Totals
- Total revenue
- $470,002
- Total expenses
- $586,864
- Contributions and grants received
- $470,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $79,270
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $16,224
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $63,046
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $554,218
- Management and general expenses
- $32,646
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $554,218
Program services were 94.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$470,000
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $2 · excluded $2
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $12,630 · program services $12,630
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,171 · program services $1,171
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $6,038 · management and general $6,038
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11g · Fees: other
total $483,931 · program services $467,532 · management and general $16,399 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $37,933 · program services $37,933
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,914 · program services $3,422 · management and general $492
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14 · Information technology
total $13,666 · program services $13,666
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,561 · management and general $6,561
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17 · Travel
total $4,116 · program services $4,116
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23 · Insurance
total $16,249 · program services $13,093 · management and general $3,156
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24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $655 · program services $655
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $171,556 · end of year $72,377
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $9,652 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $643
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $6,250
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $8,800 · end of year $16,224
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $179,908 · end of year $63,046
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE (COA INSTITUTE) CARRIES OUT ITS MISSION THROUGH VARIOUS STRATEGIC LITIGATION, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)
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CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE USES RESEARCH UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE FILINGS TO STIMULATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND REFORM CONCERNING (1) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND FEDERAL SPENDING OVERSIGHT, (2) GOVERNMENT OVERREACH AND REGULATORY ABUSE, AND (3) CRONYISM. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS A PARTIAL LISTING OF CASES COA INSTITUTE LITIGATED DURING THE JANUARY 1, 2024 TO DECEMBER 31, 2024 PERIOD. LOPER BRIGHT ENTERPRISES V. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: THIS CASE CHALLENGES INDUSTRY FUNDING OF AT-SEA MONITORS AS BEYOND THE AGENCY'S POWER UNDER THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT. COA INSTITUTE REPRESENTS A GROUP OF FISHINGVESSELS ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE CHALLENGED REGULATION. COA INSTITUTE ALSO MAINTAINS A SMALL NUMBER OF FEDERAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CASES AS A FIRST-PARTY LITIGANT, SEEKING ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO SECTION 232 TARIFFS AND IRS COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.
Expenses $554,218
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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KURT LEVEL
DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DAVID WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $12,630
- From this org
- $12,630
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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EMILY SEIDEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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WILLIAM BURCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ALEX VARBAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JAMES VALVO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202523219349316957
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