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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,727,640
Total expenses
$4,987,122
Contributions and grants received
$3,333,165
Grants paid
$1,336,939
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$360,018
Other revenue
$34,457
Total assets, end of year
$9,324,419
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,049,303
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,275,116
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,651,706
Management and general expenses
$1,094,471
Fundraising expenses
$1,240,945
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,651,706

Program services were 53.2% 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

    $3,333,165

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $13,863

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $312,178 · excluded $312,178

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,141,559

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

    securities $8,093,719

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $47,840

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $47,840 · excluded $47,840

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $34,457 · related or exempt $34,457

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $34,457

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,336,939 · program services $1,336,939

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $765,148 · program services $273,583 · management and general $390,029 · fundraising $101,536

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $973,657 · program services $437,179 · fundraising $536,478

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,445 · program services $14,674 · fundraising $16,771

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $158,466 · program services $40,769 · management and general $54,954 · fundraising $62,743

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $115,809 · program services $49,295 · management and general $19,937 · fundraising $46,577

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,284 · program services $3,741 · management and general $17,543

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,798 · management and general $80,798

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $27,034 · management and general $27,034

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $295,553 · program services $109,330 · management and general $103,351 · fundraising $82,872

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $114,876 · program services $18,369 · management and general $347 · fundraising $96,160

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,435 · program services $8,503 · management and general $8,626 · fundraising $4,306

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $206,914 · program services $11,285 · management and general $78,159 · fundraising $117,470

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $232,557 · program services $94,904 · management and general $42,075 · fundraising $95,578

  • 17 · Travel

    total $243,305 · program services $87,814 · management and general $100,729 · fundraising $54,762

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $117,890 · program services $117,890

  • 20 · Interest

    total $44,830 · management and general $44,830

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,179 · management and general $53,179

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $68,196 · program services $45,733 · management and general $22,463

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $50,000 · management and general $50,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS LICENSES AND P

    total $18,991 · fundraising $18,991

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,416 · program services $1,595 · management and general $366 · fundraising $4,455

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD AND OTHER S

    total $2,208 · management and general $51 · fundraising $2,157

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $192 · program services $103 · fundraising $89

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $37,867 · program services $0 · management and general $1,885 · fundraising $35,982

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $624,949 · end of year $117,407

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,214 · end of year $25,214

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,477,731 · end of year $717,643

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $715,946 · end of year $1,922,116

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $150,658 · end of year $15,777

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

    $556,912

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

    $511,694

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $98,112 · end of year $45,218

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,998,917 · end of year $5,116,157

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $557,546 · end of year $1,364,887

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $406,178 · end of year $326,548

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $689,167

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $1,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,017,913 · end of year $722,755

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,661,636 · end of year $5,263,157

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,374,179 · end of year $2,011,959

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CONDUCTS RESEARCH, LEGAL AND EDUCATION WORK ON BEHALF OF FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES.

  • CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMS - TO MOBILIZE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL LEADERS TO ADVANCE PFAW'S CORE PRIORITIES.

    Expenses $1,771,484 · Grants $1,336,615

  • PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT- SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING ON ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AS WELL AS COORDINATE ACTIVITIES BETWEEN VARIOUS PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $632,724 · Grants $297

  • COMMUNICATIONS & RESEARCH - PROVIDE INFORMATION TO MEDIA, ACTIVISTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC EDUCATING THEM ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES, POSITIONS, ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS THROUGH EVENTS, MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH STRATEGIES, PRESS RELEASES, DISTRIBUTION OF OP-EDS AND EDITORIAL MEMORANDA. EDUCATE MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS TO ENGAGE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

    Expenses $226,944

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONDUCT RESEARCH ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES AS WELL AS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ON VARIOUS PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES WHICH ALSO SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES.

    Expenses $20,554 · Grants $27

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Altschul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Arthur Bellinzoni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Delishia Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Will Halm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Keegan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Khizr Khan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Kevin Killer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Norman Lear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Barbara Bluhm-Kaul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Yolanda Parker

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Deborah Rappaport

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Haroon Saleem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Josh Sapan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • David Saperstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Clara Shin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Rene Spellman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Marge Tabankin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 0.75 related
  • Horacio Trujillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Kathleen Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Ben Jealous

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $357,820
    From this org
    $168,602
    From related orgs
    $168,602
    Other
    $20,616
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,602 + $168,602 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,575 + $4,575 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,733 + $5,733 related
    Filer's total
    $178,910 + $178,910 related
  • Svante Myrick

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $262,774
    From this org
    $184,340
    From related orgs
    $61,447
    Other
    $16,987
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,340 + $61,447 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,549 + $1,850 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,191 + $2,397 related
    Filer's total
    $197,080 + $65,694 related
  • Margery F Baker

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $272,898
    From this org
    $123,952
    From related orgs
    $127,813
    Other
    $21,133
    Hours/week
    19.69 + 20.31 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,952 + $127,813 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,862 + $3,983 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,542 + $6,746 related
    Filer's total
    $134,356 + $138,542 related
  • Diane Laviolette

    COO AND GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $222,603
    From this org
    $97,271
    From related orgs
    $99,457
    Other
    $25,875
    Hours/week
    19.78 + 20.22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,271 + $99,457 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,119 + $3,189 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,675 + $9,892 related
    Filer's total
    $110,065 + $112,538 related
  • Kristen Leigh Smith

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $250,700
    From this org
    $112,696
    From related orgs
    $112,696
    Other
    $25,308
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,696 + $112,696 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,607 + $3,607 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,047 + $9,047 related
    Filer's total
    $125,350 + $125,350 related
  • Benjamin A Betz

    SR DIR OF DIGITAL & ORG

    Total calculated
    $213,586
    From this org
    $91,540
    From related orgs
    $97,770
    Other
    $24,276
    Hours/week
    19.34 + 20.66 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $91,540 + $97,770 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,961 + $3,162 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,778 + $9,375 related
    Filer's total
    $103,279 + $110,307 related
  • Elise Convy

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,770
    From this org
    $91,439
    From related orgs
    $107,573
    Other
    $21,758
    Hours/week
    18.38 + 21.62 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $91,439 + $107,573 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,828 + $3,327 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,169 + $8,434 related
    Filer's total
    $101,436 + $119,334 related
  • Laurie Kinney

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $177,626
    From this org
    $75,041
    From related orgs
    $81,308
    Other
    $21,277
    Hours/week
    19.2 + 20.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $75,041 + $81,308 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,350 + $2,546 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,862 + $8,519 related
    Filer's total
    $85,253 + $92,373 related
  • Roger Carlton Vann

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $212,282
    From this org
    $96,730
    From related orgs
    $96,730
    Other
    $18,822
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $96,730 + $96,730 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,021 + $3,021 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,390 + $6,390 related
    Filer's total
    $106,141 + $106,141 related
  • Raquel Jones

    VP OF CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $162,068
    From this org
    $117,358
    From related orgs
    $29,339
    Other
    $15,371
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,358 + $29,339 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,549 + $887 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,748 + $2,187 related
    Filer's total
    $129,655 + $32,413 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY, A RELATED PARTY, USING THE INPUT OF INDUSTRY DATA, AMOUNTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990, AND OCCASIONAL INPUT FROM COMPENSATION CONSULTANTS. COMPENSATION FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY.

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.

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY

    501 (C)(4) · TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SECURED CONSTITUTIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS TO THE PUBLIC · DC

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY VOTERS ALLIANCE

    527 · TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS · DC

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY ACTION FUND

    527 · VOTER TURNOUT ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO INFLUENCE OUTCOME OF CANDIDATE ELEC · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202422229349300422

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