Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,892,769

Total expenses

$2,327,563

Contributions and grants received

$1,876,004

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$16,765

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,236,221

Total liabilities, end of year

$744,176

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,492,045

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,668,553

Management and general expenses

$389,426

Fundraising expenses

$269,584

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,668,553

Program services were 71.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ELECTION & CIVIC EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT SEVENTY'S ELECTION PROGRAM HAS SEVERAL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HELP VOTERS LEARN ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AS A VOTER AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS WHEN THEY VOTE. THE INTERACTIVE VOTER GUIDE ALLOWS VOTERS TO TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND REVIEW ALL OF THE CANDIDATES ON THEIR BALLOT BEFORE THEY HEAD TO THE POLLS. THEY CAN REVIEW THE OPTIONS, SELECT THEIR CANDIDATES AND PRINT OR SAVE THEM; THEY CAN EVEN SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO VOTE, FIND THEIR POLLING PLACE, OR APPLY TO VOTE BY MAIL. SEVENTY ALSO BROADCASTS FACEBOOK LIVE INTERVIEWS FROM STUDIO C70. THE INTERVIEWS, WITH CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, THOUGHT LEADERS, AND POLITICAL INSIDERS, HELP VOTERS GET MORE INFORMED AND CIVICALLY ENGAGED. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND WEBSITE. THE WEVOTE INITIATIVE PROMOTES A CULTURE OF VOTING IN BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION AND ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. PARTICIPANTS CAN ENCOURAGE ALL EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND CONSTITUENTS TO VOTE, EASILY SHARE OUR VOTER RESOURCES, AND OFFER AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE ON ELECTION DAY SO THERE ARE FEWER OBSTACLES FOR VOTING. SEVENTY ALSO SUPPORTS WELL-RUN ELECTIONS BY RECRUITING AND EDUCATING POLL WORKERS IN PHILADELPHIA. WITH A WIDELY DISTRIBUTED TOOLKIT OF RESOURCES FOR POLL WORKERS, INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS, AND A GROWING COMMUNITY OF INFORMED, ENGAGED POLL WORKERS, SEVENTY SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY'S ESSENTIAL WORKERS. SEVENTY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS IN PHILADELPHIA AND ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA TO BE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, NOT JUST AROUND ELECTIONS. SEVENTY'S YOUTH CIVICS INITIATIVES ENGAGE STUDENTS AS YOUNG AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGE UP THROUGH COLLEGE. A CORE COMPONENT OF THIS WORK IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ELECTIONS & VOTING CURRICULUM, WHICH GIVES STUDENTS AN ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING OF VOTING RIGHTS AND HISTORY, MEDIA LITERACY, HOW TO USE VOTER GUIDES, AND HOW NEW AND FUTURE VOTERS CAN CAST THEIR OWN BALLOTS. THE CURRICULUM IS SUPPORTED BY THE PA YOUTH VOTE MOCK ELECTION; IN 2023 NEARLY 1,500 STUDENTS FROM DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH CAST BALLOTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. SEVENTY ALSO COORDINATED INTERVIEWS WITH CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR ELECTION THROUGH THE STUDIO C70 CANDIDATE INTERVIEW SERIES, WHERE CLASSROOMS CONNECT WITH CANDIDATES AND INTERVIEWS ARE STREAMED LIVE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IN 2023, SEVENTY LAUNCHED CAN WE TALK? TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN PRODUCTIVE CIVIL DIALOGUE. STARTED AS A COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAM, SEVENTY ENGAGED EIGHT HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS PA IN PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN SKILLS FOR ENGAGING WITH OTHERS FROM DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES AND BACKGROUNDS. SEVENTY ALSO STARTED OUR DEMOCRACY FOR KIDS PROGRAM, WORKING WITH YOUTH FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ON THE BASICS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SEVENTY IS ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PA CIVICS COALITION, A STATEWIDE GROUP OF NONPROFITS, MUSEUMS, AND FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING PENNSYLVANIA'S CIVIC EDUCATION.

  Expenses $930,712

• FALL & SPRING EVENTS SEVENTY'S FALL AND SPRING EVENTS HAVE BECOME IMPORTANT AND INFORMATIVE ANNUAL PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INFLUENCE AND AN INTEREST IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT AT EVERY LEVEL. PAST SPEAKERS HAVE INCLUDED A US VICE PRESIDENT, US SENATORS, GOVERNORS, HISTORIANS AND POLITICAL COMMENTATORS.

  Expenses $200,706

• STATE ADVOCACY SEVENTY'S STATE ADVOCACY INCLUDES POLICY AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AND LOBBYING AROUND PRIORITY ISSUES THAT RELATE TO ETHICAL, REPRESENTATIVE, AND/OR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN HARRISBURG. SPECIFIC ISSUE AREAS OF INTEREST FOR STATE GOVERNMENT REFORM INCLUDE REDISTRICTING (STATE LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL), ELECTIONS AND VOTING, ETHICS AND GIFTS, AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE. ADVOCACY EFFORTS INCLUDE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS (PRESS STATEMENTS, EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA), WORKING WITH COALITIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND DIRECT LOBBYING (MEETING WITH STATE OFFICIALS AND STAFF). SEVENTY IS ALSO THE SPONSOR OF THE BALLOT PA INITIATIVE, WHICH ADVOCATES FOR OPEN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

  Expenses $392,410

• OTHER MISSION CRITICAL PROGRAMS

  Expenses $144,725

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• LAUREN CRISTELLA

  PRESIDENT AN

  Total calculated

  $227,237

  From this org

  $211,667

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $15,570

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $186,667

  Bonus

  $25,000

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $6,279

  Nontaxable benefits

  $9,291

  Filer's total

  $227,237

• DAVID THORNBURGH

  SENIOR ADVIS

  Total calculated

  $193,936

  From this org

  $150,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $43,936

  Hours/week

  25

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $150,000

  Bonus

  —not reported

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $4,500

  Nontaxable benefits

  $39,436

  Filer's total

  $193,936

• SEE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPLETE LISTING

  BOD

  Total calculated

  $0

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

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202403179349301790

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