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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by VOTE REV ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,596,433
Total expenses
$4,673,007
Contributions and grants received
$4,221,433
Grants paid
$800,000
Program service revenue
$375,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,472,109
Total liabilities, end of year
$547,344
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$924,765
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,419,919
Management and general expenses
$247,676
Fundraising expenses
$5,412
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,419,919

Program services were 94.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,221,433

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE REVENUE

    total $375,000 · related or exempt $375,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $800,000 · program services $800,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $958,232 · program services $889,217 · management and general $65,259 · fundraising $3,756

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $45,961 · program services $42,740 · management and general $3,022 · fundraising $199

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,301 · program services $54,680 · management and general $4,395 · fundraising $226

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,598 · program services $65,514 · management and general $4,780 · fundraising $304

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,581 · program services $1,112 · management and general $25,469

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,013 · management and general $47,013

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $122,733 · program services $92,152 · management and general $30,432 · fundraising $149

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,100 · management and general $2,100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,796 · program services $14,494 · management and general $1,782 · fundraising $520

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,354,813 · program services $2,312,971 · management and general $41,699 · fundraising $143

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,146 · program services $20,447 · management and general $1,606 · fundraising $93

  • 17 · Travel

    total $120,749 · program services $105,845 · management and general $14,894 · fundraising $10

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $25,984 · program services $20,747 · management and general $5,225 · fundraising $12

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,145,274 · end of year $1,472,109

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $13,121

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $375,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $143,935 · end of year $159,223

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,001,339 · end of year $577,099

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $347,666

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WE DESIGN AND QUICKLY MAINSTREAM FIELD-TESTED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INNOVATIONS WITH AND FOR NONPROFITS THAT AMPLIFY THE POWER OF HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • IN 2022, WE EMBARKED ON FOUR DESIGN PROJECTS AND MAINSTREAMED TWO RELATIONAL TACTICS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THIS WORK ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW:WE DESIGNED A TACTIC THAT GETS DOZENS OF FRIEND-TO-FRIEND VOTING REMINDERS SENT PER HOUR. WE TESTED THIS TACTIC IN ARIZONA, ASKING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO REMIND THEIR FRIENDS TO VOTE. THIS TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH THAT WE PERFORMED A SECOND TEST OF THE TACTIC IN A SUBSEQUENT ELECTION TO FURTHER EVALUATE ITS IMPACT.WE REFINED AND TESTED AN EARLY-IN-CYCLE RELATIONAL TURNOUT TACTIC, COLLECTING THOUSANDS OF PLEDGES AND MATCHING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THE VOTER FILE ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES.WE REFINED AND TESTED A SCALABLE RELATIONAL SMS TACTIC. USING THIS TACTIC BEFORE AND ON ELECTION DAY, WE TEXTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ASKING THEM TO REMIND THEIR HOUSEMATES TO VOTE.WE WORKED TO IDENTIFY TACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE PER-HOUR SITE-BASED VOTER REGISTRATION RATES, USING OUR HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS TO STRUCTURE THE PROJECT.

    Expenses $4,419,919 · Grants $800,000 · Revenue $375,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBERT REYNOLDS

    PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $259,491
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $237,585
    Other
    $21,906
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $237,585 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,898 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,008 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $259,491 related

  • DAVID SLIFKA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TED SUZMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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 · Compensation committee
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
VOTE REV ACTION FUND'S STAFF ARE COMPENSATED BY VOTE REV, A RELATED ORGANIZATION, THROUGH A COST SHARING AGREEMENT. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT DIRECTLY EMPLOYEE ANY STAFF.

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.

  • VOTE REV

    527 · POLITICAL ORGANIZATION · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by VRAF

  • VOTE REV PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by VOTE REV

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349311586

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