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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COUNTRY FIRST ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$912,529
Total expenses
$603,010
Contributions and grants received
$865,989
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$46,540
Total assets, end of year
$323,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,819
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$309,519
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$327,198
Management and general expenses
$86,763
Fundraising expenses
$189,049
Program service expenses (Part III)
$327,198

Program services were 54.3% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $55,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $810,489

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $61,830

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $15,290

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $46,540 · related or exempt $46,540

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $203,880 · program services $203,880

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,302 · management and general $14,302

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,012 · management and general $10,012

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $242,999 · program services $106,061 · management and general $51,077 · fundraising $85,861

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,523 · fundraising $63,523

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $519 · management and general $519

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,573 · program services $17,257 · management and general $2,158 · fundraising $2,158

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,557 · management and general $7,557

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & DIRECT MAIL

    total $37,507 · fundraising $37,507

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT ACCOUNT

    total $628 · management and general $628

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $446 · management and general $446

  • 24d · Other expenses: SHIPPING & POSTAGE

    total $64 · management and general $64

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $323,338

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $13,819

  • 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 $309,519

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COUNTRY FIRST ACTION IS DEDICATED TO PRO-DEMOCRACY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, WITH THE MISSION OF STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND IMPROVING CIVIC DISCOURSE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY MOBILIZING THE COUNTRY FIRST COMMUNITY, A NETWORK OF 300,000 MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS, AND EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE TOOLS NEEDED TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE DEMOCRACY.

  • COUNTRY FIRST NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS: COUNTRY FIRST NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORKING GROUPS PROVIDED A UNIQUE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CIVIC EDUCATION BY INTENTIONALLY CONNECTING AMERICANS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, IDENTITIES, CONTEXTS, AND GEOGRAPHIES TOGETHER TO LEARN, RESEARCH, AND DISCUSS THE LEADING IDEAS TO PROMOTE CIVIC GOVERNANCE. OUR WORKING GROUPS FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL REFORMS, RESTORING CIVIL DIALOGUE AND ADVANCING CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PROMOTING CIVIC LITERACY THROUGH POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND ADVANCING THOUGHTFUL CIVIC DEBATE OF POLICIES THROUGH PLANNING AND PROPOSING SPEAKER SERIES FOR ORGANIZATION SUPPORTERS. THESE WORKING GROUPS ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WITHIN VIRTUAL FORMATS AND PROVIDED VOLUNTEERS WITH UNIQUE, LIVE EXPERIENCES TO GROW IN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC GOOD.NATIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES: COUNTRY FIRST HOSTS REGULARLY SCHEDULED LIVE VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES AT WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER AND WATCH LATER, WHERE MEMBERS & VOLUNTEERS ARE INFORMED ON OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE THE PERVASIVE TOXIC TRIBALISM DIVIDING OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM WITH AN EMPHASIS ON A COMMITMENT TO BRIDGE DIVIDES AND FORTIFY DEMOCRACY THROUGH CIVIC INNOVATIONS. NATIONAL CAMPFIRES PROVIDE COUNTRY FIRST THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND BOLSTER OUR DEMOCRACY, TO EDUCATE ON IMPORTANT TOPICS OR ISSUES OF THE DAY AND TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO A SPACE OF FREE-FLOWING IDEAS AND CIVIC DISCOURSE WHERE THEY FEEL PART OF A COMMUNITY. FUTURE DEMOCRACY LEADERS:THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS DEDICATED TO NURTURING DEMOCRATIC VALUES. WE AIM TO ATTRACT A LEGION OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN THE CREATION OF INTERESTING, ENTERTAINING, AND INNOVATIVE DIGITAL CONTENT THAT EDUCATES THEIR PEERS AND FOLLOWERS ON KEY ISSUES THAT WOULD MAKE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE.

    Expenses $327,198 · Revenue $46,540

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mario Castillo

    DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

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
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349323012

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