Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$259,602

Total expenses

$264,564

Contributions and grants received

$266,469

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

-$6,867

Total assets, end of year

$80,031

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,519

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$73,512

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$164,249

Management and general expenses

$43,177

Fundraising expenses

$57,138

Program service expenses (Part III)

$164,249

Program services were 62.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE EXECUTES SEVERAL FACETS OF ITS PROGRAM IN PURSUIT OF ITS MISSION, THROUGH WHICH MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE SEEKS TO EDUCATE, INFORM, AND ENGAGE RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS ON KEY CIVIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES RELATING TO ITS MISSION OF INCREASING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN STATE GOVERNMENT AND INCREASING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH. THE PROGRAM MAIL PIECES ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE, INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE BALLOT PETITION PROCESS, AS WELL AS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON SOME OF THE POSITIONS TAKEN BY THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE DIRECT MAIL PROJECTS HAVE DELIVERED MAIL TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATING THEM ON THE CIVIC PROCESS AND ENCOURAGING GREATER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE ALSO REGULARLY MAINTAINS, UPDATES, AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR ITS OWN WEBSITE (MASSFISCAL.ORG), EMAIL LIST WITH THOUSANDS OF SUBSCRIBERS, FACEBOOK PAGE, TWITTER ACCOUNT, INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND LINKEDIN PAGE. CONTENT FOR THESE PLATFORMS IS GENERALLY GEARED TOWARDS EDUCATING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE POSITIONS AND ACTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITH CONCERN TO OUR MISSION OF PROMOTING RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN STATE GOVERNMENT AND INCREASING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH. THE MAINTENANCE, MODERATION, AND CONTENT GENERATION REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS OF TIME AND EFFORT FROM STAFF. THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE AIMED AT FURTHERING OUR REACH TO STATE RESIDENTS ON EACH PLATFORM. OVER THE PAST YEAR, OUR DIGITAL MEDIA EFFORTS HAVE GENERATED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UNIQUE IMPRESSIONS WITH RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AIMED AT EDUCATING AND ENGAGING PEOPLE WITH THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS INCREASING CIVIC PARTICIPATION. IN ADDITION, MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE MAINTAINS A SEPARATE WEBSITE FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD (MASSFISCALSCORECARD.ORG). THE SCORECARD PROVIDES RANKINGS OF LEGISLATORS BASED ON THEIR VOTES ON ISSUES PERTINENT TO OUR MISSION OF ADVOCATING FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN STATE GOVERNMENT AND INCREASING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS. IT DOES THIS IN A NEUTRAL, UNBIASED MANNER AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW CONSTITUENTS CAN BEST CONTACT THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS. ALL BACKUP INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE AND LINKS TO INDIVIDUAL ROLLCALL VOTES ARE PROVIDED IN AN EASY TO USE, ACCESSIBLE MANNER. THIS SCORECARD IS UPDATED IN REAL TIME BY STAFF.

  Expenses $164,249

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

4 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202433099349300313

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