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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORK FOR AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$615,022
Total expenses
$290,874
Contributions and grants received
$615,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$22
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$385,679
Total liabilities, end of year
$61,531
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$324,148
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$212,938
Management and general expenses
$57,526
Fundraising expenses
$20,410
Program service expenses (Part III)
$212,938

Program services were 73.2% 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

    $615,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $22 · excluded $22

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,000 · program services $45,000 · management and general $15,000 · fundraising $15,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,692 · management and general $23,692

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,468 · management and general $8,468

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $154,385 · program services $153,885 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,363 · management and general $8,363

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,463 · program services $14,053 · fundraising $5,410

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,503 · management and general $1,503

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $135,657

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $200,022

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $50,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $61,531

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $324,148

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORK FOR AMERICA, INC. WAS FORMED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS AND TO LESSEN THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT BY ENGAGING IN RELATED NATIONWIDE EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SEEK SUCH CAREERS.

  • WORK FOR AMERICA, INC. FOCUSES ON LESSENING GOVERNMENT BURDENS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS AND THE CRITICAL SERVICES THEY DELIVER, THEREBY SPURRING INCREASED INTEREST IN, APPLICATIONS FOR, AND CANDIDATES INTO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROLES. THEORGANIZATION HOPES TO FURTHER INCREASE FUNDING, VISIBILITY, AND SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS IN SERVICE OF ITS MISSION, AND IT WILL ALSO STRIVE TO ASSIST IN IMPROVING JOB QUALITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS WITH AVAILABLE STATE AND LOCAL JOBS AND DEVELOPING NEW, LOCALIZED PROGRAMS TO TEST INTERVENTIONS AND DEMONSTRATE THE STRATEGIES THAT WORK, THEN SCALING THESE SOLUTIONS.COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE CORPORATION'S CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INCLUDE PROMOTING ITS PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES BY LAUNCHING TARGETED CAMPAIGNS DESIGNED TO MOBILIZE AMERICANS, CHANGE CULTURAL NARRATIVES, AND SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND HIRING EFFORTS -- ALL WITH THE END GOAL OF ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TOWARD CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE.RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ARE AIMED AT COLLECTING DATA TO INFORM SOLUTIONS TO FILLING PUBLIC SECTOR VACANCIES AND TO DRIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

    Expenses $212,938

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristen Titus

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Oliker-Friedland

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brittany Punaro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Logan McClure Davda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caitlin Lewis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502869349301595

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