Totals
- Total revenue
- $713,353
- Total expenses
- $924,076
- Contributions and grants received
- $713,353
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,504
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $223,227
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$210,723
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $891,316
- Management and general expenses
- $32,760
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $891,316
Program services were 96.5% 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
$713,353
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $25,000 · management and general $25,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $509,582 · program services $509,582
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,002 · management and general $7,002
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $50,000 · program services $50,000
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $57,966 · program services $57,966
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13 · Office expenses
total $202 · management and general $202
-
14 · Information technology
total $1,665 · program services $1,665
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
-
24a · Other expenses: Petitions
total $272,103 · program services $272,103
-
24b · Other expenses: Bank fees
total $506 · management and general $506
-
24c · Other expenses: Filing Fees
total $50 · management and general $50
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $12,504
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $223,227
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
end of year -$210,723
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
Signatures were collected on referendum petition sufficient to qualify the measure for the ballot. However, the petition was challenged and MEH has been defending the right of the people to vote on the measure in court proceedings, currently in the California Court of Appeal, which will determine whether or not the measure will be placed on the ballot ultimately for voter consideration.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MEH is a civic/social welfare organization organized and operated to support a referendum petition effort to qualify a measure for the ballot in the City of Livermore, CA and to educate the public regarding the measure, which involved approval by the Livermore City Council of an ordinance approving the development of a controversial development of 130 units of workforce housing in the center of downtown Livermore, instead of a larger number of housing units across the street from the approved site.
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MEH circulated a referendum petition and obtained sufficient signatures to qualify the measure for the Livermore, CA November 2022 local election ballot. The referendum seeks to overturn through voter action the decision of the Livermore City Council approving the development of 130 units of workforce housing in the center of downtown Livermore. This was a controversial community issue and many citizens envision and support other uses, such as an extraordinary park on that site with additional housing units across the street from the approved site. After raising and expending substantial funds to obtain enough signatures to qualify the referendum for the ballot, the petition was challenged legally by the City Council. MEH filed suit against the City to request that the City place the measure on the ballot. The Livermore City Council prevented the referendum from being placed on the November 2022 ballot and the matter has instead been pending in the courts. The lawsuit is next expected to be heard before the California Court of Appeal, which will decide whether the referendum can go forward. MEH continues to advocate for the rights of the public citizenry of Livermore to decide the merits of the housing proposal and the ultimate use to which the proposed development site should be made.
Expenses $891,316
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Maryann Brent
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Joan Seppala
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 14 November 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202333189349318278
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