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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THINK NEW MEXICO.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,120,195
Total expenses
$738,214
Contributions and grants received
$1,156,366
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$36,654
Other revenue
$483
Total assets, end of year
$3,749,700
Total liabilities, end of year
$74,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,674,939
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$616,468
Management and general expenses
$49,478
Fundraising expenses
$72,268
Program service expenses (Part III)
$616,468

Program services were 83.5% 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

    $1,156,366

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $981

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52,619 · excluded $52,619

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $361,108

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $350,381 · other assets $100,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $10,727 · other assets -$100,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$89,273 · excluded -$89,273

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $483 · related or exempt $483

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $483

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $176,029 · program services $151,385 · management and general $12,322 · fundraising $12,322

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $276,779 · program services $235,203 · management and general $15,183 · fundraising $26,393

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,350 · program services $15,468 · management and general $970 · fundraising $1,912

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,039 · program services $29,453 · management and general $1,772 · fundraising $3,814

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,646 · program services $26,049 · management and general $1,839 · fundraising $2,758

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,230 · management and general $12,230

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,343 · program services $4,126 · fundraising $217

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $102,923 · program services $89,899 · management and general $933 · fundraising $12,091

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,973 · program services $5,669 · management and general $303 · fundraising $6,001

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,031 · program services $34,026 · management and general $2,402 · fundraising $3,603

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $364 · program services $291 · management and general $37 · fundraising $36

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $838 · program services $712 · management and general $51 · fundraising $75

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,791 · program services $2,372 · management and general $168 · fundraising $251

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAND EXPENSES

    total $20,450 · program services $17,383 · management and general $1,226 · fundraising $1,841

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

    total $4,450 · program services $3,560 · fundraising $890

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $709 · program services $603 · management and general $42 · fundraising $64

  • 24d · Other expenses: INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

    total $269 · program services $269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $86 · end of year $98

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $454,630 · end of year $365,402

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $42,500 · end of year $40,464

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $48,866

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $849,828

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $8,159

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $941,292 · end of year $841,669

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,119,861 · end of year $2,282,643

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $136,131 · end of year $170,558

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,882 · end of year $18,986

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $55,775

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,423,083 · end of year $3,464,671

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $260,535 · end of year $210,268

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH

  • IN 2022, THINK NEW MEXICO LAUNCHED A MAJOR NEW INITIATIVE TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES IN NEW MEXICO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THINK NEW MEXICO RESEARCHED, WROTE, AND PUBLISHED A POLICY REPORT TITLED, "A ROADMAP FOR RETHINKING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW MEXICO," WHICH LAID OUT A SWEEPING TEN POINT PLAN WITH 30 SEPARATE LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF NEW MEXICO'S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. COPIES OF THE REPORT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO NEARLY 14,000 NEW MEXICANS AS PART OF OUR EXTENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS AROUND THIS ISSUE. THINK NEW MEXICO ALSO DEVELOPED LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT OUR PROPOSED REFORMS AND ORGANIZED A DIVERSE COALITION OF SUPPORTERS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM DURING THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. DURING THE 2023 SESSION, SEVERAL OF THINK NEW MEXICO'S PROPOSED EDUCATION REFORMS WERE ENACTED, INCLUDING INCREASING LEARNING TIME FOR STUDENTS BY THE EQUIVALENT OF 27 EXTRA DAYS A YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 10 EXTRA DAYS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS SECURING FUNDING FOR HIGHER PRINCIPAL SALARIES AND FOR TEACHER RESIDENCIES, PAID YEAR-LONG EXPERIENCES IN WHICH A NEW TEACHER TEACHES ALONGSIDE AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER. IN ADDITION, IN 2022 THINK NEW MEXICO SUCCESSFULLY WON PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING THE PRIMARY POLICY REFORM PROPOSED IN OUR 2020 POLICY REPORT TITLED, "HOW PREDATORY LENDING SWALLOWED NEW MEXICO AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT." DURING THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THINK NEW MEXICO SUCCESSFULLY CHAMPIONED THE ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION REDUCING THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL INTEREST RATE ON SMALL LOANS FROM 175% TO 36%. BASED ON DATA FROM THE STATE REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT, WE ESTIMATE THAT THIS REFORM IS SAVING 240,000 LOW-INCOME NEW MEXICANS APPROXIMATELY 175 MILLION A YEAR. DURING THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THINK NEW MEXICO ALSO SUCCESSFULLY CHAMPIONED THE ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION REPEALING THE TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME FOR ALL MIDDLE AND LOWER INCOME SENIORS (THOSE WITH INCOMES UNDER 100,000 AS INDIVIDUALS OR 150,000 AS COUPLES). THIS WILL SAVE 115,000 NEW MEXICO SENIORS ABOUT 100 MILLION A YEAR. THINK NEW MEXICO RECOMMENDED THAT THE STATE REDUCE OR REPEAL ITS TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY IN ITS 2019 POLICY REPORT, "SOLVING THE HIDDEN CRISIS: ACHIEVING RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR ALL NEW MEXICANS." FINALLY, IN 2022 THINK NEW MEXICO CONTINUED ITS LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO RETAIN A NEW GENERATION OF POTENTIAL LEADERS IN NEW MEXICO BY TEACHING THEM HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR HOME STATE. IN 2022, THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SERVED FIVE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS NEW MEXICO, TRAINING THEM HOW TO DEVELOP AND ENACT SOUND PUBLIC POLICY AND INTRODUCING THEM TO KEY POLICYMAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS.

    Expenses $616,468

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Clara Apodaca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Bardacke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Notah Begay III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Garrey Carruthers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ladonna Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liddie Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Nakamura

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberta Cooper Ramo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Lujan

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Baca

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Nathan Jr

    SECRETARY/EX

    Total calculated
    $176,029
    From this org
    $126,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,699
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,330
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,699
    Filer's total
    $176,029
  • Kristina Fisher

    ASSOCIATE DI

    Total calculated
    $126,441
    From this org
    $103,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,713
    Hours/week
    50

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. 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 · 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
4 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322169349300737

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