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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,783,418
Total expenses
$2,963,676
Contributions and grants received
$2,482,332
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$235,000
Investment income
$66,086
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,569,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$403,467
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,165,613
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,759,122
Management and general expenses
$120,554
Fundraising expenses
$84,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,759,122

Program services were 93.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,482,332

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH FEES

    total $235,000 · related or exempt $235,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,086 · excluded $66,086

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $221,292 · program services $219,232 · management and general $2,060

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $290,727 · program services $288,982 · management and general $1,745

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,475 · program services $7,423 · management and general $52

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,201 · program services $25,201

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,125 · program services $36,821 · management and general $304

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $304,897 · program services $304,897

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,240 · program services $6,465 · management and general $67,775

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,071 · management and general $6,071

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,915,547 · program services $1,831,547 · fundraising $84,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,224 · program services $2,828 · management and general $3,396

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,139 · program services $3,116 · management and general $23

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,405 · program services $8,342 · management and general $9,063

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $994 · management and general $994

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,859 · management and general $9,859

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $19,040 · management and general $19,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $11,711 · program services $11,701 · management and general $10

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $7,673 · program services $7,615 · management and general $58

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEES-COURT & RECORDS

    total $4,952 · program services $4,952

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $104 · management and general $104

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $586,790 · end of year $978,303

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $934,377

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $175,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,978 · end of year $6,956

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $988,906 · end of year $1,408,821

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $178,163 · end of year $403,467

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,139,764 · end of year $1,453,247

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $197,124 · end of year $712,366

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS' LIVES ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY DECISIONS MADE BEHIND THE DOORS OF CORPORATE BOARDROOMS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND SHADOWY NONPROFIT GROUPS. CFA WORKS ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION, NEGLIGENCE, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR WHEREVER IT MAY OCCUR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • TO INVESTIGATE THE ACTIONS OF POWERFUL INTERESTS AT EVERY LEVEL OF SOCIETY, RANGING FROM THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS TO THE SMALLEST COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. OUR CURRENT PRIORITITES INCLUDE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, STATE OVERSIGHT, CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMER PROTECTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

    Expenses $2,759,122 · Revenue $235,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBIN BRAND

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN FORTNEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK HACKWORTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE KUPPERSMITH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,292
    From this org
    $200,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,186
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,106
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,186
    Filer's total
    $221,292

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441299349300309

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