Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,186,077

Total expenses

$1,048,878

Contributions and grants received

$1,163,804

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$20,291

Other revenue

$1,982

Total assets, end of year

$2,084,748

Total liabilities, end of year

$10,527

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,074,221

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$773,233

Management and general expenses

$214,388

Fundraising expenses

$61,257

Program service expenses (Part III)

$773,233

Program services were 73.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• EARC DBA RANKED CHOICE VOTING RESOURCE CENTER (RCVRC) IS THE NATION'S ONLY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED SOLELY TO PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING (RCV). BECAUSE ELECTION OFFICES ARE OFTEN UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED, WE PROVIDE OUR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND TOOLS FOR FREE OR AT A NOMINAL FEE BASED ON STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES. RCV WAS USED IN 24 CITIES ACROSS 10 STATES TO ELECT LOCAL OFFICIALS IN 2023. RCVRC STAFF SUPPORTED ELECTION STAFF IN MANY OF THESE JURISDICTIONS, PROVIDING EXPERT ADVICE ON IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCES AND REGULATION, PRESENTATIONS, CONSULTATIONS, TRAINING STAFF ON RCV AND RCTAB, AND ADVISING ON RCV IMPLEMENTATION BEST PRACTICES.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)* STATES IMPACTED (22): ALASKA, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEW YORK, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, & WISCONSIN* CITIES IMPACTED (4): NEW YORK CITY (NY), PORTLAND (OR), ARLINGTON (VA), & BURLINGTON (VT)RESOURCES RELEASED IN 2023:* FOUR SHORT EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF RCV, FROM WHAT IT IS TO HOW TO MARK A BALLOT, WITH A TOTAL OF JUST OVER 2,100 VIEWS SO FAR.* RCV MAPS, OUR MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT, PROVIDES USERS WITH A STARTING POINT FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR ANY JURISDICTION ACROSS THE U.S. TO IMPLEMENT RCV. A NEW VERSION OF RCV MAPS WAS LAUNCHED IN 2023. FUN FACT: 85% OF VOTERS IN THE U.S. LIVE IN AN RCV-CAPABLE JURISDICTION.* RCVRC, REPRESENTUS, AND DEMOCRACY RISING PARTNERED TOGETHER TO CREATE A NEW RESOURCE GUIDE TO HELP ADVOCATES SMOOTH THE PATH TO A SUCCESSFUL FIRST ELECTION. THIS GUIDE, PROTECT THE WIN, IS A GREAT RESOURCE DESIGNED FOR RCV ADVOCATES TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THEY GET RCV PASSED IN THEIR JURISDICTION. THE PROTECT THE WIN SYMPOSIUM WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 100 PEOPLE, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.* OUR PODCAST, RCV CLIPS, COVERS RCV ELECTION ADMINISTRATION TOPICS RANGING FROM DRAFTING LEGISLATION TO ELECTION CERTIFICATION TO BEST PRACTICES LEARNED FROM RUNNING RCV ELECTIONS. RCV CLIPS HAS LIFETIME PODCAST DOWNLOADS OF 10,276 OVER 6 YEARS, WITH A 28% INCREASE FROM 2022. EPISODES WERE RELEASED MONTHLY, AND GUESTS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM ALASKA TO WASHINGTON, DC.

  Expenses $428,213

• EARC PROVIDES ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE ELECTION WORLD, RCTAB. RCTAB IS A FREE, OPEN-SOURCE TABULATION SOFTWARE THAT USES BALLOT DATA FROM VOTING SYSTEMS TO RUN THE ROUND-BY-ROUND COUNT. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, OUR VOLUNTEER DEVELOPERS HAVE HELPED US TO CREATE SOFTWARE THAT IS USER-FRIENDLY, SECURE, AND BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION.* RCTAB HAS BEEN APPROVED OR CERTIFIED FOR USE AS STANDALONE SOFTWARE IN FOUR STATES: MAINE, NEW YORK, UTAH, & VIRGINIA.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)* RCTAB HAS BEEN APPROVED OR CERTIFIED FOR USE AS PART OF A WHOLE VOTING SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA (HART VERITY 2.4) AND IS UNDER TESTING WITH THE U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION (EAC) AND FOR OREGON CERTIFICATION AS A PART OF CLEAR BALLOT'S CLEARVOTE 2.5.* RCTAB WAS USED IN 9 ELECTIONS IN JURISDICTIONS REPRESENTING 4.5 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS.* OVER 1.2 MILLION VOTES HAVE BEEN TABULATED OVER THE LIFE OF RCTAB, WITH 160,000 BEING TABULATED IN 2023.* VERSION 2.0 IS CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL PHASE OF PREPARATION AND TESTING. RCVRC IS WORKING WITH SEVERAL VOTING SYSTEM VENDORS REGARDING RCTAB INTEGRATION.* RCTAB WAS CHOSEN (OUT OF OVER 60 APPLICANTS) FOR THE NETROOTS NEW TOOL SHOWCASE IN JULY 2023.

  Expenses $345,020

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

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

12 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202412289349300646

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