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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CONSUMER CHOICE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,810,306
Total expenses
$5,796,304
Contributions and grants received
$5,648,448
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$181,405
Other revenue
-$19,547
Total assets, end of year
$5,932,342
Total liabilities, end of year
$102,296
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,830,046
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,874,338
Management and general expenses
$474,661
Fundraising expenses
$447,305
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,874,338

Program services were 84.1% 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

    $5,648,448

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $181,405 · related or exempt $181,405

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $1,341 · excluded $1,341

  • 11b · Other revenue: LOSS ON CURRENCY EXCHA

    total -$20,888 · excluded -$20,888

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$19,547

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,000 · program services $114,598 · management and general $3,608 · fundraising $21,794

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $345,000 · program services $282,402 · management and general $8,892 · fundraising $53,706

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $134 · management and general $134

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,069 · program services $30,626 · management and general $1,288 · fundraising $6,155

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $39,893 · management and general $39,893

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,091 · management and general $57,091

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,223 · management and general $6,223

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $176,763 · program services $176,763

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,857 · management and general $17,857

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $586,795 · program services $586,795

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,047 · management and general $52,047

  • 17 · Travel

    total $500,760 · program services $389,203 · management and general $32,388 · fundraising $79,169

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $169,488 · program services $169,488

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,710 · management and general $8,710

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTOR EXPENSE

    total $1,643,484 · program services $1,257,309 · management and general $125,167 · fundraising $261,008

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTANT EXPENSES

    total $1,014,217 · program services $1,014,217

  • 24c · Other expenses: CAMPAIGNING

    total $506,424 · program services $506,424

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $231,904 · program services $196,010 · management and general $10,421 · fundraising $25,473

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $261,445 · program services $150,503 · management and general $110,942

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $749,930 · end of year $867,436

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,208,797 · end of year $4,614,560

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $832,791 · end of year $398,554

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $68,618 · end of year $51,792

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,091 · end of year $102,296

  • 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 $3,375,262 · end of year $3,389,264

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CONSUMER CHOICE CENTER IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP CHAMPIONING THE BENEFITS OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE, INNOVATION, AND ABUNDANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHAMPIONS OF THE BENEFITS OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE, INNOVATION, AND ABUNDANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

  • THE CCC'S CAMPAIGNS FOCUS ON 3 POLICY AREAS AROUND THE WORLD: FIT FOR GROWTH, LIFESTYLE CHOICE, AND TECH INNOVATION.

    Expenses $4,874,338

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frederik Roeder

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $369,600
    From this org
    $369,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $369,600

  • Chad Swarthout

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Urmas Jaerve

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Grossman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yael Ossowski

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,000
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $210,000

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 · 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202601959349300705

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