Fair Districts Fund FY2024 filing

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 2017Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 82-2031949

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To prevent and oppose the gerrymandering of state legislative Districts through education, research, and litigation aimed at challenging racial gerrymandering.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
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 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $660 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Named funders
3
named funders · $1.1M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$195K
-53% vs prior year
Net assets
$70K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$195K
FY2024▼ -53%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$266K
FY2021$211K
FY2022$236K
FY2023$414K
FY2024$195K
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
—
FY2024
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$230K
FY2021$127K
FY2022$247K
FY2023$524K
FY2024Not on file
FY2024$937K
Net assets
$70K
FY2024▲ +54%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$83K
FY2021$167K
FY2022$155K
FY2023$45K
FY2024$70K
FY2024$286K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2018.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (from 1/2024)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Director (until 5/2024)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Treasurer (from 6/2024)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Leslie Martes’s $1K as Dir/Treasurer is at the 0th percentile of top reported officer pay among 798 $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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Leslie Martes$1,452$1,117——
Jessica Post$948$948——
Heather Williams$940$940——
Ellie Collinson——$196$196

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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Programs and updates

Challenging unfair district maps through education, research, and lawsuits.

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1 program service account for $468K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
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To prevent and oppose the gerrymandering of state legislative districts through education,research, and litigation aimed at challenging racial gerrymandering.

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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
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $1.3M · 2019–2024
State Democracy Action FundDC · FY2024$800,000
State Democracy Action FundDC · FY2022$200,000
State Democracy Action FundDC · FY2021$200,000
The Voter Participation CenterFY2019$103,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$195K
Other income$195K
Owns and owes
$70K
net assets
Liabilities$26K
People
5
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$195K
Total revenue$195K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$26K
Net assets$70K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers0
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Viewing $195K$70K 990 PDF
FY2023 $414K$524K−$110K$45K 990 PDF
FY2022 $236K$247K−$12K$155K 990 PDF
FY2021 $211K$127K$84K$167K 990 PDF
FY2020 $266K$230K$35K$83K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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