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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$0
Total expenses
$7,629
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$59,475
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$59,475
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,629
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,629

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,629 · program services $7,629

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $67,104 · end of year $59,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $67,104 · end of year $59,475

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION (CSKA) WORKS WITH POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND OTHER ADVOCATES ACROSS THE NATION TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. KIDS ACTION IS DRIVING POLICIES AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO ENSURE ALL KIDS 0-5 HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES, THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE STATE OF THE ART DIGITAL-LEARNING EXPERIENCES, THAT THEIR ONLINE DATA IS PROTECTED, AND THAT ALL KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP WITH SUFFICIENT ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM SUCCEED IN LIFE. WITH MORE THAN 65 MILLION COMMON SENSE USERS, OVER 1 MILLION REGISTERED EDUCATORS, AND POTENTIAL ADVOCATES IN EVERY HOME AND SCHOOL ACROSS THE NATION, COMMON SENSE'S ADVOCACY PLATFORM IS BUILDING A MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO MAKING KIDS OUR NATION'S TOP PRIORITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR WELFARE, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OVERALL WELL-BEING FOR AMERICA'S KIDS.

  • COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION WORKS TO HELP CHILDREN THRIVE IN TODAY'S FAST PACED DIGITAL WORLD. WE WORK WITH LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CHAMPION LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS KIDS' DIGITAL WELL-BEING, PROTECT DATA AND TO ENSURE ACCESS TO QUALITY TECHNOLOGY. ADDITIONALLY, WE ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES TO ENSURE THAT ALL KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.

    Expenses $7,629

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Steyer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $603,671
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $580,014
    Other
    $23,657
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $380,014 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $200,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,657 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $603,671 related

  • David Kuizenga

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $304,519
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $270,299
    Other
    $34,220
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $245,299 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,563 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,657 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $304,519 related

  • Lawrence Wilkinson

    CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rob Townsend

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark McKinnon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION WAS SET BY RELATED ORGANIZATION WHO USED SOME OF THE METHODS LISTED.

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.

  • COMMON SENSE MEDIA

    501(C)(3) · TO PROVIDE TRUSTWORTHY MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION · CA

  • CALIFORNIA KIDS CAMPAIGN YES NO PROPS 55&56

    527 · POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412839349300726

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