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← FREE PRESS ACTION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREE PRESS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,368,578
Total expenses
$966,746
Contributions and grants received
$1,352,976
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$791,197
Management and general expenses
$68,837
Fundraising expenses
$106,712
Program service expenses (Part III)
$791,197

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CRAG AARON

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $221,418
    From this org
    $28,150
    From related orgs
    $159,518
    Other
    $33,750
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $28,150 + $159,518 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,405 + $7,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,657 + $20,726 related
    Filer's total
    $33,212 + $188,206 related
  • VANESSA CARDENAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • OLGA DAVIDSON

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • BRANDI COLLINS DEXTER

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • VICTOR PICKARD

    DIRECTOR, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • D BENJAMIN SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ASHLEY ALLISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JOAN DONOVAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MARTHA FUENTES-BAUTISTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • KIMBERLY LONGEY

    COO, ASST TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $206,125
    From this org
    $18,608
    From related orgs
    $167,468
    Other
    $20,049
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $18,608 + $167,468 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $893 + $8,036 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,112 + $10,008 related
    Filer's total
    $20,613 + $185,512 related
  • JESSICA GONZALEZ

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $218,243
    From this org
    $29,667
    From related orgs
    $168,114
    Other
    $20,462
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $29,667 + $168,114 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,405 + $7,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,664 + $9,431 related
    Filer's total
    $32,736 + $185,507 related
  • MATHEW WOOD

    VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $194,341
    From this org
    $32,337
    From related orgs
    $129,350
    Other
    $32,654
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $32,337 + $129,350 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,654 + $6,617 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,877 + $19,506 related
    Filer's total
    $38,868 + $155,473 related
  • MISTY PEREZ TRUEDSON

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $195,578
    From this org
    $24,428
    From related orgs
    $138,428
    Other
    $32,722
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $24,428 + $138,428 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,251 + $7,088 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,657 + $20,726 related
    Filer's total
    $29,336 + $166,242 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 — 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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
EACH POSITION AT FREE PRESS (A RELATED ORGANIZATION) HAS A PAY RANGE. RANGES ARE DETERMINED AFTER REVIEW OF COMPARABILITY DATA, INCLUDING COMPENSATION INFORMATION RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM PEER ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATION DATA FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY SCALE, AND RESEARCH ON NON-PROFIT COMPENSATION CONDUCTED BY GUIDESTAR, REGIONAL EMPLOYER ASSOCIATIONS, AND JOB POSTINGS. MANAGEMENT INCLUDES COMPENSATION DATA FOR ALL STAFF, INCLUDING THE CO-CEOS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET THAT IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ADVANCE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. A DETAILED MEMO OUTLINING THE ORGANIZATION'S VALUES AROUND COMPENSATION, THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE AND HOW COMPENSATION CHANGES WITHIN ANY FISCAL YEAR IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH THE BUDGET. THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET IN ADVANCE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. COMPENSATION CHANGES DURING ANY FISCAL YEAR ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT, AND MUST REMAIN WITHIN THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET. MID-YEAR CHANGES TO THE CEO'S COMPENSATION, IF ANY, MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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.

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.

  • FREE PRESS

    501(C)(3) · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON MEDIA REFORM · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421029349300137

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