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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONVENTION OF STATES ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,608,246
Total expenses
$10,581,622
Contributions and grants received
$10,311,518
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,980
Investment income
$121
Other revenue
$294,627
Total assets, end of year
$2,005,258
Total liabilities, end of year
$283,380
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,721,878
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,250,256
Management and general expenses
$2,237,992
Fundraising expenses
$3,093,374
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,250,256

Program services were 49.6% 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

    $10,311,518

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $1,980 · related or exempt $1,980

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $121 · related or exempt $121

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $84,882 · related or exempt $84,882

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $203,654 · related or exempt $203,654

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $6,091 · related or exempt $6,091

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $209,745

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $701,095 · program services $538,845 · management and general $123,451 · fundraising $38,799

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,810,300 · program services $1,361,155 · management and general $1,115,284 · fundraising $333,861

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $598,886 · program services $334,674 · management and general $207,384 · fundraising $56,828

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $272,674 · program services $125,786 · management and general $118,976 · fundraising $27,912

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $522,467 · program services $259,094 · management and general $174,944 · fundraising $88,429

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $72,834 · management and general $72,834

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $218,772 · program services $218,772

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $453,124 · fundraising $453,124

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $289,478 · program services $88,396 · management and general $114,514 · fundraising $86,568

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $824,889 · program services $776,048 · management and general $35,807 · fundraising $13,034

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $53,543 · program services $26,794 · management and general $23,866 · fundraising $2,883

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $219,430 · program services $166,979 · management and general $32,160 · fundraising $20,291

  • 17 · Travel

    total $261,669 · program services $169,274 · management and general $72,177 · fundraising $20,218

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $3,813 · program services $3,813

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $81 · management and general $81

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,212 · program services $5,314 · management and general $8,856 · fundraising $1,042

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE & MAILING

    total $2,015,062 · program services $106,845 · management and general $2,323 · fundraising $1,905,894

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $902,608 · program services $901,930 · management and general $678 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $345,685 · program services $166,537 · management and general $134,657 · fundraising $44,491

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,774,108 · end of year $1,509,798

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,030 · end of year $6,417

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $106,584

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $186,022 · end of year $382,459

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

    $2,930

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

    $2,930

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $81 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $39,236

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $323,223 · end of year $283,380

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,695,254 · end of year $1,721,878

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR A CONSTITUTIONALLY LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

  • COSA ADVOCATES FOR A RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL VISION OF A LIMITED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION.

    Expenses $5,250,256 · Revenue $10,608,246

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Meckler

    PRESIDENT / CEO

    Total calculated
    $224,881
    From this org
    $121,220
    From related orgs
    $87,780
    Other
    $15,881
    Hours/week
    23 + 17 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,220 + $87,780 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,211 + $6,670 related
    Filer's total
    $130,431 + $94,450 related

  • Tim Dunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Eric O'Keefe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • Kyle Stallings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Michael Ruthenberg

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $131,632
    From this org
    $67,328
    From related orgs
    $39,542
    Other
    $24,762
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

  • Rita Peters

    VP OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $70,142
    From this org
    $35,343
    From related orgs
    $13,072
    Other
    $21,727
    Hours/week
    29 + 11 related

  • Robert Kelly

    GENERAL COUNSEL & CFO

    Total calculated
    $134,213
    From this org
    $61,552
    From related orgs
    $54,584
    Other
    $18,077
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

  • Patricia Meckler

    VP OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $171,028
    From this org
    $102,617
    From related orgs
    $68,411
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,617 + $68,411 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $102,617 + $68,411 related

  • Rick Santorum

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $337,797
    From this org
    $313,035
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,762
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,035
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,762
    Filer's total
    $337,797

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

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
24 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443129349300429

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