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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,582,773
Total expenses
$1,663,340
Contributions and grants received
$1,779,653
Grants paid
$150,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45
Other revenue
-$196,925
Total assets, end of year
$1,245,944
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,812,554
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$566,610
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$561,363
Management and general expenses
$212,118
Fundraising expenses
$889,859
Program service expenses (Part III)
$561,363

Program services were 33.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $579,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,200,653

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,000,246

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45 · excluded $45

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $125,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $579,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $321,925

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$196,925 · excluded -$196,925

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,035 · program services $33,317 · management and general $7,868 · fundraising $33,850

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $501,209 · program services $222,413 · management and general $52,842 · fundraising $225,954

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $74,406 · program services $33,226 · management and general $7,402 · fundraising $33,778

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,616 · program services $18,542 · management and general $4,462 · fundraising $18,612

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,840 · management and general $27,840

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,113 · management and general $4,113

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $218,667 · fundraising $218,667

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,750 · program services $52,750 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,928 · program services $6,460 · management and general $10 · fundraising $80,458

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,647 · program services $3,618 · management and general $8,242 · fundraising $59,787

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,526 · program services $21,533 · management and general $5,115 · fundraising $21,878

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,708 · management and general $294 · fundraising $7,414

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $204,720 · program services $2,517 · management and general $18,492 · fundraising $183,711

  • 20 · Interest

    total $73,207 · management and general $73,207

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $16,400 · program services $8,814 · management and general $1,836 · fundraising $5,750

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,568 · program services $8,173 · management and general $395 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $460,037 · end of year $1,245,944

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $4,884

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

    $4,884

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,730 · end of year $95,099

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $910,350 · end of year $1,717,455

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$517,391 · end of year -$589,785

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,348 · end of year $23,175

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

American Principles Project Foundation was created to promote the dignity of the human person and the importance of the family in protecting human dignity. We educate the public about problems facing families and what policy solutions can help strengthen them.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to educate the public about America's founding principles.

  • American Principles Project Foundation worked to promote policies and educate the public on issues of chief importance to American families, by: drawing attention to the dangers posed to families from policies undermining women's sports and encouraging dangerous sex-change procedures for minors, exposing the far-reaching influence of Big Tech in Washington through BigTechFunding.org, and publicizing policy solutions that would help families economically.

    Expenses $561,363 · Grants $150,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Barrosse

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Francis Cannon

    Treasurer and President Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $208,175
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $191,092
    Other
    $17,083
    Hours/week
    5 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $191,092 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,083 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $208,175 related

  • Sean Fieler

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Terrence Schilling

    President

    Total calculated
    $260,955
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $232,547
    Other
    $28,408
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $232,547 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,408 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $260,955 related

  • Bob Case

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Charlie McKinney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Maggie Gallagher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ross Burnam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Adam Korzeniewski

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $136,623
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $127,011
    Other
    $9,612
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

  • Jon Schweppe

    Director of Policy and Government Affairs

    Total calculated
    $185,013
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $160,754
    Other
    $24,259
    Hours/week
    24.5 + 15.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $160,754 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,259 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $185,013 related

  • Paul Dupont

    Director of communication

    Total calculated
    $127,238
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,007
    Other
    $6,231
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 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, 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

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.

  • American Principles Project

    501(c)(4) · Advocacy · DC

    Directly controlled by NA

  • American Principles Project PAC

    527 · Political Action Committee · DC

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510769349301726

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