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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICANS FOR A BALANCED BUDGET INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,195,395
Total expenses
$2,210,927
Contributions and grants received
$2,195,395
Grants paid
$115,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$245,992
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$245,992
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,032,370
Management and general expenses
$178,530
Fundraising expenses
$27
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,032,370

Program services were 91.9% 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

    $2,195,395

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $115,000 · program services $115,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,000 · management and general $120,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,222 · management and general $9,222

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,712 · management and general $3,712

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,719 · program services $74,269 · management and general $450

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,843,101 · program services $1,843,101

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,671 · management and general $3,671

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,340 · management and general $39,340

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $849 · management and general $849

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGE

    total $286 · management and general $286

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $27 · fundraising $27

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $262,450 · end of year $245,992

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,625

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,625

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $926

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $261,524 · end of year $245,992

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FOR DECADES, AMERICANS FOR A BALANCED BUDGET (ABB) HAS STOOD AS A BULWARK FOR COMMON-SENSE PUBLIC POLICY AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AS THE NATIONAL DEBT CREATES A GROWING FISCAL CRISIS, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO HAVE A CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION STANDING FIRM FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ABB EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATES FOR COMMON SENSE POLICY OBJECTIVES IMPORTANT TO CONSERVATIVES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL AMERICANS. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A VOICE SEEKING TO HELP BUILD AN AMERICA WITH GREATER OPPORTUNITIES AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL AMERICANS.

  • AMERICANS FOR A BALANCED BUDGET (ABB) CONDUCTED ISSUE ADVOCACY, INCLUDING ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS OPPOSING HR1 AND THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL; PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THE PATENT REFORM BILL BEFORE CONGRESS AND HIGHLIGHTED WORLD IP DAY; SPONSORED,PRODUCED, AND PLACED DIGITAL ADS IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING REDUCED RISK NICOTINE PRODUCTS AND IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF CLEAN ENERGY; OPERATED PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER EDUCATION AD CAMPAIGN; AND PROVIDED GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION OF ABB.

    Expenses $2,032,370 · Grants $115,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas F Stewart III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hon Thomas Cowart Goolsby Jr Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Charles Gantt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Chad Adam Heflin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Roger Lee Currie Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

  • EMPOWERING THE FUTURE COMMITTEE NC

    $115,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
29 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202602109349301245

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