Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$26,755,383

Total expenses

$24,929,252

Contributions and grants received

$26,191,397

Grants paid

$2,470,489

Program service revenue

$1,300

Investment income

$486,450

Other revenue

$76,236

Total assets, end of year

$34,104,797

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,926,895

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$32,177,902

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$22,797,781

Management and general expenses

$910,958

Fundraising expenses

$1,220,513

Program service expenses (Part III)

$22,797,781

Program services were 91.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• WE WORKED WITH COMMON CAUSE STATE ORGANIZATIONS, GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES, AND COALITION PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY-RELATED ADVOCACY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.OUR STATE OPERATIONS SUPPORTED COALITION COORDINATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH, COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES, RESEARCH SUPPORT, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY EDUCATION EFFORTS, AND STRATEGIC CONSULTING RELATED TO DEMOCRACY REFORM PRIORITIES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED CONVENINGS, ALLIANCE MEETINGS, ADVOCACY SUPPORT, PUBLIC MESSAGING INITIATIVES, AND COORDINATION WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS, CONSULTANTS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES.WE ALSO SUPPORTED OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN STATE-BASED INITIATIVES, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS, TRAVEL AND MEETING COORDINATION, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, ADVERTISING AND OUTREACH EFFORTS, AND COLLABORATION AMONG ADVOCATES, ORGANIZERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO STRENGTHEN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.

  Expenses $9,960,352 · Grants $2,470,489 · Revenue $1,300

• WE WORKED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ELIGIBLE CITIZEN HAD THE FREEDOM TO VOTE AND THAT EVERY VOTE WAS ACCURATELY COUNTED. DURING THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE, WE LED ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST NONPARTISAN VOTER PROTECTION EFFORTS TO DEFEND VOTING RIGHTS, STRENGTHEN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, AND HELP VOTERS NAVIGATE RAPIDLY CHANGING ELECTION CONDITIONS.AS A CO-LEADER OF THE NATIONAL NONPARTISAN ELECTION PROTECTION COALITION, WE MOBILIZED MORE THAN 40,000 VOLUNTEERS ACROSS 42 STATES TO MONITOR POLLING LOCATIONS, ASSIST VOTERS, IDENTIFY ELECTION ADMINISTRATION ISSUES, AND CONNECT VOTERS TO LEGAL AND VOTER PROTECTION RESOURCES. MORE THAN 15,000 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED ON ELECTION DAY ALONE, AND WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN COMMUNITY REGRANTS TO LOCAL PARTNERS SUPPORTING VOTER ENGAGEMENT, VOTER EDUCATION, AND ELECTION PROTECTION EFFORTS.WE MAINTAINED A MAJOR VOLUNTEER PRESENCE DURING PRESIDENTIAL AND STATE PRIMARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN FLORIDA, MORE THAN 280 POLL MONITORS WORKED ACROSS 23 COUNTIES AND EVALUATED NEARLY 150 POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES, WHILE ALSO EXPANDING OUR NONPARTISAN HOTLINE TO INCLUDE A HAITIAN CREOLE LINE FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN MICHIGAN, VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED VOTERS DURING SEVERE STORM-RELATED POLLING DISRUPTIONS. IN CALIFORNIA, MORE THAN 300 VOLUNTEERS MONITORED POLLING LOCATIONS ACROSS EIGHT MAJOR COUNTIES DURING THE SUPER TUESDAY PRIMARY. IN OHIO, WE DEPLOYED 150 POLL MONITORS AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 20,000 ELECTION PROTECTION HOTLINE CARDS TO VOTERS STATEWIDE.WE ALSO RESPONDED TO GROWING THREATS TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION. IN GEORGIA, WE MOBILIZED ADVOCATES AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO MONITOR ELECTION BOARDS AFTER ELECTION DENIERS ATTEMPTED TO UNDERMINE CERTIFICATION PROCESSES. IN ARIZONA, WE EDUCATED THE PUBLIC AND ELECTION OFFICIALS ABOUT RECOUNT-RELATED RISKS THAT COULD HAVE DISRUPTED THE STATE'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION PROCESS.OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 30,000 NEWS STORIES IN 2024 MENTIONING OUR ORGANIZATION OR QUOTING OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.

  Expenses $7,748,003

• WE WORKED TO PROTECT A FREE AND OPEN INTERNET, DEFEND INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM, AND ENSURE THAT VOTERS HAD ACCESS TO ACCURATE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION.AFTER THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OUTLAW ROBOCALLS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) VOICE-CLONING TECHNOLOGY TO MISLEAD VOTERS, WE LAUNCHED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS WARNING VOTERS ABOUT DECEPTIVE AI-GENERATED ELECTION CONTENT AND ADVOCATING FOR STRONGER SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ELECTION DISINFORMATION.AS PART OF OUR LONGSTANDING NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCACY, WE COLLECTED AND DELIVERED MORE THAN 126,000 PETITION SIGNATURES TO THE FCC SUPPORTING PROTECTIONS DESIGNED TO PRESERVE EQUAL ACCESS TO ONLINE INFORMATION AND PREVENT DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF INTERNET TRAFFIC.WE ALSO WORKED TO ADDRESS THE GROWING IMPACT OF ONLINE DISINFORMATION AND COORDINATED ATTACKS ON TRUSTED ELECTION INFORMATION. WE SUPPORTED LEGAL EFFORTS DEFENDING THE ABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND RESEARCHERS TO RESPOND TO HARMFUL ELECTION MISINFORMATION AND CONDUCTED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS HELPING VOTERS RECOGNIZE MANIPULATED MEDIA, ELECTION MISINFORMATION, AND DECEPTIVE ONLINE TACTICS.

  Expenses $923,223

• WE WORKED TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF WEALTHY SPECIAL INTERESTS IN POLITICS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPACT OF UNDISCLOSED POLITICAL SPENDING AND WEAK ETHICS RULES.THROUGHOUT THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE, WE CONDUCTED PUBLIC EDUCATION, COALITION ADVOCACY, AND RESEARCH RELATED TO THE GROWING ROLE OF "DARK MONEY AND UNLIMITED POLITICAL SPENDING IN FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTIONS. WE EDUCATED VOTERS AND POLICYMAKERS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF UNDISCLOSED SPENDING ON ELECTIONS, JUDICIAL RACES, AND PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS.WE ALSO SUPPORTED REFORMS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, IMPROVE ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS, AND INCREASE THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF SMALL-DOLLAR DONORS AND EVERYDAY VOTERS.

  Expenses $874,878

• WE WORKED TO ADVANCE FAIR REPRESENTATION THROUGH TRANSPARENT, PEOPLE-CENTERED REDISTRICTING PROCESSES AND ADVOCACY AGAINST PARTISAN AND RACIAL GERRYMANDERING.WE SUPPORTED LITIGATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS DESIGNED TO ENSURE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS FAIRLY REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AND COMPLIED WITH CONSTITUTIONAL AND VOTING RIGHTS ACT PROTECTIONS.IN INDIANA, WE SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED THE CITY OF ANDERSON'S FAILURE TO REDRAW CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT HAD REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 1982 DESPITE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION SHIFTS. FOLLOWING LITIGATION, A NEW CONSTITUTIONALLY COMPLIANT MAP WAS IMPLEMENTED IN TIME FOR THE 2024 ELECTION.IN MICHIGAN, WE SUPPORTED BLACK VOTERS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES PARTICIPATING IN THE MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION PROCESS TO HELP ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WERE FAIRLY REPRESENTED AND PROTECTED FROM RACIAL GERRYMANDERING.WE ALSO CONTINUED NATIONWIDE ADVOCACY FOR FAIR MAPS AND REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY BY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS, MOBILIZING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND EDUCATING VOTERS ABOUT THE HARMS OF PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENT MAP-DRAWING PROCESSES.

  Expenses $851,651

• WE ADVANCED NATIONWIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION, ADVOCACY SUPPORT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COALITION-BUILDING ACTIVITIES ALIGNED WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION AND DEMOCRACY-RELATED PRIORITIES.OUR NATIONAL PROGRAMS SUPPORTED COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS, DIGITAL OUTREACH, MEDIA INITIATIVES, WEBSITE AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS DESIGNED TO INCREASE CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC AWARENESS AROUND DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY, DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT, GRAPHIC DESIGN, VIDEO AND MEDIA PRODUCTION, WEBSITE MAINTENANCE, AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES INTENDED TO INFORM AND ENGAGE COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.WE ALSO SUPPORTED NATIONAL OPERATIONAL AND ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH CONSULTING SERVICES, DIGITAL ACQUISITION AND ORGANIZING TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, COALITION PARTNERSHIPS, TRAININGS, CONFERENCES, MEDIA MONITORING, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. THESE EFFORTS HELPED STRENGTHEN NATIONWIDE COORDINATION, SUPPORT LONG-TERM CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, AND EXPAND THE ORGANIZATION'S CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH SUPPORTERS, ADVOCATES, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $2,439,674

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $250,000

  NC - GENERAL

• WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND

  $100,000

  ELECTION PROTECTION

• ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  ELECTION PROTECTION

• ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE INC

  $75,000

  ELECTION PROTECTION

• FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER

  $65,000

  FL - ELECTION PROTECTION

• INLAND EMPIRE UNITED EDUCATION FUND

  $60,000

  CA - VOTING & ELECTIONS

• LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATION FUND

  $60,000

  CA - VOTING & ELECTIONS

• WE ARE DOWN HOME

  $57,500

  NC - GENERAL

• MIGRANT EQUITY SOUTHEAST INC

  $52,500

  GA - ELECTION PROTECTION

• DISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA

  $50,000

  NC - GENERAL

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

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.

• COMMON CAUSE

  501(C)(4) · ADVOCATES FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESSES OF DEMOCRACY · DC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611359349312906

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