Form 990 for tax year 2022
Filed by Utahns for Responsive Government DBA Better Boundaries.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 11 August 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
Listed only on the earlier return
- Kyle Friant
Totals
- Total revenue
- $449,833
- Total expenses
- $339,239
- Contributions and grants received
- $449,833
- Grants paid
- $10,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $227,694
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $19,340
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $208,354
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $265,694
- Management and general expenses
- $24,573
- Fundraising expenses
- $48,972
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $265,694
Program services were 78.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$449,833
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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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 $10,000 · program services $10,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $98,844 · program services $62,321 · management and general $17,759 · fundraising $18,764
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $40,908 · program services $40,908
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,151 · program services $788 · management and general $1,575 · fundraising $788
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $3,000 · program services $3,000
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $15,078 · fundraising $15,078
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $76,500 · program services $76,500
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,200 · program services $642 · management and general $866 · fundraising $692
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14 · Information technology
total $17,600 · program services $17,600
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,212 · program services $412 · management and general $400 · fundraising $400
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17 · Travel
total $3,950 · program services $3,160 · management and general $395 · fundraising $395
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $0
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24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS
total $37,742 · program services $21,632 · management and general $3,578 · fundraising $12,532
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24b · Other expenses: Strategic Initiatives
total $26,653 · program services $26,653
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24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE
total $1,373 · program services $1,050 · fundraising $323
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24d · Other expenses: Advocacy Outreach
total $1,028 · program services $1,028
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $125,744 · end of year $227,694
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $27,984 · end of year $19,340
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $97,760 · end of year $208,354
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
Utahns for a Responsive Government, DBA Better Boundaries mission is to create an independent redistricting process that utilizes voter-centric standards. We use education, advocacy, policy, and the justice system to reach our goal of fair, politically neutral maps for all. Utah's 2021 decennial redistricting process saw record participation and engagement among Utahns. The first ever statewide independent commission created politically neutral maps that kept cities, counties, and communities together whenever possible. Their process was fully transparent and took the input from Utahns from across the state. Unfortunately, the Utah State Legislature adopted highly partisan gerrymandered maps that slice and dice communities. Better Boundaries remains committed to our mission and we are financially supporting the lawsuit while continuing to educate and engage Utahns.
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Utans for Responsive Government (DBA Better Boundaries) was formed to sponsor a redistricting reform ballot initiative, the Utah independent redistricting commission and standards act (proposition 4), which was enacted by Utah voter in the 2018 general election. The act modifies Utah's redistricting system by establishing an independent redistricting commission and prescribing redistricting standards as well as transparency and accountability requirements. This improved redistricting system would have prohibited the commission from engaging in undue partisan and incumbent gerrymandering, made the redistricting process more transparent, increased voter participation, and made Utah's elected officials more responsive and accountable to the people who elect them. However, in 2020, the legislature repealed proposition 4 and instead passed a weaker, non-binding independent COMMISSION AND STANDARDS.DURING THE 2021 DICENNIAL REDISTRICTING PROCESS, BETTER BOUNDARIES PROVIDED VOTER EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY STATEWIDE. DESPITE THE REFORMS, THE MAPS ENACTED BY THE UTAH LEGISLATURE ARE EXTREMELY PARTISAN & GERRYMANDERED. IN LATE 2021, BETTER BOUNDARIES COMMISSIONED LEGAL RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE VIABILITY OF A STATE LAWSUIT. IN 2022,THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY PLANTIFFS, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS UTAH AND MORMON WOMEN FOR ETHICAL GOVERNMENT.
Expenses $265,694
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Kyle Friant
Deputy Director
- Total calculated
- $20,095
- From this org
- $20,095
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Timothy Chambless
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Karen Shepherd
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Ralph Becker
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Dixie Huefner
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jeff Wright
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Gigi Brandt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Catherine Kanter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Brad King
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Sheryl Allen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Brian Jones
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Benjamin N Rosenberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Katherine Wright
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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.
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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Better Boundaries Accountability
527 · PAC · UT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 31 July 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202322129349301407
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