Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$13,562,786

Total expenses

$10,414,516

Contributions and grants received

$13,540,000

Grants paid

$10,107,281

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$22,786

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,398,236

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,398,236

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$10,392,691

Management and general expenses

$21,825

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$10,392,691

Program services were 99.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• ACTION NOW, INC. INVESTS IN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITY AND MINIMIZE INJUSTICE. ACTION NOW, INC. INVESTS IN SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, BUILDING IT FROM THE GROUND UP BASED ON RESEARCH, DEEP THINKING, AND A STRONG FOUNDATION OF EVIDENCE TO DRIVE PUBLIC CONVERSATION, CRAFT POLICY, AND INSPIRE ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.

  Expenses $10,392,691 · Grants $10,107,281

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• UNITE AMERICA

  $3,000,000

  TO SUPPORT NEVADA'S FINAL FIVE BALLOT MEASURE.

• ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS INC

  $950,000

  TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ADVANCING BALLOT MEASURE 2 IMPLEMENTATION AND RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN ALASKA.

• FAIRVOTE MINNESOTA

  $600,000

  TO ADVANCE RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN MINNESOTA.

• STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC

  $590,000

  TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

• TEXAS EMPLOYERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE

  $531,000

  TO SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL VALUE CAMPAIGN IN TEXAS.

• COLORADOANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW

  $500,000

  TO SUPPORT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BALLOT INITIATIVE IN COLORADO.

• HEALTH CARE FOR ALL INC

  $400,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CAMPAIGN FOR AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

• WORLD RELIEF CORP

  $400,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION REFORM.

• FARELLA BRAUN MARTEL LLP

  $378,288

  TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY IN THREE STATES.

• MARYLAND CITIZENS HEALTH INITIATIVE INC

  $350,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ISSUE ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE IN MARYLAND.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · GRANT MAKING · TX · controlled entity

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

12 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202302939349300035

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