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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$73,300
Total expenses
$277,727
Contributions and grants received
$73,300
Grants paid
$90,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$646,609
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$646,609
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$153,401
Management and general expenses
$105,094
Fundraising expenses
$19,232
Program service expenses (Part III)
$153,401

Program services were 55.2% 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

    $73,300

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,000 · program services $90,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $70,000 · program services $28,000 · management and general $28,000 · fundraising $14,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,218 · program services $0 · management and general $6,218 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,079 · program services $0 · management and general $2,079 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $4,920 · fundraising $4,920

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $78,686 · program services $33,600 · management and general $45,086 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,882 · program services $41 · management and general $1,754 · fundraising $87

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,963 · program services $0 · management and general $16,948 · fundraising $15

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $960 · program services $0 · management and general $960 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,347 · program services $1,288 · management and general $2,059 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $472 · program services $472 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,420 · program services $0 · management and general $1,420 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT PROCESSING FEES

    total $210 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $210

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND FEES

    total $570 · program services $0 · management and general $570 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $851,036 · end of year $646,609

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $851,036 · end of year $646,609

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AMERICAN CENTERS MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF AMERICANS WHO WANT BETTER RESULTS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT. BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE VOTERS FEEL EMPOWERED, WE CAN ENCOURAGE A POSITIVE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELECTED LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC AND INCREASE OVERALL VOTER ENTHUSIASM AND ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AMERICAN CENTERS MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF AMERICANS WHO WANT BETTER RESULTS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE VOTERS FEEL EMPOWERED TO INCREASE OVERALL ENTHUSIASM AND ENGAGEMENT.

  • AMERICAN CENTER CONTINUED ITS EFFORT TO CREATE REGULAR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AROUND A VARIETY OF ISSUES DESIGNED TO BUILD CIVIC AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT. RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW CITIZENS MIGHT THINK ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES AND MOTIVATIONS AS WELL.

    Expenses $153,401 · Grants $90,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID WALTERS

    DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN PATTERSON

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • PATRICK GRIFFIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349318771

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