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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NEW JERSEY PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP CITIZEN LOBBY.

Totals

Total revenue
$412,079
Total expenses
$262,642
Contributions and grants received
$404,301
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,778
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,146,075
Total liabilities, end of year
$287,409
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,858,666
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$156,804
Management and general expenses
$27,028
Fundraising expenses
$78,810
Program service expenses (Part III)
$156,804

Program services were 59.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $403,430

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $871

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,778 · excluded $7,778

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $205,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $205,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,150 · management and general $3,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $247,268 · program services $147,381 · management and general $22,236 · fundraising $77,651

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28 · program services $22 · management and general $3 · fundraising $3

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,563 · program services $9,251 · management and general $1,156 · fundraising $1,156

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANKING FEES

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $183 · management and general $183

  • 24c · Other expenses: COALITION DUES

    total $150 · program services $150

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $173,758 · program services $124,957 · management and general $0 · fundraising $48,801

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $718,347 · end of year $1,016,287

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $980,790 · end of year $211,766

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,107,823 · end of year $1,480,465

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,563 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,096,011 · end of year $8,437,557

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $277,885 · end of year $287,409

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,636,649 · end of year $10,858,666

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE DEFINITIONS OF SECTION 501C(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WHEN CONSUMERS ARE CHEATED OR THE VOICES OF ORDINARY CITIZENS ARE DROWNED OUT BY SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYISTS, NJPIRG SPEAKS UP AND TAKES ACTION. WE UNCOVER THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND FIGHT TO END THEM, USING THE TIME-TESTED TOOLS OF INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH, MEDIA EXPOSES, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SERVICES: RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING ISSUES SUCH AS ADDRESSING POLLUTION FROM SINGLE-USE PLASTIC, PROTECTING CONSUMERS FROM UNFAIR PRICE GOUGING, AND SPEAKING UP FOR CITIZENS' RIGHT TO REPAIR THEIR OWN DEVICES.

    Expenses $145,020

  • RESEARCHING AND INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY: STAFF ENGAGE IN LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND POLICY TO ADDRESS POLLUTION FROM SINGLE-USE PLASTIC, PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM UNFAIR PRICE GOUGING, AND SPEAK UP FOR CITIZENS' RIGHT TO REPAIR THEIR OWN DEVICES.

    Expenses $11,784

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Montgomery

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $73,294
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $64,992
    Other
    $8,302
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

  • Emily Rusch

    TREASURER & VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

  • Allison Cairo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Amanda Read

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kelly Stine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Katie McGinn

    FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST INC

    C · SOCIAL WELFARE · MA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
12 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411649349301321

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