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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR AMERICAN GREATNESS INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 13 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • J Eric E Wise

Totals

Total revenue
$1,845,502
Total expenses
$1,403,919
Contributions and grants received
$1,845,502
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$800,063
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,378
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$781,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,277,306
Management and general expenses
$101,813
Fundraising expenses
$24,800
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,277,306

Program services were 91.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,845,502

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,000 · program services $86,800 · management and general $12,400 · fundraising $24,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $86,026 · program services $86,026

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,639 · management and general $12,639

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,736 · management and general $18,736

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,921 · management and general $16,921

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,590 · management and general $6,590

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,400 · management and general $7,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,048,946 · program services $1,048,946

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,215 · program services $21,215

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,029 · management and general $15,029

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,275 · program services $9,275

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,610 · program services $22,610

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,434 · program services $2,434

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,278 · management and general $1,278

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,820 · management and general $10,820

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $173,251 · end of year $800,063

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

    $47,420

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

    $47,420

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,278

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $194,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,789 · end of year $18,378

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $340,102 · end of year $781,685

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Defend the principles of limited, constitutional government based on the consent of the governed and of the American constitutional -cont. Schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

Defend the principles of limited constitutional government based on the consent of the governed and of the American constitutional cont

  • The Center for American Greatness ("CAG") produced a number of papers and articles, and sponsored events for the public,journalists, scholars, and academics that discussed civic responsibility and the role of the citizen in a self-governing society, American constitutionalism, and the foundation of civil rights and civil society. CAG also provided a fellowship program for young people to learn more about American history and the maintenance of civil society.

    Expenses $1,277,306

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Buskirk

    DirectorPresident

    Total calculated
    $134,250
    From this org
    $124,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,250
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ned Ryun

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202621059349301672

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