Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,438,893
- Total expenses
- $1,820,372
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,438,893
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,202,807
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,202,807
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,166,359
- Management and general expenses
- $431,588
- Fundraising expenses
- $222,425
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,166,359
Program services were 64.1% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,438,893
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $546,978 · program services $410,352 · management and general $122,118 · fundraising $14,508
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $294,313 · program services $223,472 · management and general $61,717 · fundraising $9,124
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $8,051 · management and general $8,051
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $65,963 · management and general $65,963
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11b · Fees: legal
total $9,721 · management and general $9,721
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,793 · management and general $2,793
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $154,515 · fundraising $154,515
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11g · Fees: other
total $155,234 · program services $129,234 · management and general $24,000 · fundraising $2,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $45,051 · program services $45,051
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,185 · program services $2,974 · management and general $6,167 · fundraising $44
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14 · Information technology
total $3,811 · program services $1,191 · management and general $2,620
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17 · Travel
total $233,284 · program services $150,490 · management and general $50,681 · fundraising $32,113
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $199,970 · program services $175,308 · management and general $14,548 · fundraising $10,114
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23 · Insurance
total $24,162 · management and general $24,162
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24a · Other expenses: VOTER PHONES: ADVOCACY
total $28,252 · program services $28,252
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24b · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACS
total $28,000 · management and general $28,000
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24c · Other expenses: ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION
total $7,744 · program services $35 · management and general $7,702 · fundraising $7
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24d · Other expenses: TAXES
total $1,246 · management and general $1,246
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24e · All other expenses
total $2,099 · management and general $2,099
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $584,286 · end of year $1,202,807
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $584,286 · end of year $1,202,807
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
POLARIS PROMOTES THE NEED FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY TO THE PUBLIC. THROUGH INNOVATIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, POLARIS EXPOSES THE MALIGN ACTIONS AND INTENTIONS OF DICTATORSHIPS AND RADICAL REGIMES THAT ABUSE THEIR PEOPLE AND SEEK TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED STATES AND OUR SECURITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PUBLICLY PROMOTE THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA THE NEED FOR A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AND IMPORTANCE OF U.S. LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE MALIGN ACTIONS OF FOREIGN DICTATORSHIPS THAT SEEK TO HARM THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
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PUBLIC ADVOCACY - TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES.
Expenses $1,166,359
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Morgan OrtagusMORGAN ORTAGUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $271,440
- From this org
- $261,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,440
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $261,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,440
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $271,440
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Gabriel NoronhaGABRIEL NORONHA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $220,538
- From this org
- $207,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,538
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $207,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,280
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,258
- Filer's total
- $220,538
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Cale BrownCALE BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $55,000
- From this org
- $55,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lauri ReganLAURI REGAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kim BreierKIM BREIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Charles GanttCHARLES GANTT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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James CoffeyJAMES COFFEY
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- Total calculated
- $110,230
- From this org
- $105,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,730
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 1a · Travel for companions
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 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 1A
- THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES SUBSTANTIATION PRIOR TO REIMBURSEMENT.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503219349306605
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