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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,120,026
Total expenses
$4,572,477
Contributions and grants received
$5,045,948
Grants paid
$869,007
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$74,078
Total assets, end of year
$1,909,719
Total liabilities, end of year
$652,892
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,256,827
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,551,530
Management and general expenses
$699,384
Fundraising expenses
$321,563
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,781,530

Program services were 77.7% 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

    $5,045,948

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Advertising revenue

    total $26,444 · unrelated business $26,444

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $47,634 · related or exempt $47,634 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $74,078

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $869,007 · program services $869,007

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $350,494 · program services $255,405 · management and general $45,179 · fundraising $49,910

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $75,000 · program services $22,500 · fundraising $52,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $420,741 · program services $338,746 · management and general $63,901 · fundraising $18,094

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,444 · program services $9,797 · management and general $1,733 · fundraising $1,914

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,384 · program services $41,087 · management and general $7,268 · fundraising $8,029

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $92,183 · program services $6,200 · management and general $85,983

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $86,116 · management and general $86,116

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $74,787 · program services $44,383 · fundraising $30,404

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,268,567 · program services $1,067,161 · management and general $200,642 · fundraising $764

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $813,074 · program services $719,531 · management and general $30,592 · fundraising $62,951

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $98,546 · program services $40,242 · management and general $55,998 · fundraising $2,306

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $107,788 · program services $78,545 · management and general $13,894 · fundraising $15,349

  • 17 · Travel

    total $118,272 · program services $41,696 · management and general $4,558 · fundraising $72,018

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $36,359 · program services $13,592 · management and general $18,915 · fundraising $3,852

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,198 · management and general $25,198

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $48,805 · program services $3,638 · management and general $41,869 · fundraising $3,298

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,712 · program services $0 · management and general $17,538 · fundraising $174

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $220,376 · end of year $470,017

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $29,067 · end of year $43,400

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

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

    $34,937

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

    $23,898

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,293 · end of year $11,039

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $541,613 · end of year $1,385,263

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $99,071 · end of year $146,968

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $505,924

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $709,278 · end of year $1,256,827

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

American Principles Project was created to defend the family as society's most important institution and its greatest safeguard of human dignity. We advocate for policy solutions that protect the rights of families from those who seek to undermine them.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to advocate for policy solutions that uphold America's founding principles.

  • American Principles Project, through its pro-family program, advocated on behalf of the American family and engaged on issues of chief importance to families, by: pressing for and supporting laws that defend women's sports and protect children from harmful sex-change procedures, pushing for legislation to rein in Big Tech censorship, opposing the imposition of critical race theory and gender ideology in schools, and publishing a report making the case for Republicans to embrace pro-family issues.

    Expenses $3,413,530 · Grants $519,007 · Revenue $47,634

  • American Principles Project advocated for greater integrity in US elections through its support of the Election Transparency Initiative and Voter Reference Foundation.

    Expenses $350,000 · Grants $350,000

  • American Principles Project promoted pro-family issues through its support of the news site TheNationalPulse.com.

    Expenses $18,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Barrosse

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Francis Cannon

    Treasurer and President Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $203,598
    From this org
    $167,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,971
    Hours/week
    20 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,627
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,971
    Filer's total
    $203,598

  • Sean Fieler

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Terrence Schilling

    President

    Total calculated
    $214,418
    From this org
    $190,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,537
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,881
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,537
    Filer's total
    $214,418

  • Bob Case

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Charlie McKinney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Maggie Gallagher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ross Burnam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jon Schweppe

    Director of Policy and Gov't Affairs

    Total calculated
    $171,083
    From this org
    $149,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,579
    Hours/week
    15.5 + 24.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,504
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,579
    Filer's total
    $171,083

  • Raheem Kassam

    The National Pulse Editor

    Total calculated
    $204,859
    From this org
    $198,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,705
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,154
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,705
    Filer's total
    $204,859

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
22 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323269349300132

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