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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,580,232
Total expenses
$6,422,619
Contributions and grants received
$7,395,946
Grants paid
$126,788
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$53
Other revenue
$184,233
Total assets, end of year
$6,513,749
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,753,967
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,240,218
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,444,009
Management and general expenses
$1,816,427
Fundraising expenses
$2,162,183
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,444,009

Program services were 38.1% 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

    $7,395,946

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $53 · excluded $53

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $24,734 · excluded $24,734

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $144,537

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $144,537

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $144,537 · related or exempt $144,537

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $14,962 · related or exempt $14,962

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,962

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $126,788 · program services $126,788

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $553,393 · program services $249,859 · management and general $113,617 · fundraising $189,917

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,403,248 · program services $1,007,666 · management and general $73,729 · fundraising $321,853

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,980 · program services $30,324 · management and general $41 · fundraising $9,615

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $141,306 · program services $106,652 · fundraising $34,654

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $138,062 · program services $89,710 · management and general $12,912 · fundraising $35,440

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,013 · program services $3,043 · management and general $27,970

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,113 · management and general $58,113

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,543,225 · program services $292,098 · management and general $70,195 · fundraising $1,180,932

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $261,663 · program services $147,688 · fundraising $113,975

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,049 · program services $31,782 · management and general $411 · fundraising $30,856

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $149,778 · program services $30,083 · management and general $72,630 · fundraising $47,065

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $346,099 · program services $232,676 · management and general $22,423 · fundraising $91,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $78,709 · program services $59,731 · management and general $79 · fundraising $18,899

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,335 · program services $34,187 · management and general $385 · fundraising $763

  • 20 · Interest

    total $196,192 · management and general $196,192

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $69,565 · management and general $69,565

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $87,639 · management and general $87,639

  • 24a · Other expenses: RETURN OF GRANT

    total $1,000,000 · management and general $1,000,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD & SERVICE C

    total $60,825 · management and general $765 · fundraising $60,060

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $22,406 · program services $1,722 · management and general $9,761 · fundraising $10,923

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHARITABLE REGISTRATION

    total $16,231 · fundraising $16,231

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,416 · end of year $9,551

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $693,166 · end of year $529,383

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $708,768 · end of year $1,658,855

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $23,709 · end of year $10,675

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $149,798 · end of year $139,319

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

    $1,501,995

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

    $1,175,108

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $411,590 · end of year $326,887

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,331,737 · end of year $3,839,079

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $540,185 · end of year $363,491

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,182,830 · end of year $7,390,476

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$2,662,831 · end of year -$2,905,598

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $265,000 · end of year $1,665,380

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MOBILIZE MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS TO FIGHT FOR PUBLIC POLICIES THAT REFLECT THE VALUES OF FREEDOM, FAIRNESS, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND RESEARCH - PROVIDE INFORMATION TO MEDIA, ACTIVISTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC EDUCATING THEM ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES, POSITIONS, ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS THROUGH EVENTS, MULTIMEDIA OUTREACH STRATEGIES, PRESS RELEASES, DISTRIBUTION OF OP-EDS AND EDITORIAL MEMORANDA. EDUCATE MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS TO ENGAGE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

    Expenses $1,039,199 · Grants $50

  • PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT - SHORT AND LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING ON ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AS WELL AS COORDINATING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN VARIOUS PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $681,865 · Grants $1,738

  • CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMS - TO MOBILIZE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL LEADERS TO ADVANCE PEOPLE FOR'S CORE PRIORITIES.

    Expenses $575,410 · Grants $125,000

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - CONDUCT RESEARCH ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES AS WELL AS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ON VARIOUS PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES WHICH ALSO SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES.

    Expenses $147,535

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Altschul

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Alec Baldwin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Lara Bergthold

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Barbara Bluhm-Kaul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • David Bowen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jamal Bryant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Bertis Downs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Greg Frezados

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Dolores Huerta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Michael Keegan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Howard Klein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jim Lovelace

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Seth MacFarlane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Tim McDonald

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Alyssa Milano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Haroon Saleem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Josh Sapan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Carole Shields

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Lois Stainman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Marge Tabankin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 0.75 related
  • Horacio Trujillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Reg Weaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Carrie Mae Weems

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Svante Myrick

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $346,902
    From this org
    $163,224
    From related orgs
    $163,224
    Other
    $20,454
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,224 + $163,224 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,897 + $4,897 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,330 + $5,330 related
    Filer's total
    $173,451 + $173,451 related
  • David Saperstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Margery F Baker

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $287,747
    From this org
    $160,487
    From related orgs
    $94,255
    Other
    $33,005
    Hours/week
    25.2 + 14.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,487 + $94,255 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,815 + $2,828 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,978 + $9,384 related
    Filer's total
    $181,280 + $106,467 related
  • Diane Laviolette

    GENERAL COUNSEL, COO & SEC

    Total calculated
    $235,962
    From this org
    $98,620
    From related orgs
    $98,620
    Other
    $38,722
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $98,620 + $98,620 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,959 + $2,959 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,402 + $16,402 related
    Filer's total
    $117,981 + $117,981 related
  • Roger Carlton Vann

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,029
    From this org
    $129,109
    From related orgs
    $82,545
    Other
    $22,375
    Hours/week
    24.4 + 15.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,109 + $82,545 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,873 + $2,476 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,776 + $6,250 related
    Filer's total
    $142,758 + $91,271 related
  • Raquel Jones

    VP OF CAMPAIGNS & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $212,815
    From this org
    $62,416
    From related orgs
    $145,637
    Other
    $4,762
    Hours/week
    12 + 28 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $62,416 + $145,637 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,890
    Filer's total
    $67,178 + $145,637 related
  • Na Eng

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFIC

    Total calculated
    $247,338
    From this org
    $97,449
    From related orgs
    $129,177
    Other
    $20,712
    Hours/week
    17.2 + 22.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,449 + $129,177 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,923 + $3,875 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,983 + $7,931 related
    Filer's total
    $106,355 + $140,983 related
  • Laurie Kinney

    SENIOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,661
    From this org
    $139,316
    From related orgs
    $18,998
    Other
    $29,347
    Hours/week
    35.2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,316 + $18,998 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,179 + $570 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,646 + $2,952 related
    Filer's total
    $165,141 + $22,520 related
  • Gayraud Townsend

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $166,453
    From this org
    $25,670
    From related orgs
    $125,331
    Other
    $15,452
    Hours/week
    6.8 + 33.2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $25,670 + $125,331 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $770 + $3,760 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,857 + $9,065 related
    Filer's total
    $28,297 + $138,156 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · RESEARCH & DISSEMINATE MAT'L TOWARD PRESERVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES · DE

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY VOTERS ALLIANCE

    527 · TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS · DC

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY ACTION FUND

    527 · VOTER TURNOUT ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO INFLUENCE OUTCOME OF CANDIDATE ELECTION · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611749349301501

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