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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMONWEALTH ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,580,700
Total expenses
$1,106,524
Contributions and grants received
$1,580,700
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$489,581
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,405
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$474,176
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$925,990
Management and general expenses
$169,908
Fundraising expenses
$10,626
Program service expenses (Part III)
$925,990

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $1,580,700

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $61,070 · management and general $61,070

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,976 · management and general $13,976

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $32,838 · program services $32,838

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $5,705 · fundraising $5,705

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,941 · management and general $94,035 · fundraising $4,906

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $891,714 · program services $891,714

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,009 · program services $167 · management and general $827 · fundraising $15

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,271 · program services $1,271

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $476,123

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $13,458

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $15,405

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $474,176

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

COMMONWEALTH ACTION WAS ESTABLISHED AS A SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION TO RESEARCH, ANALYZE, AND PROMOTE PUBLIC POLICY IN PENNSYLVANIA.

  • COMMONWEALTH ACTION HAS ENGAGED IN GRASSROOTS LOBBYING CAMPAIGNS TO ADVOCATE FOR STATE FUNDING FOR K-12 EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND GREATER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. THE CAMPAIGNS ENTAILED ORGANIZING COALITIONS OF LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, DEVELOPING POLICY ARGUMENTS AND RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES, DISSEMINATING PUBLIC ADVOCACY COMMUNICATIONS, AND ADVANCING A FREE MEDIA STRATEGY TO ATTRACT PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES. LOOKING FORWARD, COMMONWEALTH ACTION PLANS TO CONTINUE RESEARCHING AND ADVOCATING FOR GREATER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, FREE MARKETS, AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.

    Expenses $925,990

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Mitchell

    DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Stefano

    DIRECTOR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Erik Telford

    DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • By December 21 2023 The Three

    ORIGINAL DIRECTORS HAD RESIGNED AND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Were Replaced By

    -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • George Gh Coates Jr

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Julia Goldstein

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Carl Helstrom

    -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
2022
Filed
12 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202422259349302222

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