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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY.

Totals

Total revenue
$613,406
Total expenses
$577,857
Contributions and grants received
$611,706
Grants paid
$38,280
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,700
Total assets, end of year
$508,774
Total liabilities, end of year
$137,100
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$371,674
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$455,389
Management and general expenses
$116,953
Fundraising expenses
$5,515
Program service expenses (Part III)
$455,389

Program services were 78.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $436

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $611,270

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,700 · related or exempt $1,700

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,700

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $38,280 · program services $38,280

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $41,127 · program services $33,748 · management and general $7,191 · fundraising $188

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $171,191 · program services $140,476 · management and general $29,935 · fundraising $780

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,142 · program services $8,393 · management and general $1,705 · fundraising $44

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,345 · program services $20,012 · management and general $4,187 · fundraising $146

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,722 · program services $16,129 · management and general $3,492 · fundraising $101

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,795 · management and general $5,795

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,060 · management and general $8,060

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $154,216 · program services $139,953 · management and general $10,263 · fundraising $4,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,623 · program services $7,316 · management and general $4,305 · fundraising $2

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,961 · program services $27,501 · management and general $7,460

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,378 · program services $11,678 · management and general $3,669 · fundraising $31

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,199 · program services $9,269 · management and general $13,758 · fundraising $172

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,133 · management and general $5,133

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,325 · management and general $10,325

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,328 · program services $1,231 · management and general $1,090 · fundraising $7

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIGITAL ORGANIZING

    total $1,374 · program services $1,374

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $658 · program services $29 · management and general $585 · fundraising $44

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,794 · end of year $116,137

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $311,912 · end of year $211,360

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,295 · end of year $354

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,070 · end of year $130,923

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,946 · end of year $7,892

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $129,208

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $336,125 · end of year $371,674

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY IS ORGANIZED TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY AND TO ORGANIZE THEM TO ACT IN THE PUBLIC ARENA TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY IS DEVOTED TO ORGANIZING WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICIES THAT PUT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF CORPORATE PROFITS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE VERY RICH.

  • ORGANIZING WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICIES, INCLUDING REFORMS TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, TAX POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. TPL EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON THESE ISSUES, ADVOCATES FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS INCLUDING LEGISLATION AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES STAND ON THESE ISSUES.

    Expenses $455,389 · Grants $38,280

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cate Readling

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sylvia Kidder

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charles Straight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin Coleman-Branchaud

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William P Tanzman

    PRESIDENT/EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $99,729
    From this org
    $92,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,976
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

  • THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY PAC

    $0

    ELECTION SUPPORT

  • TPL JUSTICE PAC

    $0

    GENERAL SUPPORT

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349319725

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