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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON SENSE SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,672,204
Total expenses
$6,841,253
Contributions and grants received
$6,230,291
Grants paid
$445,184
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,764,075
Management and general expenses
$1,580,433
Fundraising expenses
$496,745
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,764,075

Program services were 69.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • THOMAS PETERFFY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARION SMITH

    PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

    Total calculated
    $288,181
    From this org
    $254,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,021
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,160
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,166
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,855
    Filer's total
    $288,181

  • DAVID TALBOT

    SECRETARY & TREASURER, EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $226,429
    From this org
    $198,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,866
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,563
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,943
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,923
    Filer's total
    $226,429

  • SOPHIE SCRUTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDRE PESEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAIGE HANSON

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $189,902
    From this org
    $182,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,902
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,280
    Nontaxable benefits
    $622
    Filer's total
    $189,902

  • AUSTIN STONE

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,621
    From this org
    $216,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,954
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,467
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,487
    Filer's total
    $231,621

  • ELIZABETH STIFF

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,680
    From this org
    $211,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,175
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,505
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,288
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,887
    Filer's total
    $248,680

  • CHRISTINE EMERY

    VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $248,833
    From this org
    $220,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,833
    Filer's total
    $248,833

  • JOEL BOWERS

    VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN US

    Total calculated
    $219,162
    From this org
    $183,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,320
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,842
    Filer's total
    $219,162

  • CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD

    SENIOR FELLOW & EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $239,700
    From this org
    $221,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,700
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,780
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,920
    Filer's total
    $239,700

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 — 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1B
AT THE SOLE DISCRETION AND APPROVAL BY THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, AN EMPLOYEE MAY FLY NON-ECONOMY CLASS FOR AN ELIGIBLE REASON, SUCH AS LENGTH OF FLIGHT. THESE DID NOT OCCUR OFTEN, AND WERE NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349311255

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