Totals
- Total revenue
- $206,031
- Total expenses
- $200,062
- Contributions and grants received
- $198,102
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $7,929
- Total assets, end of year
- $44,150
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $52,928
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$8,778
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $141,157
- Management and general expenses
- $29,833
- Fundraising expenses
- $29,072
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $141,157
Program services were 70.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$198,102
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: LIST RENTAL
total $7,929 · related or exempt $7,929
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$7,929
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $36,441 · program services $12,147 · management and general $12,147 · fundraising $12,147
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $14,886 · program services $4,962 · management and general $4,962 · fundraising $4,962
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $3,088 · program services $1,544 · management and general $772 · fundraising $772
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $25,922 · program services $25,922
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $4,313 · program services $1,437 · management and general $1,438 · fundraising $1,438
-
14 · Information technology
total $11,336 · program services $11,336
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $28,900 · program services $28,900
-
17 · Travel
total $28,005 · program services $9,335 · management and general $9,335 · fundraising $9,335
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,123 · program services $1,123
-
23 · Insurance
total $35,920 · program services $35,920
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24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE
total $3,546 · program services $3,546
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24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $2,861 · program services $2,861
-
24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $1,506 · program services $753 · management and general $753
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24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICES
total $1,230 · program services $410 · management and general $410 · fundraising $410
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24e · All other expenses
total $985 · program services $961 · management and general $16 · fundraising $8
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $30,587 · end of year $14,056
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,250 · end of year $26,250
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $768 · end of year $768
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$82,259
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$81,183
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,199 · end of year $1,076
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $2,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $51,551 · end of year $52,928
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$14,747 · end of year -$8,778
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION IS A NON-PARTISAN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THATPROMOTES THE VALUES OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND FREE SPEECH. THE FOUNDATION PUBLISHES THE WASHINGTON SPECTATOR, A MONTHLY DIGITAL NEWSLETTER ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS; HOSTS AND ADMINISTERS JOURNALISM AND WRITING FELLOWSHIPS; SPONSORS DOCUMENTARY FILMS; AND PRODUCES CONFERENCES AND RELATED EVENTS AIMED AT BROADENING THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION AROUND ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TOPICS.
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THE PUBLIC CONCERN FOUNDATION PRODUCES A DIGITAL NEWSLETTER. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED TO FORWARD THE TASK OF SHARING INFORMATION AND STIMULATING DISCUSSION THROUGH THE NEWSLETTERS AND SPONSORING RESEARCH, SYMPOSIA, AND OTHER FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES.
Expenses $141,157
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Hamilton FishHAMILTON FISH
President
- Total calculated
- $36,441
- From this org
- $36,441
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 70
-
Scott GreatheadSCOTT GREATHEAD
Sec./Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ernest J Tollerson III
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Eliza Fish
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lisa Graves
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202513219349326411
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