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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MOVEMENT ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,346,663
Total expenses
$3,211,113
Contributions and grants received
$27,353,000
Grants paid
$1,400,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$993,663
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$50,121,232
Total liabilities, end of year
$196,290
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$49,924,942
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,599,236
Management and general expenses
$611,877
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,599,236

Program services were 80.9% 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

    $27,353,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $993,663 · excluded $993,663

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,400,000 · program services $1,400,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $118,546 · management and general $118,546

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $697,285 · program services $474,484 · management and general $222,801

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $75,128 · program services $49,027 · management and general $26,101

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,474 · program services $62,747 · management and general $38,727

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,433 · program services $22,232 · management and general $25,201

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55,569 · program services $48,118 · management and general $7,451

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,275 · management and general $40,275

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,204 · program services $170,279 · management and general $925

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,331 · program services $13,196 · management and general $31,135

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $65,173 · program services $38,137 · management and general $27,036

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $125,371 · program services $71,450 · management and general $53,921

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,540 · program services $54,540

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $57,156 · program services $57,156

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $35,898 · program services $21,006 · management and general $14,892

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,730 · program services $6,864 · management and general $4,866

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $110,000 · program services $110,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $35,860 · end of year $1,544,536

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,723,747 · end of year $48,569,825

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,346 · end of year $6,871

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $74,976 · end of year $196,290

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,686,977 · end of year $29,164,290

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $20,760,652

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED POWER TO BUILD IT, SO THEY CAN CHANGE UNJUST SYSTEMS AND CREATE A MORE DEMOCRATIC, INCLUSIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O. MAF'S PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED POWER TO BUILD IT, SO THEY CAN CHANGE UNJUST SYSTEMS AND CREATE A MORE DEMOCRATIC, INCLUSIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY.

  • COMMUNITY AND WORKER ORGANIZING: THIS PROGRAM AREA IS DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AND CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE BY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY AND WORKER ORGANIZING EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE EFFORTS ARE ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT A VIBRANT DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON THE ACTIVE AND INFORMED ENGAGEMENT OF ALL ITS PEOPLE. IN 2025, MAF AWARDED GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN BUILDING GRASSROOTS POWER AMONG HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING LOW-INCOME WORKERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, RESULTING IN INCREASED ADVOCACY FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS.

    Expenses $2,055,953 · Grants $1,300,000

  • SECTOR SUPPORT: THIS PROGRAM AREA IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND STRENGTHENING THE NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR AS VITAL PARTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY. MAF WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE BROADER PHILANTHROPIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UPON WHICH GRANTEES, COMMUNITIES, AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEPEND, REMAINS RESILIENT, INDEPENDENT, AND CAPABLE OF SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD. IN 2025, MAF PROVIDED SUPPORT TO SECTOR-WIDE INITIATIVES AIMED AT DEFENDING PHILANTHROPIC INDEPENDENCE AND SUSTAINING THE FREEDOM OF FOUNDATIONS TO FUND COMMUNITIES AND CAUSES CONSISTENT WITH THEIR CHARITABLE MISSIONS.

    Expenses $387,479 · Grants $100,000

  • KNOWLEDGE SHARING (RESEARCH AND CONVENINGS): THIS PROGRAM AREA IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING CONNECTIONS, SHARING INSIGHTS, AND BRIDGING THE TRADITIONAL SILOS SEPARATING ORGANIZERS, PHILANTHROPIC FUNDERS, AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS. IN 2025, MAF DEEPENED ITS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT CROSS-SECTOR CONVENINGS THAT BRING TOGETHER ORGANIZERS, FUNDERS, AND RESEARCHERS TO SHARE STRATEGIES, EVALUATE PROGRESS, AND BUILD A MORE CONNECTED AND EFFECTIVE FIELD. BY FACILITATING THESE CONVENINGS AND RELEVANT RESEARCH, MAF AIMS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSLATION OF RESEARCH INTO ACTIONABLE ORGANIZING STRATEGIES, ENSURING THAT THEY ARE INFORMED BY ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES AS WELL AS CULTIVATING AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE DRIVES TANGIBLE SOCIAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINED IMPACT.

    Expenses $155,804

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deepak Bhargava

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $901,885
    From this org
    $72,637
    From related orgs
    $746,422
    Other
    $82,826
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $72,637 + $746,422 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,716 + $35,684 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,756 + $37,670 related
    Filer's total
    $82,109 + $819,776 related

  • Daniel Altschuler

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $482,104
    From this org
    $31,497
    From related orgs
    $387,020
    Other
    $63,587
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,497 + $387,020 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,940 + $38,460 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,000 + $20,187 related
    Filer's total
    $36,437 + $445,667 related

  • Arlene Holt

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 5/19/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Tim Sweeney

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 5/19/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Lassen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART II:
COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IS ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION AND MAF BASED ON SERVICES PROVIDED TO EACH ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO THE RESOURCE AND COST SHARING AGREEMENT.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632239349300003

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