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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLCS ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$558,841
Total expenses
$1,930,447
Contributions and grants received
$558,841
Grants paid
$27,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$840,249
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,232
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$784,017
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,748,140
Management and general expenses
$133,459
Fundraising expenses
$48,848
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,748,140

Program services were 90.6% 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

    $558,841

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $27,000 · program services $27,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $166,847 · program services $135,145 · management and general $20,022 · fundraising $11,680

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $373,253 · program services $302,336 · management and general $44,790 · fundraising $26,127

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,167 · program services $4,186 · management and general $620 · fundraising $361

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,286 · program services $15,622 · management and general $2,314 · fundraising $1,350

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,526 · program services $36,875 · management and general $5,464 · fundraising $3,187

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,294 · program services $27,294

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,700 · management and general $10,165 · fundraising $535

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $876,954 · program services $876,954

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $163,137 · program services $130,028 · management and general $30,073 · fundraising $3,036

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,000 · program services $14,250 · fundraising $750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,152 · program services $16,540 · management and general $2,651 · fundraising $961

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,000 · program services $10,320 · management and general $1,080 · fundraising $600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,935 · program services $13,442 · management and general $1,493

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,624 · program services $2,257 · management and general $236 · fundraising $131

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLLING/SURVEYS

    total $68,151 · program services $68,151

  • 24b · Other expenses: REGULATORY SERVICES

    total $45,000 · program services $40,500 · management and general $4,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: STRATEGIC PLANNING

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES & PENALTIES

    total $9,816 · management and general $9,816

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,605 · program services $2,240 · management and general $235 · fundraising $130

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,396,760 · end of year $840,249

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $800,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,119

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,256 · end of year $56,232

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $145,889 · end of year $71,237

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,009,734 · end of year $712,780

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CLCS ACTION IS A NONPROFIT 501C4 ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGES TO COLORADO PUBLIC EDUCATION TO INCREASE QUALITY, CHOICE AND EQUITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL LEARNERS AND FAMILIES.

  • CONDUCTED MEETINGS/TOURS WITH AT LEAST 30 DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. RECRUITED OVER 400 PARENTS AND CHARTER REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND CHARTER ADVOCACY TRAINING. SENT OVER 57,000 EMAILS TO STATE LEGISLATORS AS PART OF AN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON CSI EQUALIZATION.

    Expenses $1,748,140 · Grants $27,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kyle Debeer

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $164,457
    From this org
    $159,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,779
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,121
    Bonus
    $5,557
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $787
    Filer's total
    $164,457

  • Lauren Freemire

    DIR REGION A

    Total calculated
    $116,775
    From this org
    $113,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,042
    Hours/week
    40

  • Angela Sandoval

    DIR GOV AFFA

    Total calculated
    $112,522
    From this org
    $104,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,148
    Hours/week
    40

  • Daniel Schaller

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lang Sias

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Hatcher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cole Wist

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rosemary Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Polly Lawrence

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

  • CLCS ACTION IEC

    POLITICAL · CO

    Directly controlled by CLCS ACTIO

  • CLCS ACTION 527

    POLITICAL · CO

    Directly controlled by CLCS ACTIO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530669349300948

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