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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONSUMER ACTION FOR A STRONG ECONOMY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,459,500
Total expenses
$2,203,027
Contributions and grants received
$2,459,500
Grants paid
$1,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$365,035
Total liabilities, end of year
$600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$364,435
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,101,871
Management and general expenses
$56,706
Fundraising expenses
$44,450
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,101,871

Program services were 95.4% 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

    $2,459,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $480,240 · program services $432,216 · management and general $14,407 · fundraising $33,617

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $44,500 · program services $40,049 · management and general $1,335 · fundraising $3,116

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,311 · program services $8,380 · management and general $279 · fundraising $652

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,208 · program services $27,187 · management and general $906 · fundraising $2,115

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,210 · management and general $22,210

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,446 · management and general $15,446

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,750 · program services $6,074 · management and general $203 · fundraising $473

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,061 · program services $42,355 · management and general $1,412 · fundraising $3,294

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,427 · program services $2,184 · management and general $73 · fundraising $170

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,747 · program services $11,473 · management and general $382 · fundraising $892

  • 20 · Interest

    total $786 · program services $707 · management and general $24 · fundraising $55

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $952 · program services $857 · management and general $29 · fundraising $66

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSUMER AWARENESS

    total $1,528,889 · program services $1,528,889

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $109,309 · end of year $365,035

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,347 · end of year $600

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $107,962 · end of year $364,435

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CASE IS COMMITTED TO SERVING AS THE VOICE OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND WAGE-EARNERS BY ADVOCATING STRONGLY FOR FREE-MARKETS, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REASONABLE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. THROUGH THESE TIME-TESTED PRINCIPLES, CASE AIMS TO CREATE MORE PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY AMERICAN. CASE IS FURTHER WORKING TO FILL THE VOID OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WHO LARGELY IGNORE FREE-MARKET SOLUTIONS AND LEAN HEAVILY TOWARD MORE GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND CONTROL OVER OUR NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES. AS AN AGGRESSIVE AND VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR LESS GOVERNMNET INTERFERENCE WITH AMERICAN ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY, CASE SEEKS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF U.S. CONSUMERS THROUGH COMMON-SENSE POLICIES THAT ALLOW OUR ECONOMY TO INNOVATE AND EXPAND. GIVING CONSUMERS MORE FREEDOM, GREATER CHOICES, MORE PURCHASING OPTIONS, AT LESS COST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVOTED TO PROMOTING CONSUMER INTERESTS THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF FREE-MARKET PRINCIPLES.

  • AFTER THREE YEARS OF COVID-RESTRAINED OPERATIONS, CASE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FULLY RESUME ITS EXTENSIVE ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF U.S. CONSUMERS. CASE EXECUTED NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND STATE-BASED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIA CHANNELS, PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING PIVOTAL ISSUE ANALYSES TO SERVE AS INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES FOR CONSUMERS, OPINION LEADERS, AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS. CASE PRODUCED TAILORED AND CREATIVE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS VIA DIGITAL ADS, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, BLOGS, OP-EDS AND RADIO INTERVIEWS. IT ALSO CONTINUED EXISTING ADVOCACY EFFORTS BY ENGAGING FEDERAL AND STATE LAWMAKERS AND THEIR STAFFS IN SUPPORT OF FREE-MARKET SOLUTIONS ON CRITICAL CONSUMER ISSUES. THIS ADVOCACY HELPED PRODUCE MAJOR POLICY VICTORIES THAT FAVORABLY AFFECTED CONSUMERS AND THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

    Expenses $2,101,871 · Grants $1,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Kandrach

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $220,682
    From this org
    $207,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,182
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,182
    Filer's total
    $220,682

  • Gerard Scimeca

    CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $259,558
    From this org
    $242,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,058
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,058
    Filer's total
    $259,558

  • Allen Miller

    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

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349305027

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