Job Creators Action Fund FY2020 filing

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Sugar Land, TX501(c)(4)Since 2012Civil Rights & Advocacy EIN 45-4848799Revenue $6.0M in FY2020

On file with the IRS2245 Texas Dr, 77479-1275 · Sugar Land, TXTax-exempt since Apr 2014

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Job Creators network INC is an educational non-profit that seeks to educate americans on the vital role of free enterprise in creating jobs that will spur innovation and help ensure america's future economic success.

501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.0M 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $174K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.0M
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $11K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$340K
42% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 42% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.0M
Spent
$6.3M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$467K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$6.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.0M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$6.0M
Expenses
$6.3M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.3M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$4.3M
Net assets
$467K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$467K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$801K
FY2023$67K
FY2024$1.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2014.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $5.6M Management & general 2% · $147K Fundraising 8% · $506K

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; $1.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$560,369Pt VII · Sec A
$256,362Pt VII · Sec A
$212,842Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Thomas’s $582K as Chief of Strategic Growth Officer is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Thomas$582,237————
Alfredo Ortiz$461,220$497,356$469,985$440,369$560,369
Philip Willard$283,908$292,658$273,986$256,362$256,362
Elaine Parker$235,541$252,565$238,528$207,406$212,842
Toni Angelini$184,795$202,813———
Brenda Hicks$106,429————
Rodolph Olivo——$100,051——

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 Americans on free enterprise's role in creating jobs and economic success.

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3 programs · $5.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Media

Utilized various media outlets to reach target market

$4.7Mprogram expense
02

Marketing

Identify, recruit and sign up ceos and small businesses for the purpose of educating the public in the defense and preservation of free enterprise and entrepreneurship.

$755Kprogram expense
03

Education

Sign up companies to receive employer to employee education materials to distribute to their employees to help educate them on what it takes to create jobs and how bad policy hurts good people. This will generate a better informed and educated voter.

$205Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $435K · 2020–2024
Keep America America Action FundFY2024$235,000
NhclcCA · FY2024$65,000
Salient of Harvard CollegeMA · FY2024$40,000
Alan Dershowitz Legal Defense TrustFY2022$60,000
Lucy Burns Institute INCWI · FY2020$21,167
Business Industry Political Action CommitteeFY2020$1,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$6.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.6M
Managementcol C$147K
Fundraisingcol D$506K
Owns and owesPt X
$467K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$753K
Total assetsLn 16$807K
LiabilitiesLn 26$340K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$7K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$124K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$3K
Total revenueLn 12$6.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$724K
SavingsLn 2$29K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$753K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Total assetsLn 16$807K
LiabilitiesLn 26$340K
Net assetsLn 32$467K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$657K$753K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$37K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$976K$807K
LiabilitiesLn 26$189K$340K
Net assetsLn 32$787K$467K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$22K$22K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$294K$177K$59K$59K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$274K$218K$28K$28K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$86K$64K$8K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$21K$5K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$39K$24K$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$6K$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$215K$215K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$752$251$251
Office expensesLn 13$34K$23K$6K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$31K$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$63K$56K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$156$156
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$29K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$43K$26K$9K$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.1M$4.7M$11K$358K
All other expensesLn 24e$21K$17K$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.3M$5.6M$147K$506K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $6.0M$4.3M$1.6M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$2.7M−$781K$67K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.9M$3.7M−$827K$801K 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$2.8M$1.2M$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $6.0M$6.3M−$320K$467K 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,965,954 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,741,694$5,963,027
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $88$2,927
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,741,782$5,965,954
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $253,267$22,167
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,111,644$685,522
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,740,323$5,578,631
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,105,234$6,286,320
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$363,452−$320,366
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,965,954 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$5,925
VIII-1e Government grants$6,900
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,950,202
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$124,474
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,963,027
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11$11
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $2,916$2,916
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,916 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11$5,965,954
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,286,320 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $22,167$22,167
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $176,647 · Management $58,882 · Fundraising $58,882$294,411
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $218,316 · Management $28,048 · Fundraising $28,048$274,412
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $64,250 · Management $7,587 · Fundraising $14,141$85,978
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,331 · Management $4,695 · Fundraising $4,695$30,721
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $23,594 · Management $7,865 · Fundraising $7,865$39,324
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,468 · Management $2,156 · Fundraising $2,156$10,780
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $215,000$215,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $752 · Management $251 · Fundraising $251$1,254
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,471 · Management $5,540 · Fundraising $5,469$34,480
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $30,766 · Management $10,255 · Fundraising $10,255$51,276
IX-17 TravelPrograms $56,483 · Fundraising $6,276$62,759
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,047$2,047
IX-20 InterestPrograms $156$156
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $29,459$29,459
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,914 · Management $8,638 · Fundraising $8,638$43,190
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,699,262 · Management $11,052 · Fundraising $357,819$5,068,133
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $16,977 · Management $1,967 · Fundraising $1,829$20,773
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,633,060 · Management $146,936 · Fundraising $506,324$6,286,320
Part X · Balance sheet $806,891 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $653,400$724,311
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,285$28,733
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $238,568$20,962
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $43,665$25,520
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $36,824$7,365
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $975,742$806,891
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $139,222$142,999
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $49,729$47,128
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $188,951$340,127
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $786,791$466,764
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $975,742$806,891
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $466,764 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,965,954
XI-2 Total expenses$6,286,320
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$320,366
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$786,791
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$339
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$466,764

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