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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COUNTRY FIRST ACTION FOUNDATION INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 16 September 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$509,955 changed to $590,107
Total expenses
$124,845 changed to $229,628
Contributions and grants received
$502,797 changed to $584,500
Investment income
$7,158 changed to $5,607
Total assets, end of year
$438,947 changed to $439,790
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,068 changed to $73,644
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$390,879 changed to $366,146
Program services expenses
$16,813 changed to $108,905
Management and general expenses
$56,305 changed to $68,982
Fundraising expenses
$51,727 changed to $51,741
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,813 changed to $108,905

Totals

Total revenue
$509,955
Total expenses
$124,845
Contributions and grants received
$502,797
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,158
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$438,947
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,068
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$390,879
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,813
Management and general expenses
$56,305
Fundraising expenses
$51,727
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,813

Program services were 13.5% 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

    $502,797

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,158 · excluded $7,158

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $32,500 · program services $6,900 · management and general $19,600 · fundraising $6,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,250 · management and general $16,250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,270 · program services $800 · management and general $3,470

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,073 · management and general $2,073

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,455 · program services $8,625 · management and general $9,425 · fundraising $45,405

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,897 · management and general $1,854 · fundraising $43

  • 17 · Travel

    total $859 · program services $488 · management and general $371

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,541 · management and general $3,262 · fundraising $279

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $29,790

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $50

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,304

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $404,803

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $48,068

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $390,879

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COUNTRY FIRST ACTION FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY BY PROVIDING AMERICANS WITH CLEAR, FACTUAL, AND ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION ON CIVIC AND POLICY ISSUES THAT SHAPE THEIR DAILY LIVES. THROUGH NONPARTISAN PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, WE EQUIP INDIVIDUALS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY, BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES, AND DRIVE MEANINGFUL, LOCAL CHANGE. BY PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING, DIALOGUE, AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, WE HELP REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES, SUPPORT A MORE INFORMED CITIZENRY, AND FORTIFY THE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THAT SUSTAIN OUR NATION.

  • FOUNDATIONS FIRST - THE FOUNDATIONS FIRST PROGRAM PROVIDES NONPARTISAN, CIVIC EDUCATION TO HELP AMERICANS BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS. THE PROGRAM ANSWERS THE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND SEEKS TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND CONFIDENCE TO ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY IN CIVIC LIFE. BY FOSTERING CIVIC LITERACY AND ENCOURAGING INFORMED PARTICIPATION, FOUNDATIONS FIRST EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO TAKE CIVIC ACTION WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES CERTIFY THE VOTE - CERTIFY THE VOTE IS A CIVIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO INFORM AMERICANS ABOUT THE ELECTION CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND ITS VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING PUBLIC TRUST IN DEMOCRACY. THE PROGRAM WORKS TO DEPOLITICIZE CERTIFICATION BY EXPLAINING HOW THE PROCESS FUNCTIONS, WHY IT MATTERS, AND WHAT SAFEGUARDS PROTECT ITS INTEGRITY. THROUGH NONPARTISAN EDUCATION, AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES, CERTIFY THE VOTE EQUIPS CITIZENS WITH A FACT-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AND REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIR, TRANSPARENT, AND LAWFUL CERTIFICATIONREGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.

    Expenses $16,813

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Kinzinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mario Castillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexander Sarnowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Ridenour

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503169349303920

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