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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,423,724
Total expenses
$10,569,439
Contributions and grants received
$9,317,702
Grants paid
$320,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$104,202
Other revenue
$1,820
Total assets, end of year
$6,343,066
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,761,327
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,581,739
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,428,505
Management and general expenses
$1,101,761
Fundraising expenses
$39,173
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,428,505

Program services were 89.2% 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

    $9,317,702

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $104,202 · excluded $104,202

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $1,652 · unrelated business $1,652

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $168 · excluded $168

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,820

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $120,000 · program services $120,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $200,000 · program services $200,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $399,919 · program services $335,932 · management and general $59,988 · fundraising $3,999

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,055,351 · program services $3,441,787 · management and general $599,056 · fundraising $14,508

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $218,556 · program services $182,817 · management and general $34,842 · fundraising $897

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $515,648 · program services $431,327 · management and general $82,205 · fundraising $2,116

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $349,859 · program services $292,648 · management and general $55,775 · fundraising $1,436

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $46,535 · program services $39,090 · management and general $6,980 · fundraising $465

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,853 · management and general $38,853

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,464,786 · program services $2,454,870 · management and general $6,868 · fundraising $3,048

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $139,096 · program services $137,639 · management and general $1,457

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,118 · program services $24,281 · management and general $2,660 · fundraising $177

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $269,317 · program services $240,884 · management and general $28,433

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $930,177 · program services $806,085 · management and general $123,255 · fundraising $837

  • 17 · Travel

    total $64,271 · program services $53,784 · management and general $1,891 · fundraising $8,596

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,681 · program services $24,019 · management and general $14,536 · fundraising $126

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $251,614 · program services $211,356 · management and general $37,742 · fundraising $2,516

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,548 · program services $12,221 · management and general $2,182 · fundraising $145

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC OPINION ANALYSIS

    total $310,470 · program services $310,470

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $88,565 · program services $87,585 · management and general $798 · fundraising $182

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $25,595 · program services $21,710 · management and general $3,760 · fundraising $125

  • 24d · Other expenses: UBI TAX

    total $480 · management and general $480

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,061,584 · end of year $3,014,244

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,373,585 · end of year $2,477,486

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $96 · end of year $760,546

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,466 · end of year $4,099

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $64,376

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

    $368,268

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

    $345,953

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $67,309 · end of year $22,315

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,939 · end of year $386,772

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $732,647 · end of year $3,374,555

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,985,973 · end of year -$2,279,584

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,741,481 · end of year $4,861,323

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND'S (THE ACTION FUND) MISSION IS TO IMPACT THE NATIONAL DEBATE AND TRANSFORM PROGRESSIVE IDEAS INTO POLICY THROUGH RAPID RESPONSE COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION - CONTINUED ON SCH. O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SHAPE THE NATIONAL POLICY DEBATE AND TRANSFORM PROGRESSIVE CONCEPTS INTO POLICY.

  • OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY: THE OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT LED THE EFFORT TO BUILD POSITIVE ECONOMIC BRANDING CENTERED AROUND MAJOR LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUCH AS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT. THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE MESSAGE RESEARCH, CREATED DIGITAL CONTENT, AND WORKED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PARTNERS (ORGANIZATIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS) TO ALIGN ON BRANDING AND CORE MESSAGING.

    Expenses $8,339,362 · Grants $120,000

  • POLICY PROGRAMS: PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED ACROSS FIVE CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITIES: DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, CLIMATE, RACIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE, AND HEALTH.

    Expenses $510,848 · Grants $200,000

  • COMMUNICATIONS: ADVANCED PROGRESSIVE IDEAS AND MESSAGES THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS AND EXPANDED USE OF DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL NEWS MEDIA. ADDRESSED TIMELY PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICAL ISSUES THROUGH RAPID RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED SHAPING THE MESSAGING AROUND A PROGRESSIVE ECONOMIC AGENDA, TACKLING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND RESTORING VOTING RIGHTS.

    Expenses $453,969

  • EXECUTIVE OFFICE

    Expenses $124,326

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Navin Nayak

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,213
    From this org
    $212,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,557
    Hours/week
    33

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,656
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,544
    Filer's total
    $251,213

  • Laura Rodriguez

    VP, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $148,533
    From this org
    $141,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,419
    Hours/week
    33

  • Ellie Langford

    SR. DIR.,STRATEGIC PRTNRSHPS.

    Total calculated
    $132,314
    From this org
    $103,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,703
    Hours/week
    33

  • Alex Wall Thru 92123

    SVP, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $130,333
    From this org
    $119,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,917
    Hours/week
    33

  • Joel Maysonet

    DIRECTOR, VID., DIGITAL ADVOC.

    Total calculated
    $114,918
    From this org
    $101,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,650
    Hours/week
    34

  • Patrick Gaspard

    CEO AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $37,844
    From this org
    $32,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,934
    Hours/week
    3

  • Deanna Nesburg As Of 323

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $34,791
    From this org
    $31,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,771
    Hours/week
    6

  • GYPSY MOORE323 ThRU 92623

    SVP, GEN. COUNSEL & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $29,013
    From this org
    $23,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,429
    Hours/week
    6

  • Rozina Kiflom As Of 92623

    DEPUTY GC & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $28,340
    From this org
    $25,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,725
    Hours/week
    6

  • Kevin Toruno Thru 2102023

    CFO AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $18,717
    From this org
    $17,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $855
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wendy Abrams Thru 112923

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Angelides

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Hanley

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/22/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christie Hefner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Pfeiffer

    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:
THE ACTION FUND DOES NOT DIRECTLY HIRE OR COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYED BY THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS (CAP), AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION EXEMPT UNDER SECTION(C)(3). COMPENSATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON THE ACTION FUND'S RETURN WAS DETERMINED UNDER CAP'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHICH SATISFY THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS. THE ACTION FUND OPERATES UNDER A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH CAP, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH ORGANIZATION, UNDER WHICH CAP EMPLOYS BOTH ORGANIZATION'S STAFF MEMBERS AND PAYS FOR GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. THE ACTION FUND REIMBURSES CAP FOR ITS SHARE OF THESE EXPENSES.

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
2023
Filed
4 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443169349300529

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