Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$28,799,967

Total expenses

$20,332,900

Contributions and grants received

$28,499,781

Grants paid

$16,475,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$300,186

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$20,306,508

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,192,477

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$14,114,031

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$19,027,460

Management and general expenses

$1,305,440

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$19,027,460

Program services were 93.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Free and Fair Elections:Voting is the single most significant way Americans exercise our political power. Every eligible citizen should have an equal opportunity to participate in elections that are free and fair, as well as efficient and secure. Implementing accessible and trustworthy elections is an immense undertaking, but the American election system is also challenged by persistent barriers to voting for historically excluded communities and beset by unprecedented new threats. Our Elections program works toward a strong and modern voting system that increases voter confidence and engagement.

  Expenses $9,417,958 · Grants $9,045,000

• Vibrant and Diverse Public Square:No matter where they live or who they are, Americans should be able to get the news and information they need to engage in civic life and to use their voices without fear of being harassed or silenced. The rapidly evolving media landscape presents new challenges and opportunities for our communities. Our Public Square program responds by supporting trustworthy local news and investigative reporting, more equitable newsrooms, press freedom, community engagement, and digital spaces that advance democracy, not hate.

  Expenses $2,274,700 · Grants $2,025,000

• Effective, Representative, and Accountable Governance:American democracy depends on a government that represents the interests of the people in all of our diversity one that is prepared to act on our behalf and that is held accountable when it does not. However, extreme polarization limits our ability to achieve shared priorities. Partisan politics and significant institutional decline have led to government dysfunction and gridlock. Our Governance program promotes the principled leadership and strong institutions our governing system needs to act in the interests of the American people.

  Expenses $3,157,908 · Grants $3,055,000

• Other Program Expenses.

  Expenses $1,757,619

• Civil Politics:Hate speech, fear mongering, and rhetoric that condones political violence are dangerous for our democracy. We support organizations working to elevate the tenor and quality of public debate, and to foster more civil politics.

  Expenses $2,419,275 · Grants $2,350,000

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. 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

• Sixteen Thirty Fund

  $1,500,000

  Program support for Trusted Elections Action Fund

• NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc

  $620,000

  Program support for More Equitable Democracy Action

• Run For Something Action Fund

  $500,000

  Program support for the Clerk Work project

• One Person One Vote Ballot PAC

  $500,000

  Program support to the One Person, One Vote campaign in Ohio

• Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Inc

  $500,000

  General support for primary purpose activities

• Reset Tech Action

  $500,000

  Program support for US Federated Counter-Disinformation Project

• Sixteen Thirty Fund

  $488,000

  Program support for the Trusted Elections Action Fund

• Mothering Justice Action Fund

  $475,000

  Program support for building power and transforming governing institutions

• Public Citizen Inc

  $400,000

  Program support for Democracy Protection

• State Power Action Fund

  $400,000

  Program support for Movement Politics Accelerator

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202443199349307749

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