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← UNITE AMERICA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNITE AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,524,665
Total expenses
$5,073,624
Contributions and grants received
$9,532,542
Grants paid
$1,884,700
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$7,877
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,954,318
Total liabilities, end of year
$152,816
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,801,502
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,657,409
Management and general expenses
$779,872
Fundraising expenses
$636,343
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,657,409

Program services were 72.1% 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

    $9,532,542

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,115,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $28 · excluded $28

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,107,095

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

    securities $1,115,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7,905

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,905 · excluded -$7,905

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,884,700 · program services $1,884,700

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $127,053 · program services $127,053

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,483,162 · program services $824,575 · management and general $276,780 · fundraising $381,807

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,632 · program services $16,863 · management and general $3,893 · fundraising $4,876

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,521 · program services $43,846 · management and general $16,328 · fundraising $25,347

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $125,425 · program services $74,712 · management and general $20,852 · fundraising $29,861

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $232,977 · management and general $232,977

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $85,217 · program services $45,519 · management and general $39,698

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,090 · management and general $13,090

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $59,966 · program services $59,966

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $366,517 · program services $141,593 · management and general $127,297 · fundraising $97,627

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $103,816 · program services $103,816

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $70,123 · program services $27,206 · management and general $214 · fundraising $42,703

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,095 · program services $20,849 · management and general $11,959 · fundraising $10,287

  • 17 · Travel

    total $173,971 · program services $104,478 · management and general $25,658 · fundraising $43,835

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,296 · program services $46,296

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,001 · management and general $11,001

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLLING AND RESEARCH

    total $135,937 · program services $135,937

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $125 · management and general $125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,037,183 · end of year $6,167,789

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $288,475 · end of year $746,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,175 · end of year $39,129

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,372 · end of year $137,816

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $15,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,247,961 · end of year $5,662,889

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $102,500 · end of year $1,138,613

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF UNITE AMERICA, INC. IS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF OUR NATION'S MOST PRESSING PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES, AND TO ACTIVATE GRASSTOPS SUPPORTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ADVANCE IDEAS THAT CAN LEAD TO A MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT.

  • PROGRAMMATIC GRANTMAKING: UNITE AMERICA, INC. CONDUCTS DILIGENCE ON POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT CARRY OUT ITS MISSION THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN THE FIELD OF NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADDRESS POLITICAL POLARIZATION AND PARTISANSHIP.

    Expenses $2,108,127 · Grants $1,884,700

  • RESEARCH: UNITE AMERICA, INC. RESEARCHES THE IMPACT, VIABILITY, AND NONPARTISAN NATURE OF ELECTORAL REFORMS AND SPECIFIC ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT INCREASING PARTICIPATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMPETITION IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE EVALUATION OF THE CAPABILITIES OF LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DOING THIS WORK. THE ORGANIZATION EVALUATES THE IMPACT OF CAMPAIGNS TO ADVANCE ELECTORAL REFORMS.

    Expenses $578,729

  • EDUCTATION: UNITE AMERICA, INC. EDUCATES THE PUBLIC THROUGH EARNED MEDIA AND THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT ABOUT THE ROOT CAUSES OF POLITICAL POLARIZATION, GRIDLOCK, AND OUR BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM; AND THE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESSING THE BAD INCENTIVE STRUCTURES AND POOR LEADERSHIP THAT PREVENT GOOD GOVERNANCE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY PROBLEMS.

    Expenses $768,770

  • PARTNERSHIP BUILDING:UNITE AMERICA, INC. COORDINATES WITH AND SUPPORTS A GROWING COMMUNITY OF NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO BRIDGING THE PARTISAN DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY THROUGH REGULAR STRATEGIC CONSULTING, AMPLIFICATION OF OTHERS' WORK, IDENTIFICATION OF COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND INVESTMENTS IN PIECES OF SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SHARED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ONLINE JOB BOARDS.

    Expenses $201,783

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathryn Murdoch

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kent Thiry

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Goldhirsh

    DIRECTOR THRU 02/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Merrill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Riegsecker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregg Sherrill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Troiano

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

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.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 5
UNITE AMERICA, INC. HAS DELEGATED ALMOST ALL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES TO POLESTAR, INC., INCLUDING STAFFING OF THE ORGANIZATION. AS PART OF THIS ARRANGEMENT, NICK TROIANO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IS EMPLOYED AND COMPENSATED BY POLESTAR. THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THAT WAS PAID BY UNITE AMERICA TO POLESTAR FOR MR. TROIANO'S SERVICES WAS $127,053, WHICH INCLUDED $108,900 FOR SALARY AND $18,153 FOR BENEFITS.

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
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349311255

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