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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FUND FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,708,654
Total expenses
$16,093,624
Contributions and grants received
$30,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,464,141
Investment income
$210,491
Other revenue
$4,022
Total assets, end of year
$34,636,108
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,114,410
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,521,698
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,853,657
Management and general expenses
$2,166,755
Fundraising expenses
$2,073,212
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,853,657

Program services were 73.7% 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

    $30,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM,OUTREACH & MGMT SERVICES

    total $15,464,141 · related or exempt $15,464,141

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $210,576 · excluded $210,576

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,060

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

    securities $3,145

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$85

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$85 · excluded -$85

  • 11a · Other revenue: WORKERS COMP. DIVIDEND

    total $4,022 · excluded $4,022

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,022

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $796,178 · program services $601,908 · management and general $100,718 · fundraising $93,552

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,831,204 · program services $5,877,207 · management and general $979,305 · fundraising $974,692

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $152,755 · program services $131,847 · management and general $17,934 · fundraising $2,974

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $829,129 · program services $643,148 · management and general $128,960 · fundraising $57,021

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $771,554 · program services $561,254 · management and general $102,154 · fundraising $108,146

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,963 · management and general $8,963

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $92,650 · management and general $92,650

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,296,375 · program services $1,163,023 · management and general $123,125 · fundraising $10,227

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $175,338 · program services $68,333 · management and general $84,352 · fundraising $22,653

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,477,040 · program services $943,168 · management and general $53,196 · fundraising $480,676

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $559,287 · program services $538,021 · management and general $14,263 · fundraising $7,003

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $982,369 · program services $685,426 · management and general $179,849 · fundraising $117,094

  • 17 · Travel

    total $253,051 · program services $198,822 · management and general $6,031 · fundraising $48,198

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $283,655 · program services $265,013 · management and general $6,229 · fundraising $12,413

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $60,942 · program services $43,721 · management and general $13,528 · fundraising $3,693

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $346,053 · program services $88,157 · management and general $252,205 · fundraising $5,691

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $137,650 · program services $16,751 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $117,606

  • 24b · Other expenses: LISTS AND LABELS

    total $32,843 · program services $22,917 · fundraising $9,926

  • 24c · Other expenses: WA BUSINESS & OCCUPATIO

    total $6,588 · program services $4,941 · fundraising $1,647

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

    total $4,987,869 · program services $3,777,364 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,210,505

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,337,307 · end of year $1,555,435

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,224,871 · end of year $7,848,795

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $26,934,403 · end of year $19,551,488

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $480,259 · end of year $327,985

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

    $1,458,139

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

    $1,424,857

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $101,237 · end of year $33,282

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $265,166 · end of year $282,571

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,201,997 · end of year $4,927,254

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $110,063 · end of year $109,298

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,139,824 · end of year $8,627,815

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,028 · end of year $42,039

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $24,293,714 · end of year $15,444,556

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,179,737 · end of year $10,521,698

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FUND'S MISSION IS TO FURTHER PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY ON ISSUES AFFECTING SOCIAL WELFARE BOTH DIRECTLY AND BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS.

  • ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND ADVISING TO OTHER EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS - THE FUND FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST PROVIDES CONSULTING AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS GRANTS, TO NONPROFIT PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $6,227,862 · Revenue $5,924,885

  • PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROJECT - THIS PROJECT INVOLVES TALKING WITH CITIZENS OF CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, DISCUSSING THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSUMER PROTECTION, GOOD GOVERNMENT, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. CITIZENS ARE MOBILIZED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE ORGANIZATIONS' SUPPORTED ISSUES, ENCOURAGED TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ORGANIZATION, AND PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

    Expenses $5,625,795 · Revenue $9,539,256

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • FAYE PARK

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,775
    From this org
    $135,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,028
    Hours/week
    40

  • JANET DOMENITZ

    VP/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ALLISON CAIRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,057
    From this org
    $109,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,875
    Hours/week
    40

  • RICHARD J HANNIGAN

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,004
    From this org
    $137,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,989
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,015
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,481
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,508
    Filer's total
    $150,004

  • ANDRE DELATTRE

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,030
    From this org
    $137,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,501
    Hours/week
    40

  • KIRK WEINERT

    OFFICER AT LARGE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,421
    From this org
    $122,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,525
    Hours/week
    38

  • SUSAN RAKOV

    ASST. TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANDREW MACDONALD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DOUGLAS PHELPS

    TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL

    Total calculated
    $153,523
    From this org
    $140,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,124
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,399
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,616
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,508
    Filer's total
    $153,523

  • WENDY WENDLANDT

    POLITICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,628
    From this org
    $128,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,628
    Hours/week
    40

  • MATTHEW CURTIS

    COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $146,190
    From this org
    $131,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,926
    Hours/week
    40

  • PETER CAMPBELL

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,505
    From this org
    $118,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,662
    Hours/week
    40

  • DOUGLAS CASLER

    CITIZEN OUTREACH DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $128,938
    From this org
    $115,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,227
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARK MORGENSTEIN

    DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATION

    Total calculated
    $128,380
    From this org
    $114,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,718
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349308266

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