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← CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,582,419
Total expenses
$858,114
Contributions and grants received
$1,470,750
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$111,669
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$23,404,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$669,233
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,735,758
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$489,064
Management and general expenses
$84,864
Fundraising expenses
$284,186
Program service expenses (Part III)
$489,064

Program services were 57.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,405,284

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $65,466

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $111,669 · excluded $111,669

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $55,841 · program services $44,673 · management and general $5,584 · fundraising $5,584

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $36,438 · program services $29,712 · management and general $3,082 · fundraising $3,644

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $224 · program services $183 · management and general $19 · fundraising $22

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,533 · program services $3,696 · management and general $384 · fundraising $453

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,376 · program services $5,199 · management and general $539 · fundraising $638

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,302 · management and general $9,302

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $20,461 · fundraising $20,461

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $695,511 · program services $388,908 · management and general $54,973 · fundraising $251,630

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,579 · program services $2,103 · management and general $218 · fundraising $258

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $249 · program services $203 · management and general $21 · fundraising $25

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,051 · program services $6,565 · management and general $681 · fundraising $805

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,241 · program services $4,274 · management and general $443 · fundraising $524

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,150 · program services $2,150

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $429 · program services $350 · management and general $36 · fundraising $43

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,539 · management and general $3,539

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR CREDIT LO

    total $5,656 · management and general $5,656

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $979 · program services $798 · management and general $82 · fundraising $99

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $305 · management and general $305

  • 24d · Other expenses: COALITION DUES

    total $250 · program services $250

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $456,095 · program services $342,071 · management and general $0 · fundraising $114,024

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,892,696 · end of year $148,296

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,522,511

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $3,862,807

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,133,334 · end of year $144,475

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

    $2,143

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

    $653

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $897 · end of year $1,490

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $14,323,613 · end of year $17,705,412

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $568,147 · end of year $669,233

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,782,393 · end of year $22,735,758

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, CONDUCTING SURVEYS, AND DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH THE PUBLIC REACHING THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS EACH YEAR ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ENSURING THE RIGHT TO REPAIR, TACKLING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC POLLUTION, AND PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS FROM TOXICS.

    Expenses $404,727

  • RESEARCH AND INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY: STAFF ENGAGE IN LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND LEGAL AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ENSURING THE RIGHT TO REPAIR, TACKLING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC POLLUTION, AND PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS FROM TOXICS.

    Expenses $84,337

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DOUG PHELPS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA PETERS

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL RUSSO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE BLACKLEDGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,061
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $98,125
    Other
    $18,936
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • EMILY RUSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,338
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $4,171
    Other
    $167
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • ELIZABETH RIDLINGTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAT LOCKWOOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENN ENGSTROM

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,413
    From this org
    $74,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,986
    Hours/week
    20

  • EMILY KELLY-FISCHER

    FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

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
2024
Filed
15 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601969349302140

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