Is it real?
No. The IRS revoked its tax exemption. Latest filing on record: FY2020.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
5 people listed on the 990; $108K paid to officers and key staff.
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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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Examines federal spending and programs to document inefficiencies, waste, fraud, and long-term government obligations.
Questions for Foundation to Restore Accountability
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Original content and outreach. The primary tool for our organization's education activities is through outreach and audience engagement on our website and social media platforms. With the first year of our new site, we published over 500 original articles while managing social media accounts with nearly 100,000 followers and reaching…
Video production. To better engage our audience, we utilized cartoons, parody, and other educational videos. We produced 100 videos that were viewed over 600,000 times from pop culture parodies to explain budget debates to 90 spoofs explaining the complex financial concepts, to animated explainers on national debt and unfunded…
We ran our third annual scholarship competition and awarded four scholarships to college students. The winners of the essay and video competitions won $1,000 scholarships while the runners-up in each category won $500 in scholarship money.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $403K | $13K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $403K | $13K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $403K | $13K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $251K | $251K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Management feesLn 11a | $161K | $121K | $35K | $5K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $2K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $134 | $134 | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $592 | $592 | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $918 | $918 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $417K | $373K | $39K | $5K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 Latest Viewing | $27K | $417K | −$390K | $13K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $26,895 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $26,895 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $416,899 across 7 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $12,713 assets, 5 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,713 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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