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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by Clear Choice Action Inc.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,555,000
Total expenses
$9,663,015
Contributions and grants received
$8,555,000
Grants paid
$500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$550,075
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,658,090
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,108,015
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,467,816
Management and general expenses
$62,580
Fundraising expenses
$132,619
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,467,816

Program services were 98.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,555,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $221,456 · program services $151,456 · management and general $0 · fundraising $70,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $399,609 · program services $359,648 · management and general $39,961 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,500 · program services $11,250 · management and general $625 · fundraising $625

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $228,000 · program services $190,900 · management and general $18,550 · fundraising $18,550

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,565 · program services $1,407 · management and general $79 · fundraising $79

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,651 · program services $26,921 · management and general $3,365 · fundraising $3,365

  • 24a · Other expenses: Litigation/Legal Fees

    total $6,036,754 · program services $6,036,754 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Research

    total $1,940,932 · program services $1,940,932 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Communications/Education

    total $288,548 · program services $248,548 · management and general $0 · fundraising $40,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $550,075

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,658,090

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$1,108,015

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Clear Choice Action, Inc. conducts research, litigation, and public education efforts to expose corruption and misconduct among officials and leaders.

  • Research, litigation, and public education.

    Expenses $9,467,816 · Grants $500,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Post

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Patrick Sheridan-Rossi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brennan Bilberry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503219349323875

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