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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,117,025
Total expenses
$12,620,746
Contributions and grants received
$11,117,025
Grants paid
$1,700,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,712,357
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,604
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,616,753
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,100,833
Management and general expenses
$6,517,104
Fundraising expenses
$2,809
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,100,833

Program services were 48.3% 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

    $11,117,025

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,700,000 · program services $1,700,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $519,058 · program services $212,814 · management and general $306,244

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,640 · program services $2,313 · management and general $3,327

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,075 · program services $9,051 · management and general $13,024

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,898 · management and general $27,898

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,536 · management and general $16,536

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $339,000 · program services $339,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $879,141 · program services $777,127 · management and general $102,014

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $292 · management and general $292

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $900 · management and general $900

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,917 · management and general $18,917

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,834 · management and general $7,834

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,389 · management and general $2,389

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACS

    total $6,015,000 · management and general $6,015,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: ISSUE ADVOCACY

    total $3,060,528 · program services $3,060,528

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMORABILIA

    total $3,757 · management and general $948 · fundraising $2,809

  • 24d · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $801 · management and general $801

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $980 · management and general $980

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,128,633 · end of year $1,712,357

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,159 · end of year $95,604

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,693,368 · end of year $1,616,753

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,427,106 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP FUND IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CONSERVATIVE POLICIES OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, LOWER TAXES, AND LESS REGULATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS AND INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICYMAKING OUTCOMES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, SURVEY RESEARCH, DIRECT MAIL, AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND PRINT ADVERTISING.

  • THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS AND INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICYMAKING OUTCOMES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, SURVEY RESEARCH, DIRECT MAIL, AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND PRINT ADVERTISING.

    Expenses $6,100,833 · Grants $1,700,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN

    PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $427,791
    From this org
    $400,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,791
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,591
    Filer's total
    $427,791

  • LES WILLIAMSON

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $91,468
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,468
    Hours/week
    15

  • GOV HALEY BARBOUR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT REED

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PARKER POLING

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349311010

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