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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CONSUMER CHOICE CENTER.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 16 August 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$4,271,261 changed to $4,251,228
Total expenses
$3,006,625 changed to $3,006,626
Other revenue
$24,354 changed to $4,321
Total assets, end of year
$2,516,688 changed to $2,516,687
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,872 changed to $75,904
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,460,816 changed to $2,440,783
Program services expenses
$2,376,142 changed to $2,624,140
Management and general expenses
$423,816 changed to $175,819
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,376,142 changed to $2,624,140

Totals

Total revenue
$4,271,261
Total expenses
$3,006,625
Contributions and grants received
$4,246,907
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$24,354
Total assets, end of year
$2,516,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,872
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,460,816
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,376,142
Management and general expenses
$423,816
Fundraising expenses
$206,667
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,376,142

Program services were 79.0% 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

    $4,246,907

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON CURRENCY EXCHA

    total $24,354 · excluded $24,354

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,354

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $244,000 · program services $122,000 · management and general $48,800 · fundraising $73,200

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $213,000 · program services $172,800 · fundraising $40,200

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,824 · program services $13,679 · fundraising $3,145

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,650 · management and general $2,650

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,127 · management and general $22,127

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,378,103 · program services $1,288,344 · management and general $32,592 · fundraising $57,167

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $166,162 · program services $166,162

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,395 · management and general $33,395

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $89,644 · program services $89,644

  • 17 · Travel

    total $193,636 · program services $153,314 · management and general $13,024 · fundraising $27,298

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $330,943 · program services $330,943

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,865 · management and general $3,865

  • 24a · Other expenses: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    total $248,000 · management and general $248,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $47,612 · program services $39,256 · management and general $2,699 · fundraising $5,657

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $12,325 · management and general $12,325

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $4,339 · management and general $4,339

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,337,325 · end of year $2,280,002

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $294,000 · end of year $209,800

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,884 · end of year $26,886

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $447,029 · end of year $55,872

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,196,180 · end of year $2,460,816

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CONSUMER CHOICE CENTER IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP CHAMPIONING THE BENEFITS OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE, INNOVATION, AND ABUNDANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHAMPIONS OF THE BENEFITS OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE, INNOVATION, AND ABUNDANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

  • THE CCC'S CAMPAIGNS FOCUS ON 3 POLICY AREAS AROUNG THE WORLD: FIT FOR GROWTH, LIFESTYLE CHOICE, AND TECH INNOVATION.SO FAR WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED FOR LEGALIZED CANNABIS ACROSS CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING IN EUROPE'S AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUPPLY, PROTECTING DIESEL-OWNERS OF REACTIONARY POLICIES, THE SODA TAX IN MONTREAL, SUGAR TAXES ACROSS CANADA, A CONSUMER-ORIENTED ENERGY POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, BRAND FREEDOM IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA, TARIFFS IN THE UNITED STATES, TRANSPARENCY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, ALLOWING INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE THAT WOULD BRING DOWN FOOD PRICES FOR CONSUMERS, AND MORE.WE ARE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEBATE THROUGH TRADITIONAL MEDIA, INFOGRAPHICS AND VIDEOS THROUGH OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM ORGANIZING ROUNDTABLE EVENTS, CONDUCTING CONSUMER POLLS, AND BY TESTIFYING IN COMMITTEES OF LEGISLATURES OR WORKSHOPS HOSTED BY REGULATORS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.WE HOST A SYNDICATED RADIO SHOW KNOWN AS CONSUMER CHOICE RADIO AND A EUROPEAN PODCAST CALLED CONS-EU-MER.

    Expenses $2,376,142

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Frederik Roeder

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $244,000
    From this org
    $244,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $244,000

  • Chad Swarthout

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Urmas Jaerve

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Grossman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yael Ossowski

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,000
    From this org
    $134,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349302784

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