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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OREGON STATE PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP CITIZEN LOBBY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,914,716
Total expenses
$2,111,308
Contributions and grants received
$1,814,882
Grants paid
$1,000,000
Program service revenue
$46,000
Investment income
$51,054
Other revenue
$2,780
Total assets, end of year
$14,509,061
Total liabilities, end of year
$172,386
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,336,675
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,759,679
Management and general expenses
$96,311
Fundraising expenses
$255,318
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,759,679

Program services were 83.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,404,633

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $410,249

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $46,000 · related or exempt $46,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,054 · excluded $51,054

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $74,005

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $74,005

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $2,780 · excluded $2,780

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,780

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000,000 · program services $1,000,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,523 · program services $61,937 · management and general $5,134 · fundraising $7,452

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,813 · program services $16,466 · management and general $1,365 · fundraising $1,982

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $270 · program services $224 · management and general $19 · fundraising $27

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,271 · program services $1,056 · management and general $88 · fundraising $127

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,468 · program services $7,039 · management and general $582 · fundraising $847

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,268 · management and general $19,268

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $868,711 · program services $565,349 · management and general $62,924 · fundraising $240,438

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $76,886 · program services $75,723 · management and general $474 · fundraising $689

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,415 · program services $3,669 · management and general $304 · fundraising $442

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $299 · program services $299

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,137 · program services $27,540 · management and general $2,283 · fundraising $3,314

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,095 · management and general $2,095

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,152 · program services $377 · management and general $1,775 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $560,065 · program services $403,482 · management and general $0 · fundraising $156,583

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,025,784 · end of year $2,741,426

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $162,999 · end of year $193,999

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,982,366 · end of year $2,858,855

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,486 · end of year $2,666

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

    $1,205,166

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

    $592,608

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $657,270 · end of year $612,558

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,470,891 · end of year $8,099,557

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $401,195 · end of year $172,386

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,511,461 · end of year $14,036,958

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $393,140 · end of year $299,717

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED ARE: (1) TO ENGAGE IN NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS, STUDY OR RESEARCH OF SUCH ISSUES OF GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST AS ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION; (2) TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC A FULL AND FAIR EXPOSITION OF THE PERTINENT FACTS AND INDEPENDENT CONCLUSIONS; (3) TO PROMOTE BENEFICIAL SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE STATE OF OREGON.

  • RESEARCHING AND INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY: STAFF ENGAGE IN LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE ISSUES OF:- CONSUMER PROTECTION- REINING IN THE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE- REDUCING E-WASTE BY GIVING OREGONIANS THE RIGHT TO REPAIR

    Expenses $974,158 · Grants $500,000

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SERVICES: RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WITH THE PUBLIC:- CONSUMER PROTECTION- REINING IN THE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE- REDUCING E-WASTE BY GIVING OREGONIANS THE RIGHT TO REPAIR

    Expenses $785,521 · Grants $500,000 · Revenue $46,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tara Celeste Meiffren-Swango

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $94,016
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $83,228
    Other
    $10,788
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

  • Ryan Moeckly

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivan Frishberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Fisher

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $74,090
    From this org
    $64,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,090
    Hours/week
    38

  • Alyssa Bernard

    ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST INC

    C · SOCIAL WELFARE · MA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501339349305415

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