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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,250,670
Total expenses
$3,320,797
Contributions and grants received
$2,019,325
Grants paid
$509,800
Program service revenue
$230,492
Investment income
$528
Other revenue
$325
Total assets, end of year
$3,237,638
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,047,578
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,190,060
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,566,456
Management and general expenses
$601,718
Fundraising expenses
$152,623
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,566,456

Program services were 77.3% 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

    $2,019,325

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING FEES

    total $212,542 · related or exempt $212,542

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $17,950 · related or exempt $17,950

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $528 · excluded $528

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $325 · excluded $325

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $325

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $509,800 · program services $509,800

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $235,003 · program services $152,752 · management and general $58,751 · fundraising $23,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $790,251 · program services $515,051 · management and general $202,653 · fundraising $72,547

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $40,568 · program services $26,439 · management and general $10,398 · fundraising $3,731

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $182,357 · program services $118,809 · management and general $46,605 · fundraising $16,943

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,368 · program services $53,654 · management and general $21,012 · fundraising $7,702

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,290 · management and general $12,290

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $101,807 · management and general $101,807

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $759,353 · program services $701,417 · management and general $32,930 · fundraising $25,006

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,541 · program services $7,679 · management and general $7,735 · fundraising $127

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,784 · management and general $18,784

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $85,543 · program services $67,977 · management and general $16,454 · fundraising $1,112

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,655 · program services $20,874 · management and general $47,701 · fundraising $1,080

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $341,594 · program services $330,471 · management and general $11,123

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,105 · program services $24,645 · management and general $6,051 · fundraising $409

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,486 · program services $2,762 · management and general $678 · fundraising $46

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $40,760 · program services $34,126 · management and general $6,214 · fundraising $420

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES & FEES

    total $532 · management and general $532

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,428,985 · end of year $2,021,078

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $850,000 · end of year $100,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,806 · end of year $1,555

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

    $178,387

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

    $128,957

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,032 · end of year $49,430

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $28,998 · end of year $770,616

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $188,007 · end of year $294,959

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $198,283 · end of year $158,724

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $122,358 · end of year $888,854

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $615,187 · end of year $1,665,060

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,645,000 · end of year $525,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER, INC. (BISC) STRENGTHENS DEMOCRACY BY BUILDING A NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE STRATEGY FOR BALLOT MEASURES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY BY BUILDING A NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE STRATEGY FOR BALLOT MEASURES.

  • STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ENCOMPASSES OUR V2030/ALIGNMENT WORK, OUR WORK WITH OVER 60 NATIONAL AND STATE PARTNERS AND FUNDERS GEARED TO BETTER ALIGN THE BALLOT MEASURE SPACE AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT LONG TERM STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES FOR THE FIELD.

    Expenses $1,385,773 · Grants $507,300

  • POLICY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY ENCOMPASSES WORKING WITH STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING BISC'S LAWYER'S GUILD, TO PROTECT DIRECT DEMOCRACY AND PROGRESSIVE BALLOT MEASURE WINS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WORKING WITH STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITABLE AND STRATEGIC BALLOT MEASURE POLICIES, AS WELL AS THE TRACKING OF BALLOT MEASURES AND ANALYSIS OF BALLOT MEASURE TRENDS.

    Expenses $240,320 · Grants $2,500

  • THE TRAINING AND ORGANIZING CATEGORY ENCOMPASSES OUR CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM. THE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF OUR FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPS CURRICULA AND TRAINS THE FIELD IN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO RUN AND WIN A TRANSFORMATIVE AND EQUITABLE BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS, AS WELL AS BISC'S PEER-TO-PEER AND SKILLS BUILDING COHORTS, WHICH HELP PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOVE UP BISC'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT LADDER AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

    Expenses $236,258 · Revenue $17,950

  • COMMUNICATIONS: BISC USES EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PRESS INTERVIEWS TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT CRITICAL BALLOT MEASURES AND CAMPAIGNS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $196,235

  • ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Expenses $141,245

  • ROAD AHEAD 2022

    Expenses $366,625 · Revenue $212,542

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KENNY DIGGS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH STANDIFORD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON BOSWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NADIA BELKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER EPPS-ADDISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARA GRANICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA MARTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DESMOND MEADE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOMAS ROBLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE RUECKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAIL STOLTZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BECCA UHERBELAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS MELODY FIELDS FIGUEREDO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $235,002
    From this org
    $208,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,699
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,630
    Bonus
    $13,673
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,732
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,967
    Filer's total
    $235,002

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333179349302218

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