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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VOTER FORMATION PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,581,313
Total expenses
$2,516,229
Contributions and grants received
$2,581,313
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$585,483
Total liabilities, end of year
$169,907
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$415,576
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,794,387
Management and general expenses
$301,621
Fundraising expenses
$420,221
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,794,387

Program services were 71.3% 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

    $2,581,313

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $263,745 · program services $39,562 · management and general $39,562 · fundraising $184,621

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,546,838 · program services $1,205,523 · management and general $159,915 · fundraising $181,400

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,669 · program services $69,572 · management and general $15,524 · fundraising $7,573

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $133,151 · program services $95,868 · management and general $14,647 · fundraising $22,636

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,087 · program services $18,470 · management and general $3,463 · fundraising $1,154

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,538 · program services $26,830 · management and general $5,031 · fundraising $1,677

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,139 · program services $9,711 · management and general $1,821 · fundraising $607

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $265,036 · program services $212,029 · management and general $39,755 · fundraising $13,252

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,105 · program services $13,685 · management and general $2,565 · fundraising $855

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $77,656 · program services $62,125 · management and general $11,648 · fundraising $3,883

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,400 · program services $1,920 · management and general $360 · fundraising $120

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,329 · program services $5,864 · management and general $1,099 · fundraising $366

  • 20 · Interest

    total $785 · program services $628 · management and general $118 · fundraising $39

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,829 · program services $3,864 · management and general $724 · fundraising $241

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,952 · program services $3,961 · management and general $743 · fundraising $248

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $17,904 · program services $14,323 · management and general $2,686 · fundraising $895

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $4,435 · program services $3,548 · management and general $665 · fundraising $222

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $4,360 · program services $3,488 · management and general $654 · fundraising $218

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBS., REFERENCE

    total $4,271 · program services $3,416 · management and general $641 · fundraising $214

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $477,721 · end of year $493,757

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $75,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,087 · end of year $8,958

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

    $14,661

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

    $6,893

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,545 · end of year $7,768

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $138,861 · end of year $169,907

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $350,492 · end of year $415,576

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

VOTER FORMATION PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS THROUGH DIGITAL COMMUNICATION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • IN 2023, VFP FOCUSED OUR PROGRAM AND RESEARCH EFFORTS IN VIRGINIA, WHERE THE ENTIRE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS UP FOR ELECTION. THERE WERE ALSO MANY IMPORTANT LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL RACES ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING FIVE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS. VFP RAN A STATEWIDE MOBILIZATION ("GET OUT THE VOTE OR GOTV) PROGRAM TARGETING REGISTERED LOW-PROPENSITY VOTERS OF COLOR, ENCOURAGING THEM TO CHECK THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS AND TURN OUT TO VOTE EARLY OR ON ELECTION DAY.

    Expenses $1,794,387

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tatenda Musapatike

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $263,744
    From this org
    $255,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,934
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,810
    Filer's total
    $263,744
  • Yolanda Magallanes

    DIRECTOR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Naomi Aberly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jamaa Bickley-King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shannon Wurthman

    DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $183,481
    From this org
    $183,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,481
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $183,481
  • Holly Taines

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $178,892
    From this org
    $166,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,169
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,723
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,169
    Filer's total
    $178,892
  • Akiko Iwamizu

    DIRECTOR OF DATA & TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $160,385
    From this org
    $153,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,803
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,582
    Filer's total
    $160,385
  • Christian Smutherman

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $146,848
    From this org
    $139,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,183
    Hours/week
    40
  • Madison Hamson

    SR. FULL-STACK ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $143,781
    From this org
    $136,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,489
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423189349311962

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