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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIC TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$475,000
Total expenses
$483,998
Contributions and grants received
$475,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$903
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$903
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$432,530
Management and general expenses
$51,468
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$432,530

Program services were 89.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $475,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $558 · program services $0 · management and general $558 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,885 · program services $0 · management and general $40,885 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $429,139 · program services $419,139 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25 · program services $0 · management and general $25 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,391 · program services $13,391 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,901 · end of year $903

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,901 · end of year $903

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust is to work for accountability, ethics, and transparency through investigation, research, and legal processes, and education of the public regarding these issues.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of the Organization is to work for accountability, ethics, and transparency through investigation, research and legal processes, and education of the public regarding these issues.

  • During 2024, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (Organization) has continued to educate the public about government ethics laws and government transparency laws, through media outlets throughout the country and directly to citizens through the Organization's website and social media sites. The Organization has investigated and researched potential ethics and legal violations by public officials and made legal filings with the appropriate government entity concerning the apparent violations.

    Expenses $432,530

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Gustoff

    Director, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Neil Corkery

    Director, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513219349311771

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