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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AR2 INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$802,842
Total expenses
$2,180,433
Contributions and grants received
$802,842
Grants paid
$250,148
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$134,676
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$134,676
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,487,751
Management and general expenses
$600,432
Fundraising expenses
$92,250
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,487,751

Program services were 68.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $802,842

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $250,148 · program services $250,148

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $172,197 · program services $137,758 · management and general $34,439

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $574,677 · program services $459,742 · management and general $114,935

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,526 · program services $29,221 · management and general $7,305

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $47,066 · program services $37,653 · management and general $9,413

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,728 · program services $46,182 · management and general $11,546

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $95,000 · management and general $95,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,277 · program services $1,724 · management and general $8,553

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,250 · management and general $20,250

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $92,250 · fundraising $92,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $106,558 · program services $106,558

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,885 · management and general $91,885

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,040 · program services $8,040

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTION FOR RESEAR

    total $404,000 · program services $404,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLITICAL RESEARCH

    total $202,800 · management and general $202,800

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $7,299 · program services $5,839 · management and general $1,460

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $902 · management and general $902

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,830 · program services $886 · management and general $1,944

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,512,017 · end of year $134,676

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $250 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,512,267 · end of year $134,676

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

AR2, AN ISSUES-BASED 501(C)4 ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CONSERVATIVE ISSUES THROUGH CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH, AIMS TO HELP SHAPE THE PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  • AR2 IS A UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR IN-DEPTH RESEARCH AND TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS ON POLICY ISSUES CURRENTLY BEING DEBATED TO BETTER EXPLAIN POSITIONS OFTEN IGNORED IN THE NATIONAL DISCUSSION.

    Expenses $1,487,751 · Grants $250,148

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Germany

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Conston

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cassie Smedile

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $172,197
    From this org
    $147,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,422
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,733
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,689
    Filer's total
    $172,197

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. 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

None.

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

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

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.

  • AMERICA RISING PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · VA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349323644

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