Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,965,040
- Total expenses
- $2,656,681
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,965,040
- Grants paid
- $46,932
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,715,720
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $281,875
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,433,845
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,099,170
- Management and general expenses
- $412,957
- Fundraising expenses
- $144,554
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,099,170
Program services were 79.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,965,040
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $46,932 · program services $46,932
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $730,948 · program services $497,045 · management and general $146,189 · fundraising $87,714
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $42,270 · program services $28,744 · management and general $8,454 · fundraising $5,072
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $114,749 · program services $78,029 · management and general $22,950 · fundraising $13,770
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $56,639 · program services $38,514 · management and general $11,328 · fundraising $6,797
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11b · Fees: legal
total $117,841 · management and general $117,841
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $78,236 · management and general $78,236
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $840,145 · program services $840,145
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $25,953 · fundraising $25,953
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11g · Fees: other
total $415,842 · program services $403,258 · management and general $12,584
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,576 · program services $16,078 · management and general $163 · fundraising $335
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,204 · program services $2,064 · management and general $115 · fundraising $25
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14 · Information technology
total $79,763 · program services $69,665 · management and general $9,988 · fundraising $110
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16 · Occupancy
total $348 · program services $312 · management and general $36
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17 · Travel
total $44,835 · program services $40,630 · management and general $47 · fundraising $4,158
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $5,077 · program services $4,546 · management and general $531
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23 · Insurance
total $6,526 · program services $5,844 · management and general $682
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24a · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $10,896 · program services $9,763 · management and general $1,133
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24b · Other expenses: Payroll Processing
total $5,169 · program services $3,515 · management and general $1,034 · fundraising $620
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24e · All other expenses
total $15,732 · program services $14,086 · management and general $1,646
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,248,653 · end of year $864,745
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $272,500
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $12,330
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $18,924 · end of year $6,768
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$33,952
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $20,406 · end of year $33,952
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $87,373 · end of year $537,755
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $220,984 · end of year $281,875
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $4,170 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,162,532 · end of year $1,433,845
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Secure Democracy USA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works to build stronger elections, state by state.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Nonpartisan organization that works to build stronger elections, state by state.
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State Policy Change: Efforts undertaken to advance or defeat election law-related legislative priorities and/or contribute to the implementation of new election laws in a specific subset of states.
Expenses $1,834,207 · Grants $46,932
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Election Crisis Response: Research, analysis, and public education to protect elections.
Expenses $264,963
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Megan Lewis
Executive Director/Director
- Total calculated
- $283,815
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $268,103
- Other
- $15,712
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $268,103 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $11,771 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $3,941 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $283,815 related
-
Brina Milikosky
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 6 related
-
Zach Silk
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 6 related
-
Tshombe Hubbard
Chief Administrative Officer
- Total calculated
- $364,469
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $309,421
- Other
- $55,048
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $275,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $34,421 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $9,361 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $45,687 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $364,469 related
-
Samantha Tarazi
Chief Operating Officer
- Total calculated
- $244,737
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $205,434
- Other
- $39,303
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $205,434 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $9,457 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $29,846 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $244,737 related
-
Megan Bellamy
Vice President of Law & Policy
- Total calculated
- $265,607
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $215,142
- Other
- $50,465
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $210,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $5,142 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $13,197 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $37,268 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $265,607 related
-
Amanda Harrington
Vice President of Communications
- Total calculated
- $239,658
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $219,118
- Other
- $20,540
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $210,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $9,118 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $10,741 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $9,799 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $239,658 related
-
Alexander Lee
Chief People Officer
- Total calculated
- $265,966
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $224,016
- Other
- $41,950
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $210,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $14,016 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $13,373 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $28,577 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $265,966 related
-
James Griffith
Senior Director of Law and Policy
- Total calculated
- $234,548
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $200,020
- Other
- $34,528
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $200,020 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $7,923 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $26,605 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $234,548 related
-
Charlotte Olena
Vice President of Advocacy
- Total calculated
- $246,270
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $224,235
- Other
- $22,035
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $210,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $14,235 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $13,321 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $8,714 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $246,270 related
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 · 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
-
$31,250
Support advocacy programs
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.
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501(c)(3) · Expert Analysis Research on Election Related Law · DC · controlled entity
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Free and Fair Elections USA Inc
501(c)(4) · Buiding Trust in Elections · DE · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523159349302642
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