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← DEMOCRACY NORTH CAROLINA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DEMOCRACY NORTH CAROLINA.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,559,210
Total expenses
$4,321,510
Contributions and grants received
$4,555,742
Grants paid
$422,300
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,468
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,778,090
Total liabilities, end of year
$237,943
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,540,147
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,434,813
Management and general expenses
$622,357
Fundraising expenses
$264,340
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,434,813

Program services were 79.5% 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

    $4,555,742

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $35,034

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,679 · related or exempt $3,679

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $211

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$211

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$211 · excluded -$211

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $422,300 · program services $422,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $298,554 · program services $212,324 · management and general $66,407 · fundraising $19,823

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,377,291 · program services $1,004,185 · management and general $281,969 · fundraising $91,137

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $163,395 · program services $92,254 · management and general $59,992 · fundraising $11,149

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $131,591 · program services $95,335 · management and general $27,328 · fundraising $8,928

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $445,624 · program services $300,148 · management and general $106,157 · fundraising $39,319

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,451 · program services $10,334 · management and general $5,449 · fundraising $1,668

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $92,254 · program services $60,456 · management and general $10,260 · fundraising $21,538

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $164,764 · program services $123,964 · management and general $21,632 · fundraising $19,168

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,396 · program services $29,499 · management and general $7,877 · fundraising $3,020

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,709 · program services $5,709

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,758 · management and general $9,758

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,181 · program services $1,915 · management and general $1,620 · fundraising $646

  • 24a · Other expenses: Postage and shipping

    total $471,503 · program services $454,630 · management and general $1,410 · fundraising $15,463

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing, publications,

    total $419,025 · program services $397,903 · management and general $190 · fundraising $20,932

  • 24c · Other expenses: Communications

    total $189,576 · program services $188,064 · management and general $1,512

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional Developmen

    total $34,732 · program services $15,693 · management and general $15,402 · fundraising $3,637

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,406 · program services $20,100 · management and general $5,394 · fundraising $7,912

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,022 · end of year $435,890

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,768,728 · end of year $3,801,486

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,217,995 · end of year $1,021,947

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,212 · end of year $23,076

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $105,968

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $42,820

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,927 · end of year $63,148

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $377,732 · end of year $321,440

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $44,735 · end of year $111,103

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175,921 · end of year $174,988

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,316 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $129 · end of year $62,955

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,686,790 · end of year $4,040,440

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,678,195 · end of year $1,499,707

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To promote public discussion about the vitality of democracy in North Carolina: increase voter education, voter registration and civic participation in the state; examine the influence of private money on public policy and elections; and evaluate the relative importance of various governmental reforms, including public financing of elections.

  • In 2022, our Policy, Communications and Organizing departments worked in conjunction to achieve the following results. Democracy North Carolina distributed more than 2 million free non partisan-voter guides and created more than 20 voter education resources including a redesigned voter information site - ncvoter.org.

    Expenses $2,991,989 · Grants $403,300

  • Democracy North Carolina's Elections Advocacy program collaborated with more than 250 local election advocates to monitor activities at County Boards of Elections, advocate for additional early voting sites and hours, improved meeting transparency, and visibility in the ballot counting and certification process."

    Expenses $442,824 · Grants $19,000

  • Our Vote Protection program trained and deployed more than 800 Volunteer Vote Protectors during the primary and general election. Democracy North Carolina regranted funds to 45 local community partners to defend voting rights and to deploy Volunteer Vote Protectors.

  • Democracy North Carolina owns and hosts the Election Protection hotline for the state of NC - 888-Our Vote. In conjunction with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice,the hotline was staffed by trained volunteers (lawyers, law students and voting rights experts) who fielded 3,000 calls, 900 on Election Day alone, during early voting and on Election Day. We were pleased with the overwhelming response by volunteers, as we increased our recruitment tactics. We almost doubled the volunteers we needed to fulfill shifts and were able to plan accordingly for any attrition. Volunteers loved their experience by 97%, and 94% plan to volunteer again. The hotline dealt with issues ranging from technical voting issues, to delayed openings of polling sites, to potential voter intimidation. Democracy NC and its coalition partners successfully petitioned the NC State Board of Election to extend voting hours in precincts that opened late or experienced technical issues.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Greg Walker-Wilson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randy Lucas

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Overton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Irving Joyner

    Governance

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • April Dawson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judy Futch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cynthia Wallace

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Levenstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ajamu Dilahunt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrienne Kelly

    Co-Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $151,652
    From this org
    $135,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,791
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,791
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $151,652

  • Cheryl CarterEllis

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $146,902
    From this org
    $130,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,746
    Hours/week
    55

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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 I, Line 3
The board reviews the Executive Director's performance annually and votes to approve any changes in compensation. The Executive Director reviews the Operations Director's performance annually and determines any changes in compensation.

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322519349300647

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