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← AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM EDUCATION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,574,904
Total expenses
$4,990,277
Contributions and grants received
$5,393,934
Grants paid
$517,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$105,763
Other revenue
$75,207
Total assets, end of year
$7,919,764
Total liabilities, end of year
$914,146
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,005,618
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,292,837
Management and general expenses
$513,031
Fundraising expenses
$184,409
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,292,837

Program services were 86.0% 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

    $5,393,934

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $105,763 · excluded $105,763

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $75,207 · related or exempt $75,207

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $75,207

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $517,000 · program services $517,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $309,780 · program services $260,526 · management and general $35,032 · fundraising $14,222

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,471,712 · program services $2,078,719 · management and general $279,516 · fundraising $113,477

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $599,907 · program services $504,524 · management and general $67,841 · fundraising $27,542

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,941 · program services $50,411 · management and general $6,778 · fundraising $2,752

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $359 · program services $281 · management and general $68 · fundraising $10

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $68,706 · management and general $68,706

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299,531 · program services $287,646 · management and general $1,280 · fundraising $10,605

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $225,663 · program services $224,025 · management and general $1,165 · fundraising $473

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,702 · program services $25,745 · management and general $3,674 · fundraising $1,283

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60,239 · program services $52,050 · management and general $5,833 · fundraising $2,356

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $192,039 · program services $161,506 · management and general $21,717 · fundraising $8,816

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,066 · program services $30,077 · management and general $703 · fundraising $286

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,546 · program services $11,383 · management and general $116 · fundraising $47

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,950 · program services $4,163 · management and general $560 · fundraising $227

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,137 · program services $14,965 · management and general $2,354 · fundraising $818

  • 24a · Other expenses: Staff Development

    total $88,999 · program services $69,816 · management and general $17,688 · fundraising $1,495

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,407,169 · end of year $2,298,978

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $362,678 · end of year $1,103,265

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $55,783 · end of year $824,821

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,958 · end of year $91,979

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $123,313

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $123,313

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,950

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,300,331 · end of year $3,488,536

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $341,877 · end of year $112,185

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $479,108 · end of year $436,292

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $344,500 · end of year $342,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $357,588 · end of year $135,854

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,464,047 · end of year $3,652,739

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,874,503 · end of year $3,352,879

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To create a fair and just financial system that contributes to shared prosperity for all families and communities.

  • Public Education and Communications: Our public education and communications materials and activities provide information and analysis on a broad range of finance and financial markets related matters, from the impact of high-cost lending, to investor protections, to capital markets and derivatives regulation and more. Our audiences include our institutional allies ( national, state and local groups ), the general public, opinion leaders, policymakers, and various forms of media. We work to build public will for substantial reform toward a just and accountable financial system. Our work has resulted in thousands of mentions in the press and social media. . Building and Maintaining a Broad Coalition: We bring together a nonpartisan nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, investor, small business, and civic and community-based organizations. We build connections among disparate groups; put together and nurture an infrastructure to develop and share information, experiences, insights, tools, tactics, and strategies; and provide materials, research, and other tools so that together we can develop and advance economic and racial justice priorities to reform the financial system. Policy Analysis and Development: We analyse policy proposals in the financial space, including regulatory proposals from the CFPB, Federal Reserve, FDIC, SEC, CFTC and more, as well as legislative proposals ; write regulatory comment letters arguing for consumer and investor protection, financial stability, big bank accountability, increased transparency, an end to racial discrimination, etc; testify as experts before Congress; convene public policy conversations; research and write memoranda and reports. And we work with our allies to develop and propose policy solutions to stop financial sector abuses of economically vulnerable families and communities, and reverse growing inequality that results from unchecked financialization and speculation.

    Expenses $4,292,837 · Grants $517,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Donner

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $180,733
    From this org
    $163,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,843
    Hours/week
    27.37

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,890
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,031
    Filer's total
    $180,733
  • Virginia Robnett

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $167,679
    From this org
    $145,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,789
    Hours/week
    27.37

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,890
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,919
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,870
    Filer's total
    $167,679
  • Ericka Taylor

    Popular Education Mgr Take o

    Total calculated
    $147,189
    From this org
    $133,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,776
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marian McConnell

    Campaign Director

    Total calculated
    $139,594
    From this org
    $124,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,574
    Hours/week
    40
  • Aditi Sen

    Research Director

    Total calculated
    $139,264
    From this org
    $132,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,424
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carter Dougherty

    Communications Director

    Total calculated
    $133,711
    From this org
    $125,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,161
    Hours/week
    40
  • Renita Marcellin

    Advocacy & Legislative Direct

    Total calculated
    $132,591
    From this org
    $122,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,501
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kimberly Longey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Renata Pumarol

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Saqib Bhatti

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Darrick Hamilton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Patricia McCoy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Steven Renderos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Rebecca Dixon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Anna Lefer Kuhn

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202431779349300318

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