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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP EDUCATION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$483,988
Total expenses
$322,361
Contributions and grants received
$483,715
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$273
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,447,292
Total liabilities, end of year
$420,167
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,027,125
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$228,093
Management and general expenses
$63,985
Fundraising expenses
$30,283
Program service expenses (Part III)
$228,093

Program services were 70.8% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $483,715

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $273 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $273

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,086 · program services $64,095 · management and general $2,582 · fundraising $7,409

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $123,641 · program services $106,968 · management and general $4,309 · fundraising $12,364

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,678 · program services $3,182 · management and general $128 · fundraising $368

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,509 · program services $2,171 · management and general $87 · fundraising $251

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,802 · program services $12,806 · management and general $516 · fundraising $1,480

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,442 · program services $0 · management and general $4,442 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,001 · program services $15,658 · management and general $46,584 · fundraising $5,759

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,282 · program services $4,570 · management and general $184 · fundraising $528

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $648 · program services $561 · management and general $22 · fundraising $65

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,508 · program services $16,877 · management and general $680 · fundraising $1,951

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,083 · program services $937 · management and general $38 · fundraising $108

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $143 · program services $143 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,631 · program services $0 · management and general $3,631 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Filing Fees

    total $698 · program services $0 · management and general $698 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Coalition Dues

    total $125 · program services $125 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Charges

    total $84 · program services $0 · management and general $84 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $330,801 · end of year $581,144

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $98,409 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $120,539 · end of year $38,591

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,528 · end of year $3,476

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $664,628 · end of year $824,081

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $413,178 · end of year $420,167

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $804,727 · end of year $1,027,125

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Protect consumers and promote good government. We investigate problems, craft solutions, education the public, and offer Bay Staters meaningful opportunities for civic participation.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Research and education on public interest issues affecting the citizens of Massachusetts, as the organization works to promote consumer protection, public health, environmental protection, and good government in Massachusetts.

  • Education Program - The education program consists of research and education activities on issues that include consumer protection, toxics & toxic use reduction, clean air, clean water, public transit, solid waste recycling & packaging, health care reform, energy policy, utility reform, student rights, higher education, good government, and democracy.

    Expenses $228,093

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Janet Domenitz

    Executive Director, Director

    Total calculated
    $60,545
    From this org
    $53,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,321
    Hours/week
    20

  • Matthew Wilson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lori Catallozzi

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sanford Pooler

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Hyam Kramer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441359349305489

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