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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by US RIGHT TO KNOW.

Totals

Total revenue
$656,293
Total expenses
$605,369
Contributions and grants received
$638,320
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$17,973
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$553,773
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$553,773
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$564,289
Management and general expenses
$24,128
Fundraising expenses
$16,952
Program service expenses (Part III)
$564,289

Program services were 93.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $638,320

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,973 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $17,973

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $282,654 · program services $268,521 · management and general $11,307 · fundraising $2,826

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $59,485 · program services $56,511 · management and general $2,379 · fundraising $595

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,651 · program services $1,568 · management and general $66 · fundraising $17

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $142,862 · program services $135,719 · management and general $5,714 · fundraising $1,429

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,847 · program services $2,847

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,460 · program services $7,087 · management and general $298 · fundraising $75

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,853 · program services $3,627 · management and general $181 · fundraising $45

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,382 · program services $3,212 · management and general $136 · fundraising $34

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,220 · program services $34,409 · management and general $1,449 · fundraising $362

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,027 · program services $1,926 · management and general $81 · fundraising $20

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $62,306 · program services $48,271 · management and general $2,492 · fundraising $11,543

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $622 · program services $591 · management and general $25 · fundraising $6

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,750 · end of year $124,752

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $462,493 · end of year $429,021

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$31,687 · end of year $145,973

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $531,430 · end of year $407,800

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

U.S. RIGHT TO KNOW IS A NONPROFIT INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH GROUP FOCUSED ON PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.

  • WE CONDUCT PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH, WHICH MAY BE OF INTEREST TO JOURNALISTS, ACADEMICS, POLICYMAKERS, MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, CONSUMERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE WORLD.

    Expenses $564,289

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Ruskin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,006
    From this org
    $120,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Kopp

    INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

    Total calculated
    $95,294
    From this org
    $95,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stacy Malkan

    MANAGING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $67,354
    From this org
    $67,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    18
  • Charlie Cray

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Graves

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Lilliston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411139349300906

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