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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$874,941
Total expenses
$1,012,295
Contributions and grants received
$874,925
Grants paid
$155,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$36,690
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$36,690
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$919,366
Management and general expenses
$81,574
Fundraising expenses
$11,355
Program service expenses (Part III)
$919,366

Program services were 90.8% 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

    $874,925

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16 · related or exempt $16

  • 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 $155,000 · program services $155,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $109,453 · program services $82,089 · management and general $16,419 · fundraising $10,945

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $58,276 · program services $58,276

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,655 · management and general $26,655

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,509 · management and general $15,509

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $190,617 · program services $190,617

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,505 · management and general $9,505

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,244 · program services $47,625 · management and general $10,619

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,147 · program services $63,147

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,025 · management and general $615 · fundraising $410

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,575 · program services $3,575

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,252 · management and general $2,252

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,682 · program services $3,682

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,519 · program services $21,519

  • 24a · Other expenses: Pollingfocus groups

    total $218,836 · program services $218,836

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $173,493 · end of year $36,139

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $551 · end of year $551

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $174,044 · end of year $36,690

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE) was formed to advocate and campaign for the election reforms contained in Alaska Ballot Measure 2 in 2020:requiring more transparency in campaign donations and instituting a new election system consisting of a "Final Four" -cont. schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

Alaskans for Better Elections ABE was formed to advocate and campaign for the election reforms contained in Alaska Ballot Measure 2 in 2020requiring more transparency in campaign donations and instituting a new election system consisting of a Final Four cont schedule O

  • In 2024, Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE) successfully defended final four voting in Alaska from repeal attempts, including repeal legislation and a citizens initiative through public outreach programs, voter education, and lobbying efforts. ABE conducted research on public opinion of election reform and Alaskas current system and also defended the reform against legal challenges.

    Expenses $919,366 · Grants $155,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JULI LUCKY

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $155,220
    From this org
    $109,453
    From related orgs
    $45,767
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $109,453 + $45,767 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $109,453 + $45,767 related

  • LESIL MCGUIRE

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE BOTELHO

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID MONSON

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHERINE JERNSTROM

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICK RACE

    DirectorPresident

    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. 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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511769349300316

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