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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FOR POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,132,071
Total expenses
$1,135,272
Contributions and grants received
$1,131,975
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$96
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$528,925
Total liabilities, end of year
$675,234
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$146,309
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$657,035
Management and general expenses
$148,482
Fundraising expenses
$329,755
Program service expenses (Part III)
$657,035

Program services were 57.9% 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

    $1,131,975

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $96 · excluded $96

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $188,532 · program services $107,619 · management and general $11,646 · fundraising $69,267

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $171,075 · program services $148,075 · management and general $21,686 · fundraising $1,314

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,158 · program services $6,019 · management and general $993 · fundraising $6,146

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,013 · program services $17,609 · management and general $2,907 · fundraising $6,497

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,601 · program services $8,311 · management and general $6,224 · fundraising $3,066

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $335,265 · program services $147,642 · management and general $25,961 · fundraising $161,662

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,181 · program services $24,889 · management and general $4,109 · fundraising $9,183

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100,578 · program services $65,567 · management and general $10,821 · fundraising $24,190

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $118,429 · program services $77,204 · management and general $12,742 · fundraising $28,483

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,427 · program services $3,538 · management and general $584 · fundraising $1,305

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,248 · program services $842 · management and general $107 · fundraising $299

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,444 · program services $942 · management and general $155 · fundraising $347

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $42,496 · management and general $42,496

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,532 · program services $13,385 · management and general $2,209 · fundraising $4,938

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $54,293 · program services $35,393 · management and general $5,842 · fundraising $13,058

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,546 · end of year $16,452

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $20,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,914 · end of year $32,498

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

    $227,337

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

    $89,874

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $160,645 · end of year $137,463

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,245 · end of year $322,512

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,093 · end of year $3,812

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $382,365

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $289,057

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $188,257 · end of year -$146,309

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Center's mission is to bring transparency and accountability to corporate political spending. The Center sees this as ending the pervasive secrecy that hides corporate political activity from shareholders and the public.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See Part III, Line 1.

  • Educated the public about corporate political spending and worked with institutional investors to submit proposals requiring notification to shareholders of political contribution policies and provide informational disclosure.

    Expenses $657,035

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shelley Alpern

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Rebecca Avila

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Kevin Brennan

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • John Cooper

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Samuel Fulwood III

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • William Lauffer

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Morris Pearl

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Rona Peligal

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Daniel Simon

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Emily G Tynes

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Larry Zicklin

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Paul Roth

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Bruce Freed

    President

    Total calculated
    $188,532
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,532
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,532
    Filer's total
    $188,532

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
18 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342979349300819

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