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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ISSUE ONE ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,120,121
Total expenses
$166,805
Contributions and grants received
$1,120,121
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,216,922
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,445
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,203,477
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$154,401
Management and general expenses
$11,056
Fundraising expenses
$1,348
Program service expenses (Part III)
$154,401

Program services were 92.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,120,121

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,870 · management and general $3,870

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,020 · program services $1,457 · management and general $474 · fundraising $1,089

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $93 · program services $47 · management and general $35 · fundraising $11

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $102 · program services $53 · fundraising $49

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $429 · program services $115 · management and general $227 · fundraising $87

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $135 · management and general $135

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,750 · management and general $2,750

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $153,202 · program services $152,520 · management and general $682

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $643 · program services $209 · management and general $328 · fundraising $106

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,285 · management and general $2,285

  • 24a · Other expenses: DATA AND LIST SERVICES

    total $276 · management and general $270 · fundraising $6

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $237,928 · end of year $452,896

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $750,000

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $14,026 · end of year $14,026

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,793 · end of year $6,300

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,145

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,161 · end of year $1,203,477

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ISSUE ONE ACTION IS THE LEADING CROSSPARTISAN POLITICAL REFORM ORGANIZATION UNITING REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS TO ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO FIX OUR BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

  • POLITICAL REFORM ADVOCACY ISSUE ONE ACTION LEADS A NONPARTISAN ADVOCACY PROGRAM COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING LASTING POLITICAL REFORM. WE ADVOCATE FOR FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS AND CHALLENGE ELECTION DENIER CANDIDATES. WE PUSH FOR RESPONSIBLE BIG TECH AND SOCIAL MEDIA REFORMS. FINALLY, WE CALL ON CONGRESS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE, REDUCE PAY-TO-PLAY POLITICS, AND IMPROVE GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

    Expenses $154,401

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Diana Aviv

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Deanna Ballard Through Oct 2023

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Elaine Walsh Carney Eff Oct 2023

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Barbara Brenner Buder

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Bill Burgess

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Julie Ann Crommett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Carlos Curbelo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Katie Fahey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Richard Gephardt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • David Gerson

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Whitney Hatch

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Emil Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Jb Lyon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Peter Staple

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Patrick Toussaint

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Linda Willard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Tom Ridge Through Oct 2023

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Dan Glickman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Ian Simmons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Nicholas Penniman

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $407,838
    From this org
    $934
    From related orgs
    $328,108
    Other
    $78,796
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $934 + $328,108 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39 + $13,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $143 + $65,414 related
    Filer's total
    $1,116 + $406,722 related
  • Amelia Leonardi

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $300,993
    From this org
    $1,942
    From related orgs
    $230,475
    Other
    $68,576
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 39.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,942 + $230,475 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $96 + $12,417 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $392 + $55,671 related
    Filer's total
    $2,430 + $298,563 related
  • Ethan Rome

    CHIEF OF STRATEGY AND PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $266,275
    From this org
    $512
    From related orgs
    $239,844
    Other
    $25,919
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 39.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $512 + $239,844 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26 + $13,989 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $67 + $11,837 related
    Filer's total
    $605 + $265,670 related
  • Mahdokht Fassihian

    DEPUTY CHIEF OF STRATEGY AND PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $196,939
    From this org
    $864
    From related orgs
    $166,855
    Other
    $29,220
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 39.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $864 + $166,855 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42 + $1,931 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $112 + $27,135 related
    Filer's total
    $1,018 + $195,921 related
  • Alix Fraser

    VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY REFORM

    Total calculated
    $149,963
    From this org
    $339
    From related orgs
    $125,643
    Other
    $23,981
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 39.8 related
  • Jamie Dillon

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $145,899
    From this org
    $435
    From related orgs
    $122,272
    Other
    $23,192
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 39.8 related
  • Nicole Lagace

    VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $129,126
    From this org
    $776
    From related orgs
    $121,574
    Other
    $6,776
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 39.8 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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520579349300402

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