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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PROJECT FOR PRIVACY AND SURVEILL- ANCE ACCOUNTABILITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,985,023
Total expenses
$1,960,231
Contributions and grants received
$1,985,023
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$23,933
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,933
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,951,993
Management and general expenses
$8,238
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,951,993

Program services were 99.6% 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

    $1,985,023

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,250,633 · program services $1,250,633

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $402 · management and general $402

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $180,000 · program services $180,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $286,277 · program services $286,277

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $130,000 · program services $130,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,443 · program services $8,678 · management and general $765

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $97,006 · program services $95,900 · management and general $1,106

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,532 · management and general $2,532

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $728 · management and general $728

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $505 · program services $505

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $205 · management and general $205

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,141 · end of year $23,933

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$859 · end of year $23,933

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PPSA IS A NONPARTISAN GROUP OF U.S. CITIZENS WHO ADVOCATE FOR GREATER PROTECTION OF OUR PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS. PPSA ADVOCATES IN THE PUBLIC ARENA AND BEFORE CONGRESS FOR GUIDELINES AND AUDITS TO HOLD THESE SECRET PROGRAMS ACCOUNTABLE TO CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROTECTIONS.

  • FOIA REQUESTS: PPSA USES LITIGATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) TO UNCOVER THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE, INCLUDING THE UNMASKING OF AMERICANS WHOSE COMMUNICATIONS ARE CAUGHT IN SURVEILLED FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

    Expenses $506,832

  • LOBBYING: PPSA ADVOCATES IN THE PUBLIC ARENA AND BEFORE CONGRESS FOR GUIDELINES AND AUDITS TO HOLD THESE SECRET PROGRAMS ACCOUNTABLE TO CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROTECTIONS.

    Expenses $432,220

  • EDUCATION: PPSA SEEKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON PRIVACY ISSUES.

    Expenses $1,012,941

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DONALD IRVINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARK DAVIS

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • GENE SCHAERR

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • ERIK JAFFE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SARAH NORTON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349313641

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