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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MORE IN COMMON INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 27 October 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total expenses
$5,170,067 changed to $5,115,113
Total assets, end of year
$1,570,977 changed to $1,628,727
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,869 changed to $47,665
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,526,108 changed to $1,581,062
Program services expenses
$4,364,193 changed to $4,213,492
Management and general expenses
$607,613 changed to $702,970
Fundraising expenses
$198,261 changed to $198,651
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,364,193 changed to $4,213,492

Totals

Total revenue
$2,639,643
Total expenses
$5,170,067
Contributions and grants received
$2,506,022
Grants paid
$1,575,000
Program service revenue
$133,011
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$610
Total assets, end of year
$1,570,977
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,869
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,526,108
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,364,193
Management and general expenses
$607,613
Fundraising expenses
$198,261
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,364,193

Program services were 84.4% 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

    $2,506,022

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $133,011 · related or exempt $133,011

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $610 · excluded $610

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $610

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,575,000 · program services $1,575,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $369,525 · program services $123,175 · management and general $123,175 · fundraising $123,175

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $845,690 · program services $703,592 · management and general $88,783 · fundraising $53,315

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $34,519 · program services $28,621 · management and general $3,669 · fundraising $2,229

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,774 · program services $55,072 · management and general $8,689 · fundraising $6,013

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,637 · program services $66,680 · management and general $16,428 · fundraising $13,529

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $325 · management and general $325

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $81,169 · management and general $81,169

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,451,124 · program services $1,344,684 · management and general $106,440

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,074 · management and general $5,074

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $65,369 · program services $65,369

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $93,534 · management and general $93,534

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,954 · management and general $52,954

  • 17 · Travel

    total $194,010 · program services $194,010

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $207,990 · program services $207,990

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,822 · management and general $2,822

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,171 · management and general $6,171

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $14,440 · management and general $14,440

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $3,940 · management and general $3,940

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,889,393 · end of year $1,417,675

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,431,500 · end of year $118,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,151

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,052 · end of year $29,066

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

    $11,265

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

    $5,029

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,128 · end of year $6,236

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $110,478 · end of year $44,869

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $80,931

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,155,815 · end of year $857,476

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $668,632

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO HELP CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SAFER, MORE RESILIENT, AND MORE ENJOYABLE PLACES TO LIVE, BOTH FOR LONG-TIME RESIDENTS AND FOR NEWCOMERS, AND TO COUNTER CURRENT THREATS TO SUCH COMMUNITIES FROM ECONOMIC INSECURITY, DEAR OF TERRORISM, AND CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES FROM THE THREATS OF POLARIZATION AND SOCIAL DIVISION.

  • AWARENESS EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING - RESEARCHERS HAVE PUBLISHED PAPERS ON HOW TO UNDERSTAND EFFECTIVE POLARIZATION IN AMERICA. RESEARCHERS HAVE ALSO PUBLISHED RESEARCH AND PROVIDED TRAINING ON METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING IN WAYS THAT MITIGATE AGAINST POLARIZATION. THE PUBLICATION ON EFFECTIVE POLARIZATION RECEIVED WIDESPREAD NATIONAL COVERAGE. TRAININGS ON COMMUNICATIONS METHODS WERE PROVIDED TO A WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UNDERLYING MATERIAL WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. RESEARCHERS HAVE ALSO ENGAGED THE PUBLIC IN EFFFORTS TO EDUCATE AMERICANS ABOUT ISSUES RELEVANT TO POLARIZATION AND SOCIAL COHESION, SUCH AS THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS.

    Expenses $4,364,193 · Grants $1,575,000 · Revenue $133,011

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

Listed in Part VII

  • THEODORE R JOHNSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • MATHIEU LEFEVRE

    CEO / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $416,585
    From this org
    $181,603
    From related orgs
    $170,000
    Other
    $64,982
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,603 + $170,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $35,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,482 + $2,500 related
    Filer's total
    $209,085 + $207,500 related

  • TIMOTHY E DIXON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $237,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $196,000
    Other
    $41,000
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $196,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,000 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $237,000 related

  • NADIA FIROZVI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • MARSHALL FITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • MAYA MACGUINEAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • SHAREE MCKENZIE TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • ALI NOORANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • NIKKI TOYAMA-SZETO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • DANIEL VALLONE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $182,693
    From this org
    $155,031
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,662
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,031
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,662
    Filer's total
    $182,693

  • STEPHEN HAWKINS

    RESEARCH DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,670
    From this org
    $136,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,215
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,455
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,215
    Filer's total
    $163,670

  • KATHERINE CARNEY

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $137,075
    From this org
    $114,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,739
    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. 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

None.

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.

  • MORE IN COMMON UK

    501(C)3 EQUIVELANT · TO PROTECT DEMOCRATIC SOIETIES FROM THE THREAT OF POLARIZATION · UK

  • MORE IN COMMON FRANCE

    501(C)3 EQUIVELANT · TO PROTECT DEMOCRATIC SOIETIES FROM THE THREAT OF POLARIZATION · FR

    Directly controlled by MORE IN COMMON UK

  • MORE IN COMMON GERMANY

    501(C)3 EQUIVELANT · TO PROTECT DEMOCRATIC SOIETIES FROM THE THREAT OF POLARIZATION · GM

    Directly controlled by MORE IN COMMON UK

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349311474

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