MASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR INDEPENDENT WORK INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: MASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR INDEPENDENT WORK INC (EIN 85-4218737)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-05-15
IRS object ID: 202511359349316956
Schema version: 2024v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-15T16:12:50-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	815201483	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Karen A Hahn CPA Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	500 E Calaveras Blvd Suite 333	AddressLine1Txt
City	Milpitas	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95035	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	854218737	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Massachusetts Coalition for Independent Work Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MASS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4159032800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	616 Fellsway 2nd Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Medford	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02155	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Darrin Lim	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4159032800	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Karen A Hahn CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01286266	PTIN
Phone	4082638888	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-05-01	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Darrin Lim	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	28 Liberty Ship Way Suite 2815	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sausalito	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94965	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$9,773,579	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2020	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Educate the public, legislators, and regulatory entities about existing and proposed laws and policies in Massachusetts that impact the business climate and economic opportunities of independent drivers to earn income in the transportation network and delivery network industries in a manner that is consistent with the antitrust laws	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	5	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$4,908,159	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$9,773,579	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,908,159	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$9,773,579	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$7,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$22,850	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$8,352,268	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$11,913,202	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$8,359,768	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$11,936,052	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,451,609	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$2,162,473	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$308,558	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$38,682	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,892,597	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$308,558	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-$1,853,915	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Educate the public, legislators, and regulatory entities about existing and proposed laws and policies in Massachusetts that impact the business climate and economic opportunities of independent drivers to earn income in the transportation network and delivery network industries in a manner that is consistent with the antitrust laws	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$11,006,856	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$22,850	GrantAmt
Revenue	$9,773,579	RevenueAmt
Desc	Educate the public, legislators, and regulatory entities about existing and proposed laws and policies in Massachusetts that impact the business climate and economic opportunities of independent drivers to earn income in the transportation network and delivery network industries in a manner that is consistent with the antitrust laws	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$11,006,856	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	23	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Darrin Lim	PersonNm
Phone	4159032800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	28 Liberty Ship Way Suite 2815	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sausalito	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94965	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Brendan Joyce
Chairperson/Director	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tom McNeil
Secretary/Director	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joshua Gold
Director	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Darrin Lim
Treasurer	5.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Katherine Rodriguez
Director	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Pier 91
3050 K Street NW Suite 100	Washington	DC	20007	Broadcast Advertising	$5,560,000
Dewey Square Group
1801 K Street NW Suite 900	Washington	DC	20006	Consulting	$2,286,989
Trilogy Interactive LLC
2054 University Ave Suite 600	Berkeley	CA	94704	Advertising & Promotion	$797,500
Foley Hoag LLC
155 Seaport Boulevard	Boston	MA	02210	Legal	$763,820
David Binder Research
44 Page Street Suite 40444 Page Str	San Francisco	CA	94102	Polling & ResearchPolling & Research	$513,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	7	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$9,773,579	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$9,773,579	TotalContributionsAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,773,579	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,850	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,850	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$913,579	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$913,579	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,748,292	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,748,292	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,159	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,085	TotalAmt
Program Services	$90,085	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,139	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,139	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Consulting	$2,491,542	$2,491,542	$0	$0
Polling, Research, Survey	$654,087	$654,087	$0	$0
Filing Fees/Bank Fees	$1,238	$0	$1,238	$0
Postage and Shipping	$81	$0	$81	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,936,052	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,006,856	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$929,196	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$308,558	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,682	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$308,558	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,682	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,892,597	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,892,597	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$308,558	BOYAmt
EOY	-$1,853,915	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$308,558	BOYAmt
EOY	-$1,853,915	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$308,558	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,682	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$2,162,473	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	A copy of the Form 990 is furnished to each of the officers of the corporation for review prior to submission to the IRS.
Pt VI, Line 19	A copy of the corporations governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request.
Other	Darrin Lim, Treasurer of the corporation, is a partner with the law firm that provides legal services to the corporation and bills the corporation on a hourly basis.