Totals
- Total revenue
- $16,178,960
- Total expenses
- $13,609,066
- Contributions and grants received
- $15,667,984
- Grants paid
- $4,900,000
- Program service revenue
- $500
- Investment income
- $64,379
- Other revenue
- $446,097
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,650,752
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,236,653
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,414,099
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $12,398,513
- Management and general expenses
- $316,971
- Fundraising expenses
- $893,582
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $12,398,513
Program services were 91.1% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$15,667,984
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$15,231
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2a · Program service revenue: Shared Workspace
total $500 · related or exempt $500
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3 · Investment income
total $64,392 · excluded $64,392
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $15,219
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $15,232
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$13
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$13 · excluded -$13
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Cost Sharing Revenue
total $446,097 · related or exempt $446,097
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11e · Other revenue, total
$446,097
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $4,900,000 · program services $4,900,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,072,851 · program services $965,565 · management and general $53,643 · fundraising $53,643
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $627,730 · program services $564,958 · management and general $31,386 · fundraising $31,386
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $47,836 · program services $43,052 · management and general $2,392 · fundraising $2,392
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $69,700 · program services $62,730 · management and general $3,485 · fundraising $3,485
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $103,717 · program services $93,345 · management and general $5,186 · fundraising $5,186
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11b · Fees: legal
total $84,796 · program services $76,316 · management and general $4,240 · fundraising $4,240
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $138,850 · management and general $138,850
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $569,600 · program services $569,600
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,844,821 · program services $1,123,742 · management and general $3,169 · fundraising $717,910
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,586,836 · program services $2,586,836
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13 · Office expenses
total $22,228 · program services $20,006 · management and general $1,111 · fundraising $1,111
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14 · Information technology
total $399,269 · program services $359,343 · management and general $19,963 · fundraising $19,963
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16 · Occupancy
total $956,331 · program services $867,691 · management and general $44,320 · fundraising $44,320
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17 · Travel
total $43,893 · program services $38,783 · management and general $2,195 · fundraising $2,915
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $47,057 · program services $42,351 · management and general $2,353 · fundraising $2,353
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $27,286 · program services $24,558 · management and general $1,364 · fundraising $1,364
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23 · Insurance
total $51,071 · program services $45,963 · management and general $2,554 · fundraising $2,554
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24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions
total $375 · program services $337 · management and general $19 · fundraising $19
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24b · Other expenses: Taxes Licenses & Fees
total $14,819 · program services $13,337 · management and general $741 · fundraising $741
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $6,708,931 · end of year $756,783
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $8,027,012
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $111,862 · end of year $65,849
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$834,314
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$27,285
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $807,029
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,489,013 · end of year $4,994,079
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $39,190 · end of year $165,930
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $5,531,515 · end of year $5,070,723
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,739,101 · end of year $9,414,099
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
See Schedule O.
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In 2024, Right Vote, Inc. worked to encourage community and civic engagement on issues to safeguard individual liberty and promote social well-being.
Expenses $12,398,513 · Grants $4,900,000 · Revenue $500
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Jessica Anderson
President
- Total calculated
- $662,821
- From this org
- $634,633
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,188
- Hours/week
- 32 + 8 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $334,633
- Bonus
- $300,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $10,250
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,938
- Filer's total
- $662,821
-
Garrett Bess
Executive DirectorSecretary
- Total calculated
- $410,029
- From this org
- $381,746
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,283
- Hours/week
- 32 + 8 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $231,746
- Bonus
- $150,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $13,083
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,200
- Filer's total
- $410,029
-
Kelsy Young
Development
- Total calculated
- $226,832
- From this org
- $212,580
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,252
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,500
- Bonus
- $63,080
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $6,943
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,309
- Filer's total
- $226,832
-
Ian Artinger
VP Digital Advocacy
- Total calculated
- $209,656
- From this org
- $192,776
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,880
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $132,776
- Bonus
- $60,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,067
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,813
- Filer's total
- $209,656
-
Carson Steelman
VP Communications
- Total calculated
- $150,991
- From this org
- $140,452
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,539
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $119,702
- Bonus
- $20,750
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $3,852
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,687
- Filer's total
- $150,991
-
Sean Fieler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
Gary Marx
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
Nick Nicolay
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
John Backiel
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32 + 8 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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Benefit information (Part I, line 1a)
- First Class or Charter Travel: First class or charter travel is permitted for certain members of executive leadership in certain circumstances.
- No written policy information (Part I, line 1b)
- The Organization does not have a written travel expense reimbursement policy; however, proper substantiation is required for all expense reimbursement requests as recommended by IRS guidelines.
- Other non-fixed payments (Part I, line 7)
- The organization paid employee bonuses based on individual and organization performance.
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
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The Sentinel Action Fund
$2,500,000
To Support General Operations
-
$1,500,000
To Support General Operations
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Common Sense Leadership Fund Inc
$900,000
To Support General Operations
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.
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Sentinel Action Fund Inc
527 · Political Action Committee · DC
Directly controlled by Right Vote Inc
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503219349319615
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