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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DRUG POLICY ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,217,940
Total expenses
$5,989,024
Contributions and grants received
$3,050,760
Grants paid
$5,756,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$167,180
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$20,413,875
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,419,351
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,994,524
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,853,760
Management and general expenses
$124,566
Fundraising expenses
$10,698
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,853,760

Program services were 97.7% 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

    $3,050,760

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $167,180 · excluded $167,180

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,756,500 · program services $5,756,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $64,984 · program services $64,984

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,026 · program services $273 · management and general $21,753

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,650 · management and general $2,650

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,905 · management and general $1,905

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,926 · management and general $3,926

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMIN. EXPENSES

    total $118,351 · program services $32,003 · management and general $75,650 · fundraising $10,698

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILING FEES AND EXCISE

    total $18,682 · management and general $18,682

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,232,410 · end of year $9,672,608

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,091,110 · end of year $1,090,746

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,000,000 · end of year $1,500,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $207 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,102,865 · end of year $8,150,521

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,500 · end of year $51,000

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $2,361,322 · end of year $5,301,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $173,638 · end of year $67,351

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,151,434 · end of year $12,260,826

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,733,698 · end of year $2,733,698

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR REFORM OF FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND FOREIGN DRUG POLICY LAWS; EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT DRUG POLICY; AND INVOLVE THE PUBLIC IN EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON THESE ISSUES EFFECTIVELY ADVANCE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DRUG POLICY ACTION WORKS TO PASS NEW DRUG LAWS AND POLICIES GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE, HEALTH, EQUITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS - AND UNDERTAKES A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING POLITICAL ADVOCACY AND ELECTORAL WORK TO SUPPORT THESE PRINCIPLES.

  • GENERAL ADVOCACY: DRUG POLICY ACTION WORKS TO END THE WAR ON DRUGS. WE SEEK TO DISMANTLE THE SYSTEM OF MASS CRIMINALIZATION THAT UNDERGIRDS THE DRUG WAR AND BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DRUGS GROUNDED IN SCIENCE, COMPASSION, HEALTH, EQUITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. WE ADVOCATE FOR LAW AND POLICY CHANGE AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS, INCLUDING THROUGH LEGISLATIVE AND BALLOT MEASURE ADVOCACY.DRUG POLICY ACTION'S GOALS ARE THREEFOLD. FIRST, WE SEEK TO ELIMINATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR DRUG POSSESSION AND EXPAND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE. SECOND, WE SEEK TO REMOVE PUNITIVE RESPONSES TO DRUG USE IN CIVIL SYSTEMS. AND THIRD, WE SEEK TO REPLACE MARIJUANA PROHIBITION WITH A SYSTEM OF SENSIBLE REGULATIONS THAT ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND REPAIR THE HARMS OF CRIMINALIZATION.

    Expenses $5,458,260 · Grants $5,361,000

  • DRUG POLICY ACTION ADVANCED THE FOLLOWING BALLOT INITIATIVES AND LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGNS:1) OKLAHOMA - QUESTION 8202) SAN MARCOS, TX - PROPOSITION A3) DENTON, TX - PROPOSITION B4) KILLEEN, TX - PROPOSITION A5) HARKER HEIGHTS, TX - PROPOSITION A6) ELGIN, TX - PROPOSITION A1) OKLAHOMA - QUESTION 820 TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA DRUG POLICY ACTION SUPPORTED THE OKLAHOMA BALLOT CAMPAIGN FOR STATE QUESTION 820, TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT EXPUNGEMENT PROVISIONS FOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF MARIJUANA OFFENSES. THE INITIATIVE INCLUDED THE MOST FAR-REACHING CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROVISIONS OF ANY MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION INITIATIVE TO DATE, RETROACTIVELY RE-SENTENCING AND RELEASING PEOPLE, AND REDUCING PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATIONS. THE CAMPAIGN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. 2-6) VARIOUS TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA POSSESSIONIN PARTNERSHIP WITH GROUND GAME TEXAS, DRUG POLICY ACTION SUPPORTED BALLOT CAMPAIGNS FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION DECRIMINALIZATION IN FIVE TEXAS JURISDICTIONS:- SAN MARCOS, TX (PROPOSITION A)- DENTON, TX (PROPOSITION B)- KILLEEN, TX (PROPOSITION A)- HARKER HEIGHTS, TX (PROPOSITION A)- ELGIN, TX (PROPOSITION A)ALL FIVE WERE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2022.

    Expenses $395,500 · Grants $395,500

  • LOBBYING ACTIVITIES:IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PRINCIPLE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE THROUGH INFLUENCING POLICY AND LEGISLATION, DRUG POLICY ACTION LOBBIES FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEGISLATIVE LEADERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE THEM TO SPONSOR, PROMOTE, AND/OR SUPPORT POLICIES AND LEGISLATION THAT IMPROVE LAWS RELATED TO DRUGS.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Derek Oscar Hodel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kenneth T Monteiro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sondra Youdelman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Juan Cartagena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Lichty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kassandra Frederique

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,221
    From this org
    $7,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,292
    Hours/week
    8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $7,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,292
    Filer's total
    $10,221

  • Kimberly Thomas

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $14,453
    From this org
    $11,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,241
    Hours/week
    8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $11,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,241
    Filer's total
    $14,453

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

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)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5:
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN PART VII, SECTION A, RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM AN UNRELATED AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED FOR THE FILING ORGANIZATION. THE COMPENSATION AMOUNTS BELOW INDICATE THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN PART VII, COLUMN D. NAME: KASSANDRA FREDERIQUE TITLE: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION: $10,221 (INCLUDING BENEFITS) PAID BY DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE NAME: KIMBERLY THOMAS TITLE: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER COMPENSATION: $14,453 (INCLUDING BENEFITS) PAID BY DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

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

  • DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

    $5,250,000

    TO SUPPORT ALLIANCE'S OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT

    $178,000

    TO SUPPORT THE BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD LEGALIZE ADULT USE CANNABIS IN OKLAHOMA

  • GROUND GAME FUND (REGISTER 2 VOTE FUND)

    $60,000

    TO SUPPORT GROUND GAME TEXAS FUND'S WORK ON A BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGN IN SAN ANTONIO

  • RECOVERY ADVOCACY PROJECT INC

    $51,000

    TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE MAINE'S RECOVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE; SUPPORT ALL-DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION POLICY REFORM AGENDA

  • OREGONIANS FOR ETHICS

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT HOLDING ELECTED LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE TO OREGONIAN STANDARDS ON ETHICS

  • FRIENDS OF TINA KOTEK

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT TINA KOTEK CAMPAIGN

  • REGISTER 2 VOTE (GROUND GAME TEXAS)

    $20,000

    TO SUPPORT GROUND GAME TEXAS FUND'S WORK ON A BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGN IN SAN ANTONIO

  • ACT 4 SA ACTION FUND

    $20,000

    TO SUPPORT PROP A WHICH WILL DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA, ABORTION, NO KNOCK WARRANTS, AND CHOKEHOLDS

  • SAFETY AND JUSTICE PAC

    $16,000

    TO SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL CANDIDATES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES

  • KAYSE JAMA FOR OREGON

    $8,000

    TO SUPPORT KAYSE JAMA CAMPAIGN

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • DRUG POLICY ACTION FUND FOR NEW YORK

    527 · CONTRIBUTIONS TO NYS STATE CANDIDATES · NY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DRUG POLICY ACTION

  • DRUG POLICY ACTION FUND FOR CALIFORNIA

    527 · CONTRIBUTIONS TO CA STATE CANDIDATES · NY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DRUG POLICY ACTION

  • DRUG POLICY ACTION FUND FOR NEW MEXICO

    527 · CONTRIBUTIONS TO NM STATE CANDIDATES AND BALLOT INITIATIVES · NY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DRUG POLICY ACTION

  • DRUG POLICY REFORM FUND

    527 · CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES · NY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DRUG POLICY ACTION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
5 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410969349300936

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