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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN VALUES ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$40,000
Total expenses
$155,781
Contributions and grants received
$40,000
Grants paid
$7,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$407,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$407,131
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$135,000
Management and general expenses
$20,781
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$135,000

Program services were 86.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $40,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,000 · program services $81,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,500 · management and general $19,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,281 · management and general $1,281

  • 24a · Other expenses: Researcher/Writer

    total $27,000 · program services $27,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Researcher

    total $19,500 · program services $19,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $522,912 · end of year $407,131

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $522,912 · end of year $407,131

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF AMERICAN VALUES ACTION (AVA) IS TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR TRADITIONAL VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY AND FREE-ENTERPRISE IN THE PUBLIC POLICY ARENA. AVA WILL EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE MYRIAD WAYS IN WHICH WASHINGTON IMPACTS THEIR VALUES AND HOW THEY CAN INFLUENCE WASHINGTON.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF AMERICAN VALUES ACTION (AVA) IS TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR TRADITIONAL VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREE-ENTERPRISE IN THE PUBLIC POLICY ARENA. AVA WILL EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE MYRIAD WAYS IN WHICH WASHINGTON IMPACTS THEIR VALUES AND HOW THEY CAN INFLUENCE WASHINGTON.

  • IN 2023 AMERICAN VALUES ACTION ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INTENDED TO PROMOTE TRADITONAL VALUES, INCLUDING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. IN ADDTION, GARY BAUER, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN VALUES ACTION SPOKE TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS ON TRADITIONAL VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY AND FREE-ENTERPRISE AS WELL AS IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL AND JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES.

    Expenses $135,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • GARY BAUER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $81,000
    From this org
    $81,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LARRY SUNDQUIST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • GARY POLLAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CAROL BAUER

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202423199349303987

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