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← ADVANCE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVANCE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,746,420
Total expenses
$2,506,229
Contributions and grants received
$2,746,420
Grants paid
$18,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$239,719
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,325
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$234,394
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,330,059
Management and general expenses
$176,170
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,330,059

Program services were 93.0% 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

    $2,746,420

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,000 · program services $18,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $350,026 · program services $307,719 · management and general $42,307

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,271 · program services $32,054 · management and general $15,217

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,430 · management and general $33,430

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $50,986 · program services $50,986

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $161,650 · program services $161,458 · management and general $192

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,925 · program services $2,047 · management and general $878

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,132 · program services $862 · management and general $35,270

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,571 · program services $26,571

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,770,215 · program services $1,727,567 · management and general $42,648

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,486 · management and general $5,486

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $742 · management and general $742

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies and Materials

    total $2,795 · program services $2,795

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,985 · end of year $239,719

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $105,782 · end of year $5,325

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$5,797 · end of year $234,394

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY BY ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES TO STRENGHTEN DEMOCRACY, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THREATS TO OUR DEMOCRACY, AND HIGHLIGHTING THE UNPOPULARITY OF FEDERAL POLICIES THAT PLACE MONEY AND POWER OVER THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

  • Advance American Democracy promoted civic engagement and government accountability through public education, community organizing, and strategic issue advocacy communications. AAD supported initiatives to train and connect digital creators with educational and issue advocacy organizations, equipping them to use their platforms to educate audiences about issues of public importance and advance social-impact initiatives.

    Expenses $2,330,059 · Grants $18,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kyle Herrig

    President Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Knight

    Secretary

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Trending Up Network LLC

    Empowering creators to leverage cont Part VII · DE · income $408,500 · assets $76,524

    Directly controlled by Advance American Democracy Inc

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202622589349300632

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