Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 31 October 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
- Program services expenses
- $94,722 changed to $130,027
- Management and general expenses
- $47,362 changed to $36,570
- Fundraising expenses
- $47,353 changed to $22,840
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $94,722 changed to $130,027
Listed only on the earlier return
- Madeline DeSantis
- Robert Perry
Listed only on the later return
- Kelsey Fisk
- Maya Getter
Listed under a different title
- Edward Taylor: Trustee then Secretary
Totals
- Total revenue
- $258,105
- Total expenses
- $189,437
- Contributions and grants received
- $238,030
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $15
- Other revenue
- $20,060
- Total assets, end of year
- $181,515
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,508
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $175,007
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $94,722
- Management and general expenses
- $47,362
- Fundraising expenses
- $47,353
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $94,722
Program services were 50.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$238,030
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3 · Investment income
total $15 · related or exempt $15
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$8,997
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$4,794
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $4,203
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$160
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $160 · related or exempt $160
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11a · Other revenue: Open Democracy Action
total $15,697 · related or exempt $15,697
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11e · Other revenue, total
$15,697
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $60,414 · program services $30,207 · management and general $15,104 · fundraising $15,103
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $74,984 · program services $37,492 · management and general $18,746 · fundraising $18,746
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $23,454 · program services $11,727 · management and general $5,864 · fundraising $5,863
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $5,559 · program services $2,780 · management and general $1,390 · fundraising $1,389
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $480 · program services $240 · management and general $120 · fundraising $120
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13 · Office expenses
total $577 · program services $289 · management and general $144 · fundraising $144
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14 · Information technology
total $3,894 · program services $1,947 · management and general $974 · fundraising $973
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,596 · program services $3,298 · management and general $1,649 · fundraising $1,649
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17 · Travel
total $3,615 · program services $1,808 · management and general $904 · fundraising $903
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $360 · program services $180 · management and general $90 · fundraising $90
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23 · Insurance
total $661 · program services $331 · management and general $165 · fundraising $165
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24a · Other expenses: Hustle
total $3,000 · program services $1,500 · management and general $750 · fundraising $750
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24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $2,162 · program services $1,081 · management and general $541 · fundraising $540
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24c · Other expenses: U Join
total $1,242 · program services $621 · management and general $311 · fundraising $310
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24d · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $703 · program services $352 · management and general $176 · fundraising $175
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,736 · program services $869 · management and general $434 · fundraising $433
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $107,237 · end of year $176,266
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $4,195 · end of year $4,195
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,849
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$795
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,414 · end of year $1,054
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $6,508 · end of year $6,508
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $106,338 · end of year $175,007
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
POLITICAL EQUALITY FOR ALL THROUGH AN OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE, AND TRUSTED GOVERNMENT FREE FROM THE CORRUPTION OF BIG-MONEY POLITICS
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Fair and Transparent Elections: Program Objectives: Open Democracy worked to educate citizens about how much money is in elections. Program Services: 1. Research and analysis of campaign finance reports 2. Held educational programs, forums and workshops. Accomplishments: Our team members took hundreds of actions including writing letters to the editor, tabling at events and educating neighbors. Our book club read and discussed 4 books about strengthening our democracy. The Open Democracy Book Club has more than 600 members.
Expenses $64,515
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Freedom to Vote: Program Objectives: worked to educate citizens on how to register to vote and participate in the elections. Program Services: 1. Open Democracy organized High School voter registration drives and workshops to teach students to run their own drives. 2. Recruited volunteers to step up and fill roles as election workers, as supervisors of the checklist or to work as ballot clerks or nonpartisan poll observers. Accomplishments: 1. Working with The Civics Center, Open Democracy helped to increase the number of 18-year olds in NH who registered to vote, bringing the percentage from 12% to 15.6%. 2. Designed and held the First Annual Democracy Festival, held in August. The Festival brought together many civic related organizations to provide information, speakers and entertainment to a large audience.
Expenses $30,207
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Keeping Alive the Granny D Haddock Legacy and Her Reform Messages Program: Objectives: Making sure that Coalition for Open Democracy Founder Doris Granny D Haddock is remembered as the inspirational NH icon that she is for walking 3,200 miles across the country at age 90 for the cause of reforming campaign finance laws to get the big money out, showing what the power of one can do at any age, and bringing to light her many words of wisdom. Program Services and Accomplishments: 1. Honored the legacy of Doris Granny D Haddock 2. Conducted the annual Granny D Walk 3. Continuing work to restore Granny Ds colorful van Rosie" that she used to travel the country to register voters and for traveling programs to promote political equality.
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Olivia Zink
Excutive Director
- Total calculated
- $60,414
- From this org
- $60,414
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Robert Perry
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gordon Allen
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kenneth Barnes
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kate Coon
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Simone Archer-Krauss
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Edward Taylor
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Madeline DeSantis
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202411349349302401
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