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.
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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
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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
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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
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $231,616 · program services $216,791 · fundraising $14,825
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
-
$513,793
Education and Comunication
-
$40,000
Outreach Support
-
Voter Education
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.
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501(c)(4) · Social Welfare and Advocacy · DC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202522889349300522
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