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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FAIRVOTE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$468,016
Total expenses
$602,754
Contributions and grants received
$467,839
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$177
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$167,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,818
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$155,814
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$422,037
Management and general expenses
$112,245
Fundraising expenses
$68,472
Program service expenses (Part III)
$422,037

Program services were 70.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $467,839

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $304,206

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $177 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $177

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

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

  • 5 · Royalties

    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

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,474 · program services $38,237 · management and general $15,295 · fundraising $22,942

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $282,571 · program services $212,054 · management and general $56,414 · fundraising $14,103

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,991 · program services $11,735 · management and general $4,205 · fundraising $1,051

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,660 · program services $22,904 · management and general $6,474 · fundraising $3,282

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $303 · management and general $303

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $908 · management and general $908

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,945 · program services $9,460 · management and general $9,391 · fundraising $27,094

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $58,676 · program services $58,383 · management and general $293

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,005 · program services $6,209 · management and general $8,796

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,073 · program services $952 · management and general $2,121

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,454 · program services $6,541 · management and general $3,913

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,132 · management and general $4,132

  • 24a · Other expenses: Polling & Research

    total $55,562 · program services $55,562 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $391,848 · end of year $167,632

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $11,818

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $291,848 · end of year $155,814

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FairVote Washington Foundation is organized as a non-profit corporation exclusively for conducting research and educating the public on issues related to ranked choice voting, voting methods, and electoral reform and advocating on behalf of those issues to the extent that no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, except as is otherwise provided by section 501(h) of the Internal Revenue Code

  • Public Outreach & Education: Conduct outreach and public education events about non-partisan election reforms such as ranked-choice voting that give voters greater choice and a stronger voice in our elections, and lead to a more civil, more functional, more representative democracy.

    Expenses $167,596

  • Partnership Building with Election Administrators and Allied Organizations: Meet with elections administrators and allied organizations across the state to discuss benefits and to offer support regarding future implementation of ranked choice voting

    Expenses $121,976

  • Research: conduct research on voter understanding of elections and possible election reforms in Washington state

    Expenses $132,465

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Ayrault

    Executive Director (until 11/3/24)

    Total calculated
    $69,828
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $64,792
    Other
    $5,036
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elise Orlick

    Executive Director (started 11/4/24)

    Total calculated
    $15,144
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $15,144
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Robert Poore

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Bangs

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Grenn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521339349304637

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