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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,414,662
Total expenses
$2,411,982
Contributions and grants received
$5,407,955
Grants paid
$425,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,954
Other revenue
$2,753
Total assets, end of year
$5,834,049
Total liabilities, end of year
$543,552
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,290,497
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,741,506
Management and general expenses
$515,621
Fundraising expenses
$154,855
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,741,506

Program services were 72.2% 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

    $5,407,955

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $731,257

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,954 · excluded $3,954

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $2,753 · excluded $2,753

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,753

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $425,000 · program services $425,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $771,677 · program services $439,148 · management and general $242,242 · fundraising $90,287

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,244 · program services $9,881 · management and general $5,440 · fundraising $1,923

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $156,260 · program services $113,238 · management and general $26,264 · fundraising $16,758

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,741 · program services $36,229 · management and general $37,982 · fundraising $7,530

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,012 · program services $7,500 · management and general $512

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,032 · management and general $52,032

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $572,394 · program services $496,108 · management and general $41,407 · fundraising $34,879

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,502 · program services $5,115 · management and general $2,265 · fundraising $122

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,328 · program services $5,400 · management and general $21,928

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $62,784 · program services $31,847 · management and general $29,293 · fundraising $1,644

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,164 · program services $40,034 · management and general $13,942 · fundraising $1,188

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $145,192 · program services $112,381 · management and general $32,798 · fundraising $13

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,556 · program services $789 · management and general $726 · fundraising $41

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,576 · program services $4,484 · management and general $1,985 · fundraising $107

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $19,683 · program services $13,421 · management and general $5,947 · fundraising $315

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $1,837 · program services $931 · management and general $858 · fundraising $48

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,829,864 · end of year $2,349,140

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $403,514

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $733,300 · end of year $2,973,230

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,987 · end of year $106,915

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

    $8,000

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

    $8,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,556 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,250 · end of year $1,250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $4,360

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $283,140 · end of year $539,192

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,104,520 · end of year $2,282,267

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,183,297 · end of year $3,008,230

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION (BISC FOUNDATION) STRENGTHENS DEMOCRACY BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD ISSUES AND THE ROLE BALLOT MEASURES PLAY IN OUR DEMOCRACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BISC FOUNDATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON ISSUES AND THE ROLE OF BALLOT MEASURES IN DEMOCRACY.

  • STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: BISC FOUNDATION WORKS WITH 501(C)(3) PARTNERS TO SUPPORT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNER ALIGNMENT EFFORTS.

    Expenses $520,892 · Grants $425,000 · Revenue $101,550

  • CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING

    Expenses $448,228

  • POLICY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY ENCOMPASSES WORKING WITH STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING BISC'S LAWYER'S GUILD, TO PROTECT DIRECT DEMOCRACY AND PROGRESSIVE BALLOT MEASURE WINS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WORKING WITH STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITABLE AND STRATEGIC BALLOT MEASURE POLICIES, AS WELL AS THE TRACKING OF BALLOT MEASURES AND ANALYSIS OF BALLOT MEASURE TRENDS.COMMUNICATIONS: BISC FOUNDATION COMMUNICATIONS FOCUSES ON EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE WITHIN THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY VIA EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PRESS INTERVIEWS.

    Expenses $277,842

  • ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Expenses $214,708

  • COMMUNICATIONS

    Expenses $148,894

  • ROAD AHEAD 2023

    Expenses $130,942

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elena Nunez

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Marshall

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rodney McKenzie

    SECRETARY- UNTIL 11/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danielle Atkinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Epps-Addison

    DIRECTOR- UNTIL 04/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dakota Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Marta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Kirby York

    DIRECTOR- UNTIL 12/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Persaud-Zamora

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Melody Fields Figueredo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422989349301822

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