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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,396,018
Total expenses
$6,111,082
Contributions and grants received
$6,396,018
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$321,592
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,057
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$309,535
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,406,641
Management and general expenses
$704,441
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,406,641

Program services were 88.5% 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

    $6,396,018

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $403,223 · management and general $403,223

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,883 · management and general $8,883

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,442 · management and general $59,442

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $363 · management and general $363

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,195 · management and general $7,195

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,621,641 · program services $5,406,641 · management and general $215,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,188 · management and general $10,188

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $147 · management and general $147

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,599 · end of year $321,592

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,319 · end of year $12,057

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,280 · end of year $309,535

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA EXISTS TO PROVIDE AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES UNDERVALUED BY ALGORITHMIC AND SYSTEMIC BIAS MORE AUTHENTIC CONTENT THROUGH DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNER NETWORKING. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DELIVER RESOURCES TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE EQUAL ACCESS.

  • OVERCOME ALGORITHMIC BIAS TO REACH OFTEN DISENFRANCHISED AUDIENCE WITH FACT-BASED CONTENT AND RESOURCES OUR NETWORK OF PARTNERS OFFERS. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH OTHER NONPROFITS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND FILL HOLES IN DATA THAT AFFECT ALGORITHMIC REFERRAL AND ESPECIALLY HARM UNDERVALUED AND AT-RISK COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS DEEPER INSIGHTS INTO THE SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES AND BIASES THAT LEAVE COMMUNITY NEEDS UNMET. THE ORGANIZATION USES THESE INSIGHTS TO WORK WITH AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE NETWORK OF MISSION ALIGNED PARTNERS TO DEVELOP AND DELIVER ANSWERS AND RESOURCES, AND AS A RESULT ALSO PREVENT EFFORTS BY OTHERS TO RADICALIZE, DISENGAGE, AND MISINFORM THESE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $4,345,668

  • SUPPORT CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON HEALTH RELATED CAMPAIGNS TO OVERCOME LACK OF DATA AND EQUITY AND DELIVER MORE INFORMATION AROUND VACCINE EFFICACY AND RESOURCES. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS NONPROFITS TO DELIVER MORE COMPLETE BEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS AND DATA ANALYSIS THAT OFTEN INFORMS ONLINE, TRADITIONAL MEDIA, POLICY AND ON-THE-GROUND ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PARTNER NETWORK AS THEIR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES EVOLVE AND GROW. THIS WORK HAS INCLUDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED GROUPS TO UNDERSTAND QUESTIONS AROUND THE VACCINE AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO STEER THESE COMMUNITIES TO INFORMATION CURATED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS AND GUIDE FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

    Expenses $928,543

  • AI DRIVE JOB RECRUITMENT AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION WITH PARTNERS THAT OFFER AI DRIVEN SOLUTION. WE ENGAGE COMMUNITIES AROUND TOPICS SUCH AS MEDICAL DEBT, CHILD TAX CREDIT, SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH A PARTNER THAT OFFERS AN AI DRIVEN JOB RECRUITMENT PLATFORM IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT JOB BOARDS AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICES.

    Expenses $57,946

  • THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR MISSION ALIGNED PARTNERS THAT HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR 501C3 STATUS. ORGANIZATION DOES NOT CHARGE A PERCENTAGE OR ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR THIS FISCAL SPONSOR SERVICE IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THAT THESE PARTNERS ARE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF CONTRIBUTIONS THEY RECEIVE THROUGH OUR SPONSORSHIP.

    Expenses $74,484

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Shalett

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $227,685
    From this org
    $227,685
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,400
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $117,285
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $227,685

  • Rachel Johnson

    DEPUTY DIREC

    Total calculated
    $175,538
    From this org
    $175,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $92,400
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $83,138
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,538

  • Jason Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Hopkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Lalka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Sapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Sype

    DIRECTOR

    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. 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SCOTT SHALETT AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR RACHEL JOHNSON WERE COMPENSATED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WHILE THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHING PAYROLL SERVICES. THEY ARE BOTH NOW BEING PAID AS W-2 EMPLOYEEES.

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
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349315111

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