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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CICERO ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,151,268
Total expenses
$1,820,198
Contributions and grants received
$2,150,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,268
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,516,028
Total liabilities, end of year
$71,772
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,444,256
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,361,267
Management and general expenses
$458,931
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,361,267

Program services were 74.8% 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

    $2,150,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,268 · excluded $1,268

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,909 · management and general $20,909

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,265 · management and general $21,265

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,150,518 · program services $1,150,518

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $387,397 · program services $109,858 · management and general $277,539

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $32,880 · management and general $32,880

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,130 · management and general $2,130

  • 17 · Travel

    total $152,814 · program services $94,057 · management and general $58,757

  • 20 · Interest

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,844 · program services $5,844

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,603 · management and general $12,603

  • 24a · Other expenses: RENT EXPENSE

    total $27,765 · management and general $27,765

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $2,670 · program services $990 · management and general $1,680

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,731 · management and general $1,731

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,347 · management and general $1,347

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25 · management and general $25

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $970,570 · end of year $1,319,302

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $143,338 · end of year $186,012

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

    $23,375

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

    $12,661

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,557 · end of year $10,714

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,279 · end of year $68,772

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,113,186 · end of year $1,444,256

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CICERO ACTION IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES, ALONG WITH ITS RELATED AND INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION CICERO RESEARCH, AS THE CICERO INSTITUTE.CICERO ACTION'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES OF A FREE SOCIETY AND PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY TO FIX BROKEN PUBLIC SYSTEMS AND LIFT UP MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

  • STATE OUTREACH/LOBBYING ENGAGEMENT:CICERO ACTION UNDERTOOK ACTIVITIES SUCH AS LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,361,267

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bryan Sunderland

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $237,801
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $218,363
    Other
    $19,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $193,363 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,438 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $237,801 related

  • Ryan Vassar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $20,052
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $18,223
    Other
    $1,829
    Hours/week
    3 + 20 related

  • Joseph Lonsdale

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Whitney Munro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Blake Brickman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Charles Feng

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dhani Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tayler Lonsdale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jennifer Dirmeyer

    DIRECTOR - OUTGOING

    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. 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

None.

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.

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.

  • CICERO RESEARCH

    501(C)(3) · CREATES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO ADVANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. · TX

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ARPINUM

    C · EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · VA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423189349307467

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