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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RESTORATION OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,428,990
Total expenses
$8,898,558
Contributions and grants received
$9,428,990
Grants paid
$7,841,909
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$848,969
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,021
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$784,948
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,590,263
Management and general expenses
$189,540
Fundraising expenses
$118,755
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,590,263

Program services were 96.5% 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

    $9,428,990

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,797,508 · program services $7,797,508

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $44,401 · program services $44,401

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $163,552 · program services $114,487 · management and general $32,710 · fundraising $16,355

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,541 · program services $4,579 · management and general $1,308 · fundraising $654

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,307 · program services $16,315 · management and general $4,661 · fundraising $2,331

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,508 · program services $8,755 · management and general $2,502 · fundraising $1,251

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $206,874 · program services $105,552 · management and general $96,908 · fundraising $4,414

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,236 · management and general $25,236

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $200,000 · program services $200,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $43,041 · fundraising $43,041

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $203,649 · program services $203,649 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,998 · program services $58,311 · fundraising $5,687

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,452 · program services $2,885 · management and general $4,031 · fundraising $536

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,950 · program services $4,500 · management and general $4,450

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,413 · program services $17,089 · management and general $4,883 · fundraising $2,441

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,233 · program services $5,063 · management and general $1,447 · fundraising $723

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $733 · program services $513 · management and general $147 · fundraising $73

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $52,028 · program services $6,656 · management and general $4,123 · fundraising $41,249

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $5,232 · management and general $5,232

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $1,902 · management and general $1,902

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $277,795 · end of year $843,392

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $80

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $322 · end of year $5,497

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,601 · end of year $64,021

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $254,516 · end of year $784,948

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RESTORATION OF AMERICA IS A NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EDUCATING AMERICANS THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING SHOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE AND THAT WE NEED TO RESTORE THOSE PRINCIPLES IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE AMERICANS THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING SHOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE AND TO RESTORE THOSE PRINCIPLES IN GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY.

  • The Organization engaged in a public awareness campaign to combat racism in our education system.

    Expenses $4,462,462 · Grants $4,462,462

  • The Organization engaged in activities in furtherance of accomplishing its mission to educate the public, with a particular focus on high school and college students, about our Nation's constitutional form of government and to advance confidence in our electoral system.

    Expenses $3,468,955 · Grants $2,720,601

  • The Organization funded election integrity efforts seeking to ensure public access to registered voter information.

    Expenses $658,846 · Grants $658,846

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Truax

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 20 related

  • Tom Mallon

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Christine Altenburger

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(until August 2023)

    Total calculated
    $187,380
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,077
    Other
    $31,303
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,077 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,541 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,762 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $187,380 related

  • David R Langdon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • Janina Gewont

    ASST. TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $193,224
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,554
    Other
    $9,670
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $183,554 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,400 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,270 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $193,224 related

  • John Pearman

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $348,382
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $319,201
    Other
    $29,181
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $319,201 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,720 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,461 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $348,382 related

  • Sherry Gaskill

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • RESTORATION OF AMERICA

    501(c)(4) · SOC. WELFARE · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

  • RESTORATION PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACT · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

  • FAIR COURTS AMERICA

    527 · POLITICAL ACT · OH

    Directly controlled by NA

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • BE GOOD TO KIDS FOUNDATION LLC

    child/social welfare · OH · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by FOUNDATION FOR THE RESTORATION OF AMERICA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349315902

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