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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GROUNDWORK COLLABORATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,987,932
Total expenses
$8,654,318
Contributions and grants received
$7,896,727
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$91,205
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,242,272
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,319,982
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,922,290
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,457,627
Management and general expenses
$983,619
Fundraising expenses
$213,072
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,457,627

Program services were 86.2% 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

    $7,896,727

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $91,205 · excluded $91,205

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $970,105 · program services $758,385 · management and general $158,412 · fundraising $53,308

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,312,797 · program services $3,089,709 · management and general $202,362 · fundraising $20,726

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $92,320 · program services $87,418 · management and general $4,748 · fundraising $154

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $530,561 · program services $483,529 · management and general $40,859 · fundraising $6,173

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $319,458 · program services $287,762 · management and general $26,463 · fundraising $5,233

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $124,783 · program services $116,818 · management and general $7,965

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $192,396 · program services $22,967 · management and general $169,010 · fundraising $419

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,200 · management and general $4,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,596,191 · program services $1,388,796 · management and general $111,395 · fundraising $96,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,600 · program services $40,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $208,604 · program services $187,486 · management and general $17,807 · fundraising $3,311

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $55,418 · program services $50,037 · management and general $4,471 · fundraising $910

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $399,443 · program services $360,663 · management and general $32,222 · fundraising $6,558

  • 17 · Travel

    total $138,294 · program services $64,813 · management and general $73,481

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $68,674 · management and general $68,674

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,260 · program services $5,680 · management and general $39,478 · fundraising $102

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBS. & DATABASES

    total $503,409 · program services $475,289 · management and general $8,023 · fundraising $20,097

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROF. DEVELOPMENT

    total $35,760 · program services $32,874 · management and general $2,886

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSE & REGISTRATION

    total $10,808 · program services $2,757 · management and general $8,005 · fundraising $46

  • 24d · Other expenses: NON CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

    total $3,852 · program services $982 · management and general $2,853 · fundraising $17

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,385 · program services $1,062 · management and general $305 · fundraising $18

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $173,036 · end of year $227,716

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,530,004 · end of year $51,241

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,050,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $152,655 · end of year $135,560

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

    $338,086

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

    $99,027

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $52,216 · end of year $239,059

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $4,750,498

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $16,800 · end of year $838,198

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $431,968 · end of year $401,908

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $918,074

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,492,743 · end of year $4,922,290

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,050,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ACCOUNTABLE.US IS A WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE CORRUPTING INFLUENCE OF POWERFUL CORPORATIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS ON POLICYMAKING. WE USE INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH TO EXPOSE IMPROPRIETIES AND COMMUNICATE OUR FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC. OUR ADVOCACY HELPS PAVE THE WAY FOR PROGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF ALL AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE STRIVE TO MAINTAIN A DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE WORKPLACE WHERE WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN OUR IMPACT-FOCUSED WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • ACCOUNTABLE.US'S RESEARCH HAS HELPED EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW CORPORATE POWER AND SPECIAL INTERESTS HAVE MANIPULATED THE POLICY PROCESS FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT. WE HAVE HELPED SHINE A LIGHT ON HOW BIG BUSINESSES AND RELATED SPECIAL INTERESTS HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS THAT BENEFIT THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $7,457,627

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mindy Myers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jess Maher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shripal Shah

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Woodhouse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Herrig

    PRES/SENIOR ADVISOR - EFF. 9/2023

    Total calculated
    $307,867
    From this org
    $268,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,714
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,153
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,039
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,675
    Filer's total
    $307,867

  • Anthony Carrk

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,678
    From this org
    $230,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,198
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,311
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,887
    Filer's total
    $277,678

  • Sarah Bruno

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $219,880
    From this org
    $199,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,560
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,320
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,560
    Filer's total
    $219,880

  • Caroline Ciccone

    PRESIDENT (FROM 6/2023)

    Total calculated
    $164,680
    From this org
    $152,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,892
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,952
    Filer's total
    $164,680

  • Nicholas Hackworth

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $268,157
    From this org
    $217,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,907
    Filer's total
    $268,157

  • Angela Canterbury

    VP OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $224,338
    From this org
    $171,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,395
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,943
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,420
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,975
    Filer's total
    $224,338

  • Derek Martin

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND CAMPAIGNS

    Total calculated
    $189,190
    From this org
    $165,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,780
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,410
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,616
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,164
    Filer's total
    $189,190

  • Julia Ezell-Thomas

    DIGITAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $178,480
    From this org
    $139,031
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,449
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,031
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $709
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,740
    Filer's total
    $178,480

  • Elizabeth Price

    DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $169,299
    From this org
    $146,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,404
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,094
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,801
    Filer's total
    $169,299

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 survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
DURING THE YEAR THE ENTITY PAID PERFORMANCE BASED (MERIT) BONUS PAYMENTS. DEREK MARTIN RECEIVED $ 10,000 AND ELIZABETH PRICE RECEIVED $ 5,000.

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
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433179349302638

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