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← THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$714,906
Total expenses
$2,751,770
Contributions and grants received
$714,813
Grants paid
$20,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$93
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$539,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,787
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$438,293
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,623,510
Management and general expenses
$124,246
Fundraising expenses
$4,014
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,623,510

Program services were 95.3% 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

    $714,813

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $93 · excluded $93

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $84,824 · program services $275 · management and general $83,704 · fundraising $845

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,864 · management and general $29,864

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,200,948 · program services $1,195,647 · management and general $3,407 · fundraising $1,894

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,324,179 · program services $1,321,518 · management and general $1,711 · fundraising $950

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $70,477 · program services $69,671 · management and general $518 · fundraising $288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,785 · program services $11,770 · management and general $10 · fundraising $5

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $648 · program services $648

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,224 · program services $250 · management and general $2,974

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES, LICENSES, & FEES

    total $3,821 · program services $3,731 · management and general $58 · fundraising $32

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $662,601 · end of year $523,223

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $802,287 · end of year $15,857

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,062,303

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,034 · end of year $100,787

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,475,157 · end of year $438,293

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON CONSUMER ISSUES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO PRODUCT CHOICES; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK ON ISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING TO INCREASE (CONTINUED) GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND ELIMINATE CONSUMER CHOICE; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR FUNDING SOURCES AND THEIR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON ISSUES RELATED TO CONSUMER CHOICES AND THE ACTIVIST COMMUNITY ATTACKING THOSE CHOICES; PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  • CONTINUED A NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ABOUT CONTAMINANTS IN TAP WATER, INCLUDING FECAL BACTERIA AND HEAVY METALS. CORE MAINTAINED AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE DATABASE AT ISTAPWATERSAFE.COM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO THEIR LOCAL WATER SUPPLIER. THE WEBSITE USES TESTING DATA PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS. THIS DATA SHOWS WHETHER A WATER SYSTEM HAS DETECTED POTENTIALLY HARMFUL LEVELS OF CONTAMINANTS.

    Expenses $1,023,178

  • CONTINUED A CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON FAKE MEAT, INCLUDING UPDATES TO CLEAN FOOD FACTS, A WEBSITE THAT LISTS THE INGREDIENTS OF DOZENS OF MEAT ANALOGUE FOOD PRODUCTS. CLEAN FOOD FACTS EDUCATES CONSUMERS ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THESE PRODUCTS, SINCE FAKE MEAT IS OFTEN PROMOTED AS HEALTHIER, DESPITE BEING ULTRA-PROCESSSED. PROMOTED THE WEBSITE WITH ONLINE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AND OPINION EDITORIALS, RESULTING IN COVERAGE IN MAJOR MEDIA PUBLICATIONS.

    Expenses $453,835

  • MAINTAINED HUMANEWATCH.ORG, A WATCHDOG PROJECT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT VARIOUS ANIMAL LIBERATION ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ISSUES. THIS INCLUDES HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND OTHER GROUPS. RESEARCHED VOLUMES OF DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING FEDERAL TAX FORMS, CORRESPONDENCE, NEWS ARTICLES, LEGAL AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER RECORDS, WHICH THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES ON A DYNAMIC WEBSITE THAT GETS MORE THAN 500,000 VISITORS A YEAR. PRODUCED AND PLACED NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING TO EDUCATE DONORS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE TRACK RECORD AND GOALS OF GROUPS LIKE HSUS AND PETA.

    Expenses $432,130 · Grants $20,000

  • MAINTAINED OTHER PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATED THE PUBLIS ON ISSUES OF NATIONAL SECURITY, STATE SPENDING ON DEI IN SCHOOLS, VETERANS CHARITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND JUNK SCIENCE.

    Expenses $714,367

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Berman

    PRESIDENT, EXEC. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    21.5

  • F Lane Cardwell

    SECRETARY & TREASURER/DIRE

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • James Blackstock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Robert F Watts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • Chuck Winship

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • Jim Hands

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • James Bowers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • Daniel Mindus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

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

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

  • No recipient named

    no value reported

    Disposition · SEE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349304652

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