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← AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$46,157,056
Total expenses
$65,667,352
Contributions and grants received
$46,157,056
Grants paid
$40,560,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,275,578
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,170,953
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,104,625
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$59,282,744
Management and general expenses
$4,367,740
Fundraising expenses
$2,016,868
Program service expenses (Part III)
$59,282,744

Program services were 90.3% 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

    $46,157,056

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,560,000 · program services $40,560,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,279,649 · program services $609,850 · management and general $312,331 · fundraising $357,468

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,415,744 · program services $517,575 · management and general $794,492 · fundraising $103,677

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,849 · program services $3,481 · management and general $5,509 · fundraising $859

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $138,477 · program services $50,625 · management and general $77,711 · fundraising $10,141

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $145,528 · program services $60,738 · management and general $68,231 · fundraising $16,559

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,890,999 · program services $255,185 · management and general $2,556,633 · fundraising $79,181

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $129,645 · management and general $129,645

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $16,480,538 · program services $16,480,538

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,266,159 · fundraising $1,266,159

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $629,713 · program services $478,838 · management and general $150,875

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,142 · program services $15,138 · management and general $7,554 · fundraising $10,450

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $89,659 · program services $25,572 · management and general $46,159 · fundraising $17,928

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $383,060 · program services $159,192 · management and general $161,243 · fundraising $62,625

  • 17 · Travel

    total $109,208 · program services $38,004 · management and general $20,595 · fundraising $50,609

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,488 · program services $17,992 · management and general $18,224 · fundraising $37,272

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,102 · program services $10,016 · management and general $10,146 · fundraising $3,940

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,392 · management and general $8,392

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $30,613,817 · end of year $11,771,510

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $220,034 · end of year $91,799

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $337,452 · end of year $107,045

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

    $383,523

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

    $255,388

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $143,831 · end of year $128,135

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $4,088,016

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $89,073 · end of year $89,073

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $257,646 · end of year $437,671

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $531,640 · end of year $4,733,282

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,445,946 · end of year $9,604,619

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $168,975 · end of year $1,500,006

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The American Action Network creates, encourages and promotes center-right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism and strong national security.

  • American Action Network conducted extensive issue advocacy and grassroots mobilization, utilizing a range of strategies such as television advertising, direct mail, automated phone calls, digital advocacy, public opinion surveys, and grants to allied organizations. Our efforts primarily focused on nationwide advocacy opposing fiscally irresponsible measures like Build Back Better and the Inflation Reduction Act, while heavily advocating for comprehensive energy policy aimed at reducing costs for consumers and businesses, relieving burdens on taxpayers, boosting American energy production, and promoting competitiveness with China and other countries. Additionally, we advocated other key policies and legislation aligned with center-right principles related to public safety, healthcare, and national debt-related issues.

    Expenses $59,282,744 · Grants $40,560,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Conston

    President

    Total calculated
    $600,638
    From this org
    $582,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,299
    Hours/week
    29.67

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,899
    Bonus
    $296,440
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,515
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,784
    Filer's total
    $600,638
  • Nicholas Bouknight

    Director of Issue Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $187,722
    From this org
    $172,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,570
    Hours/week
    33.89

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,254
    Bonus
    $16,898
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,728
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,842
    Filer's total
    $187,722
  • Domenic Re

    Director of Polling

    Total calculated
    $164,147
    From this org
    $159,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,127
    Hours/week
    28.74

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $78,786
    Bonus
    $80,234
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,493
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,634
    Filer's total
    $164,147
  • Stephanie Fenjiro

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $153,333
    From this org
    $137,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,161
    Hours/week
    32.85

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,436
    Bonus
    $16,736
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,665
    Filer's total
    $153,333
  • Cara Edmundowicz

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $139,161
    From this org
    $132,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,304
    Hours/week
    17.52
  • Calvin Moore

    Communications Director

    Total calculated
    $133,272
    From this org
    $128,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,305
    Hours/week
    35.75
  • Jennifer Choudhry

    Director of Research

    Total calculated
    $112,557
    From this org
    $104,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,065
    Hours/week
    21.5
  • Tom Reynolds

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Jackson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luis Fortuno

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isaac Applbaum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Larson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dylan Glenn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Berg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norm Coleman

    Director Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vin Weber

    Director Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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)

Other non-fixed payments (Part I, line 7)
Discretionary bonuses paid to President and other employees as shown in Part II column B (ii).

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

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.

  • American Action Voters Inc

    501 c 4 · advocacy · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Amer Action Network

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421369349304617

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