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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DEMOCRACY MAINE.

Totals

Total revenue
$575,882
Total expenses
$792,556
Contributions and grants received
$575,677
Grants paid
$1,200
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$205
Total assets, end of year
$6,192
Total liabilities, end of year
$105,179
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$98,987
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$569,914
Management and general expenses
$42,753
Fundraising expenses
$179,889
Program service expenses (Part III)
$569,914

Program services were 71.9% 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

    $3,431

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $223,610

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $348,636

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $205 · related or exempt $100 · excluded $105

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $205

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,200 · program services $1,200

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,190 · program services $68,033 · management and general $2,916 · fundraising $26,241

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $349,628 · program services $241,442 · management and general $10,819 · fundraising $97,367

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,248 · program services $6,474 · management and general $277 · fundraising $2,497

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,032 · program services $30,822 · management and general $1,321 · fundraising $11,889

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,841 · program services $27,889 · management and general $1,195 · fundraising $10,757

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,036 · program services $735 · management and general $16,017 · fundraising $284

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $92 · program services $65 · management and general $3 · fundraising $24

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,788 · program services $25,788

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $200 · program services $140 · management and general $6 · fundraising $54

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,957 · program services $27,270 · management and general $1,169 · fundraising $10,518

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,414 · program services $13,380 · management and general $6,873 · fundraising $5,161

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,170 · program services $5,719 · management and general $245 · fundraising $2,206

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,318 · program services $21,222 · management and general $910 · fundraising $8,186

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,103 · program services $3,345 · management and general $468 · fundraising $1,290

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,389 · program services $5,172 · management and general $222 · fundraising $1,995

  • 24a · Other expenses: Field support

    total $30,725 · program services $30,725

  • 24b · Other expenses: Interns

    total $29,202 · program services $29,202

  • 24c · Other expenses: Inter-organizational

    total $27,921 · program services $27,921

  • 24d · Other expenses: Banking fees

    total $3,814 · program services $2,670 · management and general $114 · fundraising $1,030

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,288 · program services $700 · management and general $198 · fundraising $390

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year -$21,079 · end of year $6,192

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $325,098 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,978 · end of year $43,594

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $84,145 · end of year $56,097

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $60,209 · end of year $5,488

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $117,687 · end of year -$98,987

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MCCE is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to ensure that Maine's campaign finance laws, elections, and government serve the public interest, both in principal and practice.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To educate and engage the public on money in politics and campaign finance law, and to encourage citizen participation in our electoral system and government to make a more politically responsive democracy.

  • Maine Citizens for Clean Elections works to engage Maine people from across the political spectrum, using research, education, and outreach to further fairness, inclusion, and opportunity in our politics. We believe in the importance of the Maine Clean Elections Act, the first system of full public financing for state candidates in the country, passed via referendum in 1996. Achievements in 2023-2024 included the production of reports on the state of Maine's democracy and Money in Politics, non-partisan election observation and voter information, supporting efforts to ensure safe access to voting during, and more.

    Expenses $569,914 · Grants $1,200

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamela Cox

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Susana Hancock

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Ann Luther

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 3 related

  • Melissa Murphy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Maya Eichorn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Benjamin Gaines

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Rick Lyles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Alex Newell Taylor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Alison Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Jill Ward

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Tobin Williamson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Anna Kellar

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $97,705
    From this org
    $88,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,113
    Hours/week
    17 + 23 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601259349304050

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