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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FAIRPLAY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,734,381
Total expenses
$1,818,968
Contributions and grants received
$2,726,952
Grants paid
$279,300
Program service revenue
$2,069
Investment income
$5,360
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,128,964
Total liabilities, end of year
$213,551
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$915,413
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,467,537
Management and general expenses
$212,519
Fundraising expenses
$138,912
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,467,537

Program services were 80.7% 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

    $2,726,952

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,821

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP REVENUE

    total $2,069 · related or exempt $2,069

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,360 · excluded $5,360

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $240,000 · program services $240,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $39,300 · program services $39,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $141,738 · program services $113,390 · fundraising $28,348

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $663,245 · program services $508,748 · management and general $116,464 · fundraising $38,033

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $46,433 · program services $35,520 · management and general $8,671 · fundraising $2,242

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,339 · program services $19,868 · management and general $6,415 · fundraising $56

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,124 · program services $59,531 · management and general $11,559 · fundraising $6,034

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,707 · management and general $18,707

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,603 · program services $12,816 · management and general $2,488 · fundraising $1,299

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $39,653 · fundraising $39,653

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $225,035 · program services $211,132 · management and general $4,667 · fundraising $9,236

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $140 · program services $108 · management and general $21 · fundraising $11

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,504 · program services $39,792 · management and general $5,879 · fundraising $2,833

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $97,056 · program services $75,063 · management and general $14,449 · fundraising $7,544

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,617 · program services $19,868 · management and general $3,777 · fundraising $1,972

  • 17 · Travel

    total $92,835 · program services $72,828 · management and general $18,722 · fundraising $1,285

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,966 · program services $15,966

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,638 · program services $2,808 · management and general $545 · fundraising $285

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,035 · program services $799 · management and general $155 · fundraising $81

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $208,693

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $806,355

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,066

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $16,184

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $93,666

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $119,470

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $94,081

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $834,679

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $80,734

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FAIRPLAY WORKS TO ENHANCE CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING BY ELIMINATING THE EXPLOITATIVE AND HARMFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES OF MARKETERS AND BIG TECH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FAIRPLAY IS THE LEADING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO HELPING CHILDREN THRIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY COMMERCIALIZED, SCREEN-OBSESSED CULTURE, AND THE ONLY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENDING MARKETING TO CHILDREN. WE ARE A TRULY INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR CHILDREN FAIRPLAY DOES NOT ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM BIG TECH OR ANY CORPORATION.

  • FAIRPLAY LEADS THE DESIGNED WITH KIDS IN MIND (DWKIM) COALITION - COMPRISED OF 11 ORGANIZATIONS WHO COLLABORATE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, LAWMAKERS, AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF BIG TECH'S MANIPULATIVE BUSINESS MODEL UPON YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ADVOCATE FOR ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIONS ON THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS. MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ARE: FAIRPLAY; ACCOUNTABLE TECH; THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; CENTER FOR DIGITAL DEMOCRACY; CENTER FOR HUMANE TECH; CHILDREN AND SCREENS: INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMON SENSE; ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER (EPIC); EXPOSURE LABS, CREATORS OF THE SOCIAL DILEMMA; PARENTSTOGETHER ACTION; AND RAINN (RAPE, ABUSE AND INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK). WORKING WITH THESE GROUPS AND OTHER KEY PARTNERS WE HAVE LED EFFORTS IN CONGRESS TO PASS THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT, AND DURING FY 2024 WE BUILT BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE BILL IN THE SENATE (WHERE IT PASSED BY A 91-3 VOTE IN JULY 2024).

    Expenses $1,046,042 · Grants $279,300 · Revenue $2,069

  • THE SCREEN TIME ACTION NETWORK AT FAIRPLAY IS A GLOBAL COLLABORATIVE OF PRACTITIONERS, EDUCATORS, ADVOCATES, AND PARENTS WORKING TO REDUCE EXCESSIVE AND HARMFUL SCREEN USE IN CHILDHOOD AND PROTECT KIDS ONLINE. OUR FIVE WORK GROUPS ARE THE HEART OF THE NETWORK, CREATING SMALLER COMMUNITIES FOCUSSING ON COMPLEX TOPICS RELATED TO CHILDREN'S SCREEN TIME, ONLINE HARMS PREVENTION, SCREENS IN SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH, EARLY CHILDHOOD AND NATURE & PLAY. WORK GROUP MEMBERS SUPPORT EACH OTHER'S INDIVIDUAL WORK AND CONCERNS AND COLLABORATE TO CREATE RESOURCES AND ADVOCACY PROJECTS TO HELP MANY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $330,021

  • FAIRPLAY HAS BEEN WORKING TO COMPLETE A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPORT ON THE UNFAIR IMPACTS OF MARKETING IN SOCIAL GAMING SPACES, LIKE ROBLOX AND FORTNITE. THE REPORT SUPPORTS FAIRPLAY'S MISSION TO ELIMINATE EXPLOITATIVE AND HARMFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES BY CALLING OUT SPECIFIC PRACTICES AND HOW THEY HARM ADOLESCENTS. THE REPORT WILL BE USED TO BOLSTER FUTURE CAMPAIGNS FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN ORDER TO PROTECT KIDS FROM RELATED HARMS. WE ANTICIPATE THE REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 2025.

    Expenses $91,474

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Criscillia Benford PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danielle Oristian York

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Spack

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Lauster

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mack Abbott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gaia Bernstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aparna Brown PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan Dungan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Jay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Mack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Marquez-Garrett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Golin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $35,834
    From this org
    $30,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,157
    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349302322

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