Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$6,852,919

Total expenses

$9,529,898

Contributions and grants received

$6,647,253

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$53,438

Investment income

$102,743

Other revenue

$49,485

Total assets, end of year

$9,375,046

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,878,540

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,496,506

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,901,209

Management and general expenses

$1,164,659

Fundraising expenses

$1,464,030

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,901,209

Program services were 72.4% 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 · 2024

• PROTECTING THE GUARDRAILS OF DEMOCRACY AND ADVANCING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ISSUE ONE LEADS CROSSPARTISAN EFFORTS TO CHECK EXECUTIVE OVERREACH AND ENSURE U.S. ELECTIONS ARE FREE & FAIR. WE MOBILIZE BIPARTISAN VALIDATORS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND GRASSROOTS SUPPORTERS TO CHECK ABUSES OF POWER, BUILD RESILIENCE AGAINST FALSE ELECTION NARRATIVES, DETER MANIPULATION AND DEFEND IMPARTIAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. WE RUN DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS AND ENGAGE WITH CAPITOL HILL AND THE MEDIA TO ADVANCE THESE GOALS, AS DETAILED IN SCHEDULE O. ISSUE ONE LEADS A CROSSPARTISAN EFFORT TO ENSURE U.S. ELECTIONS ARE FREE & FAIR. WE COLLABORATE WITH A RANGE OF EXPERTS, INCLUDING CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS, TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTION WORKERS AND SECURE CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.ISSUE ONE IS THE LEADING CROSSPARTISAN POLITICAL REFORM GROUP IN WASHINGTON, DC. WE UNITE REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS IN THE MOVEMENT TO FIX OUR BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND BUILD AN INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. WE ARE DEDICATED TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND DECISION-MAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL AND PASSING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION. BOTH INSIDE THE HALLS OF CONGRESS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE ADVANCE COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE GOVERNMENT AND ITS RESPONSIVENESS TO "WE THE PEOPLE."

  Expenses $6,078,151 · Revenue $53,438

• RESHAPING THE ONLINE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT AND THE ROLE OF MONEY IN POLITICS ISSUE ONE ADVOCATES FOR STRUCTURAL DEMOCRACY REFORMS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. WE ADVANCE SOCIAL MEDIA REFORM SO THAT AMERICANS CAN TRUST THE INFORMATION THAT SHAPES THEIR CHOICES, ENGAGE ACROSS DIFFERENCES IN GOOD FAITH, AND LIVE FREE IN A DEMOCRACY WHERE NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. WE ALSO ADVANCE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE DISTORTING INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN POLITICS AND STRENGTHEN EQUAL REPRESENTATION FOR ALL. WE RUN CAMPAIGNS, PUBLISH REPORTS, MOBILIZE PARTNERS, AND EDUCATE LEGISLATORS TO ADVANCE THESE GOALS, AS DETAILED IN SCHEDULE O.ISSUE ONE UNITES CIVIL SOCIETY, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS IN THE FIGHT TO REFORM SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH THE AIM OF CREATING A HEALTHIER DEMOCRACY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE. IN 2024, WE HELPED PASS THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, GARNERING 91 VOTES IN A DIVIDED CHAMBER. IN 2025, WE WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO STRIKE DOWN A 10 YEAR MORATORIUM ON AI REGULATION IN A MAJOR FEDERAL SPENDING BILL. ISSUE ONE'S COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL MEDIA SOLIDIFIED ITS ROLE AS A NATIONAL CONVENOR DRIVING PRAGMATIC, VALUES BASED TECHNOLOGY REFORM. BY FUSING RESEARCH, POLICY STRATEGY AND BIPARTISAN ADVOCACY, THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE HOW COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP CAN RECLAIM THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SQUARE FOR DEMOCRACY.TO REDUCE THE ROLE OF MONEY IN POLITICS, ISSUE ONE LED MULTIPLE SECTOR CONVENINGS TO SURFACE BOLD AND PRACTICAL REFORMS ACHIEVABLE IN TODAY'S POLARIZED CLIMATE. WE ALSO SUPPORTED PROMISING CAMPAIGN FINANCE EFFORTS IN MONTANA AND MAINE, AND HELPED IDENTIFY AN EFFORT TO SCALE A STATE LEVEL CAMPAIGN FINANCE TRANSPARENCY MEASURE TO CONGRESS. WE CONTINUE SERVING AS A CREATIVE HUB FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CROSSPARTISAN APPROACHES TO ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

  Expenses $769,047

• BUILDING CROSSPARTISAN CIVIC POWER FOR A STRUCTURAL REFORM AGENDA ISSUE ONE ENGAGES AMERICAN CITIZENS ACROSS SECTORS AND IDEOLOGIES TO CO-SHAPE A DURABLE, NONPARTISAN DEMOCRACY REFORM AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE. WE WORK WITH SECTOR PARTNERS, BIPARTSIAN COUNCILS AND GRASSROOTS LEADERS TO ENGAGE AND ACTIVATE CITIZENS, AND TO BUILD A BROAD COALITION FOR THE CO-SHAPED AGENDA, AS DETAILED IN SCHEDULE O. ISSUE ONE PLAYS A LEADING ROLE IN BUILDING CROSSPARTISAN CIVIC POWER TO DEFEND THE GUARDRAILS OF DEMOCRACY AND ENACT STRUCTURAL DEMOCRACY REFORMS. IN 2025, WE LAUNCHED THE COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 220 CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO ADVANCE BOTH OBJECTIVES. THE COUNCIL'S IN-PERSON GATHERINGS IN MOUNT VERNON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, NEW YORK, BOSTON AND MAINE ENGAGED MORE THAN 700 ATTENDEES TO HELP DRIVE ISSUE ONE'S CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE INITIATIVES. THEIR INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO FORTIFY ISSUE ONE'S CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO CO-SHAPE AND POWER THE DEMOCRACY REFORM AGENDA.

  Expenses $54,011

As filed on the 2024 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.

• ISSUE ONE ACTION

  501(C)(4) · SOCIAL WELFARE · DC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

4 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620639349300012

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