Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by RESPONSIVE GOV ACTION INC.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 17 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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.
Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $12,140,000
- Total expenses
- $9,449,186
- Contributions and grants received
- $12,140,000
- Grants paid
- $7,289,092
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,463,647
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $149,338
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,314,309
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $9,059,453
- Management and general expenses
- $365,132
- Fundraising expenses
- $24,601
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $9,059,453
Program services were 95.9% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$12,140,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $7,289,092 · program services $7,289,092
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $554,182 · program services $435,101 · management and general $101,068 · fundraising $18,013
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $37,040 · program services $21,397 · management and general $14,266 · fundraising $1,377
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $102,304 · program services $59,098 · management and general $39,404 · fundraising $3,802
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $41,897 · program services $31,223 · management and general $9,265 · fundraising $1,409
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $189,268 · program services $167,708 · management and general $21,560
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $21,825 · program services $19,339 · management and general $2,486
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $552,181 · program services $552,181
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $439,784 · program services $304,883 · management and general $134,901
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,335 · program services $15,008 · management and general $1,327
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,863 · program services $53 · management and general $12,810
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14 · Information technology
total $579 · management and general $579
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $5,845 · program services $3,719 · management and general $2,126
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17 · Travel
total $108,057 · program services $99,655 · management and general $8,402
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $74,495 · program services $59,688 · management and general $14,807
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $1,536 · management and general $1,536
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24a · Other expenses: DUES SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $1,552 · program services $1,308 · management and general $244
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24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECRUITING
total $351 · management and general $351
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $488,434 · end of year $1,486,966
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $137,687 · end of year $1,950,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $21,211
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $5,470
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,626 · end of year $149,338
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $623,495 · end of year $1,364,309
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $1,950,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT ACTION, INC. ADVOCATES FOR SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF REAL HUMAN BEINGS
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RESPONSIVE GOV ACTION MADE A SERIES OF GRANTS TO NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED TO SUPPORT ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS AND PERFORM RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS
Expenses $259,000
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RESPONSIVE GOV ACTION PARTNERED WITH NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING FOR SUSTAINED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AND RESEARCHED INNOVATIVE POLICY MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION FUNDING
Expenses $2,100,000 · Grants $2,100,000
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MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
Expenses $6,700,453 · Grants $5,189,092
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Samuel Gil Oliker FriedlandSAMUEL GIL OLIKER FRIEDLAND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $224,472
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $181,575
- Other
- $42,897
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $181,575 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $11,107 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $31,790 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $224,472 related
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Neal UbrianiNEAL UBRIANI
CHIEF OF POLICY
- Total calculated
- $211,889
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $171,407
- Other
- $40,482
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $171,407 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $10,481 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $30,001 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $211,889 related
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Alexander TischenkoALEXANDER TISCHENKO
CHIEF COUNSEL SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR
- Total calculated
- $198,126
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $160,284
- Other
- $37,842
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $160,284 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $9,798 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $28,044 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $198,126 related
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Ashish SinhaASHISH SINHA
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $195,904
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $158,489
- Other
- $37,415
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $158,489 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $9,687 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $27,728 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $195,904 related
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Allison JaveryALLISON JAVERY
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $162,078
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $131,153
- Other
- $30,925
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $131,153 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $8,007 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $22,918 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $162,078 related
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Gabriel GonzalezGABRIEL GONZALEZ
SENIOR ADVISOR FOR PARTNERSHIPS
- Total calculated
- $158,511
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $128,270
- Other
- $30,241
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $128,270 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $7,830 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $22,411 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $158,511 related
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Brian MooreBRIAN MOORE
SECRETARY/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ariel Jurow-KleimanARIEL JUROW-KLEIMAN
PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Zoe Brennan-KrohnZOE BRENNAN-KROHN
TREASURER/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
- 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
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$1,000,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$1,000,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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YOUR COMMUNITY PAC INC
$975,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$950,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS INC
$900,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL SUPPORT
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INFORMING DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FUND
$500,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL SUPPORT
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$250,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$250,000
GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
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INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC
501 C3 · RESEARCH · IL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503189349309330
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