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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP EDUC FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$120,311
Total expenses
$153,530
Contributions and grants received
$120,311
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$575,985
Total liabilities, end of year
$97,744
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$478,241
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$91,065
Management and general expenses
$54,534
Fundraising expenses
$7,931
Program service expenses (Part III)
$91,065

Program services were 59.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $120,311

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $34,388 · program services $28,283 · management and general $2,666 · fundraising $3,439

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,611 · program services $14,485 · management and general $1,365 · fundraising $1,761

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,368 · program services $1,125 · management and general $106 · fundraising $137

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,396 · program services $6,083 · management and general $573 · fundraising $740

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,343 · program services $3,572 · management and general $337 · fundraising $434

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89 · program services $0 · management and general $89 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,408 · program services $16,055 · management and general $48,165 · fundraising $188

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,765 · program services $2,275 · management and general $214 · fundraising $276

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60 · program services $49 · management and general $5 · fundraising $6

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,800 · program services $2,303 · management and general $217 · fundraising $280

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,700 · program services $5,511 · management and general $519 · fundraising $670

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $653 · program services $653 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Filing Fees

    total $278 · program services $0 · management and general $278 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Coalition Dues

    total $10,671 · program services $10,671 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $275,453 · end of year $218,494

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $74,037 · end of year $54,819

  • 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 $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $280,352 · end of year $302,672

  • 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 $140,702 · end of year $97,744

  • 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

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $366,131 · end of year $443,491

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $123,009 · end of year $34,750

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The purpose for which this corporation is organized is: To act on behalf of the public interest by means of charitable, educational, or any other activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Within these general purposes, the specific purposes include research and public education in the following areas: consumer protection, health and safety, environmental protection and preservation, energy policy and transportation, promotion of democratic processes, corporate and governmental accountability, and other issues of concern to the people of North Carolina and elsewhere.

Activities or mission (Part I)

When consumers are cheated or the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, North Carolina Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. speaks up and takes action. We uncover threats to public health and wellbeing and fight to end them using time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposes, grassroots organizing, and litigation.

  • Researching and influencing public policy: staff engage in non-legislative activities including research, education, and policy development to stop the pollution of single-use plastics, promote consumer protection by strengthening regulations around product safety and working to give citizens the right to repair their own devices.

    Expenses $63,746

  • Public education & outreach: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys and discussing issues with the public to stop the pollution from single-use plastics, promote consumer protection around product safety and working to give citizens the right to repair their own devices.

    Expenses $27,319

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anna Solverson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $39,559
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $29,239
    Other
    $10,320
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 20 related

  • Leigh-Anne Cole

    President, Secretary, Director

    Total calculated
    $32,349
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $31,105
    Other
    $1,244
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 20 related

  • Marites Valasquez

    Vice President, Treasurer, Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Katheryn Craig

    State Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    37

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • National Center for the Public Interest (NCPI)

    C · charitable, educational · MA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411299349301886

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