The Progressive INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 39-0773233)

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

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Publishes a progressive magazine and distributes editorial material.

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2 programs · $634K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

The progressive, inc. Prints, distributes, and promotes the progressive magazine that is distributed to approximately 30,000 retailers and subscribers each month. This includes editorial costs which encompass the personnel costs of those who select, edit, and write material for the magazine and art and production costs which include the…

$565Kprogram expense

02

The progressive, inc. Distributes editorial material to local and national newspapers through the media project. The media project solicits, edits, and distributes op-ed commentary pieces to daily newspapers in the united states on a full range of domestic issues, as well as issues on foreign policy, peace, and international cooperation.

$68Kprogram expense

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$241K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$23K

Evjue Foundation INCFY2024$15K

Community Shares of Wisconsin INCFY2024$12K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$11K

Schooner FoundationFY2024$1K

Millstream Fund INCFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$304K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$939K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$682K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$253K

Other incomeLn 4–11$5K

Money outPt IX

$919K

Ln 25

Programscol B$634K

Managementcol C$152K

Fundraisingcol D$133K

Owns and owesPt X

−$379K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5K

Total assetsLn 16$43K

LiabilitiesLn 26$422K

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A3

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$682K

Government grantsLn 1e$64K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$253K

Other incomeLn 4–11$5K

Total revenueLn 12$939K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$5K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16

Other assetsLn 15$18K

Total assetsLn 16$43K

LiabilitiesLn 26$422K

Net assetsLn 32−$379K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 58

VolunteersI 66

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$34K	$5K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$970	$16
Total assetsLn 16	$60K	$43K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$460K	$422K
Net assetsLn 32	−$401K	−$379K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$195K	$79K	$66K	$50K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$108K	$100K	$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$3K	$323	$3K	$323
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$23K	$15K	$4K	$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$21K	$12K	$5K	$3K
Legal feesLn 11b	$97	$97
Accounting feesLn 11c	$10K		$10K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$5K			$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$289K	$279K	$55	$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$9K	$5K	$3K	$1K
Office expensesLn 13	$133K	$99K	$25K	$10K
OccupancyLn 16	$32K	$19K	$8K	$5K
TravelLn 17	$422	$422
InterestLn 20	$3K		$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$954		$954
InsuranceLn 23	$7K		$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$56K	$10K	$2K	$44K
All other expensesLn 24e	$24K	$15K	$9K	$451
Total functional expensesLn 25	$919K	$634K	$152K	$133K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.6M	$1.2M	$318K	$794K	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.2M	$1.1M	$75K	$475K	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.3M	$1.0M	$252K	$398K	990 PDF
FY2021	$1.4M	$924K	$525K	$149K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$939K	$919K	$21K	−$379K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $939,233 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $760,045$681,652

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $351,055$252,842

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,432$4,739

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,130,532$939,233

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $388,426$349,573

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $1,494$4,795

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $602,533$564,170

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $992,453$918,538

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $138,079$20,695

Part VI · Governance 6 of 9 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

VI-1b Independent voting members6

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 $939,233 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $6,657 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$6,809

VIII-1e Government grants$64,264

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$610,579

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$681,652

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $206,581 · Unrelated business $25,551 · Excluded from tax $20,710$252,842

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,918−$1,918

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $206,581 · Unrelated business $25,551 · Excluded from tax $25,449$939,233

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $918,538 across 18 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $78,805 · Management $66,194 · Fundraising $49,911$194,910

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $99,762 · Management $8,003$107,765

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $323 · Management $2,587 · Fundraising $323$3,233

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,013 · Management $3,785 · Fundraising $3,964$22,762

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,332 · Management $5,124 · Fundraising $3,447$20,903

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $97$97

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,500$9,500

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $4,795$4,795

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $279,148 · Management $55 · Fundraising $9,670$288,873

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,992 · Management $2,897 · Fundraising $1,461$9,350

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $99,054 · Management $24,518 · Fundraising $9,639$133,211

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $18,692 · Management $7,766 · Fundraising $5,224$31,682

IX-17 TravelPrograms $422$422

IX-20 InterestManagement $3,395$3,395

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $954$954

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $6,847$6,847

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,041 · Management $1,748 · Fundraising $44,015$55,804

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,924 · Management $8,660 · Fundraising $451$24,035

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $633,605 · Management $152,033 · Fundraising $132,900$918,538

Part X · Balance sheet $43,151 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $33,512$5,118

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,875$9,225

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,121$10,480

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $970$16

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $17,481$18,312

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $59,959$43,151

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $166,759$166,465

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $268,712$242,279

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $460,471$422,244

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$567,317−$531,590

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $166,805$152,497

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$400,512−$379,093

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $59,959$43,151

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$379,093 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$939,233

XI-2 Total expenses$918,538

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$20,695

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$400,512

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$724

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$379,093

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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