Totals
- Total revenue
- $272,333
- Total expenses
- $527,705
- Contributions and grants received
- $272,333
- Grants paid
- $10,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $50,538
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $50,538
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $497,584
- Management and general expenses
- $29,621
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $473,834
Program services were 94.3% 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
$272,333
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
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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11b · Fees: legal
total $22,362 · management and general $22,362
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11g · Fees: other
total $480,000 · program services $475,000 · management and general $4,500
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,000 · program services $3,000
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,759 · management and general $2,759
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14 · Information technology
total $2,500 · program services $2,500
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24a · Other expenses: Voter survey
total $23,750 · program services $23,750
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24b · Other expenses: Refund & other
total -$16,666 · program services -$16,666
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $305,910 · end of year $50,538
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $305,910 · end of year $50,538
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Common Sense America's mission to receive and spend funds to educate the public on issues that affect citizens' lives and well-being and their relationship to public policies espoused by and enacted by elected officials.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Common Sense Americas mission to receive and spend funds to educate the public on issues that affect citizens lives and wellbeing and their relationship to public policies espoused by and enacted by elected officials
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1.Launched the national organization. Began building a nationwide network of support. 2.Promoted common sense ideas and solutions to hundreds of thousands of people across the country. 3.Supported like-minded organizations pushing for common sense solutions across the country.
Expenses $473,834
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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STEVEN CRIM
PresidentDirector
- Total calculated
- $25,000
- From this org
- $25,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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MELODIE JOHNSON
SecretaryTreasurer
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503169349302810
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