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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RENEW AMERICA TOGETHER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$231,584
Total expenses
$368,928
Contributions and grants received
$208,784
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$22,800
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$40,013
Total liabilities, end of year
$30
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,983
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$49,323
Management and general expenses
$319,605
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$49,323

Program services were 13.4% 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

    $208,784

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CIVILITY LEADERSHIP PR

    total $22,800 · related or exempt $22,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $155,441 · management and general $155,441

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $85,299 · management and general $85,299

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,921 · management and general $17,921

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,168 · management and general $5,168

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $955 · management and general $955

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,304 · management and general $4,304

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,096 · program services $882 · management and general $7,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: HOTEL

    total $29,665 · program services $29,665

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTOR

    total $19,777 · management and general $19,777

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUDIO VISUAL

    total $9,826 · program services $9,826

  • 24d · Other expenses: FACILITATOR

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,476 · program services $3,950 · management and general $11,526

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $183,510 · end of year $40,013

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,183 · end of year $30

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $177,327 · end of year $39,983

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND ACHIEVE GREATER COMMON GROUND IN AMERICA BY REDUCING PARTISAN DIVISION AND GRIDLOCK. OUR MISSION IS TO REVITALIZE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE BY TEACHING AND PROMOTING CIVICS, CITIZENSHIP AND CIVILITY.

  • OUTREACH & EDUCATION:RENEW AMERICA TOGETHER USES A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO EXPLORE AMERICAN CIVILITY AND PLACE TODAY'S PARTISAN ATMOSPHERE IN PROPER CONTEXT. AMERICAN DEMOCRACY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONFLICTUAL AND DYNAMIC BY DESIGN-FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF E PLURIBUS UNUM ("OUT OF MANY, ONE") AND SUSTAINED BY THE ONGOING COMPETITION OF IDEAS, VALUES, AND PRIORITIES AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS HISTORY IS BEST UNDERSTOOD THROUGH OVERLAPPING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND INCREASINGLY GLOBAL CYCLES THAT SPAN DECADES.FOR THE PAST CENTURY, THE UNITED STATES HAS MANAGED TO BALANCE ACTION AND REACTION WITH LIMITED ACRIMONY AND LITTLE BLOODSHED, THANKS TO A FUNCTIONING SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES OPERATING AT MANY LEVELS. YET THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT HISTORY WILL NOT REPEAT ITSELF, NOR THAT FUTURE CYCLES WILL REMAIN AS STABLE. CONTINUED COMPETITION IS INEVITABLE SO LONG AS OUR GOVERNMENT IS BASED ON A CONSTITUTION THAT SEPARATES POWERS AND ENSURES EACH BRANCH CAN CHECK AND BALANCE THE OTHERS.THE CENTRAL QUESTIONS ARE: ARE OUR INSTITUTIONS HEALTHY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD? IS OUR POPULATION INFORMED, EDUCATED, AND ENGAGED ENOUGH TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY? DO WE SHARE A SUFFICIENT COMMITMENT TO CIVICS, CIVILITY, AND CITIZENSHIP TO ADDRESS OUR DIFFERENCES? AND CAN OUR ELECTORATE SEE THROUGH THE DIVISIVENESS OF MEDIA, SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND PARTISAN POLITICS TO DEMAND GENUINE PROGRESS ON THE MAJOR ISSUES FACING OUR NATION?RENEW AMERICA TOGETHER BRINGS THESE QUESTIONS INTO THE PUBLIC SQUARE THROUGH THREE KEY INITIATIVES:1. THE CIVILITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (CLI) - A FLAGSHIP, YEAR-LONG PROGRAM THAT EQUIPS COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS TO BRIDGE DIVIDES.2. TOWN HALL AND SMALL-GROUP DIALOGUES - DISCUSSIONS WITH CIVIC, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC LEADERS FOCUSED ON REAL-WORLD COLLABORATION.3. WORKSHOPS AND CURRICULA - TEACHING THE SERVE AND TRUST FRAMEWORKS, WHICH PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH ACCESSIBLE TOOLS TO PRACTICE CIVIL DIALOGUE AND COMBAT DISINFORMATION.IN 2024, RENEW AMERICA TOGETHER CREATED TWO NEW CURRICULA-SERVE AND TRUST-FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING CIVIL DIALOGUE AND MEDIA LITERACY. THESE HALF-DAY PROGRAMS EMPOWER PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ARE NOW USED WITH CLI ALUMNI, NONPROFIT GROUPS, UNIVERSITIES, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE. ONGOING EVALUATION ENSURES THAT EACH PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS REACH AND EFFECTIVENESS.OUR FLAGSHIP CIVILITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (CLI) BRINGS TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 30 LEADERS PER COHORT FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR A YEAR OF TRAINING AND DIALOGUE DESIGNED TO FIND COMMON GROUND. PARTICIPANTS REPRESENT DIVERSITY ACROSS AGE, GENDER, RACE, POLITICAL AFFILIATION, GEOGRAPHY, AND OCCUPATION. EACH APPLICANT ARTICULATES HOW THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION AND LATER REPORTS ON HOW THE PROGRAM HAS INFLUENCED THEIR WORK AND LIVES.GRADUATES OF THE CLI HAVE APPLIED THEIR LEARNING IN MEASURABLE WAYS-CO-AUTHORING INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE POLICIES, ASSUMING NEW LEADERSHIP ROLES, SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT CIVILITY, WRITING ARTICLES, LAUNCHING PODCASTS, AND EVEN CO-DRAFTING LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT MOTHERS. IN OUR FIRST COHORT, 96.4% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTED SUCCESSFULLY APPLYING LESSONS FROM THE PROGRAM IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL OR COMMUNITY ROLES.

    Expenses $49,323 · Revenue $22,800

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • WESLEY K CLARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GEORGE SYKES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUTHER LOWE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY LEE SMITH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,441
    From this org
    $155,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,441
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,441

  • RODNEY SLATER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE EROR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOEY MA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE GRUNDEN

    SECRETARY / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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 · 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
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503079349302485

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