Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,061,344
- Total expenses
- $1,000,521
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,050,360
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $6,335
- Other revenue
- $4,649
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,418,046
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,418,046
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $691,548
- Management and general expenses
- $96,245
- Fundraising expenses
- $212,728
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $691,548
Program services were 69.1% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$6,250
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,044,110
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3 · Investment income
total $6,335 · excluded $6,335
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER
total $4,649 · related or exempt $4,649
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,649
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $206,493 · program services $154,870 · management and general $18,584 · fundraising $33,039
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $393,276 · program services $294,957 · management and general $35,395 · fundraising $62,924
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $4,335 · program services $3,251 · management and general $390 · fundraising $694
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $935 · program services $701 · management and general $84 · fundraising $150
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $43,007 · program services $32,255 · management and general $3,871 · fundraising $6,881
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11b · Fees: legal
total $18,118 · program services $14,858 · management and general $3,260
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,748 · management and general $18,748
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $89,584 · fundraising $89,584
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11g · Fees: other
total $51,034 · program services $38,275 · management and general $4,593 · fundraising $8,166
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13 · Office expenses
total $49,838 · program services $39,104 · management and general $6,158 · fundraising $4,576
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14 · Information technology
total $11,811 · program services $11,685 · management and general $45 · fundraising $81
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16 · Occupancy
total $27,487 · program services $20,615 · management and general $2,474 · fundraising $4,398
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17 · Travel
total $3,135 · program services $2,351 · management and general $282 · fundraising $502
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,739 · program services $2,060 · management and general $1,240 · fundraising $439
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $381 · management and general $381
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23 · Insurance
total $8,088 · program services $6,066 · management and general $728 · fundraising $1,294
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24a · Other expenses: LEGAL HOTLINE
total $70,500 · program services $70,500
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24b · Other expenses: OTHER
total $12 · management and general $12
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $364,415 · end of year $414,876
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $993,002 · end of year $923,130
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,188
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,491
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,697
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $78,343
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,357,417 · end of year $1,418,046
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
THE FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION PROTECTS AND PROMOTES A FREE PRESS, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.
Activities or mission (Part I)
DEDICATED TO ADVANCING FREE SPEECH, GOVT. ACCOUNTABILITY & PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
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STRATEGIC LITIGATION, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACYFAC USES INTEGRATED ADVOCACY - LITIGATION, EDUCATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY - TO STRATEGICALLY ADVANCE OPEN GOVERNMENT, FREE-PRESS RIGHTS, AND THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW. SOME EXAMPLES OF IMPORTANT FAC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2022: -FAC'S LAWSUIT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT FORCED THE DISCLOSURE OF PREVIOUSLY SECRET RECORDS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT IN THE VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - PART OF FAC'S LARGER CAMPAIGN TO ENFORCE AND STRENGTHEN CALIFORNIA'S SB 1421, A LANDMARK BILL THAT BROUGHT LONG-NEEDED TRANSPARENCY TO SUCH RECORDS. -PARTNERING WITH THE NONPROFIT NEWSROOM SAN JOSE SPOTLIGHT, FAC'S LAWSUIT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT FORCED THE DISCLOSURE OF NEWSWORTHY DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SAN JOSE MAYOR'S USE OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO CONDUCT PUBLIC BUSINESS.-FAC'S SUBPOENA DEFENSE INITIATIVE CAME TO THE AID OF JOURNALISTS, A BOOK AUTHOR AND A DOCUMENTARIAN WHO WERE SUBPOENAED FOR THEIR CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES OR NOTES, PROVIDING ON-THE-SPOT EXPERT COUNSELING AND REPRESENTATION, ON A PRO BONO BASIS, TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS' RIGHTS UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND CALIFORNIA'S JOURNALIST SHIELD LAW.-FAC'S LEGAL ADVOCACY FORCED THE RELEASE OF PREVIOUSLY SECRET RECORDS OF A CONTROVERSIAL POLICE SHOOTING OF A WOMAN IN CLEAR MENTAL DISTRESS IN SAN DIEGO.-PARTNERING WITH THE NONPROFIT NEWS OUTLET KNOCK LA, FAC SUCCESSFULLY UNSEALED SEARCH WARRANT MATERIALS RELATED TO THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MISTREATMENT OF PROTESTORS.-FAC LED A COALITION WHOSE ADVOCACY RESULTED IN THE REPEAL OF A MENDOCINO COUNTY ORDINANCE THAT WAS CHARGING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS $7,000 TO OBTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS.-FAC'S WORK ON AMICUS BRIEFS THROUGHOUT 2022, AT BOTH THE TRIAL COURT AND APPELLATE LEVEL, HELPED ADVANCE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF FREE EXPRESSION, PRESS FREEDOMS AND OPEN GOVERNMENT.-FAC WORKED IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND AT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE STATE TO ADVANCE LAWS AND POLICIES THAT STRENGTHEN FIRST AMENDMENT AND OPEN-GOVERNMENT RIGHTS, AND TO FIGHT LAWS THAT WOULD WEAKEN THOSE RIGHTS.SOME EXAMPLES OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING THE PUBLIC TO USE THEIR RIGHTS: -FAC LAUNCHED A SERIES OF WEBINARS TITLED KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, WHICH EDUCATED CALIFORNIANS ACROSS THE STATE ON HOW TO USE PUBLIC RECORDS TO EXPOSE INJUSTICE, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROTEST INJUSTICES, AND THE BROWN ACT (CALIFORNIA'S OPEN MEETINGS LAW) TO PREVENT INJUSTICES. -FAC RESPONDED TO NEARLY 900 QUERIES ON ITS FREE LEGAL HOTLINE, EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING JOURNALISTS, ACTIVISTS AND OTHERS TO USE THEIR RIGHTS TO SPEAK AND PUBLISH FREELY, AND TO PROMOTE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY.-FAC HOSTED AND/OR ORGANIZED NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS ON PRESS FREEDOMS AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY LAWS.
Expenses $691,548
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SUBPOENA DEFENSE INITIATIVEFAC'S SUBPOENA DEFENSE INITIATIVE HELPS JOURNALISTS OPPOSE SUBPOENAS SEEKING THEIR CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES AND NOTES - PROTECTED UNDER CALIFORNIA'S JOURNALIST SHIELD LAW. FAC ARRANGES FOR COUNSEL FOR JOURNALISTS OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY FOR LAWYERS. THE INITIATIVE ALSO INCLUDES TRAINING SEMINARS FOR LAWYERS, TEACHING THEM THE DETAILS OF JOURNALIST SUBPOENA DEFENSE. IN 2022, FAC PROVIDED PRO BONO COUNSELING AND/OR REPRESENTATION TO FOUR INDIVIDUALS- TWO JOURNALISTS, A BOOK AUTHOR, AND A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER.
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LEGAL HOTLINE SERVICE IN 2021, FAC RESPONDED TO NEARLY 900 QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESSING PUBLIC RECORDS, PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, AND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, EMPOWERING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS.
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LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHTFAC WORKS WITH ALLIES TO ADVOCATE FOR BILLS IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD EXPAND THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC ACCESS OR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND TO OPPOSE BILLS THAT WOULD LIMIT THESE RIGHTS.
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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PETER SCHEER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
DUFFY CAROLAN
PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
KATHERINE ROWLANDS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
SCOTT LINDLAW
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
HAL FUSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
LARA BERGTHOLD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
MARCOS BRETON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
CHERYL BROWN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
BRUCE B BRUGMANN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
THOMAS BURKE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
ED CHAPUIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
ERWIN CHEMERINSKY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
ABENICIO CISNEROS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
ALICA DEL VALLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
CARL DOUGLAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
RICHARD GINGRAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
JAY HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
JEAN-PAUL JASSY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
LINDA JUE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
QUENTIN KOPP
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
JIM NEWTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
KARL OLSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
MEL OPOTOWSKY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
ROWLAND REBELE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
EDWARD WASSERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
CAROL MELAMED
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
JULIET WILLIAMS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
DICK ROGERS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
RICARDO SANDOVAL-PALOS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
DAVID SNYDER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $206,493
- From this org
- $160,919
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $45,574
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,919
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $21,332
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,242
- Filer's total
- $206,493
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DAVID LOY
LEGAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $121,700
- From this org
- $113,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,700
- 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 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
- 2022
- Filed
- 24 October 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202342989349301434
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