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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CAUSE REPORTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$400,000
Total expenses
$398,634
Contributions and grants received
$400,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$41,171
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,058
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,113
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$338,838
Management and general expenses
$59,796
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$338,838

Program services were 85.0% 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

    $400,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,293 · program services $84,399 · management and general $14,894

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $140,026 · program services $119,022 · management and general $21,004

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,481 · program services $19,109 · management and general $3,372

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,182 · program services $14,605 · management and general $2,577

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $70,669 · program services $60,069 · management and general $10,600

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,207 · program services $1,026 · management and general $181

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $519 · program services $441 · management and general $78

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,629 · program services $1,385 · management and general $244

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,550 · program services $6,417 · management and general $1,133

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31 · program services $26 · management and general $5

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $672 · program services $571 · management and general $101

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,780 · program services $27,863 · management and general $4,917

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $3,204 · program services $2,723 · management and general $481

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER TAXES & FEES

    total $1,391 · program services $1,182 · management and general $209

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $22,045

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $16,869

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

    $3,845

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

    $1,588

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,257

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $13,563

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,495

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $21,113

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE OF CAUSE REPORTS IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW, ASSESSMENT, AND REPORTING ON PUBLIC CHARITIES ON BEHALF OF POTENTIAL FUNDERS OF SUCH ENTITIES, INCLUDING CORPORATIONS, MAJOR INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND FAMILY OFFICES, AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, IN A MORE EFFECTIVE MANNER THAN EXISTING REPORTING ON SUCH ORGANIZATIONS BY USING PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCE FOR EVALUATIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. CAUSE REPORT'S PURPOSE IS FUNDAMENTALLY EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE IN SERVING TO ASSIST DONORS AND GRANTORS IN UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MOST EFFECTIVELY USE THEIR CONTRIBUTION AND GRANT DOLLARS FOR MAXIMUM CHARITABLE IMPACT AND HELPING AND INCENTIVIZING THE MOST EFFECTIVE CHARITIES TO ACHIEVE THAT IMPACT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW, ASSESSMENT, AND REPORTING ON PUBLIC CHARITIES

  • CAUSE REPORTS CAPTURES DATA ABOUT CHARITY OPERATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND FINANCIALS. CAUSE REPORTS ANALYSTS THEN LEVERAGE THAT DATA TO EVALUATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SUCCEED AT THEIR STATED MISSION. UPON PUBLICATION, BOTH THE EVALUATION AND THE UNDERLYING DATA ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $338,838

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Taylor Ready

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $99,293
    From this org
    $80,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,666
    Hours/week
    40

  • Schuyler Hansen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Matthew Dolan

    TREASURER

    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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443039349302909

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