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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,638,500
Total expenses
$15,476,664
Contributions and grants received
$20,645,600
Grants paid
$8,449,102
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$19,134
Other revenue
$12,034
Total assets, end of year
$13,200,770
Total liabilities, end of year
$314,879
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,885,891
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,143,408
Management and general expenses
$959,486
Fundraising expenses
$1,373,770
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,143,408

Program services were 84.9% 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

    $20,645,600

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,654,478

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,349 · excluded $2,349

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,632,995

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,654,478

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$21,483

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$21,483 · excluded -$21,483

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $12,034 · excluded $12,034

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,034

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,449,102 · program services $8,449,102

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $149,401 · program services $71,616 · management and general $27,810 · fundraising $49,975

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,755,915 · program services $841,716 · management and general $326,945 · fundraising $587,254

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,246 · program services $21,405 · management and general $6,853 · fundraising $8,988

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $111,463 · program services $53,761 · management and general $20,440 · fundraising $37,262

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $158,189 · program services $76,473 · management and general $30,286 · fundraising $51,430

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $356,371 · management and general $356,371

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $35,219 · program services $7,045 · management and general $28,174

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,665 · management and general $46,665

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $900,000 · program services $900,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,380,017 · program services $1,257,802 · management and general $78,482 · fundraising $43,733

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $694,106 · program services $694,106

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,610 · program services $27,120 · management and general $2,490

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,391 · program services $24,146 · management and general $10,662 · fundraising $13,583

  • 17 · Travel

    total $242,417 · program services $191,168 · management and general $10,049 · fundraising $41,200

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,536 · program services $23,536

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,049 · management and general $7,049

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,479 · program services $6,736 · management and general $6,743

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $686,613 · program services $161,430 · management and general $0 · fundraising $525,183

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLLING & RESEARCH

    total $248,900 · program services $248,900

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC. EXPENSES

    total $57,895 · program services $57,895

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $44,613 · program services $29,451 · fundraising $15,162

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $467 · management and general $467

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,286,158 · end of year $11,006,773

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,649,167 · end of year $2,000,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,027 · end of year $38,257

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

    $162,789

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

    $7,049

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $155,740

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,300 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,930 · end of year $14,879

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $525,000 · end of year $300,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,567,277 · end of year $11,660,391

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,733,445 · end of year $1,225,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE UNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE BROAD-BASED, NON-PARTISAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND ENGAGES IN RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN, INCLUDING THE ROOT CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL POLARIZATION.

  • PROGRAMMATIC GRANTMAKING:THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS DILIGENCE ON POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT CARRY OUT ITS MISSION THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARLY RESEARCH THAT STRENGTHEN THE FIELD OF NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADDRESS POLITICAL POLARIZATION.

    Expenses $10,745,251 · Grants $8,449,102

  • EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH: THE INSTITUTE DISSEMINATES NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (INCLUDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, OP-EDS, AND WHITE PAPERS) EXPLAINING PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND ANALYZING PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO THE MEDIA, THE PUBLIC, POLICYMAKERS, AND ALIGNED NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,527,349

  • RESEARCH: THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS ITS OWN ORIGINAL RESEARCH ON THE ROOT CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL POLARIZATION. THE FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH IS ON PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND NONPARTISAN ELECTION REFINEMENTS SUCH AS INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING AND OPEN PRIMARIES. THE INSTITUTE ALSO ENGAGES IN GRANTMAKING TO OTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND VENDORS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON SIMILAR TOPICS RELATED TO PUBLIC POLICY.

    Expenses $697,167

  • EVENTS:THE INSTITUTE HOSTS EVENTS AND CONFERENCES TO DISSEMINATE RESEARCH, ENGAGE PARTNERS, COLLABORATE ON COMMON-SENSE POLICY IDEAS, AND CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY OF ALIGNED NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $173,641

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charlie Wheelan

    CHAIR (THRU 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Murdoch

    VICE CHAIR/CHAIR (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Bordeaux

    DIRECTOR (THRU 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Mar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kent Thiry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amber Hatch

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

  • Chelsea Nunnenkamp

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

  • Nick Troiano

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 4
UNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. HAS DELEGATED ALMOST ALL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES TO POLESTAR, INC., INCLUDING STAFFING OF THE ORGANIZATION. AS PART OF THIS ARRANGEMENT, NICK TROIANO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IS EMPLOYED AND COMPENSATED BY POLESTAR. THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THAT WAS PAID BY UNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE TO POLESTAR FOR MR. TROIANO'S SERVICES WAS $149,401, WHICH INCLUDED $126,000 FOR SALARY AND $23,401 FOR BENEFITS.

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

  • OPEN PRIMARIES EDUCATION FUND

    $988,775

    TO SUPPORT A GRASSROOTS PROGRAM FOR ACTIVISTS SUPPORTIVE OF PRIMARY REFORM; MEDIA AND RESEARCH; AND LONG-TERM LITIGATION; TO SUPPORT DEVELOPING, EXECUTING, AND MANAGING THE EFFORTS OF THE LET US VOTE CAMPAIGN

  • ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS FOUNDATION

    $850,000

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

  • VETERANS FOR ALL VOTERS

    $845,750

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND TO SUPPORT VETERAN RECRUITMENT; INCREASE VOLUME OF CTAS AND ACTIONS TAKEN; AND VETERAN COALITION DEVELOPMENT

  • ELECTION ADMINISTRATION RESOURCE CENTER

    $512,500

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF RCTAB; HANDS-ON SUPPORT TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS AND STATES; RESEARCH; AND EVENTS AND TRAVEL.

  • OREGON CENTER FOR VOTING & ELECTIONS

    $454,000

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND TO SUPPORT CONDUCT ADDITIONAL DIGITAL MESSAGE TESTING TO EXPAND SAMPLE SIZE AND DRAW MORE CONFIDENT CONCLUSIONS; MAKE THE RESEARCH RESULTS ACCESSIBLE TO CAMPAIGNS IN OTHER STATES AND WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS; AND RUN AN EARLY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO OREGON VOTERS.

  • FAIRVOTE

    $451,299

    TO SUPPORT THE FAIRVOTE AWARDS GALA AND TO PROVIDE LEGAL SUPPORT FOR STATE PARTNERS AND TO EDUCATE EAS REGARDING RCV AND RELATED REFORMS.

  • R STREET INSTITUTE

    $390,000

    TO SUPPORT GOVERNANCE PROGRAM; TESTIMONY & CONFERENCES; RIGHT ON REFORM; AND BUILDING THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR REFORM

  • COALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

    $360,000

    TO SUPPORT PROJECT TEAM STAFFING COSTS; ORGANIZATIONAL RE-GRANTS AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSET DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING VOTER EDUCATION AND DATA AND TRAINING; AND CONDUCT RESEARCH

  • REPRESENTUS EDUCATION FUND

    $315,000

    TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY SUMMIT AND FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC

    $312,500

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND FOR STATE LEGAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349308488

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