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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by JUNIOR STATE OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,319,652
Total expenses
$4,658,772
Contributions and grants received
$1,474,079
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,852,228
Investment income
$22,516
Other revenue
-$29,171
Total assets, end of year
$983,966
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,154,323
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$170,357
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,417,900
Management and general expenses
$503,430
Fundraising expenses
$737,442
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,417,900

Program services were 73.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $150,888

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $499,430

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $823,761

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $1,296,126 · related or exempt $1,296,126

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS

    total $556,102 · related or exempt $556,102

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $634 · excluded $634

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $154,297

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $132,415

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $21,882

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $21,882 · excluded $21,882

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $150,888

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $29,171

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,171 · excluded -$29,171

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $638,245 · program services $343,820 · management and general $113,173 · fundraising $181,252

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,370,530 · program services $738,300 · management and general $243,021 · fundraising $389,209

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,446 · program services $2,395 · management and general $788 · fundraising $1,263

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,623 · program services $4,085 · management and general $23,547 · fundraising $4,991

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $95,856 · program services $92,204 · management and general $466 · fundraising $3,186

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $91,510 · program services $55,110 · management and general $22,341 · fundraising $14,059

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $201,768 · program services $133,060 · management and general $25,585 · fundraising $43,123

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,478 · program services $29,962 · management and general $11,524 · fundraising $4,992

  • 17 · Travel

    total $393,417 · program services $387,747 · fundraising $5,670

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,416,055 · program services $1,413,074 · management and general $2,129 · fundraising $852

  • 20 · Interest

    total $24,590 · management and general $24,590

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $71,000 · program services $46,150 · management and general $17,750 · fundraising $7,100

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

    total $121,082 · program services $91,363 · management and general $18,516 · fundraising $11,203

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $86,116 · program services $21,850 · fundraising $64,266

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $52,080 · program services $52,080

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION

    total $12,976 · program services $6,700 · fundraising $6,276

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $635,096 · end of year $107,167

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $88,833 · end of year $38,522

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $36,910 · end of year $60,510

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $105,510 · end of year $88,154

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

    $316,612

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

    $231,028

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $108,667 · end of year $85,584

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $942,809 · end of year $596,604

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,425 · end of year $7,425

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $463,821 · end of year $436,514

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $37,552 · end of year $324,750

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $345,000 · end of year $345,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $48,059

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$151,753 · end of year -$1,008,251

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,230,630 · end of year $837,894

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

JUNIOR STATE OF AMERICA PREPARES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF AMERICA'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY. WE EMPOWER STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN POLITICS, CITIZENSHIP, AND CIVIC LIFE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CLASSROOM.

  • SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS (FALL, WINTER, SPRING, ONEDAYS OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS) - DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, JSA SUPPORTS HIGH SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS. JSA'S FULL-TIME STAFF AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER TEACHER ADVISORS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS SUPERVISION FOR THE STUDENT-LED PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO 9 REGIONS OR "STATES" WHICH ARE GOVERNED BY ELECTED STUDENT OFFICERS. THE REGIONS INCLUDE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE, NORTHEAST STATE, MID-ATLANTIC STATE, TEXAS STATE, OHIO STATE, MIDWEST STATE, PACIFIC NORTHWEST STATE, AND SOUTHEAST STATE. THE FOUNDATION OF THE JSA PROGRAM IS THE HIGH SCHOOL-BASED CHAPTER. JSA CHAPTERS WRITE THEIR OWN CONSTITUTIONS, ELECT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZE THEIR MEMBERS TO ATTEND REGIONAL CONVENTIONS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, A TOTAL OF 3,888 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN JSA CONVENTIONS. THE AVERAGE FIVE-YEAR STUDENT ATTENDANCE IN JSA CONVENTIONS IS 6,305. EACH JSA REGION HOSTS A FALL, WINTER AND SPRING CONVENTION, WHERE CHAPTERS FROM ALL OVER THEIR STATE COME TOGETHER FOR DEBATES, THOUGHT TALKS AND WORKSHOPS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 JSA CONVENTIONS HELD NATIONWIDE EVERY YEAR. INDIVIDUAL JSA CHAPTERS MAY ALSO HOST THEIR OWN EVENTS OR MINI-CONVENTIONS ON THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. THOUSANDS MORE ATTEND REGIONAL EVENTS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $2,501,983 · Revenue $556,102

  • SUMMER PROGRAMS (YWLI, CIP, BURD INSTITUTE) - JUNIOR STATE OF AMERICA ADMINISTERS SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES AND TERRITORIES. IN THE FIVE YEARS LEADING UP TO THE PANDEMIC, AN AVERAGE OF 278 STUDENTS ATTENDED BOTH JUNIOR STATE SUMMER SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE PROGRAMS FOR AN AVERAGE 1,683 EDUCATION DAYS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, JSA OFFERED FOUR SUMMER PROGRAMS: BURD INSTITUTE ON MEDIA & POLITICS, STERN CIVICS IMMERSION PROGRAM ("CIP"), CIVICS IMMERSION MICRONESIA, AND YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. THE GENE A. BURD INSTITUTE ON MEDIA & POLITICS IS AN ENGAGING AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE CREATED TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF MEDIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO POLITICS. THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IS AN ENGAGING AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE CREATED TO EMPOWER YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. IN THIS INSTITUTE, YOUNG WOMEN LEARN ABOUT THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP STYLES, THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES, HOW TO BUILD TEAMS AND MANAGE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS, HOW LEADERSHIP INTERSECTS WITH IDENTITY, AND HOW ALL YOUNG WOMEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE STERN CIVICS IMMERSION PROGRAM IS A THREE WEEK INTENSIVE INPERSON PROGRAM. CIP FEATURED COURSES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LOOK BEYOND PROBLEMS AND FOCUS ON SOLUTION-ORIENTED ACTION. TAUGHT BY FACULTY FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, THESE COURSES INSPIRE STUDENTS TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES WE FACE TODAY. CIVICS IMMERSION MICRONESIA IS A WEEK-LONG PROGRAM OFFERED ON AN ISLAND IN SAIPAN AND IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE LONGER THREE WEEK STERN CIVICS IMMERSION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES AND TERRITORIES.

    Expenses $915,917 · Revenue $1,296,126

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Vivian Tsai

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Doug Wertheimer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Beth Freeman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Larry Klane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Bonnie Germain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Lintott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Laura Ansell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Warden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Vishal Goradia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shayna Van Hoften

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Niraj Antani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gabriel Stempinski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jodi Wiseley

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $160,838
    From this org
    $150,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,093
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,745
    Filer's total
    $160,838
  • Tyler Morningstar

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $68,842
    From this org
    $56,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,361
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrea Steinman

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $144,854
    From this org
    $140,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,434
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rachel Kanganoff Stern

    PRIOR CEO

    Total calculated
    $197,137
    From this org
    $197,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,137
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $197,137

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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
22 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401139349301650

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