COUNTRY FIRST ACTION

As filed

Subsection

04

NTEE code

W11

Classification

3000

Street

PO BOX 2385

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• COUNTRY FIRST NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS: COUNTRY FIRST NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORKING GROUPS PROVIDED A UNIQUE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CIVIC EDUCATION BY INTENTIONALLY CONNECTING AMERICANS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, IDENTITIES, CONTEXTS, AND GEOGRAPHIES TOGETHER TO LEARN, RESEARCH, AND DISCUSS THE LEADING IDEAS TO PROMOTE CIVIC GOVERNANCE. OUR WORKING GROUPS FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL REFORMS, RESTORING CIVIL DIALOGUE AND ADVANCING CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PROMOTING CIVIC LITERACY THROUGH POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND ADVANCING THOUGHTFUL CIVIC DEBATE OF POLICIES THROUGH PLANNING AND PROPOSING SPEAKER SERIES FOR ORGANIZATION SUPPORTERS. THESE WORKING GROUPS ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WITHIN VIRTUAL FORMATS AND PROVIDED VOLUNTEERS WITH UNIQUE, LIVE EXPERIENCES TO GROW IN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC GOOD.NATIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES: COUNTRY FIRST HOSTS REGULARLY SCHEDULED LIVE VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES AT WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER AND WATCH LATER, WHERE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS ARE INFORMED ON OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE THE PERVASIVE TOXIC TRIBALISM DIVIDING OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM WITH AN EMPHASIS ON A COMMITMENT TO BRIDGE DIVIDES AND FORTIFY DEMOCRACY THROUGH CIVIC ACTION. NATIONAL CAMPFIRES PROVIDE COUNTRY FIRST THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND BOLSTER OUR DEMOCRACY, TO EDUCATE ON IMPORTANT TOPICS OR ISSUES OF THE DAY AND TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO A SPACE OF FREE-FLOWING IDEAS AND CIVIC DISCOURSE WHERE THEY FEEL PART OF A COMMUNITY. FUTURE DEMOCRACY LEADERS: THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS DEDICATED TO NURTURING DEMOCRATIC VALUES. WE AIM TO ATTRACT A LEGION OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN THE CREATION OF INTERESTING, ENTERTAINING, AND INNOVATIVE DIGITAL CONTENT THAT EDUCATES THEIR PEERS AND FOLLOWERS ON KEY ISSUES THAT WOULD MAKE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE.

  Expenses $341,103

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,098,407

  Expenses

  $892,588

  Contributions

  $1,067,909

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $912,529

  Expenses

  $603,010

  Contributions

  $865,989

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COUNTRY FIRST FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2024 · THE ORGANIZATIONS'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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