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← THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$206,194
Total expenses
$678,605
Contributions and grants received
$206,192
Grants paid
$40,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$75,062
Total liabilities, end of year
$109,180
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$34,118
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$505,307
Management and general expenses
$171,503
Fundraising expenses
$1,795
Program service expenses (Part III)
$505,307

Program services were 74.5% 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

    $206,192

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · excluded $2

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $144,584 · management and general $143,355 · fundraising $1,229

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,078 · program services $13,309 · management and general $25,649 · fundraising $120

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $224,838 · program services $224,835 · management and general $3

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $175,896 · program services $175,172 · management and general $614 · fundraising $110

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,365 · program services $40,329 · management and general $1,728 · fundraising $308

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,193 · program services $3,068 · management and general $106 · fundraising $19

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,131 · program services $7,131

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,009 · program services $952 · management and general $48 · fundraising $9

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES, LICENSES, & FEES

    total $511 · program services $511

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $523,223 · end of year $70,136

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,857 · end of year $2,010

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $898

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,018

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,787 · end of year $109,180

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$54,118

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $438,293 · end of year $20,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON CONSUMER ISSUES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO PRODUCT CHOICES; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK ON ISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING TO INCREASE (CONTINUED) GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND ELIMINATE CONSUMER CHOICE; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR FUNDING SOURCES AND THEIR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON ISSUES RELATED TO CONSUMER CHOICES AND THE ACTIVIST COMMUNITY ATTACKING THOSE CHOICES; PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  • MAINTAINED HUMANEWATCH.ORG, A WATCHDOG PROJECT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT VARIOUS ANIMAL LIBERATION ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ISSUES. THIS INCLUDES HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND OTHER GROUPS. RESEARCHED VOLUMES OF DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING FEDERAL TAX FORMS, CORRESPONDENCE, NEWS ARTICLES, LEGAL AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER RECORDS, WHICH THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES ON A DYNAMIC WEBSITE THAT GETS MORE THAN 500,000 VISITORS A YEAR. PRODUCED AND PLACED NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING TO EDUCATE DONORS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE TRACK RECORD AND GOALS OF GROUPS LIKE HSUS AND PETA.

    Expenses $391,615 · Grants $40,000

  • CONTINUED A NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ABOUT CONTAMINANTS IN TAP WATER INCLUDING FECAL BACTERIA AND HEAVY METALS. CORE LAUNCHED AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE DATABASE AT ISTAPWATERSAFE.COM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO THEIR LOCAL WATER SUPPLIER. THE WEBSITE USES TESTING DATA PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS. THIS DATA SHOWS WHETHER A WATER SYSTEM HAS DETECTED POTENTIALLY HARMFUL LEVELS OF CONTAMINANTS.

    Expenses $67,522

  • CONTINUED A CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON FAKE MEAT. INCLUDING UPDATES TO CLEAN FOOD FACTS, A WEBSITE THAT LISTS THE INGREDIENTS OF DOZENS OF MEAT ANALOGUE FOOD PRODUCTS. CLEAN FOOD FACTS EDUCATES CONSUMERS ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THESE PRODUCTS, SINCE FAKE MEAT IS OFTEN PROMOTED AS HEALTHIER DESPITE BEING ULTRA-PROCESSED. PROMOTED THE WEBSITE WITH ONLINE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AND OPINION EDITORIALS, RESULTING IN COVERAGE IN MAJOR MEDIA PUBLICATIONS.

    Expenses $16,548

  • CORE ALSO MAINTAINED OTHER PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES OF NATIONAL SECURITY, STATE SPENDING ON DEI IN SCHOOLS, VETERANS CHARITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND JUNK SCIENCE.

    Expenses $29,622

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

Listed in Part VII

  • F LANE CARDWELL

    SECRETARY & TREASURER/DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • JAMES BLACKSTOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • DAVID BROWNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • JIM HANDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • JAMES BOWERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422829349302212

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