Progressive Multiplier Action Fund FY2021 filing

Not tax-deductible

Washington, DC501(c)(4)Since 2019Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 83-3190176Revenue $163K in FY2021

On file with the IRS1930 18th St Nw Ste B2 Pmb 1122, 20009-1797 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Sep 2020

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The corporation is organized for the promotion of social welfare.

54¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX

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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $61K a year · 28% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
54%
of spending
Worth a look: 54% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $75K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$108K
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$163K
-43% vs prior year
Spent
$282K
To programs
54%
Net assets
$165K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$163K
FY2021▼ -43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$284K
FY2021$163K
FY2022$214K
FY2023$260K
FY2024$319K
FY2025$74K
Expenses
$282K
FY2021▼ -55%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$620K
FY2021$282K
FY2022$202K
FY2023$277K
FY2024$110K
FY2025$190K
Net assets
$165K
FY2021▼ -42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$284K
FY2021$165K
FY2022$177K
FY2023$159K
FY2024$369K
FY2025$252K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 2020.

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

Where the money goes

54 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 54% · $151K Management & general 23% · $64K Fundraising 24% · $67K

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

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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

Funds revenue projects for progressive groups and shares fundraising knowledge.

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1 program · $151K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Financing revenue generation projects for progressive organizations and sharing fundraising knowledge gained with these organizations within the progressive movement.

$151Kprogram 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 1 funder$75K
Grants paid · 30 grants · $579K · 2019–2024
Naya Action FundOR · FY2024$5,350
Oneamerica VotesWA · FY2024$5,350
Imagine BlackOR · FY2024$5,350
Latino Network Action FundOR · FY2024$5,350
New Progressive Network INCOR · FY2024$5,350
Imagine BlackOR · FY2022$11,025
Oneamerica VotesWA · FY2022$10,000
Naya Action FundOR · FY2022$7,875
United Oregan ActionOR · FY2022$6,300
Unite Oregon ActionOR · FY2021$20,000
RepowerMN · FY2020$25,000
Marked by CovidCA · FY2020$25,000
Accelerate Action INCMA · FY2019$100,000
Clean Water ActionMI · FY2019$77,870
Faith in Action NetworkCA · FY2019$25,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$163K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$125K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$282K
Ln 25
Programscol B$151K
Managementcol C$64K
Fundraisingcol D$67K
Owns and owesPt X
$165K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$272K
Total assetsLn 16$272K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$125K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Total revenueLn 12$163K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$170K
SavingsLn 2$103K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$272K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$272K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K
Net assetsLn 32$165K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
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$59K$272K
Total assetsLn 16$372K$272K
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K$108K
Net assetsLn 32$284K$165K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$81K$81K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$49K$16K$16K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$54K$18K$17K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$2K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$1K$1K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$13K$720$1K$11K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K−$215$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$56K$26K$23K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$648$200$248$200
Office expensesLn 13$1K$86$883$248
OccupancyLn 16$2K$523$494$520
TravelLn 17$17$17
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$1K$458$432$561
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$1K$2K−$83
All other expensesLn 24e−$2K$20$173−$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$282K$151K$64K$67K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $74K$190K−$117K$252K 990 PDF
FY2024 $319K$110K$209K$369K 990 PDF
FY2023 $260K$277K−$17K$159K 990 PDF
FY2022 $214K$202K$12K$177K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $163K$282K−$119K$165K 990 PDF
FY2020 $284K$620K−$336K$284K 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 $163,299 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $240,000$125,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $40,590$34,430
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,875$3,869
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $284,465$163,299
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $410,950$80,594
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $56,330$111,559
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $19,189$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $133,510$89,757
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $619,979$281,910
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$335,514−$118,611
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $163,299 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$125,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$125,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $34,430$34,430
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,869$3,869
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $34,430 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,869$163,299
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $281,910 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $80,594$80,594
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $16,440 · Management $15,512 · Fundraising $16,717$48,669
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $18,094 · Management $17,082 · Fundraising $18,409$53,585
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,653 · Management $1,560 · Fundraising $1,681$4,894
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,490 · Management $1,406 · Fundraising $1,515$4,411
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $720 · Management $1,439 · Fundraising $10,862$13,021
IX-11b Legal feesManagement −$215 · Fundraising $12,631$12,416
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $26,372 · Management $22,929 · Fundraising $6,238$55,539
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $200 · Management $248 · Fundraising $200$648
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $86 · Management $883 · Fundraising $248$1,217
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $523 · Management $494 · Fundraising $520$1,537
IX-17 TravelManagement $17$17
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,550$3,550
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $458 · Management $432 · Fundraising $561$1,451
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,060 · Management $1,569 · Fundraising −$83$2,546
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $20 · Management $173 · Fundraising −$2,378−$2,185
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $151,260 · Management $63,529 · Fundraising $67,121$281,910
Part X · Balance sheet $272,447 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $36,515$169,854
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $22,545$102,585
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $526$8
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $312,338$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $371,924$272,447
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $37,774$39,027
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $50,603$68,483
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $88,377$107,510
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $235,182$70,204
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $48,365$94,733
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $283,547$164,937
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $371,924$272,447
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $164,937 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$163,299
XI-2 Total expenses$281,910
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$118,611
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$283,547
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$164,937

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