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← DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,350,896
Total expenses
$8,525,354
Contributions and grants received
$12,366,275
Grants paid
$70,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$15,379
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,837,999
Total liabilities, end of year
$954,576
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,883,423
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,635,043
Management and general expenses
$507,166
Fundraising expenses
$383,145
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,635,043

Program services were 89.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,366,275

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,100,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,559,858

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

    securities $1,575,237

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$15,379

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$15,379 · excluded -$15,379

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $70,000 · program services $70,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,190,690 · program services $919,688 · management and general $135,501 · fundraising $135,501

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,763,457 · program services $3,513,066 · management and general $160,417 · fundraising $89,974

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $152,472 · program services $139,537 · management and general $7,880 · fundraising $5,055

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $378,525 · program services $340,408 · management and general $22,045 · fundraising $16,072

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $372,317 · program services $333,461 · management and general $22,117 · fundraising $16,739

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $196,663 · program services $196,663

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $99,290 · program services $892 · management and general $98,398

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $112,000 · fundraising $112,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $809,580 · program services $803,323 · management and general $2,257 · fundraising $4,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $420 · program services $420

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $224,658 · program services $213,741 · management and general $7,113 · fundraising $3,804

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100,178 · program services $98,522 · management and general $1,656

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $282,669 · program services $254,402 · management and general $28,267

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $365,119 · program services $365,027 · management and general $92

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,697 · program services $947 · management and general $13,750

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,253 · program services $33,118 · management and general $3,135

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $291,714 · program services $287,176 · management and general $4,538

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILING FEES & LICENSES

    total $64,652 · program services $64,652

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,832,425 · end of year $6,452,382

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $170,052

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,233 · end of year $2,524,763

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,369 · end of year $8,859

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $20,784

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $947

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $19,837

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $46,250

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $89,100 · end of year $785,908

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,298 · end of year $158,950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $795,626

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,057,881 · end of year $8,748,007

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $135,416

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY STRONG BY WORKING THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES TO PRESERVE THE RULE OF LAW AND HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY STRONG BY WORKING THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES TO PRESERVE THE RULE OF LAW AND HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS.

    Expenses $7,635,043 · Grants $70,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Elias

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mindy Myers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tania Faransso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Javier Guzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Klain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Skye L Perryman

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $348,316
    From this org
    $331,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,914
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,402
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,264
    Filer's total
    $348,316
  • Sean Lev

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $262,951
    From this org
    $231,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,011
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,733
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,207
    Filer's total
    $262,951
  • Jeffery Dubner

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,612
    From this org
    $175,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,028
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,584
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,961
    Filer's total
    $188,612
  • Robin F Thurston

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $185,023
    From this org
    $176,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,212
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,811
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $145
    Filer's total
    $185,023
  • William Bardwell

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $173,317
    From this org
    $168,049
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,268
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,049
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,133
    Nontaxable benefits
    $135
    Filer's total
    $173,317
  • Aman George

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $145,071
    From this org
    $138,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,110
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brooke Menschel

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $173,101
    From this org
    $162,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,065
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,383
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,682
    Filer's total
    $173,101
  • Jessica A Morton

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $158,976
    From this org
    $146,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,803
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,173
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,653
    Filer's total
    $158,976
  • Samara Spence

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $157,796
    From this org
    $144,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,311
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,811
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,674
    Filer's total
    $157,796

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

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.

  • DEMOCRACY FORWARD

    501(C)(4) · SOCIAL WELFARE · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401369349308900

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