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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FAIR VOTE MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,610,233
Total expenses
$1,087,061
Contributions and grants received
$1,609,889
Grants paid
$130,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$344
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$581,151
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,660
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$514,491
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$935,371
Management and general expenses
$51,868
Fundraising expenses
$99,822
Program service expenses (Part III)
$935,371

Program services were 86.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,609,889

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $344 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $344

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $130,000 · program services $130,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,408 · program services $98,548 · management and general $17,751 · fundraising $31,109

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $300,788 · program services $292,785 · management and general $6,380 · fundraising $1,623

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,499 · program services $24,618 · management and general $1,199 · fundraising $1,682

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,434 · program services $30,203 · management and general $1,475 · fundraising $1,756

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,906 · program services $9,436 · management and general $2,470 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,846 · program services $0 · management and general $16,846 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $107,353 · program services $107,353 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $53,141 · fundraising $53,141

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $162,987 · program services $161,058 · management and general $1,929

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,048 · program services $4,631 · management and general $377 · fundraising $40

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,350 · program services $27,337 · management and general $296 · fundraising $1,717

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,053 · program services $17,962 · management and general $976 · fundraising $4,115

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,867 · program services $11,481 · management and general $652 · fundraising $734

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,887 · program services $8,691 · management and general $155 · fundraising $41

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,590 · program services $9,157 · management and general $373 · fundraising $60

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,900 · program services $1,937 · management and general $678 · fundraising $285

  • 24a · Other expenses: Service Charges

    total $3,668 · program services $0 · management and general $186 · fundraising $3,482

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $336 · program services $174 · management and general $125 · fundraising $37

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $550 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,684 · end of year $496,775

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,300

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,378 · end of year $83,076

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $192

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,484 · end of year $66,660

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$8,680 · end of year $514,491

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Organizes and advocates for local and state policy change to improve voting methods in public elections.

  • In the 2022 legislative session, we continued to advocate for legislation that would provide a local option for communities that want to adopt Ranked Choice Voting and expand RCV to our state and federal elections. Introduced in 2021, the RCV legislation continued to build support and was one of the most popular bills in the 2022 legislative session. Unfortunately, the divided legislature remained gridlocked and left major bills undone, including RCV. To ensure RCV and other blocked election measures were heard, we organized a Rally for Democracy with other democracy reform organizations on May 4 in the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda where hundreds cheered on democracy champions who support protecting and expanding voting rights and passing powerful reforms like Ranked Choice Voting. Gov. Tim Walz spoke at the rally and reiterated his strong support for RCV, along with US Representatives Dean Phillips and Ilhan Omar and dozens of legislative champions.

    Expenses $661,827 · Grants $130,000

  • FairVote Minnesota hosted numerous events to prepare our supporters and voters for a critical election year. After redistricting maps came out in February, we shared our Insider's Briefing on Minnesota's political maps and what they mean for Ranked Choice Voting, with experts who shared their insights on how the new districts would impact Minnesota's political landscape for 2022 and the years ahead. Throughout the political convention season, we hosted a series of virtual candidate meet and greets for delegates and community members in state legislative districts with contested endorsements to help educate delegates and voters about the candidates and their stance on Ranked Choice Voting and other democracy reforms ahead of endorsing conventions. We attended more than 50 senate district and congressional district conventions -- tabling, educating delegates, submitting resolutions and ensuring the prominence and visibility of RCV.

    Expenses $158,670

  • We continued our hugely successful RCV candidate program, initially launched in 2020, awarding the RCV democracy champion badge, regardless of party, to all candidates committed to supporting and passing RCV locally and statewide; we awarded badges to a total of 128 candidates, including gubernatorial candidates and legislative leaders, and we promoted their support throughout the campaign season. By the end of the election, we had secured the strong and public commitment from House and Senate leadership and Governor Walz to make RCV a priority in the 2023 session.

    Expenses $114,874

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeanne Massey

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $226,116
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $226,116
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    26.08 + 13.92 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $226,116 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $226,116 related

  • Siyad Abdullahi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Jack Uldrich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Robin Garwood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Matt Furman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Tom Horner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Emily Crabtree

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Jim Dorsey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Kim Nelson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Mike Osterholm

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Steve Kelley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Michael Minta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Zaylore Stout

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Maureen Reed

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related

  • Jim Watkins

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Stephen Imholte

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Roann Cramer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341709349300884

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