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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DRUG POLICY ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,255,022
Total expenses
$2,373,132
Contributions and grants received
$5,000,000
Grants paid
$1,365,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$255,022
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$19,735,187
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,439,430
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,295,757
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,197,825
Management and general expenses
$147,766
Fundraising expenses
$27,541
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,197,825

Program services were 92.6% 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

    $5,000,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $255,022 · excluded $255,022

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,365,000 · program services $1,365,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $178,210 · program services $178,210

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,039 · management and general $23,039

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $53,393 · program services $53,393

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $564,280 · program services $561,077 · management and general $3,203

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $673 · program services $673

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,188 · management and general $1,188

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,500 · management and general $4,500

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,908 · management and general $4,908

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMIN. EXPENSES

    total $128,068 · program services $39,472 · management and general $61,055 · fundraising $27,541

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXCISE TAX

    total $35,087 · management and general $35,087

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $14,786 · management and general $14,786

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,672,608 · end of year $9,642,193

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,090,746 · end of year $1,262,816

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,500,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,568

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,150,521 · end of year $8,824,610

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,000 · end of year $403,689

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $5,301,000 · end of year $860,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,351 · end of year $175,741

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,260,826 · end of year $18,230,860

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,733,698 · end of year $64,897

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DRUG POLICY ACTION SEEKS TO REFORM FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND FOREIGN DRUG POLICIES AND LAWS. WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT DRUG POLICIES AND LAWS AND INVOLVE THEM IN OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON THESE ISSUES ADVANCE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DRUG POLICY ACTION BELIEVES THAT THE REGULATION OF DRUGS SHOULD BE GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE, HEALTH, EQUITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. WE ADVOCATE FOR A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DRUGS THAT PRIORITIZES HEALTH, SOCIAL SUPPORTS, AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING. WE OPPOSE PUNITIVE APPROACHES THAT DESTABILIZE PEOPLE, BLOCK ACCESS TO CARE, AND DRAIN COMMUNITIES OF RESOURCES.

  • GENERAL ADVOCACY: DRUG POLICY ACTION WORKS TO END THE WAR ON DRUGS AND BUILD A BETTER APPROACH IN ITS PLACE THROUGH LEGISLATIVE AND BALLOT MEASURE ADVOCACY. WE HAVE THREE MAJOR GOALS: 1) TREAT DRUG USE AS A HEALTH ISSUE BY REFORMING POLICIES AND LAW TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ADDICTION SERVICES AND REDUCE THE ROLE OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM 2) PROMOTE FAMILY SAFETY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY BY REFORMING POLICIES AND LAWS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO HOUSING, PUBLIC BENEFITS, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTHCARE3) ADVANCE JUSTICE AND EQUITY BY LEGALIZING MARIJUANA THE RIGHT WAY

    Expenses $1,644,432 · Grants $865,000

  • DRUG POLICY ACTION ADVANCED THE FOLLOWING BALLOT INITIATIVES AND LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGNS:DRUG POLICY ACTION PARTNERED WITH GROUND GAME TEXAS TO ADVANCE AN INITIATIVE, PROPOSITION R, THE DALLAS FREEDOM ACT, TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA ON THE NOVEMBER 2024 BALLOT. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH UNITE OREGON ACTION, THE URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND, AND THE LATINO NETWORK, TO ADVANCE AND DEFEND DRUG POLICY REFORM IN OREGON.

    Expenses $500,000 · Grants $500,000

  • LOBBYING ACTIVITIES:IN CONNECTION WITH OUR PURPOSE OF PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE THROUGH INFLUENCING POLICY AND LEGISLATION, DRUG POLICY ACTION LOBBIES FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS AND THEIR STAFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE THEM TO SPONSOR, PROMOTE, AND/OR SUPPORT POLICIES AND LEGISLATION THAT IMPROVE DRUG POLICIES AND LAWS.

    Expenses $53,393

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DEREK OSCAR HODEL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • KENNETH T MONTEIRO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SONDRA YOUDELMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUAN CARTAGENA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PAMELA G LICHTY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • KASSANDRA FREDERIQUE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $323,901
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $277,015
    Other
    $46,886
    Hours/week
    8 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $266,244 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,609 related
    Other
    $0 + $162 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,612 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,274 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $323,901 related

  • KIMBERLY THOMAS CHIEF

    OPERATING OFFICER (THRU FEB 2024)

    Total calculated
    $283,078
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $207,208
    Other
    $75,870
    Hours/week
    8 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $198,194 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $8,240 related
    Other
    $0 + $774 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,081 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $54,789 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $283,078 related

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5:
THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN PART VII, SECTION A, RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM AN RELATED AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED FOR THE FILING ORGANIZATION.

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

  • DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

    $860,000

    TO SUPPORT ALLIANCE'S OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • UNITE OREGON ACTION

    $145,000

    TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF HB 4002/SB 5204 AND TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FOR DRUG POLICY ADVOCACY

  • MIKE SCHMIDT FOR MULTNOMAH DA

    $75,000

    TO SUPPORT THE MIKE SCHMIDT CAMPAIGN

  • IMAGINE BLACK

    $65,000

    TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF HB 4002/SB 5204 AND TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FOR DRUG POLICY ADVOCACY

  • THE URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND

    $65,000

    TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF HB 4002/SB 5204 AND TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FOR DRUG POLICY ADVOCACY

  • LATINO NETWORK

    $65,000

    TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF HB 4002/SB 5204 AND TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FOR DRUG POLICY ADVOCACY

  • GROUND GAME TEXAS

    $40,000

    TO SUPPORT MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT REFORM FOR THE NOVEMBER 2024 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT IN DALLAS, TX

  • SOMOS TEJAS

    $20,000

    TO DECRIMALIZE MARIJUANA POSSESSION THROUGH SIGNATURE COLLECTION, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR LASTING POLICY CHANGE

  • NEW DAY NEVADA PAC

    $15,000

    TO SUPPORT NEW DAY NEVADA'S MISSION OF HELPING HARD WORKING NEVADAN'S GET AHEAD BY ADDRESSING STAGNATING WAGES AND GROWING MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL COSTS

  • CHAICHI FOR OREGON

    $10,000

    TO SUPPORT FARRAH CHIACHI CAMPAIGN

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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
2023
Filed
11 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540709349300504

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