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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$220,545
Total expenses
$226,287
Contributions and grants received
$220,545
Grants paid
$25,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$75,285
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$75,285
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$201,013
Management and general expenses
$25,274
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$201,013

Program services were 88.8% 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

    $220,545

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,500 · program services $63,000 · management and general $11,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,500 · management and general $7,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,885 · management and general $2,885

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,013 · program services $3,013

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,228 · management and general $3,228

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH EXPENSES

    total $35,000 · program services $35,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $61 · management and general $61

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $81,027 · end of year $12,285

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $63,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $81,027 · end of year $75,285

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, CONDUCT EDUCATION AND HOLD EDUCATION MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES TO EDUCATE AND INFORM VOTERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS ON CRITICAL ISSUES AND TO GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THIS PURPOSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, CONDUCT EDUCATION AND HOLD EDUCATION MEETINGS AND (CONT'D ON SCH O) CONFERENCES TO EDUCATE AND INFORM VOTERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS ON CRITICAL ISSUES AND TO GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THIS PURPOSE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION IS CO-PUBLISHER OF INDEPENDENT VOTER NEWS, AN OPEN NEWS PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT-MINDED AUTHORS AND READERS PROVIDING UNFILTERED POLITICAL NEWS AND POLICY ANALYSIS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. SINCE 2008 INV.US HAS PUBLISHED THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES FROM JOURNALISTS AND INDIVIDUALS OF DIFFERING POLITICAL TENDENCIES REACHING MORE THAN 500,000 READERS EVERY MONTH PROVIDING NONPARTISAN EDUCATION TO VOTERS AND ENCOURAGING CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE AMONG WRITERS AND READERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. IN PURSUIT OF OUR MISSION OF VOTER EDUCATION, WE CONDUCT ONGOING STUDIES TO EXPLORE EFFECTIVE WAYS TO BROADEN THE OUTREACH TO VOTERS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS, WE CONDUCT POLLS TO DETERMINE THE BEST METHODS TO GIVE VOTERS ACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR VOTING RIGHTS AN WE PROMOTE INITIATIVES THAT EXPAND THE VOTING POPULATION.

    Expenses $201,013 · Grants $25,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DAN HOWLE

    CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • BETH RENO HERMS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE PEACE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN WALKER

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SCHNUR

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINA EVANS

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FLOYD MORI

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAIZA NEGRETE

    DIRECTOR (AS OF JAN 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIO MUNOZ

    DIRECTOR (AS OF JAN 2024)

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521199349300932

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