Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,220,705

Total expenses

$1,611,871

Contributions and grants received

$988,326

Grants paid

$62,765

Program service revenue

$53,072

Investment income

$179,307

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,310,943

Total liabilities, end of year

$103,452

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,207,491

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,188,838

Management and general expenses

$242,526

Fundraising expenses

$180,507

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,188,838

Program services were 73.8% 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

• MEDIA - . IN 2023, LEAP SPEAKERS CONTRIBUTED OP EDS, QUOTES, NEWS MENTIONS, AND GENERATIONS IN TOP TIER TRADITIONAL MEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING OUTLETS WITH EXTENSIVE REACH LIKE THE WASHINGTON POST, THE HILL, CNN, AND THE GUARDIAN, AS WELL AS REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS THAT HAVE AMPLIFIED OUR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AND ISSUE AREAS ACROSS THE PARTICULAR STATE, LIKE THE OC REGISTER (CA), PENN LIVE (PA), THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN (IL), DETROIT NEWS, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. THERE WAS ALSO EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN PROMINENT INDUSTRY OUTLETS LIKE MARIJUANA MOMENT, CANNABISWIRE, AND TOBACCO REPORTER. OUR WORK AROUND THE MENTHOL TOBACCO BAN WAS THE MAIN POLICY AREA OF CONVERSATION IN 2023, WITH FENTANYL SENTENCING AND GENERAL DRUG LEGALIZATION BEING OTHER NOTABLE AREAS OF LEGISLATIVE AND ISSUE COMMENTARY. THE MAJORITY OF OUR WORK IN 2023 HAD MEDIA IMPACTS IN CALIFORNIA AND MICHIGAN, WITH A VARIETY OF TOPICS CENTERING AROUND FENTANYL SENTENCING AND PRETEXTUAL TRAFFIC STOPS, TO THE MENTHOL TOBACCO BAN AND USE OF FORCE STANDARD, RESPECTIVELY.

  Expenses $585,397

• SPEAKER'S BUREAU - THE PROGRAM DEPARTMENT RESEARCHED, RECRUITED, AND TRAINED 4 NEW SPEAKERS, WHO ARE POLICE, PROSECUTORS, SHERIFFS, AND JUDGES. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO MADE NEW CONNECTIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM 35 ALLY ORGANIZATIONS TO INFORM THEM ABOUT HOW LEAP SPEAKERS CAN SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. LEAP'S VOLUNTEER LAW ENFORCEMENT SPEAKERS WERE FEATURED AT 30 IN-PERSON EVENTS AND HEARINGS HELD BY ALLY ORGANIZATIONS, LEGISLATORS, AND OTHER EVENT HOSTS, AND MADE ANOTHER 19 PHONE CALLS TO LEGISLATORS AND VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS. ON ANOTHER 53 OCCASIONS, LEAP SPEAKERS DELIVERED WRITTEN TESTIMONY, WROTE LETTERS TO KEY OFFICIALS, AND SUBMITTED AMICUS BRIEFS.

  Expenses $310,178

• COMMUNITY RESPONDER PROJECT - WE SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE WITH OFFICIALS FROM 21 CITIES TO HELP ADVISE THEM ON CREATING A CIVILIAN FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM FOR LOW-RISK 911 CALLS, WHICH WE CALL A "COMMUNITY RESPONDER MODEL." WE CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS AND THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS TO DESIGN A LOCALLY-TAILOREDCOMMUNITY RESPONDER PROGRAM.

  Expenses $293,263 · Grants $62,765

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.

Grants on this return

• NATIONAL COALITION FOR DRUG LEGISLATION

  $25,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202402569349300010

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