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← MORE PERFECT UNION ACTION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MORE PERFECT UNION ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,313,483
Total expenses
$1,171,282
Contributions and grants received
$1,150,555
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
not reported
Investment income
not reported
Other revenue
not reported
Total assets, end of year
not reported
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
not reported
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$668,827
Management and general expenses
$339,501
Fundraising expenses
$162,954
Program service expenses (Part III)
$668,827

Program services were 57.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • FAIZ SHAKIR

    EXEC. DIR. & PRESIDENT (SEE SCH. O)

    Total calculated
    $244,914
    From this org
    $206,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,720
    Hours/week
    19

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,194
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $5,000
    Deferred
    $2,617
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,103
    Filer's total
    $244,914

  • MALEA STENZEL GILLIGAN

    COO & TREASURER (SEE SCH. O)

    Total calculated
    $223,023
    From this org
    $186,171
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,852
    Hours/week
    14

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,171
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $5,000
    Deferred
    $2,414
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,438
    Filer's total
    $223,023

  • ALI FRICK

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANNE DILLON-RIDGLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEX LAWSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MAUREEN WELLENDORF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANALILIA MEJIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICHOLAS PITNEY

    SR. DIR. OF VID. STRAT. (SEE SCH. O)

    Total calculated
    $197,989
    From this org
    $194,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,739
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $5,000
    Deferred
    $2,414
    Nontaxable benefits
    $836
    Filer's total
    $197,989

  • JOSHUA MILLER-LEWIS

    SR. DIR. OF VID. PROD. (SEE SCH. O)

    Total calculated
    $186,150
    From this org
    $171,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,088
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,062
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $5,000
    Deferred
    $2,194
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,894
    Filer's total
    $186,150

  • CHAITANYA DINGARI

    DIRECTOR, THE CLASS ROOM

    Total calculated
    $136,839
    From this org
    $126,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,860
    Hours/week
    40

  • MEGAN HERSCHLEIN

    SUPERVISING PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $130,936
    From this org
    $119,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,746
    Hours/week
    40

  • SEAN MORROW

    SENIOR WRITER

    Total calculated
    $122,985
    From this org
    $113,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,690
    Hours/week
    40

  • COURT FULLER

    SENIOR EDITORIAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $118,620
    From this org
    $110,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,830
    Hours/week
    40

  • JORDAN ZAKARIN

    MEDIA PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $110,784
    From this org
    $108,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,880
    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. 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

  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
AS A 100% REMOTE ORGANIZATION, IT IS MORE PERFECT UNION ACTION'S POLICY TO REIMBURSE ALL EMPLOYEES UP TO $500 EACH MONTH FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN RELATION TO THE BUSINESS USE OF THEIR HOME, AND/OR THE PURCHASE, RENT, OR LEASE OF NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT, AND UTILITIES REQUIRED TO PERFORM THEIR JOB DUTIES. THE POLICY REQUIRES SUBSTANTIATION OF THE TRANSACTION DATE, VENDOR, AMOUNT, AND PURPOSE PRIOR TO REIMBURSEMENT. REIMBURSEMENTS ARE PAID THROUGH ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, WHICH INCLUDES A TWO-STEP APPROVAL PROCESS AS AN INTERNAL CONTROL MEASURE AND PAYMENTS TO THE COO AND ED UNDERGO ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY VOTE OF THE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES AND PAYMENTS FOR PERSONS LISTED ON FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 1A: CHAITANYA DINGARI $2,000 COURT FULLER $1,000 MEGAN HERSCHLEIN $1,000 JOSH MILLER-LEWIS $1,000 SEAN MORROW $5,374 NICO PITNEY $1,000 FAIZ SHAKIR $1,000 MALEA STENZEL GILLIGAN $1,000 JORDAN ZAKARIN $2,000 ALL EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A $1,000 RATIFICATION BONUS UNDER THE TERMS OF A NEWLY RATIFIED UNION CONTRACT. UNDER THE SAME AGREEMENT, EXCESS PTO WAS PAID OUT TO QUALIFYING UNIT MEMBERS. THE CLASS ROOM TEAM WON THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM AND WERE EACH AWARDED $1,000 IN RECOGNITION. UNIT MEMBERS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL YEAR-END BONUSES BASED ON MERIT RANGING FROM $1,000 TO $3,000.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441369349302114

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