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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OPEN PRIMARIES EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$811,135
Total expenses
$582,777
Contributions and grants received
$811,091
Grants paid
$26,909
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$44
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$879,932
Total liabilities, end of year
$882,722
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$2,790
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$382,326
Management and general expenses
$169,824
Fundraising expenses
$30,627
Program service expenses (Part III)
$382,326

Program services were 65.6% 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

    $811,091

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44 · related or exempt $44

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $26,909 · program services $26,909

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $312,188 · program services $234,141 · management and general $78,047

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $49,350 · program services $49,350

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,818 · management and general $15,818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,418 · management and general $5,418

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,266 · management and general $22,266

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,460 · management and general $2,460

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,582 · management and general $20,582

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,594 · program services $14,967 · fundraising $30,627

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,319 · program services $1,319

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,362 · management and general $8,362

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,871 · program services $23,871

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,558 · management and general $3,558

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,981 · program services $22,981

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,213 · program services $6,213

  • 24a · Other expenses: Research

    total $2,575 · program services $2,575

  • 24b · Other expenses: PEO fee

    total $13,313 · management and general $13,313

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $160,354 · end of year $879,932

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $148,763

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,350 · end of year $11,263

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $100,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $536,915 · end of year $771,459

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$231,148 · end of year -$2,790

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Conduct research, advance litigation, and educate the public and and policymakers on electoral reform.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Conduct research advance litigation and educate the public and policymakers on electoral reform

  • Open Primaries Education Fund developed reports and other materials on the administration of primary elections and the implications of primary reform. They conducted outreach to the public, elected officials and state party leaders to educate them on the various options for conducting such elections. They conducted groundbreaking research on the partisinization of American election administration and the rise of independent voters.

    Expenses $382,326 · Grants $26,909

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Opdycke

    President

    Total calculated
    $246,751
    From this org
    $177,188
    From related orgs
    $59,063
    Other
    $10,500
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,188 + $59,063 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,875 + $2,625 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,418 + $1,806 related
    Filer's total
    $190,481 + $63,494 related

  • David Cherry

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • Jeremy Gruber

    Senior Vice President

    Total calculated
    $187,992
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $45,000
    Other
    $7,992
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,000 + $45,000 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,994 + $1,998 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $140,994 + $46,998 related

  • David Belmont

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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
2022
Filed
18 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322619349300027

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