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← STATES UNITED ACTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by STATES UNITED ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,175,000
Total expenses
$4,012,847
Contributions and grants received
$1,175,000
Grants paid
$706,085
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,718,207
Total liabilities, end of year
$538,361
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,179,846
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,349,744
Management and general expenses
$610,628
Fundraising expenses
$52,475
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,349,744

Program services were 83.5% 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

    $1,175,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $706,085 · program services $706,085

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $268,774 · program services $143,581 · management and general $83,457 · fundraising $41,736

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $735,436 · program services $522,553 · management and general $212,539 · fundraising $344

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,701 · program services $9,785 · management and general $2,869 · fundraising $47

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $75,870 · program services $50,860 · management and general $24,078 · fundraising $932

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,914 · program services $37,852 · management and general $16,819 · fundraising $2,243

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $332,279 · program services $332,279

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,868 · program services $3,691 · management and general $104,976 · fundraising $201

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,213,718 · program services $1,194,431 · management and general $18,537 · fundraising $750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $94,821 · program services $83,820 · management and general $11,001

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,240 · program services $22,506 · management and general $19,773 · fundraising $961

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,162 · program services $22,178 · management and general $16,600 · fundraising $1,384

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,831 · program services $29,054 · management and general $6,919 · fundraising $1,858

  • 17 · Travel

    total $189,074 · program services $114,456 · management and general $73,124 · fundraising $1,494

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,817 · program services $10,442 · management and general $10,375

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,136 · program services $6,010 · management and general $2,713 · fundraising $413

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBS, REF.

    total $51,411 · program services $50,200 · management and general $1,099 · fundraising $112

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $15,710 · program services $9,961 · management and general $5,749

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,506,934 · end of year $900,038

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,170

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,740 · end of year $18,735

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $617,040 · end of year $1,799,434

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $158,191 · end of year $538,361

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,017,693 · end of year $2,179,846

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

STATES UNITED ACTION IS A NONPARTISAN SECTION 501(C)(4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS AND OUR DEMOCRACY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)STATES UNITED ACTION ADVANCES ELECTION PROTECTION, HOLDS DEMOCRACY VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE, PREVENTS POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND ADVANCES TRUTH ABOUT ELECTIONS THROUGH RESEARCH, DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • STATES UNITED ACTION ADVANCES POLICIES THAT PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY, HOLD DEMOCRACY VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE, PREVENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE,AND PROMOTE TRUTH IN ELECTIONS. STATES UNITED ACTION HAS TRACKED EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPED RESOURCES ON ELECTION DENIERS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND PROVIDED MESSAGING TO COUNTER DISINFORMATION.

    Expenses $3,349,744 · Grants $706,085

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JOANNA LYDGATE

    DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $418,461
    From this org
    $371,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,794
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,794
    Filer's total
    $418,461

  • CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN

    DIRECTOR & CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • NORM EISEN

    DIRECTOR & CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 15 related

  • NATALIE LUDAWAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIKA SOTO LAMB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NORMAN ORNSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENN FOGEL-BUBLICK

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $286,504
    From this org
    $275,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,504
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $504
    Filer's total
    $286,504

  • RANJANA NATARAJAN

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $269,272
    From this org
    $231,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,584
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,688
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,394
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,190
    Filer's total
    $269,272

  • CHRISTINE SUN

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,233
    From this org
    $235,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,108
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,125
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,101
    Filer's total
    $251,233

  • THANIA SANCHEZ

    RESEARCH DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $240,256
    From this org
    $198,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,111
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,145
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,251
    Filer's total
    $240,256

  • ELIZABETH ULMER

    SVP, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $232,129
    From this org
    $214,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,150
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,979
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,399
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,751
    Filer's total
    $232,129

  • KATHERINE REISNER

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $201,465
    From this org
    $185,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,115
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,350
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,901
    Filer's total
    $201,465

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PAID BONUSES AS REPORTED ON PART II, COLUMN (II).

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
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333149349302763

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