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← FREE PRESS ACTION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FREE PRESS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$788,443
Total expenses
$593,149
Contributions and grants received
$784,951
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$422,484
Management and general expenses
$70,322
Fundraising expenses
$100,343
Program service expenses (Part III)
$422,484

Program services were 71.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CRAIG AARON

    PRESIDENT, CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $179,378
    From this org
    $15,089
    From related orgs
    $135,805
    Other
    $28,484
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,089 + $135,805 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $801 + $7,212 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,047 + $18,424 related
    Filer's total
    $17,937 + $161,441 related

  • D BENJAMIN SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • VICTOR PICKARD

    DIRECTOR, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • OLGA DAVIDSON

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ASHLEY ALLISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOAN DONOVAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MARTHA FUENTES-BAUTISTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRYAN MERCER

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER (THROUGH 12/16/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • VANESSA CARDENAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRANDI COLLINS DEXTER

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER (EFF. 12/17/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JESSICA GONZALEZ

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $169,803
    From this org
    $16,088
    From related orgs
    $144,796
    Other
    $8,919
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $16,088 + $144,796 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $801 + $7,212 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $91 + $815 related
    Filer's total
    $16,980 + $152,823 related

  • KIMBERLY LONGEY

    COO, ASST TREAS, ASST SECY

    Total calculated
    $168,627
    From this org
    $23,953
    From related orgs
    $135,733
    Other
    $8,941
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $23,953 + $135,733 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,202 + $6,811 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $139 + $789 related
    Filer's total
    $25,294 + $143,333 related

  • MATTHEW WOOD

    VP OF POLICY AND GENERAL C

    Total calculated
    $181,964
    From this org
    $23,022
    From related orgs
    $130,458
    Other
    $28,484
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $23,022 + $130,458 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,202 + $6,811 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,071 + $17,400 related
    Filer's total
    $27,295 + $154,669 related

  • MISTY PEREZ TRUEDSON

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $171,098
    From this org
    $7,153
    From related orgs
    $135,908
    Other
    $28,037
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $7,153 + $135,908 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $378 + $7,188 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,024 + $19,447 related
    Filer's total
    $8,555 + $162,543 related

  • NORA BENAVIDEZ

    SENIOR COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,924
    From this org
    $6,026
    From related orgs
    $114,488
    Other
    $10,410
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 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 — 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
EACH POSITION AT FREE PRESS (A RELATED ORGANIZATION) HAS A PAY RANGE. RANGES ARE DETERMINED AFTER REVIEW OF COMPARABILITY DATA, INCLUDING COMPENSATION INFORMATION RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM PEER ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATION DATA FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY SCALE, AND RESEARCH ON NON-PROFIT COMPENSATION CONDUCTED BY GUIDESTAR, REGIONAL EMPLOYER ASSOCIATIONS, AND JOB POSTINGS. MANAGEMENT INCLUDES COMPENSATION DATA FOR ALL STAFF, INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEES, IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET THAT IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ADVANCE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. A DETAILED MEMO OUTLINING THE ORGANIZATION'S VALUES AROUND COMPENSATION, THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE AND HOW COMPENSATION CHANGES WITHIN ANY FISCAL YEAR IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH THE BUDGET. THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET IN ADVANCE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. COMPENSATION CHANGES DURING ANY FISCAL YEAR ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT, AND MUST REMAIN WITHIN THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET. MID-YEAR CHANGES TO THE CEO'S COMPENSATION, IF ANY, MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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.

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.

  • FREE PRESS

    501(C)(3) · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON MEDIA REFORM · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311169349300021

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