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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY.

Totals

Total revenue
$170,047
Total expenses
$267,441
Contributions and grants received
$142,646
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$1,008
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$2,617
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$284
Other revenue (line 8)
$23,492
Total assets, end of year
$79,262
Total liabilities, end of year
$497
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$78,765
Program service expenses (Part III)
$199,137

Program services were 74.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

POLITICAL EQUALITY FOR ALL THROUGH AN OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE, AND TRUSTED GOVERNMENT FREE FROM THE CORRUPTION OF BIG-MONEY POLITICS

  • Fair and Transparent Elections: Program Objectives: Open Democracy worked to educate citizens about the vast amount of money spent on our elections. Program Services: 1. Research and analysis of campaign finance reports 2. Held educational programs, forums and workshops. Accomplishments: Our team members took hundreds of actions including writing letters to the editor, tabling at events and educating neighbors. Our book club read and discussed 4 books about a healthy democracy. The Open Democracy Book Club has more than 800 members.

    Expenses $51,776

  • Freedom to Vote: Program Objectives: worked to educate citizens on how to register to vote and participate in the elections. Program Services: 1. Open Democracy helped students organize 41 High School voter registration drives and held workshops to teach students to run their own drives. 2. Recruited volunteers to step forward and fill roles as election workers or nonpartisan poll observers. Accomplishments: 1. Working with The Civics Center, Open Democracy helped to increase the number of 18-year olds in NH who registered to vote in 2024, raising the percentage from 8.5% to 63.68%. 2. Designed and held the Second Annual Democracy Festival in August. The Festival brought together many civic related organizations to provide information, speakers and entertainment to a large audience.

    Expenses $141,387

  • Keeping Alive the Granny D Haddock Legacy and Her Reform Messages Program: Objectives: Making sure that Coalition for Open Democracy Founder Doris ?Granny D? Haddock is remembered as the inspirational NH icon that she is for walking 3,200 miles across the country at age 90 for the cause of reforming campaign finance laws to get the big money out, showing what the power of one can do at any age, and bringing to light her many words of wisdom. Program Services and Accomplishments: 1. Honored the legacy of Doris Granny D Haddock by awarding an outstanding volunteer with a ?Granny D? Civic Award at our Annual Meeting 2. Conducted the annual Granny D Walk 3. Continuing work to restore Granny D?s colorful van ?Rosie" that she used to travel the country to register voters and for traveling programs to promote political equality.

    Expenses $5,974

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Gordon Allen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Kenneth Barnes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Coon

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Taylor

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maya Getter

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsey Fisk

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Davis Allen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cody Jacobsen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Zink

    Excutive Director

    Total calculated
    $71,495
    Compensation
    $71,495
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541629349200209

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