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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZENS FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,883,754
Total expenses
$2,381,765
Contributions and grants received
$1,855,664
Grants paid
$202,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$30,200
Other revenue
-$2,110
Total assets, end of year
$2,392,719
Total liabilities, end of year
$372,771
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,019,948
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,549,621
Management and general expenses
$586,204
Fundraising expenses
$245,940
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,549,621

Program services were 65.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • TIM DUNN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MARK MECKLER

    PRESIDENT / CEO

    Total calculated
    $209,084
    From this org
    $55,650
    From related orgs
    $138,050
    Other
    $15,384
    Hours/week
    11 + 29 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $55,650 + $138,050 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,420 + $10,964 related
    Filer's total
    $60,070 + $149,014 related

  • ERIC O'KEEFE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • ROBERT KELLY

    GENERAL COUNSEL & CFO

    Total calculated
    $138,984
    From this org
    $53,618
    From related orgs
    $69,982
    Other
    $15,384
    Hours/week
    17 + 23 related

  • RITA PETERS

    SPECIAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $92,051
    From this org
    $13,289
    From related orgs
    $57,625
    Other
    $21,137
    Hours/week
    7 + 33 related

  • PATRICIA MECKLER

    VP OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,028
    From this org
    $68,862
    From related orgs
    $93,166
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    17 + 23 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $68,862 + $93,166 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $68,862 + $93,166 related

  • MICHAEL RUTHENBERG

    CHIEF GRASSROOTS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $135,027
    From this org
    $45,670
    From related orgs
    $68,220
    Other
    $21,137
    Hours/week
    16 + 24 related

  • MICHAEL PRATT

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $135,823
    From this org
    $20,018
    From related orgs
    $89,249
    Other
    $26,556
    Hours/week
    7 + 33 related

  • JASON GIRARD

    GRASSROOTS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,000
    From this org
    $62,188
    From related orgs
    $44,812
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    23 + 17 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

None.

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
RELATED ORGANIZATION REVIEWS CEO'S COMPENSATION BASED ON: FORM 990'S OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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

  • CONVENTION OF STATES ACTION

    $200,000

    PROVIDING EDUCATION ON THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTICLE CONVENTION AND ENGAGING IN DIRECT LOBBYING ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION

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
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533119349300048

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