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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by Citizens for Free Enterprise Action.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,190,000
Total expenses
$1,159,869
Contributions and grants received
$1,190,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$30,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,131
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$532,304
Management and general expenses
$439,549
Fundraising expenses
$188,016
Program service expenses (Part III)
$532,304

Program services were 45.9% 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

    $1,190,000

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $546,154 · program services $182,051 · management and general $182,052 · fundraising $182,051

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $54,255 · program services $9,064 · management and general $45,191

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,655 · management and general $1,655

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,614 · program services $6,860 · management and general $9,789 · fundraising $5,965

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $97,013 · management and general $97,013

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $351,175 · program services $251,425 · management and general $99,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,142 · management and general $1,142

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,082 · management and general $2,082

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,709 · program services $3,709

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,050 · program services $1,050

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $875 · management and general $875

  • 24a · Other expenses: Research

    total $78,145 · program services $78,145

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $30,131

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    end of year $30,131

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O

  • CFFEA advanced public policy related to free enterprise including through educational campaigns, speaking engagements and conferences, media activity, social media campaigns, and through research and survey activity.

    Expenses $532,304

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Joe Ricketts

    Chairman and President

    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

  • James Ricketts

    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

  • Paul Bennecke

    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

  • Mark Simmons

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

    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

  • Alfred Levitt

    VP and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

    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

  • Steve Christensen

    VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

    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

  • Douglas Ducey

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $546,154
    From this org
    $546,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $546,154
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $546,154

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

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
202443209349310584

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