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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,301,525
Total expenses
$1,764,300
Contributions and grants received
$1,519,296
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$706,750
Investment income
$75,479
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$25,346,057
Total liabilities, end of year
$619,420
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,726,637
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,173,824
Management and general expenses
$202,814
Fundraising expenses
$387,662
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,173,824

Program services were 66.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,427,683

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $91,613

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENT AND OVERHEAD REIM

    total $670,750 · related or exempt $670,750

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME FROM AFF

    total $36,000 · related or exempt $36,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $75,479 · excluded $75,479

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $24,317 · program services $20,134 · management and general $1,878 · fundraising $2,305

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $63,830 · program services $52,850 · management and general $4,929 · fundraising $6,051

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,762 · program services $1,459 · management and general $136 · fundraising $167

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,587 · program services $5,454 · management and general $509 · fundraising $624

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,445 · program services $5,336 · management and general $498 · fundraising $611

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,891 · management and general $29,891

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $909,164 · program services $559,348 · management and general $32,502 · fundraising $317,314

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,136 · program services $10,878 · management and general $1,013 · fundraising $1,245

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $959 · program services $794 · management and general $74 · fundraising $91

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $623,175 · program services $515,980 · management and general $48,123 · fundraising $59,072

  • 17 · Travel

    total $592 · program services $490 · management and general $46 · fundraising $56

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $358 · program services $296 · management and general $28 · fundraising $34

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,484 · management and general $6,484

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $42,915 · management and general $42,915

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $32,994 · management and general $32,994

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $972 · program services $805 · management and general $75 · fundraising $92

  • 24d · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $719 · management and general $719

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,817,520 · end of year $1,566,365

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,573,026

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $239,092

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,719,612 · end of year $1,410,238

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,718 · end of year $63,969

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

    $1,790

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

    $907

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,241 · end of year $883

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $17,328,151 · end of year $20,371,542

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $120,942

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,333,256 · end of year $526,190

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $93,230

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,586,986 · end of year $24,726,637

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR TEAM OF RESEARCHERS UNCOVERS THE FACTS; OUR STAFF BRINGS OUR FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH MEDIA AS WELL AS ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTIONS; AND OUR ADVOCATES BRING THE VOICE OF THE PUBLIC TO THE HALLS OF POWER ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MASSPIRG IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST. WHEN CONSUMERS ARE CHEATED OR THE VOICES OF ORDINARY CITIZENS ARE DROWNED OUT BY SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYISTS, MASSPIRG SPEAKS UP AND TAKES ACTION. WE UNCOVER THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND FIGHT TO END THEM USING THE TIME-TESTED TOOLS OF INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH, MEDIA EXPOSES, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION. MASSPIRG'S MISSION IS TO DELIVER PERSISTENT, RESULTS-ORIENTED PUBLIC INTEREST ACTIVISM THAT PROTECTS CONSUMERS, ENCOURAGES A FAIR, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, AND FOSTERS A RESPONSIVE, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.

  • GENERAL PROGRAM: THIS PROJECT INVOLVES GENERAL RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND LOBBYING ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: CONSUMER PROTECTION, TOXICS AND TOXIC USE REDUCTION, ENERGY POLICY LEGISLATION; UTILITY REFORM, STUDENT RIGHTS LEGISLATION, GOOD GOVERNMENT/DEMOCRACY, RECYCLING AND ZERO WASTE, AND CLEAN WATER.

    Expenses $437,716 · Revenue $257,177

  • MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION AND SERVICES: THIS PROGRAM ENTAILS DISTRIBUTING THE MASSPIRG NEWSLETTER THREE TIMES A YEAR AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO MEMBERS OF MASSPIRG TO KEEP THEM INFORMED ON CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND OTHER PUBLIC INTEREST ISSUES.

    Expenses $736,108 · Revenue $449,573

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deirdre Cummings

    TREASURER/CLERK

    Total calculated
    $47,833
    From this org
    $43,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,697
    Hours/week
    20

  • Richard Hannigan

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Andrew MacDonald

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Douglas Phelps

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jeff Sprague

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Janet Domenitz

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,881
    From this org
    $79,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,715
    Hours/week
    20

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
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501349349304805

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