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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONSUMERS RESEARCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,152,438
Total expenses
$9,972,703
Contributions and grants received
$8,151,231
Grants paid
$1,022,620
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$549
Other revenue
$658
Total assets, end of year
$944,582
Total liabilities, end of year
$423,771
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$520,811
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,031,590
Management and general expenses
$679,215
Fundraising expenses
$261,898
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,031,590

Program services were 90.6% 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

    $8,151,231

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $549 · excluded $549

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $658 · related or exempt $658

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $658

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,022,620 · program services $1,022,620

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $214,025 · program services $107,013 · management and general $53,506 · fundraising $53,506

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $546,450 · program services $350,712 · management and general $154,869 · fundraising $40,869

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,646 · management and general $14,646

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $91,059 · management and general $91,059

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,112 · management and general $53,112

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,121,298 · program services $5,096,925 · fundraising $24,373

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,600 · management and general $77,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $180,063 · management and general $100,206 · fundraising $79,857

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $632,506 · program services $628,461 · fundraising $4,045

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $105,585 · management and general $55,980 · fundraising $49,605

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,533 · program services $5,837 · management and general $9,859 · fundraising $5,837

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,619 · management and general $3,619

  • 17 · Travel

    total $108,486 · program services $105,499 · management and general $259 · fundraising $2,728

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,979 · program services $3,775 · management and general $7,126 · fundraising $1,078

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $700 · management and general $700

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,412 · management and general $2,412

  • 24a · Other expenses: Media Campaign

    total $1,710,748 · program services $1,710,748

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $54,262 · management and general $54,262

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,865,932 · end of year $550,016

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $699,483 · end of year $5,683

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $260,000

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $135,000 · end of year $95,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,242 · end of year $23,748

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

    $11,536

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

    $1,401

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,836 · end of year $10,135

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,313

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $390,730 · end of year $423,771

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,341,076 · end of year $520,811

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Consumers Research is an independent educational organization whose mission is to increase the knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products and services of concern to consumers and to promote the freedom to act on that knowledge and understanding.

  • Research: Organization performs research, provides regulatory comments, and produces reports to increase knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products and services of concern to consumers and to promote the freedom to act on that knowledge and understanding.

    Expenses $5,466,637

  • Consumer Education: Consumers Research believes that the safest consumer is an educated, savvy consumer. We regularly operate multi-channel consumer education campaigns to provide useful, actionable information to consumers as they make decisions in the marketplace.

    Expenses $3,564,953 · Grants $1,022,620

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Will Hild

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $215,453
    From this org
    $190,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,025
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,428
    Filer's total
    $215,453

  • Clark Ruper

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $196,332
    From this org
    $176,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,125
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,207
    Filer's total
    $196,332

  • Beau Brunson

    Dir of Policy & Regulatory Af

    Total calculated
    $180,196
    From this org
    $148,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,359
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,087
    Bonus
    $8,750
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,359
    Filer's total
    $180,196

  • John Meyer

    Senior Researcher

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Terry L Pricket

    Director

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russell Outhuse

    President

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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. 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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349303707

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