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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PUBLIUS FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,025,395
Total expenses
$2,895,694
Contributions and grants received
$3,025,395
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$129,701
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$129,701
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,492,800
Management and general expenses
$232,385
Fundraising expenses
$1,170,509
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,492,800

Program services were 51.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,025,395

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $187,378 · program services $0 · management and general $187,378 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,750 · program services $0 · management and general $40,750 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,663,309 · program services $1,492,800 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,170,509

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $235 · program services $0 · management and general $235 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,022 · program services $0 · management and general $4,022 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $129,701

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $129,701

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Corporation is established exclusively to further charitable and educational activities, including for the purpose of educating the public on issues related to the importance of institutions.

  • Organization undertook activities to educate the public about the importance of constitutionalism, limited government, religious liberty, the role of the courts, education policies, and election reforms.

    Expenses $1,492,800

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Oramel H Skinner

    Director, President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Justin Smith

    Director, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beau Roysden

    Director, Treasurer (resigned Dec 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523219349309032

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