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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PRIORITIES USA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,381,176
Total expenses
$12,940,050
Contributions and grants received
$10,381,176
Grants paid
$12,088,558
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,887,962
Total liabilities, end of year
$655,287
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,232,675
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,453,238
Management and general expenses
$289,568
Fundraising expenses
$197,244
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,453,238

Program services were 96.2% 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

    $10,381,176

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,088,558 · program services $12,088,558

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $49,794 · program services $27,755 · management and general $10,567 · fundraising $11,472

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $400,733 · program services $223,357 · management and general $85,040 · fundraising $92,336

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,233 · program services $5,147 · management and general $1,960 · fundraising $2,126

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,046 · program services $12,846 · management and general $4,891 · fundraising $5,309

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,914 · program services $18,903 · management and general $7,197 · fundraising $7,814

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $123,544 · management and general $114,080 · fundraising $9,464

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,604 · management and general $37,604

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $38,000 · fundraising $38,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,096 · program services $5,294 · management and general $2,127 · fundraising $2,675

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,414 · program services $26,507 · management and general $8,760 · fundraising $9,147

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,143 · program services $17,099 · management and general $5,978 · fundraising $8,066

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,449 · program services $7,369 · management and general $2,965 · fundraising $3,115

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,006 · program services $7,980 · management and general $2,841 · fundraising $3,185

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,405 · program services $4,303 · management and general $1,412 · fundraising $1,690

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,219 · program services $5,337 · management and general $3,694 · fundraising $2,188

  • 24a · Other expenses: MODELLING AND ANALYTICS

    total $3,784 · program services $2,723 · management and general $429 · fundraising $632

  • 24b · Other expenses: PENSION FEES

    total $108 · program services $60 · management and general $23 · fundraising $25

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,444,972 · end of year $6,887,962

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $400,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,423 · end of year $3,015

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $652,272

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,791,549 · end of year $6,232,675

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PRIORITIES USA FOUNDATION WORKS TO PROTECT AND EXPAND ACCESS TO THE BALLOT FOR EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER IN AMERICA. OUR WORK FUNDS LITIGATION THAT CHALLENGES UNNECESSARY AND ONEROUS VOTING LAWS WHILE OUR DIGITAL ADS EDUCATE AMERICANS ABOUT THE BARRIERS THEY MIGHT FACE WHEN CASTING THEIR BALLOTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • DIGITAL: THE PRIORITIES USA FOUNDATION USED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS TO PROVIDE AMERICAN VOTERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTIONS IN THEIR STATE.

    Expenses $6,327,120 · Grants $6,110,466

  • VOTER ACCESS LITIGATION: THE FOUNDATION FUNDED AND SUPPORTED LITIGATION TO PROTECT FULL AND FAIR ACCESS TO THE BALLOT AND ENSURE THAT NO VOTER IS DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE AS GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. WHEN STATE LEGISLATURES PASSED LAWS THAT MADE IT HARDER FOR ELIGIBLE CITIZENS TO VOTE, THE FOUNDATION PURSUED LITIGATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE OVERTURNED OR WEAKENED IN COURT, SUCCESSFULLY PROTECTING CITIZENS IN SEVERAL STATES.

    Expenses $4,101,118 · Grants $3,953,092

  • INFORMING DEMOCRACY: CONDUCTS RESEARCH ABOUT HOW AND BY WHOM VOTES AND ELECTIONS ARE CERTIFIED IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS AND DETECT ATTEMPTS AT SUBVERSION, WITH A FOCUS ON STATE-LEVEL PROCESSES AND HOW THOSE PROCESSES DIFFER AND ARE EXECUTED AT THE COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, AND EVEN PRECINCT LEVEL.

    Expenses $2,025,000 · Grants $2,025,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DANIELLE BUTTERFIELD

    PRESIDENT (SEE SCHED O)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JASON KANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • MINYON MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • JENNIFER STOWE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JACQUELINE GRIMSLEY

    TREASURER (SEE SCHED O)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349304791

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