FAIRVOTE ACTION FUND

As filed

Subsection

04

Classification

3000

Street

8484 GEORGIA AVENUE 240

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• FAIRVOTE

  EIN 54-1635649

Mission and programs · 2024

• 2024 FAIRVOTE ACTION (C4) ACCOMPLISHMENTSFAIRVOTE ACTION ACHIEVED SEVERAL VOTING REFORM WINS IN 2024. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS, FAIRVOTE ACTION: PROVIDED FUNDING AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS TO PASS PRO-RCV LEGISLATION IN SIX STATES AND WIN SEVEN MUNICIPAL RCV BALLOT MEASURES.PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON VOTER CHOICE ACT, FAIR REPRESENTATION ACT, SPOILER EFFECT, AND LOW TURNOUT RUNOFFS.LOBBIED CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF RCV LEGISLATION AND THE FAIR REPRESENTATION ACT. HELPED CONTINUE RCV MOVEMENT GROWTH THROUGH GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL RCV GROUPS.ENGAGED IN CROSS-PARTISAN EFFORTS TO CONTINUE THE USE OF RCV IN DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.ENHANCED ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH ADDITION OF ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER, CONTINUED FUNDRAISING, AND UPDATED STRATEGY.

  Expenses $1,530,468 · Grants $443,000 · Revenue $1,794,799

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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,795,956

  Expenses

  $1,595,690

  Contributions

  $1,794,799

  Grants paid

  $443,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,130,903

  Expenses

  $1,498,367

  Contributions

  $1,127,795

  Grants paid

  $97,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,729,659

  Expenses

  $1,852,519

  Contributions

  $1,729,659

  Grants paid

  $665,500

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.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,211,000

  Expenses

  $492,252

  Assets (EOY)

  $787,542

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $279,800

  Expenses

  $312,941

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,085

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $284,000

  Expenses

  $242,112

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,226

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $75,000

  Expenses

  $83,243

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,338

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period

1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017

Principal officer

Robert Richie

Mailing address

6930 Carroll Ave Suite 240Takoma Park MD 20912

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR SEATTLE

  $390,000

  2022 · ADVOCACY

• MAKE ALL VOTES COUNT DC

  $285,000

  2024 · EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING

• CALIFORNIA RCV INSTITUTE INC

  $50,000

  2024 · EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING

• OREGONIANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS

  $50,000

  2022 · ADVOCACY

• CHARTING A BETTER PORTLAND

  $50,000

  2022 · ADVOCACY

• RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR CLARK COUNTY

  $50,000

  2022 · ADVOCACY

• RANK MI VOTE BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE

  $35,000

  2023 · EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING

• PREFERENTIAL PRIMARIES ACTION

  $35,000

  2024 · EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING

• CALIFORNIA RCV COALITION INC

  $25,000

  2023 · EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING

• MAKE ALL VOTES COUNT DC

  $25,000

  2023 · EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• Article IV

  $500,000

  2023 · General support

• ACTION NOW INC

  $400,000

  2024 · TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

• UNITE AMERICA INC

  $260,866

  2024 · GRANT FUNDS PROVIDED FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STATE CAMPAIGNS, TO EDUCATE & ENGAGE KEY POLICYMAKERS, AND TO EXPAND & EMPOWER PARTISAN ALLIES

• UNITE AMERICA INC

  $250,000

  2023 · TO DEFRAY STAFF COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE & OVERHEAD SUPPORT, AND DIRECT PROGRAMMATIC EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANTEE'S FEDERAL, GOP, ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR, AND PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES PROGRAMS

• Article IV

  $200,000

  2024 · General support

• Article IV

  $100,000

  2024 · General support

• BEYOND IMPACT

  $75,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITE AMERICA INC

  $50,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S CORE PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING A STRONG RCV PRESENCE ON CAPITOL HILL; AND PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND STATE ADVOCACY

• FAIRVOTE

  $30,000

  2022 · ADVOCACY

• Article IV

  $15,000

  2022 · General support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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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