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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,911,725
Total expenses
$8,998,434
Contributions and grants received
$9,799,404
Grants paid
$604,447
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,969
Other revenue
$110,352
Total assets, end of year
$7,569,621
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,894,335
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,675,286
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,200,340
Management and general expenses
$2,647,198
Fundraising expenses
$1,150,896
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,200,340

Program services were 57.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $522,383

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,277,021

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,969 · excluded $1,969

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $110,352 · excluded $110,352

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $110,352

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $604,447 · program services $604,447

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $215,391 · program services $127,597 · management and general $55,296 · fundraising $32,498

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,256,763 · program services $2,521,710 · management and general $1,092,817 · fundraising $642,236

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $186,658 · program services $110,576 · management and general $47,920 · fundraising $28,162

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $538,868 · program services $319,226 · management and general $138,341 · fundraising $81,301

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $387,759 · program services $256,097 · management and general $73,946 · fundraising $57,716

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,589 · management and general $47,589

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,590 · management and general $37,590

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,521,844 · program services $912,094 · management and general $402,757 · fundraising $206,993

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $171,664 · program services $151,354 · management and general $310 · fundraising $20,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $295,859 · program services $46,867 · management and general $230,420 · fundraising $18,572

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $47,905 · program services $3,419 · management and general $43,410 · fundraising $1,076

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $220,694 · program services $88,156 · management and general $117,293 · fundraising $15,245

  • 17 · Travel

    total $201,531 · program services $36,386 · management and general $143,073 · fundraising $22,072

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,960 · program services $83 · management and general $26,270 · fundraising $607

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $30,138 · program services $2,424 · management and general $26,945 · fundraising $769

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,584 · program services $4,445 · management and general $162,353 · fundraising $786

  • 24a · Other expenses: Communication costs

    total $39,190 · program services $15,459 · management and general $868 · fundraising $22,863

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,087,758 · end of year $1,486,491

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,495,306 · end of year $433,390

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $742,977 · end of year $3,749,442

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,113 · end of year $77,515

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

    $283,204

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

    $98,857

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $221,528 · end of year $184,347

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,510,013 · end of year $1,638,436

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $791,463 · end of year $480,876

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $603,499

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $522,383

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $414,355 · end of year $3,413,459

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $806,129 · end of year -$1,258,214

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,955,866 · end of year $4,933,500

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Represent.Us Education Fund is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization working to fix our corrupt political system and involve the public in democracy policymaking.

Activities or mission (Part I)

National 501(c)(3) working to ensure that American democracy will endure for future generations.

  • Education and Communications: Represent.Us Education Fund elevates the national dialogue on democratic reform by taking complex ideas and presenting them in a way that resonates with diverse audiences. The Organization works through various mediums to communicate with democracy reform groups, academics, activists, and influencers from across the political spectrum. The Organization is driven by the goal to create a collaborative network for the movement by bringing together passionate activists and advocates and creating opportunities to learn, share ideas, get inspired, and forge lasting relationships.

    Expenses $4,026,672 · Grants $33,000

  • Research and Planning: Represent.Us Education Fund conducts in-depth research related to campaign-finance and electoral-systems reform. Ongoing research aims to measure, track, and evaluate the impact of public policy on state and local communities.

    Expenses $175,607

  • Grantmaking: RepresentUs Education Fund made grants to Represent.Us to support public education, research, and cross-partisan outreach activities. Grant funds were used to develop multi-channel public-education campaigns to inform voters about the challenges faced by our democracy and on viable policy solutions. Funds were also used to promote educational content about popular, smart political reforms; to produce compelling videos; and to provide of-the-moment communications on news items impacting our democracy. Grantmaking also underwrote the recruitment and training of volunteers.

    Expenses $571,447 · Grants $571,447

  • Other Projects: The Organization conducts various projects to promote equality, ethics and transparency in elections and governments.

    Expenses $426,614

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

Listed in Part VII

  • YuChiang Cheng

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisa Jagerson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ramsey Homsany

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Dipaola

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Helms

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Desmond Meade

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Metzler Ritter

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Smith Swibel

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Graham Lynn

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $215,390
    From this org
    $192,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,682
    Hours/week
    35 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,708
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,147
    Filer's total
    $215,390

  • Heather Gresham

    Counsel and VP of People and Culture

    Total calculated
    $200,467
    From this org
    $182,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,254
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,213
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,079
    Filer's total
    $200,467

  • Michael Dolence

    VP Finance and Administration

    Total calculated
    $191,118
    From this org
    $168,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,687
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,431
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,710
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,977
    Filer's total
    $191,118

  • Jennifer Johnson

    Movement Director

    Total calculated
    $164,662
    From this org
    $150,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,000
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,712
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,288
    Filer's total
    $164,662

  • Adia Jordan

    Strategic Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $149,972
    From this org
    $136,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,064
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

  • Megan Caska

    Senior Political Director

    Total calculated
    $140,242
    From this org
    $127,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,778
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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
2022
Filed
1 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341529349301009

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