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← MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$894,044
Total expenses
$546,380
Contributions and grants received
$893,943
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$101
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,635,467
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,356
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,634,111
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$489,912
Management and general expenses
$56,468
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$489,912

Program services were 89.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $893,943

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $101 · excluded $101

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,590 · management and general $4,590

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,000 · program services $7,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $452,271 · program services $452,271

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,879 · management and general $43,879

  • 17 · Travel

    total $878 · management and general $878

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $175 · management and general $175

  • 24a · Other expenses: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

    total $20,301 · program services $20,301

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT COSTS

    total $8,115 · program services $8,115

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $6,901 · management and general $6,901

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,297 · program services $1,297

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $973 · program services $928 · management and general $45

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,285,823 · end of year $1,209,386

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $995 · end of year $226,081

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $100,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $100,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $371 · end of year $1,356

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,286,447 · end of year $1,594,547

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $39,564

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 1) DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS AND 2) ENGAGING WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND STIMULATE ACTION RELATING TO THESE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES.

  • ISSUE ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS. MVAF WILL ENGAGE IN ISSUE ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS, AMONG OTHER AWARENESS INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH AIMED AT BOTH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL OCCUR ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SIMILAR MECHANISMS, BUT MAY ALSO INCLUDE DIRECT PHYSICAL MAILINGS, PAID MEDIA PRODUCTION, PAID MEDIA ADVERTISING AND PLACEMENT, AND OTHER TYPES OF MEDIA OUTREACH, POTENTIALLY INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, OR OTHER ACTIVITIES AIMED TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICIES. ISSUE ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY RAISING AWARENESS AND HELPING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THESE COMMUNICATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS.

    Expenses $234,070

  • GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING. MVAF WILL ENGAGE IN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING OF INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INVOLVE CREATING A COMMUNITY-BASED, GROUND-UP NETWORK FOR CIVILIANS TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES. THIS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY CREATING A DYNAMIC PLATFORM FOR CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES THAT IMPROVE VOTING RIGHTS AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS RELATED TO ELECTIONS.

    Expenses $197,842

  • NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE TRAINING. MVAF WILL HELP EDUCATE AND TRAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NEW TO RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE ON HOW TO RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE AND SUCCEED. CANDIDATES WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE TRAINING REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE NONPARTISAN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY HELPING TO KEEP THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM VIBRANT AND THRIVING BY GIVING NEW AND DIVERSE VOICES IMPROVED ACCESS AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING.

    Expenses $58,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Lawson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Felicia Brown-Williams

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vidhi Bamzai

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Blake Feldman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Porshalain White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jake McGraw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reena Evers-Everette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justine Sarver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arekia Bennett-Scott

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620549349301482

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