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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ENDING SPENDING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,000,000
Total expenses
$1,620,942
Contributions and grants received
$3,000,000
Grants paid
$205,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,001,645
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,001,645
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$205,000
Management and general expenses
$1,415,942
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$205,000

Program services were 12.6% 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

    $3,000,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $205,000 · program services $205,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,061,539 · management and general $1,061,539

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,908 · management and general $19,908

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,395 · management and general $33,395

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,275 · management and general $36,275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,210 · management and general $15,210

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,000 · management and general $100,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,600 · management and general $1,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,857 · management and general $10,857

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,232 · management and general $47,232

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,651 · management and general $3,651

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,250 · management and general $21,250

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP FEES-LOGISTI

    total $65,000 · management and general $65,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES, OTHER

    total $25 · management and general $25

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,581,682 · end of year $2,981,991

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $40,905 · end of year $19,654

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,622,587 · end of year $3,001,645

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ENDING SPENDING PROMOTES PUBLIC POLICIES, INCREASES GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PROMOTES FISCAL DISCIPLINE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENDING SPENDING PROMOTES PUBLIC POLICIES AND FISCAL DISCIPLINE

  • ENDING SPENDING'S ACTIVITIES IN 2024 FOCUSED ON CONTINUING ITS PROGRAM OF RESEARCHING THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS, AND EDUCATING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON THE DANGERS OF DEFICIT SPENDING AND THE ACCUMULATION OF DEBT. ENDING SPENDING PROMOTED FISCAL DISCIPLINE, ADVOCATED FOR AN END TO WASTEFUL AND EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GENERALLY, PROMOTED APPROPRIATE AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SPONSORED ACTIVITIES PROMOTING GRASS ROOTS LOBBYING ON THE SAME SUBJECTS.

    Expenses $205,000 · Grants $205,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Todd Ricketts

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian C Baker

    PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $810,465
    From this org
    $763,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,003
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $763,462
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,003
    Filer's total
    $810,465

  • Nancy H Watkins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Lauren E Kirshner

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $312,555
    From this org
    $298,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,478
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,478
    Filer's total
    $312,555

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

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.

  • ESAFUND INC

    527 · FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · VA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503099349301025

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