Move to Amend FY2021 filing

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Sacramento, CA501(c)(4)Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 46-4306740Revenue $215K in FY2021

On file with the IRSmovetoamend.org2740 Fulton Avenue, 95821-5108 · Sacramento, CATax-exempt since Sep 2014

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Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests.

61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$10K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $296 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$10K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$215K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$202K
To programs
61%
Net assets
$100K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$215K
FY2021▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$248K
FY2021$215K
FY2022$167K
FY2023$253K
FY2024$216K
FY2025$195K
Expenses
$202K
FY2021▲ +34%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$151K
FY2021$202K
FY2022$252K
FY2023$225K
FY2024$268K
FY2025$196K
Net assets
$100K
FY2021▼ -28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$139K
FY2021$100K
FY2022$15K
FY2023$44K
FY2024−$8K
FY2025−$9K

From the FY2021 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 Sep 2014.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $124K Management & general 22% · $45K Fundraising 17% · $33K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $10K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$9,974Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Leesa Friday’s $2K as Director is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1032 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap——$8,212$9,974$10,985
Leesa Friday$2,250$4,800$2,800——

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Advocates for social justice, ending corporate influence, and building a people-powered democracy.

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3 programs · $124K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Grassroots Movement Support. Training and expertise for Move to Amend affiliate citizen leaders. Webinars, conference calls, in person training and materials generation for volunteer citizen leaders in Move to Amend affiliate groups.

$70Kprogram expense
02

Public talks and workshops to educate the public about the history of democracy and corporations in the United States and solutions to end corporate constitutional rights and get money out of politics.

$54Kprogram expense
03

Democracy Brigade Program. Training and apprenticeship program for young people to learn community organizing, organizational and citizenship leadership skills. (PROGRAM PAUSED FOR 2021 DUE TO COVID)

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$215K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$214K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Money outPt IX
$202K
Ln 25
Programscol B$124K
Managementcol C$45K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$100K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$100K
Total assetsLn 16$100K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$214K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Total revenueLn 12$215K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$100K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$100K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$100K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$100K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6275
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$139K$100K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$139K$100K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$139K$100K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$10K$5K$3K$1K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$135K$95K$24K$16K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$0$2K$326
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$300$0$300$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$1K$4K$472
Information technologyLn 14$44K$20K$9K$15K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$5K$2K$2K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$196$196$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$202K$124K$45K$33K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $195K$196K−$1K−$9K 990 PDF
FY2024 $216K$268K−$52K−$8K 990 PDF
FY2023 $253K$225K$28K$44K 990 PDF
FY2022 $167K$252K−$84K$15K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $215K$202K$14K$100K 990 PDF
FY2020 $248K$151K$97K$139K 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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $215,470 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $222,932$214,364
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $25,000$1,106
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $247,932$215,470
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 $94,050$147,582
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $56,578$54,274
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $150,628$201,856
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $97,304$13,614
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $215,470 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,106 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$214,364
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$214,364
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,106 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$215,470
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $201,856 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $4,987 · Management $3,491 · Fundraising $1,496$9,974
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $94,816 · Management $24,115 · Fundraising $16,451$135,382
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $1,900 · Fundraising $326$2,226
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $300 · Fundraising $0$300
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,158 · Management $3,642 · Fundraising $472$5,272
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $20,305 · Management $8,832 · Fundraising $14,569$43,706
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,400 · Management $2,400 · Fundraising $0$4,800
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $196 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$196
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $123,862 · Management $44,680 · Fundraising $33,314$201,856
Part X · Balance sheet $99,687 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $138,865$99,687
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $138,865$99,687
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $138,865$99,687
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $138,865$99,687
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $99,687 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$215,470
XI-2 Total expenses$201,856
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$13,614
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$138,865
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$52,792
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$99,687

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