Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$7,119,511

Total expenses

$4,257,774

Contributions and grants received

$6,870,018

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$102,496

Investment income

$144,479

Other revenue

$2,518

Total assets, end of year

$12,586,522

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,901,919

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,684,603

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,828,466

Management and general expenses

$205,382

Fundraising expenses

$1,223,926

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,828,466

Program services were 66.4% 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 · 2023

• ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH: FCNL WORKS WITH A NETWORK OF SOME 80,000 PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY, ENCOURAGING PRACTICAL STEPS THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE TO ADVANCE LEGISLATION AND OTHER PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVES IN A NON-PARTISAN MANNER. THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS (SUCH AS NEWSLETTERS, WEBSITE, EMAIL ALERTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND TELEPHONE CALLS) AND TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE HELP INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ADVOCATE EFFECTIVELY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE ISSUES. WE DEVELOP INFORMATION TO CREATE FOCUSED, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IN SPECIFIC STATES AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO INFLUENCE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WILL RESULT IN FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS OUR POLICIES AND PRIORITIES. FCNL HAS ESTABLISHED AND TRAINED OVER 100 ADVOCACY TEAMS, TOTALING OVER 1,500 PEOPLE IN LOCAL REGIONS WHO ARE WILLING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TO ADVOCATE ON LEGISLATION THAT FCNL IS ADVANCING. FCNL TRAINS, COACHES, AND CONVENES A NATIONAL ADVOCACY CORPS OF TWENTY (20) YOUNG ADULTS WHO ORGANIZE AND LOBBY ON AN FCNL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY OVER A NINE-MONTH PERIOD ON A SPECIFIC ISSUE.

  Expenses $1,652,711 · Revenue $450

• LEGISLATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: HAS TWO MAJOR OVERALL PROGRAMS WHICH ARE DOMESTIC POLICY AND FOREIGN POLICY. FCNL FIELDS AN EXPERIENCED TEAM OF REGISTERED LOBBYISTS WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. THESE LOBBYISTS WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF, MEETINGS WITH COALITION GROUPS, AND CONTACTS WITH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, FCNL IDENTIFIES PRACTICAL STEPS THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY CAN TAKE TO MOVE FEDERAL POLICY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WORLD WE SEEK. EACH YEAR, MORE THAN 400 QUAKERS AND OTHERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY GATHER IN WASHINGTON FOR AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS FCNL'S WORK, HEAR FROM OUR LOBBYISTS ABOUT SPECIFIC PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES, AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SET BY FCNL'S GENERAL COMMITTEE, THE LEGISLATIVE TEAMS FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: (1) IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY; (2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM; (3) ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; (4) ECONOMIC JUSTICE; (5) NATIVE AMERICAN CONCERNS; (6) ELECTION INTEGRITY; (7) GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION; AND GENERAL TOPICS INCLUDING: (1) PEACEBUILDING, DIPLOMACY AND THE PEACEFUL PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION OF VIOLENT CONFLICT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE MIDDLE EAST; (2) REDUCTION OF MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMED INTERVENTIONS; AND (3) NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION. ALTHOUGH ALL BUT ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE REGISTERED AS LOBBYISTS, ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THEIR WORK FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF DIRECT LOBBYING, INVOLVING CONTACTING A LAWMAKER SEEKING TO INFLUENCE THE PASSAGE OR DEFEAT OF LEGISLATION. EVEN THE BROADER DEFINITION OF "LOBBYING ACTIVITIES", WHICH INCLUDES PREPARATION AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES, RESEARCH AND OTHER BACKGROUND WORK THAT IS INTENDED, AT THE TIME IT IS PERFORMED, FOR USE IN CONTACTS, AND COORDINATION WITH THE LOBBYING ACTIVITIES OF OTHERS, DOES NOT CAPTURE THE FULL BREADTH OF THEIR WORK. IN ADDITION TO THESE LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, TEAM MEMBERS: MONITOR AND ANALYZE DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE; COMMUNICATE WITH FCNL CONSTITUENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EXPLAIN THESE DEVELOPMENTS; ADVOCATE FOR GENERAL POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE NOT LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE; ENGAGE IN EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF, ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, FCNL CONSTITUENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; PARTICIPATE IN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS, PANELS AND SEMINARS; WRITE ARTICLES AND INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS; DEVELOP MESSAGING STRATEGIES AND MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS; WRITE AND EDIT PROPOSALS FOR FOUNDATION GRANTS AND PREPARE REPORTS ON THEIR ACTIVITIES; AND ENGAGE IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $784,812 · Revenue $102,046

• YOUNG ADULT PROGRAM: FCNL ENGAGES YOUNG ADULTS IN AN 11-MONTH PAID YOUNG FELLOWS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL FORMATION AS LEADERS AND ADVOCATES FOR A MORE PEACEFUL AND JUST WORLD. FCNL HOSTS AN ANNUAL YOUNG ADULT LOBBY WEEKEND THAT ATTRACTS OVER 350 COLLEGE STUDENTS TO WASHINGTON FOR A WEEKEND OF EDUCATION, LOBBY TRAINING, AND MEETINGS IN THE OFFICES OF THEIR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

  Expenses $352,780

• FRIENDS PLACE PROVIDES A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY FOR LEARNING, SPIRITUAL EXPLORATION, AND RESTORATION IN THE QUAKER TRADITION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON ISSUES OF PEACE BUILDING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.FRIENDS PLACE ALSO GIVES OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND EXPLORE ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS, AND VISITS WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN WASHINGTON, DC AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.COMMUNITY AND CULTURE: THE GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURE TEAM WORKS TO EXPAND AND DEEPEN CONNECTIONS, FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH FROM A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $38,163

As filed on the 2023 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

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.

• FCNL EDUCATION FUND

  501(C)(3) · TO INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND GOV. LEADERS ABOUT RELEVANT ISSUES · DC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION

• WILLIAM PENN HOUSE

  501(C)(3) · TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT · DC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by FCNL EDUCATION FUND

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521359349317437

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