Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$13,389,271

Total expenses

$18,066,747

Contributions and grants received

$12,113,803

Grants paid

$1,836,318

Program service revenue

$1,081,287

Investment income

$325,754

Other revenue

-$131,573

Total assets, end of year

$33,737,010

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,137,997

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$29,599,013

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$15,556,588

Management and general expenses

$1,336,397

Fundraising expenses

$1,173,762

Program service expenses (Part III)

$15,556,588

Program services were 86.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CONGRESS WATCH - CONGRESS WATCH PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIAL INTEREST DOLLARS THAT CORRUPT THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND ON CORPORATE WELFARE EXPENDITURES THAT LARD THE FEDERAL BUDGET; ON A WIDE RANGE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION MEASURES, INCLUDING HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS, ACCESS TO THE COURTS, AND FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION.

  Expenses $3,047,082 · Grants $659,100

• PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION - THE FOUNDATION IS ACTIVE IN EVERY PUBLIC FORUM - CONGRESS, THE COURTS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE NEWS MEDIA. THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT FULL DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION EMPOWERS CITIZENS AND CONSUMERS. ALL OF THE FOUNDATION'S COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS AIM TO MAKE INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, NUCLEAR WASTE AND REACTOR SAFETY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RELATED ISSUES ACCESSIBLE TO ORDINARY CITIZENS. IF NECESSARY, THE FOUNDATION USES THE COURTS TO EN

  Expenses $2,615,491 · Grants $132,975

• ENERGY PROGRAM - THE ENERGY PROGRAM PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE PUBLICON THE THREAT OF CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE, THE DANGERS OF NUCLEARAND FOSSIL FUELS, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO ADVANCE ENERGYEFFICIENCY AND DEVELOP RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

  Expenses $2,654,072 · Grants $537,500

• HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP - THE HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP FIGHTS FOR SAFE FOODS, DRUGS, AND MEDICAL DEVICES; FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE; AND FOR FULL DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT WILL EMPOWER CONSUMERS AND INFORM THEIR PERSONAL HEALTH CARE DECISIONS.

  Expenses $1,262,017

• LITIGATION GROUP - LITIGATION GROUP ATTORNEYS HAVE ARGUED LANDMARK LAWSUITS ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS IN FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEIR EFFORTS TO REPRESENT PRINCIPLED, RATHER THAN PROFITABLE, POSITIONS IN LEGAL DISPUTES HAVE PRESERVED THE VITAL CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE SEPARATION OF POWERS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PREVENTED THE DESTRUCTION OF PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS, AND FORCED REGULATORY AGENCIES TO ISSUE IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.

  Expenses $1,845,110 · Revenue $161,272

• PC TEXAS - PC TEXAS INFORMS TEXANS ON IMPORTANT ENERGY, TRADE, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, ETHICS, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILITY ISSUES.

  Expenses $1,220,947 · Grants $431,743

• GLOBAL TRADE WATCH - ACTING ON ITS BELIEF THAT SO CALLED "FREE TRADE" TREATIES COST U.S. JOBS, REDUCE WAGES, UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, AND JEOPARDIZE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL TRADE WATCH PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON THE DAMAGING IMPACT OF THE CORPORATE PUSH FOR GLOBALIZATION THROUGH TREATIES SUCH AS THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) AGREEMENTS.

  Expenses $863,441

• ACCESS TO MEDICINES - PUBLIC CITIZEN'S ACCESS TO MEDICINES GROUP WORKS WITH PARTNERS WORLDWIDE TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SAVE LIVES, THROUGH USE OF PHARMACEUTICAL COST-LOWERING MEASURES INCLUDING GENERIC COMPETITION. THEY HELP CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES OVERCOME PATENT-BASED AND OTHER DRUG MONOPOLIES. THEIR WORK CHALLENGES BIG PHARMA'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER.

  Expenses $437,714 · Grants $75,000

• PUBLICATIONS - THE FOUNDATION PUBLISHES BOOKS, PERIODICALS, SPECIAL REPORTS, AND EXPERT COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ISSUES IN HEALTH AND SAFETY, THE LAW, ENERGY POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

  Expenses $1,610,714 · Revenue $920,015

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM EDUCATION FUND

  $500,000

  REDUCING FOSSIL-FUEL FINANCE THROUGH FINANCIAL REGULATION

• COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS

  $391,600

  ASSIST THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE REGULATORY STATE.

• FAIR SHOT TEXAS

  $100,000

  TEXAS CLIMATE JOBS PROJECT

• COMMON DEFENSE EDUCATION FUND

  $69,000

  JANUARY 6TH INTERIM REPORT, OUR FREEDOMS, OUR VOTE MOBILIZATION

• AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON

  $68,382

  DEVELOP A CLEAN AIR STRATEGY FOR THE PORT OF HOUSTON

• ISAIAH

  $65,000

  WE CHOOSE US COALITION

• COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

  $61,441

  IMPROVING HOUSTON AREA QUALITY OF LIFE BY REDUCTING PORT POLLUTION

• TEXAS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE

  $49,920

  ASSIST THE HEALTH PORTS COMMUNITY COALITION TO EDUCATION COMMUNITIES AROUND THE PORT OF HOUSTON

• ACHIEVING COMMUNITY TASKS SUCCESSFULLY

  $48,000

  HEALTHY PORTS FOR HOUSTON

• ARIZONA CENTER

  $45,000

  FEDERAL DEMOCRACY REFORMS, DEFENDING ATTACKS ON ELECTIONS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• PUBLIC CITIZEN INC

  501(C)(4) · WORK FOR CONSUMER RIGHTS · DC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

29 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202401509349301550

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