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← ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,600,092
Total expenses
$810,055
Contributions and grants received
$1,600,010
Grants paid
$70,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$82
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$892,538
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$892,538
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$751,920
Management and general expenses
$58,135
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$751,920

Program services were 92.8% 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

    $1,600,010

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $82 · related or exempt $82

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $70,000 · program services $70,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $284,119 · program services $284,119

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,097 · program services $28,097

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,777 · management and general $22,777

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $119,227 · program services $119,227

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,563 · management and general $9,563

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,811 · program services $26,811

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,736 · management and general $18,736

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,059 · management and general $7,059

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,849 · program services $10,849

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,517 · program services $16,517

  • 24a · Other expenses: Polling

    total $46,300 · program services $46,300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $102,501 · end of year $892,538

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $102,501 · end of year $892,538

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See schedule O

  • In 2022, Alaskans for Better Elections, Inc. (ABEI) accomplishments were (1) educating voters on the new election system passed by voter initiative in 2020: nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice voting and (2) assisting the Alaska Division of Elections with successful imp- lementation of the new election system. Through partnerships with groups, direct contact with voters, and paid media campaigns, ABEI ensured that Alaskan voters were informed on how to rank their ballots, when election results could be expected, and the benefits of the voter-passed reforms. Post election exit polling showed that 92% of Alaskans received instruction on how to fill out their ballots before voting. ABEI also conducted lobbying efforts to ensure that

    Expenses $751,920 · Grants $70,000

  • the Alaska Division of Elections received adequate funding for implementation and conducted research on voter satisfaction with the system.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lesil McGuire

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Joy Huntington

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • John-Henry Heckendorn

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Katherine Jernstrom

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Juli Lucky

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $164,062
    From this org
    $100,260
    From related orgs
    $63,802
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,260 + $63,802 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $100,260 + $63,802 related
  • Jason Grenn

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $145,416
    From this org
    $86,250
    From related orgs
    $59,166
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $86,250 + $59,166 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $86,250 + $59,166 related
  • Amanda Moser

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $154,798
    From this org
    $97,608
    From related orgs
    $57,190
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,608 + $57,190 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $97,608 + $57,190 related

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 · 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

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
2022
Filed
19 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202301709349301215

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