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← COMMON CAUSE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON CAUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,424,651
Total expenses
$9,324,418
Contributions and grants received
$8,165,481
Grants paid
$283,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,231,895
Management and general expenses
$380,139
Fundraising expenses
$3,712,384
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,231,895

Program services were 56.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARILYN CARPINTEYRO

    CO-PRESIDENT (UNTIL 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $231,235
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $195,559
    Other
    $35,676
    Hours/week
    0 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $195,559 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,426 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $231,235 related
  • JORDAN DAVIS

    CO-PRESIDENT (UNTIL 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $221,949
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $187,108
    Other
    $34,841
    Hours/week
    0 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $187,108 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,202 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,639 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $221,949 related
  • MARTHA TIERNEY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • NANCY RATZAN

    VICE CHAIR (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • OLGA KAUFFMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • WENDY FIELDS

    VICE CHAIR (AS OF 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • OLENA BERG LACY

    TREASURER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SHAREEN PUNIAN

    TREASURER (AS OF 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • NICOLE M AUSTIN-HILLERY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • RICHARD BAINTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • BRAXTON BREWINGTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • REBECCA COKLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DAN CONLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • GREGORY DISKANT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ARCHON FUNG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SHAE HARRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • WILLIAM N HUBBARD III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MARILYN MELKONIAN

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • LENNY MENDONCA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • CHANG K PARK

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • BILAL DABIR SEKOU PHD

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DAVID BEAUMONT SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • WES TOMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JESSIE ULIBARRI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • TRACY WESTEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ALAN WIERSBA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • CHRIS MELODY FIELDS-FIGUEREDO

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • VANESSA GONZALEZ

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JENNIFER GREMMERT

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • PETER REINKE

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MARK REV THOMPSON

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ELIZABETH G MARCHANT

    CHIEF FIN. OFFICER (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $259,116
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $222,358
    Other
    $36,758
    Hours/week
    15 + 22.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $222,358 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,026 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,732 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $259,116 related
  • VIRGINIA KASE SOLOMON

    PRESIDENT/CEO (AS OF 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.5 + 30 related
  • REGINALD BREWINGTON JR

    VP, FIN. & ADMIN (AS OF 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $30,981
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $29,201
    Other
    $1,780
    Hours/week
    15 + 22 related
  • PAMELA WILMOT

    VP, STATE OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $185,934
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,106
    Other
    $31,828
    Hours/week
    18.75 + 18.75 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $154,106 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,727 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,101 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $185,934 related
  • KATHAY FENG

    VP, PROGRAMS & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $176,225
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $164,638
    Other
    $11,587
    Hours/week
    0 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $164,638 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,133 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,454 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $176,225 related
  • JESSE LITTLEWOOD

    VP FOR CAMPAIGNS (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $164,775
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $133,409
    Other
    $31,366
    Hours/week
    18.75 + 18.75 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $133,409 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,525 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,841 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $164,775 related
  • KAREN HOBERT FLYNN

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $117,732
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $98,082
    Other
    $19,650
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $98,082 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,609 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,041 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $117,732 related

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 — 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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND USES THE FOLLOWING TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT/CEO: COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, COMPENSATION STUDY OR SURVEY, AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349310810

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