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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,953,590
Total expenses
$2,650,629
Contributions and grants received
$1,725,994
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$222,225
Other revenue
$5,371
Total assets, end of year
$1,940,064
Total liabilities, end of year
$787,539
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,152,525
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,937,887
Management and general expenses
$320,620
Fundraising expenses
$392,122
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,937,887

Program services were 73.1% 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

    $1,725,994

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $88,822 · excluded $88,822

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $5,371 · excluded $5,371

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $330,709

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $197,306

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $133,403

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $133,403 · excluded $133,403

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $633,009 · program services $449,436 · management and general $63,300 · fundraising $120,273

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $503,496 · program services $357,482 · management and general $50,350 · fundraising $95,664

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,197 · program services $29,960 · management and general $4,220 · fundraising $8,017

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,533 · program services $53,629 · management and general $7,553 · fundraising $14,351

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,667 · program services $3,467 · management and general $5,200

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,400 · program services $16,400

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $152,905 · fundraising $152,905

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,039 · management and general $13,039

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,640 · program services $22,400 · management and general $2,240

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,717 · program services $23,495 · management and general $3,310 · fundraising $912

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,910 · program services $25,910

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $208,398 · program services $182,670 · management and general $25,728

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,888 · program services $6,038 · management and general $850

  • 20 · Interest

    total $86,877 · management and general $86,877

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,068 · management and general $29,068

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,962 · management and general $18,962

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL EXPENSE

    total $517,733 · program services $517,733

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $128,223 · program services $128,223

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $32,296 · program services $28,309 · management and general $3,987

  • 24d · Other expenses: CORPORATE EXPENSES

    total $26,434 · program services $21,146 · management and general $5,288

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,237 · program services $71,589 · management and general $648

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $468,849 · program services $417,287 · management and general $0 · fundraising $51,562

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,806 · end of year $78,563

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $46,993 · end of year $72,873

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $112,104 · end of year $83,114

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

    $513,456

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

    $471,552

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $52,456 · end of year $41,904

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,668,935 · end of year $1,578,120

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $279,216 · end of year $85,490

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,868 · end of year $110,930

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $296,078 · end of year $676,609

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,849,564 · end of year $1,152,525

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PERFORM NONPARTISAN STUDY, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT; PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES REGARDING WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PERFORM NONPARTISAN RESEARCH & ANALYSIS ON GOVERNMENT WASTE & INEFFICIENCY.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION - PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES REGARDING WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $1,339,128

  • RESEARCH - PERFORM NONPARTISAN STUDY, RESEARCH, AND ANALYSIS ON WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $598,759

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas A Schatz

    PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $393,304
    From this org
    $354,957
    From related orgs
    $4,494
    Other
    $33,853
    Hours/week
    39.5 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $351,994 + $4,456 related
    Bonus
    $2,963 + $38 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,430 + $423 related
    Filer's total
    $388,387 + $4,917 related

  • Bob Heckman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Terry Grace Sears

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Mike Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Elizabeth Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Deborah Collier

    VP OF POLICY AND GOV'T AFF

    Total calculated
    $128,518
    From this org
    $104,340
    From related orgs
    $1,321
    Other
    $22,857
    Hours/week
    39.5 + 0.5 related

  • Mekdes Yifru

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $119,202
    From this org
    $116,068
    From related orgs
    $1,470
    Other
    $1,664
    Hours/week
    39.5 + 0.5 related

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 · 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

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
2023
Filed
22 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402049349301005

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