Totals
- Total revenue
- $397,347
- Total expenses
- $498,798
- Contributions and grants received
- $396,029
- Grants paid
- $150
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,318
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $270,051
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $199,528
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $70,523
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $373,807
- Management and general expenses
- $48,506
- Fundraising expenses
- $76,485
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $373,807
Program services were 74.9% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$16,138
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$379,891
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$24,667
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3 · Investment income
total $484 · excluded $484
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $1,400
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $566
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets $834
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $834 · excluded $834
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $150 · program services $150
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $51,647 · program services $40,068 · management and general $4,854 · fundraising $6,725
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $196,873 · program services $187,319 · management and general $6,597 · fundraising $2,957
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $588 · program services $588
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $14,708 · program services $14,708
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $23,387 · program services $21,065 · management and general $1,467 · fundraising $855
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,033 · management and general $2,033
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,928 · management and general $12,928
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $63,319 · fundraising $63,319
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11g · Fees: other
total $34,954 · program services $33,522 · management and general $1,432
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13 · Office expenses
total $11,239 · program services $8,125 · management and general $1,628 · fundraising $1,486
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14 · Information technology
total $16,890 · program services $15,128 · management and general $1,202 · fundraising $560
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16 · Occupancy
total $9,399 · program services $8,412 · management and general $678 · fundraising $309
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17 · Travel
total $16,530 · program services $15,793 · management and general $728 · fundraising $9
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $29,363 · program services $27,874 · management and general $1,471 · fundraising $18
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20 · Interest
total $11,828 · management and general $11,828
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $544 · management and general $544
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23 · Insurance
total $2,185 · program services $1,006 · management and general $989 · fundraising $190
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24a · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $110 · management and general $110
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24e · All other expenses
total $123 · program services $49 · management and general $17 · fundraising $57
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $15,320 · end of year $73,966
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,175 · end of year $1,183
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $245 · end of year $245
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $4,659 · end of year $2,454
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,565
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,370
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,305 · end of year $195
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $413,080 · end of year $192,008
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $113,810 · end of year $29,782
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
end of year $5,000
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $150,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $14,746
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $171,974 · end of year -$29,431
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $99,954
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FairVote Minnesota Foundation promotes better democracy through improving the voting system across the state. We provide research and education about the effects our voting system has on the quality of democracy and advocate for Ranked Choice Voting or other systems that promote greater competition, participation, majority rule, and proportional representation.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Provide education, outreach, research and advocacy to build knowledge and awareness about voting methods in public elections and how they may be improved.
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Digital Engagement:Our online educational reach continued to grow, with substantial engagement across all platforms:750,000 impressions on Twitter (X)250,000 users reached on Facebook150,000 users reached on Instagram
Expenses $200,223 · Grants $100 · Revenue $1,060
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Community EducationFairVote Minnesota provided nonpartisan RCV education to voters, public officials, and community members at events across the state, including: Minnehaha Art Fair, Minnesota State Fair, League of Minnesota Cities Annual Conference, Twin Cities Pride, Open Streets, multiple city Pride festivals (Bloomington, St. Cloud, Hopkins), Hopkins Raspberry Festival, League of Women Voters meetings, and the Association of Minnesota Counties Conference. Executive Director Jeanne Massey also presented at the National Association of Nonprofit Reformers in December 2024.
Expenses $173,584 · Grants $50
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Jim Dorsey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Kim Nelson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Mike Osterholm
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Steve Kelley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Michael Minta
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Edwin Torres
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Zaylore Stout
Treasruer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Emily Crabtree
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Maureen Reed
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
-
Jim Watkins
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
-
Jeanne Massey
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $101,632
- From this org
- $101,632
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 13.92 + 26.08 related
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Sarah Kruger
Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $112,339
- From this org
- $109,220
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,119
- Hours/week
- 24 + 16 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.
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.
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501(c)(4) · Lobbying · MN
Directly controlled by FairVote Minnesota Foundation
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 18 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513229349301341
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