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← REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,828,405
Total expenses
$7,760,781
Contributions and grants received
$3,716,766
Grants paid
$573,793
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$73,496
Other revenue
$38,143
Total assets, end of year
$3,349,360
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,863,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$2,514,564
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,736,360
Management and general expenses
$2,146,992
Fundraising expenses
$877,429
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,736,360

Program services were 61.0% 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

    $3,716,766

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,496 · excluded $73,496

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $38,143 · related or exempt $38,143

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $38,143

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $573,793 · program services $573,793

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $310,401 · program services $173,811 · management and general $91,261 · fundraising $45,329

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,523,395 · program services $1,972,950 · management and general $1,035,910 · fundraising $514,535

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $197,922 · program services $106,104 · management and general $65,912 · fundraising $25,906

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $364,716 · program services $195,460 · management and general $121,557 · fundraising $47,699

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $264,165 · program services $147,921 · management and general $77,667 · fundraising $38,577

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,979 · management and general $16,979

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,594 · management and general $22,594

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,407,061 · program services $1,142,473 · management and general $196,773 · fundraising $67,815

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,157 · program services $10,157

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $286,369 · program services $68,697 · management and general $133,617 · fundraising $84,055

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,894 · management and general $14,894

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $136,202 · program services $19,337 · management and general $116,865

  • 17 · Travel

    total $137,848 · program services $54,269 · management and general $48,573 · fundraising $35,006

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $231,616 · program services $216,791 · fundraising $14,825

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,107 · management and general $26,107

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $184,379 · program services $4,856 · management and general $178,276 · fundraising $1,247

  • 24a · Other expenses: Communication costs

    total $52,183 · program services $49,741 · management and general $7 · fundraising $2,435

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,843,632 · end of year $732,005

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $834,514 · end of year $1,083,282

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,074,035 · end of year $1,214,176

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,705 · end of year $84,338

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

    $281,506

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

    $156,145

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $151,468 · end of year $125,361

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $679,719 · end of year $110,198

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $479,833 · end of year $472,319

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,729,428 · end of year $5,391,605

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$3,086,639 · end of year -$5,130,967

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,504,451 · end of year $2,616,403

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

Represent.Us Education Fund (RUEF) is a national, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) Organization working for a US government that is truly accountable to the people, not just the powerful. RUEF educates and unites people from all backgrounds to defend democracy, root out corruption, and build a political system that truly serves the public.Currently, political leaders are enriching themselves, dismantling checks and balances, and silencing those who stand in their way. The institutions meant to protect our democracy are under attack and the stakes couldn't be higher. RUEF is working to expose this corruption and build a government that works for the people, by educating millions on the threat of corruption and attacks on democracy and engaging them on solutions. Together, we can make real and meaningful change.

  • Education and Communications: RepresentUs Education Fund leverages its large reach on social media to educate national audiences across ideological lines about what is happening and why it matters. Our mass communications reach national audiences with messages that are:-Easy to understand, informative and engaging-Nonpartisan and focused on issues-like corruption-that strike a chord with everyone regardless of political party-Rooted in storytelling about ordinary people experiencing harm due to corrupt authoritarianism-Solution-oriented, with a vision for a government truly accountable to the people that recognizes that-as we have argued for years-the status quo has been deeply flawed for a long time.

    Expenses $2,921,964

  • Grantmaking: RepresentUs Education Fund made grants to Represent.Us to support public education, research, and cross-partisan outreach activities. Grant funds were used to develop multi-channel public-education campaigns to inform voters about the challenges faced by our democracy and on viable policy solutions. Funds were also used to promote educational content about popular, smart political reforms; to produce compelling videos; and to provide of-the-moment communications on news items impacting our democracy. Grantmaking also underwrote the recruitment and training of volunteers.

    Expenses $513,793 · Grants $513,793

  • Research and Planning: Fund conducts research related to anti-corruption, pro-democracy, campaign-finance and electoral-systems reform.

    Expenses $55,531

  • Other Program Services: The Organization conducts various projects to promote ethics, transparency and accountability in elections and governments.

    Expenses $1,245,072 · Grants $60,000 · Revenue $38,143

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

Listed in Part VII

  • YuChiang Cheng

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elisa Jagerson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramsey Homsany

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Dipaola

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Helms

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Gabbert

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Hunter

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen McGuire

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Desmond Meade

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tara Trask

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Graham Lynn

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $310,401
    From this org
    $265,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,589
    Hours/week
    35 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,530
    Bonus
    $32,282
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,717
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,872
    Filer's total
    $310,401
  • Heather Gresham

    VP HR

    Total calculated
    $258,923
    From this org
    $228,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,252
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,671
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,284
    Filer's total
    $258,923
  • Michael Dolence

    VP Finance

    Total calculated
    $258,545
    From this org
    $217,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,705
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,304
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,401
    Filer's total
    $258,545
  • Jose Carbonell

    VP Marketing/Comms

    Total calculated
    $214,238
    From this org
    $179,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,213
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,025
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,721
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,492
    Filer's total
    $214,238
  • Megan Caska

    VP Political

    Total calculated
    $186,695
    From this org
    $166,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,429
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,266
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,045
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,384
    Filer's total
    $186,695
  • Susan Fothergill

    Director Organizing

    Total calculated
    $195,745
    From this org
    $160,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,697
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,048
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,761
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,936
    Filer's total
    $195,745

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202522889349300522

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