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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROUNDWORK ACTION FUND C/O VERDOLINO & LOWEY PC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,286,925
Total expenses
$1,495,059
Contributions and grants received
$1,282,489
Grants paid
$238,551
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$4,436
Total assets, end of year
$241,541
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$241,541
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,028,519
Management and general expenses
$296,078
Fundraising expenses
$170,462
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,028,519

Program services were 68.8% 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

    $1,282,489

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $4,436 · related or exempt $4,436

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,436

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $238,551 · program services $238,551

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $255,724 · program services $54,477 · management and general $76,749 · fundraising $124,498

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $202,241 · program services $141,084 · management and general $52,919 · fundraising $8,238

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,180 · program services $1,590 · management and general $1,272 · fundraising $318

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,298 · program services $19,802 · management and general $10,510 · fundraising $5,986

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,479 · management and general $2,479

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,220 · management and general $23,220

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $524,615 · program services $434,499 · management and general $58,694 · fundraising $31,422

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $190 · management and general $190

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,783 · program services $43,783

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $54,978 · program services $54,978

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,744 · program services $865 · management and general $44,879

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AN

    total $46,024 · program services $36,402 · management and general $9,622

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $10,313 · management and general $10,313

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $4,118 · management and general $4,118

  • 24d · Other expenses: REIMBURSED PROGRAM EXPE

    total $2,478 · program services $2,478

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,123 · program services $10 · management and general $1,113

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $449,675 · end of year $241,541

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $449,675 · end of year $241,541

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, ADVOCATES, AND ACTIVISTS WORKING YEAR-ROUND IN PLACES TRADITIONALLY UNDER-RESOURCED, EXCLUDED, AND IGNORED; TO INVEST IN HYPERLOCAL EFFORTS THAT BUILD SUSTAINABLE POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ENGAGE AND EDUCATE VOTERS, AND BUILD POWER FOR THE UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISENFRANCHISED; TO ADVOCATE FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT CAN DELIVER JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

  • DELIVERY OF SEVERAL 501(C)(4) GRANTS TO ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS IN STATES OF FOCUS AND AIDING THESE AND OTHER GROUPS ON THE GROUND WITH WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S TEAM AND ITS DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO AMPLIFY THEIR WORK.

    Expenses $1,028,519 · Grants $238,551

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Emily Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,224
    From this org
    $154,178
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,046
    Hours/week
    25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,178
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,046
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,224

  • Julia Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,500
    From this org
    $95,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Joe Kennedy III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Keith Lowey

    TREASURER

    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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501349349307030

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