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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PUBLIC GOOD PROJECTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,352,507
Total expenses
$8,995,421
Contributions and grants received
$1,745,362
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,550,136
Investment income
$43,131
Other revenue
$13,878
Total assets, end of year
$3,854,836
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,872,488
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$982,348
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,073,310
Management and general expenses
$2,510,150
Fundraising expenses
$411,961
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,073,310

Program services were 67.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,731,662

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $7,550,136 · related or exempt $7,550,136

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43,131 · excluded $43,131

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $13,878 · related or exempt $13,878

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,878

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 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 $908,229 · program services $437,155 · management and general $412,368 · fundraising $58,706

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,407,372 · program services $1,675,723 · management and general $1,494,963 · fundraising $236,686

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,608 · program services $15,024 · management and general $20,415 · fundraising $1,169

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $333,712 · program services $136,955 · management and general $186,099 · fundraising $10,658

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $318,669 · program services $160,923 · management and general $139,700 · fundraising $18,046

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,633 · program services $16,616 · management and general $947 · fundraising $70

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $112,779 · program services $106,273 · management and general $6,057 · fundraising $449

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,594,636 · program services $2,444,946 · management and general $139,359 · fundraising $10,331

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $576,740 · program services $573,721 · management and general $450 · fundraising $2,569

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,965 · program services $14,205 · management and general $16,760

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $309,146 · program services $240,081 · management and general $68,180 · fundraising $885

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,433 · management and general $3,433

  • 17 · Travel

    total $334,852 · program services $251,688 · management and general $10,772 · fundraising $72,392

  • 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 $3,606 · management and general $3,606

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,041 · management and general $7,041

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $599,807 · end of year $100,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,924,488

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,631,071 · end of year $727,881

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $80,078 · end of year $85,085

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

    $52,594

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

    $49,271

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,112 · end of year $3,323

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $14,059

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $400,721 · end of year $368,176

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,289,085 · end of year $2,504,312

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $625,262 · end of year $982,348

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO REVOLUTIONIZE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION, SO THAT BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SECTOR PROGRAMS HAVE GREATER IMPACT AND COMMUNITIES ARE HEALTHIER

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SOLVE THE BIGGEST HEALTH CHALLENGES BY MAKING THEM LOCAL, PERSONAL, SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND, AND EVERYONES RESPONSIBILITY

  • THE PUBLIC GOOD PROJECTS LEVERAGES LARGE-SCALE MEDIA MONITORING PROGRAMS, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS, AND CROSS-SECTOR INITIATIVES TO LEAD COMMUNICATION PROJECTS FOR A RANGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH TOPICS. PGP S PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ARE EVIDENCE-BASED, TAILORED FOR PARTICULAR POPULATIONS, EMPLOY A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL, AND ARE SCIENTIFICALLY EVALUATED.

    Expenses $6,073,310 · Revenue $7,550,136

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Smyser

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $282,874
    From this org
    $254,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,064
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,179
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,631
    Filer's total
    $282,874
  • Jaclyn Goldbarg

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,217
    From this org
    $177,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,225
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,992
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,475
    Filer's total
    $220,217
  • Polly Dong

    COO/CFO

    Total calculated
    $202,357
    From this org
    $188,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,617
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,740
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,465
    Nontaxable benefits
    $152
    Filer's total
    $202,357
  • Megan Barber

    EDITOR IN CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $182,673
    From this org
    $170,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,026
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,647
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $119
    Filer's total
    $182,673
  • Phil Marineau

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Wooden

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hoffman

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kayvan Heravi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Acosta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Bazzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geoff Boeing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Ertel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Broy Hutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ernesto Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Javier Sanchez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ellen Wartella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520439349300137

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