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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$0
Total expenses
$83,335
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$10,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$376,382
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$376,382
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,038
Management and general expenses
$67,297
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,038

Program services were 19.2% 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.

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,350 · management and general $4,350

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,250 · management and general $1,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,579 · management and general $61,579

  • 17 · Travel

    total $118 · management and general $118

  • 24a · Other expenses: Web

    total $38 · program services $38

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $459,717 · end of year $376,382

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $459,717 · end of year $376,382

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See schedule O

  • * Developed and published the website for the Foundation, which is called creativesolutionsforamerica.org * Prepared and published research on the processes in all 50 states for the handling of absentee ballots, specifically: 1.Ballot Drop Boxes, their overall administration, including location, monitoring, collection, and security. 2.Verification of signatures on mailed ballots in all 50 states that are returned for processing and therefore inclusion in the overall voting process and ballot count. Ballot Drop Boxes As a result of this research and its public availability, during the

    Expenses $16,038 · Grants $10,000

  • 2024 New Mexico legislative session bills were introduced in both the New Mexico House and New Mexico Senate. These bills addressed compliance with the guidelines issued by the Federal Elections Assistance Commission (FEAC) regarding the use of ballot drop boxes. Verification of Signatures on Mailed Ballots Analysis based on a review of the procedures in all 50 states was prepared and published, with citations and links to each state's statutes and administrative rules. Both legislators and the public at large were able to compare statutes regarding the administration of mailed ballots in all 50 states. The purpose of this research and the published report was to allow

  • citizens to understand the intricacies of the elections administration processes in each state.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Morgan L Burnett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Julia Schneider-Montgomery

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Matthew F Burnet

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rod Adair

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
26 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432399349300838

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