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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNITED STATES PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,525,940
Total expenses
$1,953,261
Contributions and grants received
$6,502,020
Grants paid
$575,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$23,920
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,052,150
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,422,017
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,630,133
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,379,156
Management and general expenses
$377,378
Fundraising expenses
$196,727
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,379,156

Program services were 70.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $819,712

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,682,308

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,920 · excluded $23,920

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $575,000 · program services $575,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $102,632 · program services $85,687 · management and general $5,682 · fundraising $11,263

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $202,641 · program services $169,184 · management and general $11,218 · fundraising $22,239

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,068 · program services $5,901 · management and general $391 · fundraising $776

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,220 · program services $22,726 · management and general $1,507 · fundraising $2,987

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,111 · program services $27,644 · management and general $1,833 · fundraising $3,634

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,572 · management and general $11,572

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $873,691 · program services $406,905 · management and general $322,150 · fundraising $144,636

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $174 · program services $174

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,684 · program services $2,241 · management and general $149 · fundraising $294

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $372 · program services $310 · management and general $21 · fundraising $41

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $79,710 · program services $66,550 · management and general $4,413 · fundraising $8,747

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,206 · program services $5,182 · management and general $343 · fundraising $681

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $765 · program services $765

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $896 · program services $748 · management and general $50 · fundraising $98

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,923 · management and general $13,923

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $3,330 · management and general $3,330

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $125 · management and general $125

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCBOOKSSUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,141 · program services $10,139 · management and general $671 · fundraising $1,331

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $946,710 · end of year $1,810,848

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,494,197 · end of year $2,998,036

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,423 · end of year $24,424

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

    $35,641

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

    $31,487

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,918 · end of year $4,154

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,115,121 · end of year $2,214,688

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,625,482 · end of year $2,422,017

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$42,113 · end of year $4,630,133

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH - FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, U.S PIRG HAS BEEN EDUCATING CONSUMERS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR RIGHTS. WE CONDUC INDEPENDENT TESTING AND RESEARCH TO EXPOSE HAZARDS IN EVERYDAY PRODUCTS. OUR TEAM OF ADVOCATES HELP TO CRAFT LEIGISLATION, PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION AND EXPERT TESTIMONY TO FIGHT ROLLBACKS OF OUR CONSUMER AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS.

    Expenses $809,894 · Grants $575,000

  • NEW ECONOMY PROGRAM, PROMOTING ZERO WASTE, TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION - THROUGH ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT WERE WORKING TO TACKLE CONCRETE PROBLEMS THAT WILL PUT US ON A PATH TO A BETTER FUTURE. WEVE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR CHANGES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN REDUCING THE USE OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC, WORKED TO GIVE CONSUMERS THE RIGHT TO REPAIR THEIR OWN DEVICES AND PROMOTED CLEANER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.

    Expenses $569,262

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ed Mierzwinski

    SECSR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,224
    From this org
    $100,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,666
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diane Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $101,652
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $90,913
    Other
    $10,739
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

  • Gary Kalman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Maggie Lu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nicolas Riani

    DIRECTOR END 112323

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Emily Rusch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Janet Domenitz

    VICE CHAIRTREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Doug Phelps

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Faye Park

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NATL ASSOC OF ORGS IN THE PUBL INT

    C Corp · SOCIAL WELFARE · MA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349314955

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