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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH EDUCATION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$292,406
Total expenses
$94,684
Contributions and grants received
$281,924
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,482
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$520,851
Total liabilities, end of year
$60,706
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$460,145
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$35,780
Management and general expenses
$33,246
Fundraising expenses
$25,658
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,780

Program services were 37.8% 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

    $281,924

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,482 · excluded $10,482

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $14,826 · program services $12,089 · management and general $1,254 · fundraising $1,483

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,674 · program services $7,889 · management and general $818 · fundraising $967

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $60 · program services $49 · management and general $5 · fundraising $6

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,203 · program services $981 · management and general $102 · fundraising $120

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,692 · program services $1,380 · management and general $143 · fundraising $169

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,150 · management and general $9,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $50,114 · program services $8,462 · management and general $19,189 · fundraising $22,463

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $756 · program services $616 · management and general $64 · fundraising $76

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $66 · program services $54 · management and general $5 · fundraising $7

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,138 · program services $1,743 · management and general $181 · fundraising $214

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,392 · program services $1,135 · management and general $118 · fundraising $139

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $968 · program services $968

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,103 · management and general $2,103

  • 24a · Other expenses: COALITION DUES

    total $300 · program services $300

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $140 · program services $114 · management and general $12 · fundraising $14

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $102 · management and general $102

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $226,830

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $368,465

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $22,575

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,546

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $121,362 · end of year $129,811

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $102,764 · end of year $60,706

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $243,974 · end of year $296,145

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $164,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE CORPORATION'S ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND LITIGATION ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • RESEARCHING AND INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY: STAFF ENGAGE IN NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND LEGAL AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ENSURING THE RIGHT TO REPAIR, TACKLING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC POLLUTION, AND PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS FROM TOXICS.

    Expenses $25,046

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, CONDUCTING SURVEYS, AND DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH THE PUBLIC REACHING THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS EACH YEAR ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ENSURING THE RIGHT TO REPAIR, TACKLING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC POLLUTION, AND PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS FROM TOXINS.

    Expenses $10,734

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andre Delattre

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Jacobson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Bernstein

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sierra Ferrante

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 5/28/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sujatha Bergen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jake Twomey

    DIRECTOR (FROM 5/28/25 ONWARD)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Kelly-Fischer

    FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Jenn Engstrom

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,920
    From this org
    $15,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,305
    Hours/week
    20

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.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST INC

    C · CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL · MA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631969349302288

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