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← POLARIS ACTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POLARIS ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,251,829
Total expenses
$1,179,344
Contributions and grants received
$1,251,829
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$584,286
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$584,286
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$732,225
Management and general expenses
$297,364
Fundraising expenses
$149,755
Program service expenses (Part III)
$732,225

Program services were 62.1% 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

    $1,251,829

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $407,539 · program services $291,129 · management and general $102,152 · fundraising $14,258

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $181,103 · program services $135,191 · management and general $39,291 · fundraising $6,621

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,651 · management and general $12,651

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,989 · management and general $45,989

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,605 · management and general $10,605

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,294 · management and general $3,294

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $79,500 · fundraising $79,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $138,040 · program services $66,020 · management and general $29,520 · fundraising $42,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,075 · program services $22,075

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,309 · management and general $4,309

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,077 · program services $11,147 · management and general $2,930

  • 17 · Travel

    total $124,283 · program services $108,074 · management and general $9,333 · fundraising $6,876

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $100,277 · program services $97,347 · management and general $2,930

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,471 · management and general $4,471

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACS

    total $20,000 · management and general $20,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION

    total $4,757 · program services $1,242 · management and general $3,515

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES

    total $3,612 · management and general $3,612

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE EXPENSE

    total $1,082 · management and general $1,082

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,680 · management and general $1,680

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $511,801 · end of year $584,286

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $511,801 · end of year $584,286

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

POLARIS PROMOTES THE NEED FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY TO THE PUBLIC. THROUGH INNOVATIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, POLARIS EXPOSES THE MALIGN ACTIONS AND INTENTIONS OF DICTATORSHIPS AND RADICAL REGIMES THAT ABUSE THEIR PEOPLE AND SEEK TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED STATES AND OUR SECURITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PUBLICLY PROMOTE THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA THE NEED FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AND IMPORTANCE OF U.S. LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE MALIGN ACTIONS OF FOREIGN DICTATORSHIPS THAT SEEK TO HARM THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

  • PUBLIC ADVOCACY - TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES.

    Expenses $732,225

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Morgan Ortagus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $220,200
    From this org
    $213,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $220,200

  • Gabriel Noronha

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,339
    From this org
    $177,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,339
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,339
    Filer's total
    $187,339

  • Cale Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauri Regan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Breier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Gantt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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 1A
THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES SUBSTANTIATION PRIOR TO REIMBURSEMENT.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349322658

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