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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,479,565
Total expenses
$7,987,825
Contributions and grants received
$4,333,215
Grants paid
$2,925,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$144,850
Other revenue
$1,500
Total assets, end of year
$8,780,416
Total liabilities, end of year
$653,332
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,127,084
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,626,200
Management and general expenses
$322,406
Fundraising expenses
$39,219
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,626,200

Program services were 95.5% 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

    $4,333,215

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $144,850 · excluded $144,850

  • 11a · Other revenue: HONORARIUMS

    total $1,500 · excluded $1,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,925,000 · program services $2,925,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $14,000 · management and general $2,000 · fundraising $12,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $2,136,070 · program services $1,911,308 · management and general $222,024 · fundraising $2,738

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,180 · fundraising $1,180

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $122,023 · program services $115,000 · management and general $7,023

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,130 · management and general $29,130

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $104,419 · program services $92,364 · management and general $4,295 · fundraising $7,760

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,440,378 · program services $2,440,378

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,037 · program services $683 · management and general $172 · fundraising $182

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $128,023 · program services $112,062 · management and general $15,242 · fundraising $719

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,397 · program services $16,459 · management and general $3,911 · fundraising $27

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,943 · management and general $7,943

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAX PAYMENTS

    total $30,396 · management and general $30,396

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPRINT PERMISSION/LICE

    total $12,564 · program services $12,564

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $8,671 · fundraising $8,671

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES, LICENSES & FEES

    total $6,594 · program services $382 · management and general $270 · fundraising $5,942

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $87,703 · end of year $214,496

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,829,127 · end of year $8,185,192

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,347 · end of year $18,824

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $194 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $124,736 · end of year $361,904

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $168,592 · end of year $459,880

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $241,171 · end of year $193,452

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,396,116 · end of year $7,860,994

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $239,228 · end of year $266,090

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO FURTHER THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY PROTECTING AND DEFENDING AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATED TO DEFENDING AMERICA'S DEMOCRATIC NORMS, VALUES, AND INSTITUTIONS AND FIGHTING FOR CONSISTENT CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES LIKE RULE OF LAW, FREE TRADE, AND EXPANDING LEGAL IMMIGRATION.

  • DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER'S (DDT) GENERAL PROGRAM PROMOTED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, THE RULE OF LAW, AND STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION. DDT'S EXPERTS AND BOARD MEMBERS PROMOTED VALUES AND POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST TRADITIONS OF AMERICAN POLITICS THROUGH NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTION, TELEVISION ADVERTISMENTS, AND DIGITAL CONTENT.

    Expenses $3,191,696 · Grants $2,500,000

  • REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT (RAP) CONTINUED ITS ROLE AS A CENTER-RIGHT VOICE ADVOCATING FOR POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY, THE RULE OF LAW, AND THE DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS. RAP CONDUCTED COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS AND MAINTAINED ITS 'DEMOCRACY REPORT CARD,' A PUBLIC DATABASE ASSIGNING GRADES TO ELECTED OFFICIALS BASED ON KEY CRITERIA RELATED TO DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW. ADDITIONALLY, RAP RAN EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES EMPHASIZING THAT NO PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS ABOVE THE LAW, REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.

    Expenses $2,353,020

  • REPUBLICANS FOR UKRAINE (RFU) IS A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON PROMOTING THE VALUES OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD, STANDING WITH ALLIES, AND PROMOTING POLICIES THAT WILL HELP UKRAINE PREVAIL IN ITS DEFENSIVE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. THE PROJECT EMPHASIZES THEMES OF DEMOCRACY VS. AUTOCRACY, TRANS-ATLANTIC SOLIDARITY, AND AMERICA'S CORE VALUES OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE.

    Expenses $1,457,501

  • THE DEMOCRACY INNOVATION FUND (DIF) INCUBATES AND ACCELERATES 501(C)(4) PRO-DEMOCRACY INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE CENTER-RIGHT. DIF GRANTS TO NASCENT ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON A PATH TO INDEPENDENT GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.THE PRESIDENTIAL REFORM PROJECT (PRP) IS A COMMUNICATIONS AND LOBBYING CAMPAIGN AROUND EXECUTIVE BRANCH REFORMS, INCLUDING THE INSURRECTION ACT AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY, PRP SUPPORTED INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTED THE RULE OF LAW.

    Expenses $623,983 · Grants $425,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Kristol

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Linda Chavez

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mona Charen

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tim Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sarah Longwell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PAC INC

    $2,000,000

    TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL MISSION.

  • TELL IT LIKE IT IS PAC

    $500,000

    TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL MISSION.

  • TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL MISSION.

  • C & B GROUP

    $212,500

    TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL MISSION.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443189349301774

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