses
$110,788
Program service expenses (Part III)
$542,678

Program services were 65.6% 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

    $1,100,043

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,250 · program services $42,051 · management and general $12,914 · fundraising $55,285

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $293,358 · program services $204,150 · management and general $59,735 · fundraising $29,473

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,311 · program services $9,950 · management and general $2,936 · fundraising $3,425

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,674 · program services $35,793 · management and general $10,560 · fundraising $12,321

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,055 · program services $17,724 · management and general $5,229 · fundraising $6,102

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,617 · program services $9,914 · management and general $11,703

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,357 · management and general $13,357

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $58,000 · program services $58,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,693 · program services $19,017 · management and general $17,676

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $91,329 · program services $91,034 · management and general $295

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,571 · program services $42 · management and general $6,529

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,239 · program services $44,798 · management and general $19,441

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,459 · management and general $6,459

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,815 · program services $5,168 · management and general $620 · fundraising $4,027

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,588 · program services $4,588

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,955 · program services $449 · management and general $6,351 · fundraising $155

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $265,065 · end of year $511,931

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,166 · end of year $5,262

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,993 · end of year $13,415

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $168,388 · end of year $145,851

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $83,350 · end of year $357,927

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TESSERACT, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND PERFECTING DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM BY REFORMING THE TAX SYSTEM, LABOR POLICIES AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.

  • PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES - FOCUSES ON ORGANIZING POLITICALLY AND LOBBYING CONGRESS TO HELP ENACT REFORMS THAT WILL BUILD A MORE STABLE, PROSPEROUS AND INCLUSIVE NATION.

    Expenses $493,751

  • AMERICAN DECIDERS IS A BIPARTISAN COLLECTIVE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC ISSUES. WE PROVIDE CLEAR INFORMATION ON POLICIES AND CANDIDATES, RALLYING COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC EQUALITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND FAIRNESS. OUR CORE TENETS ARE TAX THE RICH, PAY THE PEOPLE, AND SPREAD THE POWER.

    Expenses $48,347

  • MAYDAY AMERICA - ENGAGES IN GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE REFORMS THAT WILL DEFEAT ENABLERS OF CORRUPTION, ELECT REFORMERS, AND WORK TO PASS REFORM AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO END BIG MONEY POLITICS.

    Expenses $488

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Payne

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $360,078
    From this org
    $68,654
    From related orgs
    $258,269
    Other
    $33,155
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $58,154 + $218,769 related
    Bonus
    $10,500 + $39,500 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,023 + $7,611 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,939 + $18,581 related
    Filer's total
    $75,616 + $284,461 related

  • Jodie Rubenstein

    Treasurer/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $259,907
    From this org
    $45,598
    From related orgs
    $171,534
    Other
    $42,775
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $45,073 + $169,559 related
    Bonus
    $525 + $1,975 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,934 + $7,274 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,049 + $26,518 related
    Filer's total
    $54,581 + $205,326 related

  • Dylan Dusseault

    POLITICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,864
    From this org
    $118,325
    From related orgs
    $31,453
    Other
    $16,086
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,258 + $31,170 related
    Bonus
    $1,067 + $284 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,180 + $1,643 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,528 + $1,735 related
    Filer's total
    $131,033 + $34,832 related

  • Rene Felt

    ART DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,161
    From this org
    $29,048
    From related orgs
    $109,275
    Other
    $23,838
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

  • Adam Shubert

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $128,400
    From this org
    $25,452
    From related orgs
    $95,748
    Other
    $7,200
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

  • Gene Haigh

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $133,948
    From this org
    $23,423
    From related orgs
    $88,116
    Other
    $22,409
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

  • Chase Hardin

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,804
    From this org
    $22,955
    From related orgs
    $86,353
    Other
    $13,496
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $86,353 + $22,955 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,181 + $1,377 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,481 + $1,457 related
    Filer's total
    $97,015 + $25,789 related

  • Robert Lord

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $116,538
    From this org
    $23,100
    From related orgs
    $86,900
    Other
    $6,538
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

  • Ana Maria Archila

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Morris Pearl

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Drew Pomerance

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Stephen Prince

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Chuck Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • THE PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES LLC

    DC

    Directly controlled by TESSERACT INC

  • THE AGENDA PROJECT LLC

    DC

    Directly controlled by TESSERACT INC

  • MAYDAY AMERICA LLC

    DC

    Directly controlled by TESSERACT INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512109349301911

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