Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,577,720

Total expenses

$3,738,775

Contributions and grants received

$3,500,000

Grants paid

$3,519,330

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$77,720

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,237,181

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,237,181

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,725,136

Management and general expenses

$13,639

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,725,136

Program services were 99.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ACTION NOW, INC. INVESTS IN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITY AND MINIMIZE INJUSTICE. ACTION NOW, INC. INVESTS IN SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, BUILDING IT FROM THE GROUND UP BASED ON RESEARCH, DEEP THINKING, AND A STRONG FOUNDATION OF EVIDENCE TO DRIVE PUBLIC CONVERSATION, CRAFT POLICY, AND INSPIRE ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.

  Expenses $3,725,136 · Grants $3,519,330

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

Grants on this return

• CONTINUUM HEALTH GROUP LLC

  $647,987

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE THE USE OF REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE, TRANSPARENCY IN CLINICAL TRIAL DATA, AND THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S EVIDENCE STANDARDS.

• FREEDOM VIRGINIA INC

  $423,000

  TO SUPPORT VIRGINIANS FOR AFFORDABLE MEDICINES.

• MARYLAND CITIZENS HEALTH INITIATIVE INC

  $400,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE IN MARYLAND.

• PUBLIC PRIVATE STRATEGIES LLC

  $300,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

• PUBLIC PRIVATE STRATEGIES LLC

  $300,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MORE AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

• YES ON 820 - OKLAHOMANS FOR SENSIBLE MARIJUANA LAWS

  $300,000

  TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR BALLOT MEASURES.

• CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION

  $250,000

  TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

• MONTANANS FOR ELECTION REFORM ACTION FUND

  $185,000

  TO SUPPORT ELECTION REFORM EFFORTS IN THE STATE.

• MONTANANS FOR ELECTION REFORM ACTION FUND

  $177,000

  TO SUPPORT ELECTION REFORM EFFORTS IN THE STATE.

• VSV LEADERSHIP LLC

  $100,000

  TO SUPPORT PROSECUTION LEADERS OF NOW INITIATIVE TO CRAFT IMPACTFUL POLICY REFORM STRATEGIES TO REDUCE PUNITIVE EXCESS AND PROMOTE INCLUSIVE SAFETY STRATEGIES.

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.

• LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · GRANT MAKING · TX · controlled entity

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202431369349306098

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