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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by Article IV.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,817,208
Total expenses
$12,300,236
Contributions and grants received
$35,547,902
Grants paid
$6,635,171
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$269,306
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$28,666,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$351,955
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,314,837
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,952,620
Management and general expenses
$347,616
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,952,620

Program services were 97.2% 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

    $35,547,902

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $269,306 · related or exempt $269,306

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,635,171 · program services $6,635,171

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $79,644 · program services $79,644

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,500 · management and general $13,500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,482 · program services $7,482

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,984 · management and general $27,984

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,000 · management and general $11,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,591,322 · program services $1,362,366 · management and general $228,956

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,456 · program services $25,941 · management and general $4,515

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,841 · management and general $45,841

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77,762 · program services $77,762

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,698 · program services $18,698

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,820 · management and general $15,820

  • 24a · Other expenses: Field consultants

    total $3,708,246 · program services $3,708,246

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other program costs

    total $37,310 · program services $37,310

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,968,489 · end of year $1,425,978

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $8,158,603

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $19,041,666

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,344 · end of year $4,840

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $35,705

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $199,968 · end of year $351,955

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,797,865 · end of year $28,314,837

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Our mission is to advance policies that promote freedom and opportunity for all Americans by promoting ideas that make government closer to the people they serve.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to advance policies that promote freedom and opportunity for all Americans by promoting ideas cont schedule O

  • In 2023,we expanded our core team of cross-partisan advisors to identify, evaluate, and execute on opportunities for democracy reform. We continue to lay the groundwork and provide support to catalyze reform campaigns aligned with our policy priorities and the vision of the Board. During the year, we sourced and worked with teams of consultants to assess the political and legal viability of campaigns in multiple states. In total, we identified over twenty-five states to invest further diligence and support in, all at varying stages of campaign development. This comprehensive approach has allowed us to strategi- cally prioritize efforts where the potential for - cont. Schedule O

    Expenses $11,952,620 · Grants $6,635,171

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

Listed in Part VII

  • George Wellde III

    Executive DirPres

    Total calculated
    $201,000
    From this org
    $201,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $201,000
  • Seth London

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Awenate Cobina

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Sam Mar

    DirectorSecretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Cabell Hobbs

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Emily Hsieh

    COOCFO

    Total calculated
    $132,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $120,000

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 · 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423059349302797

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