Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← CONVENTION OF STATES ACTION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONVENTION OF STATES ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,565,773
Total expenses
$7,476,523
Contributions and grants received
$7,257,981
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,343
Investment income
$408
Other revenue
$305,041
Total assets, end of year
$2,137,556
Total liabilities, end of year
$326,428
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,811,128
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,371,010
Management and general expenses
$1,624,575
Fundraising expenses
$2,480,938
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,371,010

Program services were 45.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,257,981

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $169,626

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $2,343 · related or exempt $2,343

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $408 · related or exempt $408

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $161,265 · related or exempt $161,265

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $143,776 · related or exempt $143,776

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $143,776

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $869,182 · program services $469,358 · management and general $304,214 · fundraising $95,610

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,096,433 · program services $1,040,236 · management and general $776,040 · fundraising $280,157

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $487,457 · program services $265,675 · management and general $155,515 · fundraising $66,267

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $219,637 · program services $110,237 · management and general $79,605 · fundraising $29,795

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $102,612 · program services $25,000 · management and general $10,367 · fundraising $67,245

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,130 · management and general $74,130

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $244,270 · program services $244,270

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $272,081 · fundraising $272,081

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $218,852 · program services $72,488 · management and general $55,649 · fundraising $90,715

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $411,754 · program services $365,633 · fundraising $46,121

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,139 · program services $5,954 · management and general $14,298 · fundraising $1,887

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $96,267 · program services $70,154 · management and general $10,384 · fundraising $15,729

  • 17 · Travel

    total $100,378 · program services $61,655 · management and general $30,622 · fundraising $8,101

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,067 · management and general $1,067

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE & MAILING

    total $1,534,166 · program services $69,190 · management and general $4,871 · fundraising $1,460,105

  • 24b · Other expenses: WEBSITE MANAGEMENT

    total $314,906 · program services $289,077 · management and general $17,565 · fundraising $8,264

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $252,940 · program services $126,408 · management and general $90,196 · fundraising $36,336

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $158,252 · program services $155,675 · management and general $52 · fundraising $2,525

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,509,798 · end of year $1,607,645

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,417

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $106,584 · end of year $92,740

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $382,459 · end of year $437,171

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

    $2,930

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

    $2,930

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $283,380 · end of year $326,428

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,721,878 · end of year $1,581,128

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $230,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR A CONSTITUTIONALLY LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

  • COSA ADVOCATES FOR A RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL VISION OF A LIMITED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION.

    Expenses $3,371,010 · Revenue $7,565,773

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Meckler

    PRESIDENT / CEO

    Total calculated
    $209,084
    From this org
    $138,050
    From related orgs
    $55,650
    Other
    $15,384
    Hours/week
    29 + 11 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,050 + $55,650 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,964 + $4,420 related
    Filer's total
    $149,014 + $60,070 related

  • Tim Dunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Eric O'Keefe

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • Kyle Stallings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rita Peters

    VP OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/

    Total calculated
    $92,051
    From this org
    $57,618
    From related orgs
    $13,296
    Other
    $21,137
    Hours/week
    33 + 7 related

  • Robert Kelly

    GENERAL COUNSEL & CFO

    Total calculated
    $138,984
    From this org
    $67,622
    From related orgs
    $55,978
    Other
    $15,384
    Hours/week
    22 + 18 related

  • Patricia Meckler

    VP OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,028
    From this org
    $93,166
    From related orgs
    $68,862
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    23 + 17 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,166 + $68,862 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $93,166 + $68,862 related

  • Richard J Santorum

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $335,483
    From this org
    $311,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,098
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,098
    Filer's total
    $335,483

  • Michael Ruthenberg

    CHIEF GRASSROOTS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $135,027
    From this org
    $68,220
    From related orgs
    $45,670
    Other
    $21,137
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

  • Michael Pratt

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $135,822
    From this org
    $88,309
    From related orgs
    $20,957
    Other
    $26,556
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Jason Girard

    GRASSROOTS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,000
    From this org
    $44,812
    From related orgs
    $62,188
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    17 + 23 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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543149349303344

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.