Pro English FY2023 filing

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 1982EIN 38-2418377Revenue $509K in FY2023

On file with the IRSproenglish.org20 F Street Nw, 20001-6700 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Aug 1982Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Undertake educational programs informing the public of the need for common-sense immigration policies; the need to consider population growth on the environment and our ability to protect and conserve our natural resources; and the need to preserve and promote English as the unifying language of the united states.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$119K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $199K a year · 23% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$119K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
21 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 21.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $6K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$162K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$509K
-68% vs prior year
Spent
$829K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$509K
FY2023▼ -68%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$509K
FY2024$587K
FY2025$326K
Expenses
$829K
FY2023▼ -50%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$829K
FY2024$830K
FY2025$640K
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2023▼ -19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$813K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1982.

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Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $555K Management & general 20% · $168K Fundraising 13% · $107K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $119K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Former Proenglish Exec. Director
$119,483Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stephen Guschov—$130,247$119,483—$107,327—
Stevphen Guschov———$114,750——
Ellen Hamilton-Cotten$103,108—————
Isasbel Lyman————$60,158—
Niki Calloway————$32,156$57,667
John E Fought————$13,316$10,913

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates the public on immigration, language unity, and conservation.

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1 program · $555K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Educational programs designed to protect the country's linguistic unity by making english the official (non-exclusive) language of government operations and defending its role as the nation's common language by doing research and disseminating information through quarterly newsletters distributed to about 15,000 individuals, direct mail…

$555Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$6K
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Grants paid · 11 grants · $1.1M · 2020–2022
Border Hawk News CorpMI · FY2022$160,000
Border Hawk News CorpMI · FY2022$160,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$9,078
Angel FamiliesFY2020$15,000
AviacMA · FY2020$6,500

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$509K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$476K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Money outPt IX
$829K
Ln 25
Programscol B$555K
Managementcol C$168K
Fundraisingcol D$107K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$162K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$476K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Total revenueLn 12$509K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$418K
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$128
Other assetsLn 15$43K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$162K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$186$128
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$257K$162K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$209K$121K$55K$33K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$14K$7K$6K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$5K$1K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$9K$4K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$62K$62K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$32K$27K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$12K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$270$20K
OccupancyLn 16$92K$83K$9K
TravelLn 17$17K$16K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$26K$26K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$57$57
InsuranceLn 23$811$811
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$309K$239K$592$69K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K$524
Total functional expensesLn 25$829K$555K$168K$107K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $326K$640K−$314K$813K 990 PDF
FY2024 $587K$830K−$243K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $509K$829K−$321K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.6M−$63K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$1.1M−$46K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.3M−$207K$1.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $508,531 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,643,528$476,194
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$80,970$26,303
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $16,681$6,034
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,579,239$508,531
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $549,200$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $318,343$246,367
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $774,708$582,904
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,642,251$829,271
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$63,012−$320,740
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $508,531 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$50,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$426,194
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$476,194
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $26,303$26,303
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6,026 · Excluded from tax $8$6,034
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,026 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $26,311$508,531
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $829,271 across 16 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $120,880 · Management $55,373 · Fundraising $33,135$209,388
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,087 · Management $5,569 · Fundraising $1,619$14,275
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,803 · Management $1,103 · Fundraising $1,103$7,009
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,834 · Management $4,350 · Fundraising $2,511$15,695
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,000$5,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $62,469$62,469
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $27,207 · Management $4,510$31,717
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,501 · Management $1,492$12,993
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $270 · Management $20,301$20,571
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $83,337 · Management $8,791$92,128
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,569 · Management $1,668$17,237
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $25,990$25,990
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $57$57
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $811$811
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $239,253 · Management $592 · Fundraising $68,781$308,626
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,781 · Management $524$5,305
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $554,512 · Management $167,610 · Fundraising $107,149$829,271
Part X · Balance sheet $1,532,164 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $688,553$418,403
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $877,643$1,051,581
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $250,000$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $20,204$18,889
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $186$128
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $105,166$43,163
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,941,752$1,532,164
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $150,482$117,583
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $106,254$44,686
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $256,736$162,269
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,677,433$1,368,312
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,583$1,583
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,685,016$1,369,895
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,941,752$1,532,164
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,369,895 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$508,531
XI-2 Total expenses$829,271
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$320,740
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,685,016
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,619
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,369,895

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