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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,277,599
Total expenses
$1,241,824
Contributions and grants received
$1,277,599
Grants paid
$216,697
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$252,703
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,236
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$207,467
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$531,725
Management and general expenses
$708,849
Fundraising expenses
$1,250
Program service expenses (Part III)
$531,725

Program services were 42.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,277,599

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $216,697 · program services $216,697

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $293,704 · program services $73,426 · management and general $220,278

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $361,631 · program services $90,408 · management and general $271,223

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,640 · program services $4,660 · management and general $13,980

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $65,061 · program services $16,265 · management and general $48,796

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,091 · program services $13,276 · management and general $39,815

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,500 · management and general $10,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,803 · management and general $2,803

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $70,695 · program services $70,695

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,795 · program services $6,795

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,473 · program services $11,820 · management and general $34,653

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,452 · management and general $26,452

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,653 · management and general $23,653

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,989 · program services $14,989

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,466 · program services $2,501 · management and general $715 · fundraising $1,250

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,170 · management and general $4,170

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,565 · management and general $6,565

  • 24a · Other expenses: Printing

    total $6,955 · program services $6,955

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff Training

    total $3,779 · management and general $3,779

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $1,467 · management and general $1,467

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues

    total $3,238 · program services $3,238

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $69,239 · end of year $142,793

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,159 · end of year $3,907

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

    $49,872

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

    $46,144

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,898 · end of year $3,728

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $122,064 · end of year $102,275

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $45,236

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $205,360 · end of year $207,467

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

We specialize in using digital and social media, media relations, and original content like videos, graphics, and blogs to increase support for progressive ideals. Together, we can build a Minnesota that works for everyone.

  • Program services consist of the following: Professional Development: Supporting ABM staffs professional development, growth, and skill-building through trainings, workshops, and conferences.Research: Qualitative and quantitative research on policy proposals and the public opinion surrounding said proposals in Minnesota communities. Civic Engagement-Voter education efforts like explaining the mechanics of registering and voting. State Legislative Accountability: Educate the public on elected officials positions on issues, votes in congress or state legislature, and local office using earned and online media. Gubernatorial Accountability: Educate the public on the Governors office/positions on issues using earned and online media. AG Accountability: Educate the public on the Attorney Generals office/positions on issues using earned and online media. Political Action: Educate the public on the Governors office/positions on issues using earned and online media.

    Expenses $531,725 · Grants $216,697

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joe Davis

    Key Employee

    Total calculated
    $179,416
    From this org
    $153,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,609
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $153,807
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,609
    Filer's total
    $179,416

  • Marissa Luna

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $151,897
    From this org
    $139,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,000
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $139,897
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,000
    Filer's total
    $151,897

  • David Leonard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brian Elliot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Denise Cardinal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Liz Xiong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bethany Winkels

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dave McGonagle

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

None.

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

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513229349301306

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