Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← WESTERN ENERGY FREEDOM ACTION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN ENERGY FREEDOM ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,134,827
Total expenses
$3,570,273
Contributions and grants received
$4,134,681
Grants paid
$104,600
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$146
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$780,619
Total liabilities, end of year
$128,941
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$651,678
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,936,781
Management and general expenses
$145,522
Fundraising expenses
$487,970
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,936,781

Program services were 82.3% 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

    $4,134,681

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $146 · excluded $146

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $104,600 · program services $104,600

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $418,353 · program services $311,542 · management and general $29,372 · fundraising $77,439

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,516 · program services $19,261 · management and general $2,752 · fundraising $5,503

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,141 · program services $14,099 · management and general $2,014 · fundraising $4,028

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $74,844 · program services $14,969 · management and general $59,875

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,546 · program services $4,909 · management and general $19,637

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $112,910 · program services $112,910

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $84,000 · fundraising $84,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,258,855 · program services $1,986,926 · fundraising $271,929

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $152,561 · program services $152,561

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,376 · management and general $8,376

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,837 · management and general $1,837

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,022 · management and general $1,022

  • 17 · Travel

    total $185,065 · program services $148,052 · fundraising $37,013

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $60,232 · program services $48,186 · management and general $4,206 · fundraising $7,840

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,979 · management and general $7,979

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER LOBBYING EXPENSES

    total $18,000 · program services $18,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSES

    total $5,814 · management and general $5,814

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBS.

    total $2,530 · management and general $2,530

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $1,092 · program services $766 · management and general $108 · fundraising $218

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $611,703 · end of year $5,372

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $632,899 · end of year $155,180

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $529,109

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,830 · end of year $90,958

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $210,308 · end of year $128,941

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,250,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $87,124 · end of year $651,678

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF LOW-COST ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY FREEDOM TO THE WEST THROUGH AN EFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED GRID SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • WESTERN FREEDOM IS BUILDING A BROAD COALITION OF GRASSROOTS AND GRASSTOPS SUPPORT WITH REAL, PRACTICAL POLITICAL POWER TO DRIVE POLICY, LEGISLATIVE, AND REGULATORY CHANGES THAT ENABLE ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS AND RATEPAYERS IN WESTERN STATES TO ACCESS MORE AFFORDABLE AND CLEANER ENERGY.

    Expenses $2,936,781 · Grants $104,600

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathleen Staks

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,080
    From this org
    $250,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $250,080

  • Dominic Gabello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $64,625
    From this org
    $64,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sarah Derdowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,012
    From this org
    $30,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. 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

  • DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION

    $25,000

    GENERAL PURPOSE

  • FIVE

    $20,000

    GENERAL PURPOSE

  • CEWI

    $10,000

    GENERAL PURPOSE

  • POWER ON PAC

    $10,000

    GENERAL PURPOSE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349310045

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.