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← FLORIDA WATCH INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FLORIDA WATCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,067,318
Total expenses
$1,819,022
Contributions and grants received
$2,067,318
Grants paid
$255,400
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$397,945
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$397,945
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,277,555
Management and general expenses
$426,481
Fundraising expenses
$114,986
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,277,555

Program services were 70.2% 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

    $2,067,318

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $255,400 · program services $255,400

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $150,595 · program services $98,038 · management and general $47,136 · fundraising $5,421

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $511,441 · program services $332,948 · management and general $160,081 · fundraising $18,412

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,948 · program services $15,590 · management and general $7,496 · fundraising $862

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,404 · program services $64,712 · management and general $31,113 · fundraising $3,579

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $58,863 · program services $38,320 · management and general $18,424 · fundraising $2,119

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,726 · management and general $5,726

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,629 · management and general $29,629

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $157,273 · program services $67,480 · management and general $7,200 · fundraising $82,593

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $57,757 · program services $55,757 · fundraising $2,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,362 · management and general $1,362

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,715 · management and general $24,715

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,361 · management and general $26,361

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,376 · management and general $2,376

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH & POLLING

    total $349,310 · program services $349,310

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $45,262 · management and general $45,262

  • 24c · Other expenses: HR EXPENSES

    total $16,192 · management and general $16,192

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,285 · management and general $2,285

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,123 · management and general $1,123

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $149,649 · end of year $397,945

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $149,649 · end of year $397,945

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE IN FLORIDA BY HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND ENSURING REPRESENTATION OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE IN FLORIDA BY HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND ENSURING REPRESENTATION OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

  • COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT TO EDUCATE FLORIDIANS ABOUT THEIR LEGISLATORS AND THE STATE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITIONS AND TO HOLD LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS, INCLUDING ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND RELATED RESEARCH.

    Expenses $707,973 · Grants $255,400

  • BUILDING ELECTIONEERING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADOVCATE FOR CANDIDATES IN 2024. FLORIDA WATCH UNDERTOOK ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS GUIDANCE THAT IT DISTRIBUTED TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH ITS OWN DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS.

    Expenses $569,582

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alix Ritchie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Steifel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Shaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Morales

    DIRECTOR & TREASURER THRU 3/31/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alex Sink

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marcea Hennecke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tamara Rodriguez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrea Mercado

    TREASURER STARTED 11/7/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josh Weierbach

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,595
    From this org
    $143,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,502
    Hours/week
    40 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,093
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,124
    Nontaxable benefits
    $378
    Filer's total
    $150,595

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

  • DW PAC

    $250,000

    TO PROVIDE SUPPORT

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.

  • DW PAC

    527 · POLITICAL · FL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLORIDA WATCH INC

  • FLORIDA WATCH PC

    527 · POLITICAL · FL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLORIDA WATCH INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433129349302268

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