Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← BACKBONE CAMPAIGN

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BACKBONE CAMPAIGN.

Totals

Total revenue
$762,462
Total expenses
$424,572
Contributions and grants received
$733,582
Grants paid
$2,809
Program service revenue
$18,409
Investment income
$9,933
Other revenue
$538
Total assets, end of year
$811,532
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,739
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$798,793
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$355,925
Management and general expenses
$58,783
Fundraising expenses
$9,864
Program service expenses (Part III)
$355,925

Program services were 83.8% 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

    $733,582

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Artful Activism

    total $10,375 · related or exempt $10,375

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Fiscal Sponsorship Fees

    total $7,495 · related or exempt $7,495

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Solutionary Rail

    total $539 · related or exempt $539

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,933 · excluded $9,933

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $538 · excluded $538

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,809 · program services $2,809

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,411 · program services $67,133 · management and general $1,639 · fundraising $1,639

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $87,859 · program services $66,291 · management and general $18,275 · fundraising $3,293

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,248 · program services $3,657 · management and general $440 · fundraising $151

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,176 · program services $13,018 · management and general $1,638 · fundraising $520

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,396 · program services $13,873 · management and general $2,986 · fundraising $537

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $275 · management and general $275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,649 · management and general $4,649

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,785 · program services $52,538 · management and general $247

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,597 · program services $1,597

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,609 · program services $690 · management and general $3,195 · fundraising $724

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,114 · program services $1,233 · management and general $5,881

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,588 · management and general $4,588

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,641 · program services $9,376 · management and general $63 · fundraising $202

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $549 · program services $392 · management and general $75 · fundraising $82

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,046 · management and general $7,046

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,799 · program services $590 · management and general $4,209

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

    total $108,678 · program services $108,678

  • 24b · Other expenses: Vehicle Maintenance

    total $13,027 · program services $12,553 · management and general $474

  • 24c · Other expenses: Licenses Taxes & Fees

    total $6,478 · program services $1,105 · management and general $2,657 · fundraising $2,716

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $686 · program services $359 · management and general $327

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $152 · program services $33 · management and general $119

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $63,778 · end of year $58,742

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,988 · end of year $1,992

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,018 · end of year $4,018

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

    $228,714

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

    $29,304

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $203,625 · end of year $199,410

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $165,251 · end of year $547,370

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,672 · end of year $12,739

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $439,988 · end of year $798,793

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Backbone Campaign amplifies the aspirations of "We the People" with creative strategies & artful activism to manifest a world where life, community, nature, and our obligations for future generations are honored as sacred.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Backbone Campaign amplifies the aspirations of We the People with creative strategies and artful activism

  • Solutionary Rail: Education and advocacy for putting US rail in the public interest. We launched the Reconnect America podcast and blog, to present a creative yet common sense vision for U.S. railroads. The podcast and blog weave together the genius of community and technical experts, workers and policymakers, advocates and scholars. Reconnect America reflects a decade of research, writing, and advocacy aimed at illuminating the ways in which te U.S. rail system can be harnessed to better service public interests and to address 21st century problems.

    Expenses $187,763 · Revenue $539

  • Artful Activism. Our artful activism work builds and deploys creative props to animate community values. We teach community groups how to use creative tools and we support nonviolent actions that are media- genic and foster meaning and joy while protecting the people, places and beings cherished in a community. One example is the wild salmon and Southern Resident orca of the Salish Sea. Our new inflatable salmon, life-size inflatable orca, and our giant human Orca Mural are activities that amplify our love for the orca and salmon with whom we share this home.

    Expenses $63,147 · Revenue $10,375

  • Two small programs supporting eduation and local resistance.

    Expenses $1,028

  • Fiscal sponsorship of community support organization.

    Expenses $103,987 · Revenue $7,495

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Moyer

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $75,261
    From this org
    $70,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,850
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Morrison

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $64,574
    From this org
    $62,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,021
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeffrey Snyder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angelo Logan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rivera Sun

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Rogers-Wright

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Paterson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yvette Arellano

    CoChair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Lou Finley

    CoChair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David McLanahan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349321661

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.