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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REPRESENT US.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,857,201
Total expenses
$683,329
Contributions and grants received
$1,854,172
Grants paid
$29,796
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,029
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,950,856
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,089
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,946,767
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$485,997
Management and general expenses
$158,716
Fundraising expenses
$38,616
Program service expenses (Part III)
$485,997

Program services were 71.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $513,793

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,340,379

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,029 · excluded $3,029

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $29,796 · program services $29,796

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $207,255 · program services $83,314 · management and general $115,622 · fundraising $8,319

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,461 · program services $2,256 · management and general $2,990 · fundraising $215

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,166 · program services $3,786 · management and general $5,019 · fundraising $361

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,019 · management and general $17,019

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,546 · management and general $10,546

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,231 · program services $63,626 · management and general $4,591 · fundraising $14

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,694 · program services $12,188 · management and general $2,814 · fundraising $29,692

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $282,310 · program services $282,310

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,622 · program services $8,622

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $229 · program services $99 · management and general $115 · fundraising $15

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,118,617 · end of year $1,336,525

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $175,986 · end of year $179,014

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $511,110 · end of year $688,912

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,971,358 · end of year $4,746,405

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,176 · end of year $4,089

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,422,895 · end of year $6,846,767

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $350,000 · end of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O

  • Organizing, Advocacy, and Lobbying: When supporters recruited through our digital program are ready to take action, RepresentUs brings them into our national digital volunteer network, enabling activists to communicate with one another and learn about the policies and politics of the reform field. This national community provides online training and skills-building workshops, including traditional organizing skills like phone banking, event planning, and writing letters to the editor. RU also offers opportunities for activists to learn new media content development, SMS text-banking, online fundraising, and the steps involved in passing local and state laws, plus opportunities to make impact during key moments at the federal level as well. This platform facilitates invaluable connections between activists, organizers, and leaders. It provides opportunities for volunteers to become leaders. More than 3,000 activists joined the greater volunteer community in 2024

    Expenses $441,166 · Grants $29,796

  • Public Education and Communications: Public Education and Communications: Represent.Us leverages its large reach on social media to educate national audiences across ideological lines about ways to build a government that's truly accountable to the people, and mobilize them to take action

    Expenses $44,831

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jon DeVaan

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caroline Moon

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Jones

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Lawrence

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evan Burfield

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raj DeDatta

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia Mullen

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Graham Lynn

    President

    Total calculated
    $310,401
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $265,812
    Other
    $44,589
    Hours/week
    15 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $233,530 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $32,282 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,717 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,872 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $310,401 related
  • Heather Gresham

    VP HR

    Total calculated
    $258,923
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $228,671
    Other
    $30,252
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $228,671 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,968 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,284 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $258,923 related
  • Michael Dolence

    VP Finance

    Total calculated
    $258,545
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $217,840
    Other
    $40,705
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $217,840 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,304 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,401 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $258,545 related
  • Jose Carbonell

    VP Marketing/Comms

    Total calculated
    $214,238
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $179,025
    Other
    $35,213
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $179,025 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,721 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,492 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $214,238 related
  • Megan Caska

    VP Political

    Total calculated
    $186,695
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $166,266
    Other
    $20,429
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $166,266 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,045 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,384 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $186,695 related
  • Susan Fothergill

    Director Organizing

    Total calculated
    $195,745
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $160,048
    Other
    $35,697
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $160,048 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,761 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,936 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $195,745 related

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:
Although there are no employees, Represent.Us (RU) shares expenses with related organization Represent.Us Education Fund (RUEF). All compensation is paid by RUEF. RUEF allocates payroll costs to RU based upon allocated time spent by staff. RU reimburses all allocated costs to RUEF. RU relies on the RUEF's methods for establishing the organization's compensation of the CEO/ Executive Director. These methods include a compensation committee, a written employment contract, and approval by the board.

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

  • Winning Connection

    $29,796

    Flow through grant distributed on behalf of Unite America (Los Angeles Campaign Messging)

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512829349300306

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