Citizens F Global Solutions Ed Fund

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Educate and advocate for a democratic federation of nations with enforceable world law to: abolish war and Global violence in the resolution of disputes; protect universal human rights and freedoms; and restore and sustain our Global environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 7 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $104K a year · 24% 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
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $430K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $140K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$125K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$472K
+38% vs prior year
Spent
$476K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$396K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$472K
FY2025▲ +38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$530K
FY2021$579K
FY2022$277K
FY2023$343K
FY2025$472K
Expenses
$476K
FY2025▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$296K
FY2021$217K
FY2022$288K
FY2023$404K
FY2025$476K
Net assets
$396K
FY2025▼ -49%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$643K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$771K
FY2025$396K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1976.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $359K Management & general 18% · $86K Fundraising 6% · $31K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$100,041Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rebecca Shoot’s $100K as Executive Di is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M international 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

NameFY2025FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rebecca Shoot$100,041———
Robert Flax PHD—$68,500$68,500$22,833

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for world law to end war, protect rights, and sustain the environment.

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1 program · $359K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

World federalist association, doing business as citizens for global solutions education fund, develops and promotes measures to strengthen existing international institutions as well as to design and propose structures to better represent the peoples of the world.

$359Kprogram 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 2 funders$140K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $179K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,915
Orono Peace GroupME · FY2022$15,000
Cgs Maine Chapter DBA Orono Peace GroupFY2020$15,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$472K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$352K
Investment incomeLn 3$120K
Money outPt IX
$476K
Ln 25
Programscol B$359K
Managementcol C$86K
Fundraisingcol D$31K
Owns and owesPt X
$396K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$84K
Total assetsLn 16$520K
LiabilitiesLn 26$125K
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$352K
Investment incomeLn 3$120K
Gains on assetsLn 7$104K
Total revenueLn 12$472K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$84K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$84K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$430K
Total assetsLn 16$520K
LiabilitiesLn 26$125K
Net assetsLn 32$396K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$3.1M$2.8M$2.2M$2.2M$2.6M
Given inLn 1b$46K$50$5K
SpentLn 1d–1f−$137K−$100K−$100K−$100K−$35K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$18K$84K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$571K$430K
Total assetsLn 16$613K$520K
LiabilitiesLn 26$63K$125K
Net assetsLn 32$550K$396K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$46K$46K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$7K$7K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$100K$84K$16K$837
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$41K$34K$6K$343
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$57K$47K$9K$475
Office expensesLn 13$7K$7K$234
Information technologyLn 14$704$704
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K
TravelLn 17$17K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$157K$107K$21K$29K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$476K$359K$86K$31K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 27, 2026 $472K$476K−$4K$396K 990 PDF
FY2024 Not on file
FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2024 $343K$404K−$62K$771K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 10, 2023 $277K$288K−$11K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 8, 2022 $579K$217K$362K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 20, 2021 $530K$296K$234K$643K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $472,395 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $225,258$352,458
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$50,377$119,937
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $174,881$472,395
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$52,921
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $138,171$140,947
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $322,143$282,240
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $460,314$476,108
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$285,433−$3,713
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
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 $472,395 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$135,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$217,458
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$352,458
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15,892$15,892
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $104,045$104,045
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $119,937$472,395
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $476,108 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $46,006$46,006
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,915$6,915
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $83,701 · Management $15,503 · Fundraising $837$100,041
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $34,224 · Management $6,339 · Fundraising $343$40,906
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $47,436 · Management $8,786 · Fundraising $475$56,697
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,654 · Management $234$6,888
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $704$704
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,931$25,931
IX-17 TravelManagement $17,281$17,281
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $12,969$12,969
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $107,497 · Management $20,964 · Fundraising $28,943$157,404
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $4,366$4,366
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $359,068 · Management $86,442 · Fundraising $30,598$476,108
Part X · Balance sheet $520,062 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $18,417$83,927
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $23,156$5,656
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $571,378$430,479
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $612,951$520,062
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,939$36,112
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $41,782$88,406
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $62,721$124,518
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $401,579$246,893
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $148,651$148,651
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $550,230$395,544
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $612,951$520,062
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $395,544 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$472,395
XI-2 Total expenses$476,108
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,713
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$550,230
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$137,387
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$13,586
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$395,544

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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