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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SECURE DEMOCRACY USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,841,377
Total expenses
$5,320,235
Contributions and grants received
$4,841,377
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$965,950
Total liabilities, end of year
$915,367
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,583
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,015,654
Management and general expenses
$1,116,671
Fundraising expenses
$187,910
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,015,654

Program services were 75.5% 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

    $4,841,377

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $119,380 · program services $71,628 · management and general $34,620 · fundraising $13,132

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $637,512 · program services $382,506 · management and general $184,880 · fundraising $70,126

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $137,177 · program services $82,306 · management and general $39,781 · fundraising $15,090

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $64,543 · program services $38,726 · management and general $18,717 · fundraising $7,100

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $286,822 · program services $238,740 · management and general $48,082

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,712 · program services $17,950 · management and general $41,650 · fundraising $112

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,723,601 · program services $1,434,660 · management and general $288,941

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $42,000 · fundraising $42,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $483,810 · program services $244,272 · management and general $239,538

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,571 · program services $4,400 · management and general $61,991 · fundraising $180

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,855 · program services $1,661 · management and general $7,174 · fundraising $20

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,025 · program services $687 · management and general $16,388 · fundraising $950

  • 17 · Travel

    total $186,712 · program services $125,602 · management and general $59,858 · fundraising $1,252

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,290 · program services $127 · management and general $22,098 · fundraising $65

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,361 · program services $99 · management and general $17,212 · fundraising $50

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $1,254,969 · program services $1,254,969

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $48,917 · program services $10,000 · management and general $2,406 · fundraising $36,511

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $30,257 · program services $172 · management and general $29,997 · fundraising $88

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING

    total $11,221 · program services $6,733 · management and general $3,254 · fundraising $1,234

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $500 · program services $416 · management and general $84

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $714,710 · end of year $925,079

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,801 · end of year $10,801

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,070

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $363,382

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $551,985

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $725,511 · end of year $50,583

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SECURE DEMOCRACY USA IS A NONPARTISAN, 501(C)(4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO BUILD STRONGER ELECTIONS, STATE BY STATE.

  • STATE POLICY CHANGE: EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO ADVANCE OR DEFEAT ELECTION LAW-RELATED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND/OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ELECTION LAWS IN A SPECIFIC SUBSET OF STATES.

    Expenses $2,814,626 · Grants $17,500

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION: EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND/OR DRAWBACKS OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND/OR FACILITATE PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN TACTICS.

    Expenses $832,473

  • PARTNER CAPACITY BUILDING: DIRECT HUMAN, FINANCIAL, AND/OR KNOWLEDGE-BASED RESOURCES PROVIDED TO OTHER NONPARTISAN, 501(C)(4) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ADVANCING SHARED, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND INITIATIVES RELATED TO ELECTION LAW AND POLICY.

    Expenses $350,102 · Grants $82,500

  • VOTER SENTIMENT RESEARCH: RIGOROUS, COMMISSIONED PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH INTO THE ELECTIONS POLICY-RELATED ATTITUDES, BELIEFS, AND PREFERENCES OF VOTERS ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM.

    Expenses $14,574

  • NATIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PERTAINING TO LAWS AND LEGISLATION RELATED TO ELECTIONS, AND THEIR IMPACT, NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $3,879

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Megan Lewis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,286
    From this org
    $79,143
    From related orgs
    $79,143
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $79,143 + $79,143 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $79,143 + $79,143 related
  • Tshombe Hubbard

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $53,594
    From this org
    $18,758
    From related orgs
    $34,836
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7 + 33 related
  • Samantha Tarazi

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $106,340
    From this org
    $21,479
    From related orgs
    $84,861
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related
  • Brina Milikosky

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 6 related
  • Zach Silk

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 6 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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

  • SD FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · EXPERT ANALYSIS RESEARCH ON ELECTION RELATED LAW · DC · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343489349300509

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