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EQUALCITIZENS US

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $428K · expenses $38K · assets $32K

EIN
81-4602012
Address
1690 BOSTON ROAD 1118, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01129-1153
Website
HTTPS://EQUALCITIZENS.US
NTEE code
P20
Subsection
501(c)(4)
Ruling year
2018
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Mission

SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO HELP ADVANCE REFORM TO ADVANCE THE IDEA OF EQUAL POLITCAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Phoebe T Wong DIRECTOR2016-2024 $0$100,000 2
Adam Eichen DIRECTOR2021-2024 $0$3,000 2
Katherine Clements (former) TREASURER2016-2017 $0$1 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Lawrence Lessig PRESIDENT2016-2024 Not reported $0 reported 2
Jason Harrow TREASURER2018-2024 Not reported $0 reported 2
Bruce Skarin CLERK2016-2024 Not reported $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM EICHEN DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $02
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK- $0$0$0 $01
PHOEBE T WONG DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $02
JASON HARROW TREASURER- $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM EICHEN DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $02
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK- $0$0$0 $01
PHOEBE T WONG DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $02
JASON HARROW TREASURER- $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT0 $0-- $02
JASON HARROW TREASURER0 $0-- $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK0 $0-- $01
PHOEBE T WONG DIRECTOR0 $0-- $02
ADAM EICHEN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $02
2021 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $3K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM EICHEN DIRECTOR1 $3,000-- $3,0002
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT0 $0-- $02
JASON HARROW TREASURER0 $0-- $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK0 $0-- $01
PHOEBE T WONG DIRECTOR0 $0-- $02
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT0 $0-- $02
JASON HARROW TREASURER0 $0-- $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK0 $0-- $01
PHOEBE T WONG DIRECTOR1 $0-- $02
2019 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $12K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PHOEBE T WONG DIRECTOR5 $12,500$0$0 $12,5002
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK- $0$0$0 $01
JASON HARROW TREASURER- $0$0$0 $02
2018 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $75K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PHOEBE T WONG EXECUTIVE DI20 $75,000$0$0 $75,0002
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK- $0$0$0 $01
JASON HARROW TREASURER- $0$0$0 $02
2017 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $12K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PHOEBE T WONG EXECUTIVE DI20 $12,500$0$0 $12,5002
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK- $0$0$0 $01
KATHERINE CLEMENTS TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
2016 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $1
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KATHERINE CLEMENTS TREASURER0 $0-$1 $11
LAWRENCE LESSIG PRESIDENT0 $0-- $02
BRUCE SKARIN CLERK0 $0-- $01
PHOEBE T WONG EXECUTIVE DI20 $0-- $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2018 · 1 grant to organizations · $203K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$428,021$37,865 $31,969-$135,510 $427,968$53 -0-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$487,321$1,013,097 $13,834-$525,666 $487,321$0 -0-
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$62$3,304 $1,610$110 $62- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$8,625$17,020 $4,852$3,352 $8,625- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$377$11,940 $11,747$11,747 $377- ---
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$22,037$33,550 $23,410$23,310 $21,598$0 $12,5000-
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$137,193$419,887 $34,923$34,823 $137,193$0 $75,0000-
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$472,236$177,730 $317,617$317,517 $472,236$0 $12,5000-
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,831$61,820 $23,111$23,011 $84,831- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $477,020 in all, tax years 2017 to 2019. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
COALITION FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY Public charity Exact 2017 1$467,020 2017$467,020
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EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC Public charity Exact 2019 1$10,000 2019$10,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $37,865 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $26,720$26,720-- 70.6%
Fees: legal $10,135$10,135-- 26.8%
Fees: accounting $950-$950- 2.5%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $60-$60- 0.2%
Total$37,865100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $1,013,097 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $1,000,000$1,000,000-- 98.7%
Fees: legal $12,709$12,709-- 1.3%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $370-$370- 0.0%
Other (as described)REGISTRATON FEES $18-$18- 0.0%
Total$1,013,097100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $3,304 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
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2021 · Form 990EZ · $17,020 spent · pay $3,000 · grants $7,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $4,215 24.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $3,000 17.6%
Fees to independent contractors $2,305 13.5%
Total$17,020100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $11,940 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $11,412 95.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $528 4.4%
Total$11,940100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $33,550 spent · pay $12,500 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $12,500-$12,500- 37.3%
Fees: lobbying $10,000$10,000-- 29.8%
Information technology $7,996$7,996-- 23.8%
Advertising and promotion $3,510$3,510-- 10.5%
Fees: accounting $1,903-$1,903- 5.7%
Fees: legal $1,877$1,877-- 5.6%
Office expenses $936$936-- 2.8%
Fees: other services -$5,172-$5,535$363- -15.4%
Total$33,550100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $419,887 spent · pay $75,000 · grants $202,905 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $202,905$202,905-- 48.3%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $75,000$75,000-- 17.9%
Fees: other services $69,869$69,869-- 16.6%
Information technology $25,889$25,889-- 6.2%
Fees: legal $19,553$19,553-- 4.7%
Travel $12,180$12,180-- 2.9%
Office expenses $7,613$7,613-- 1.8%
Fees: accounting $4,314$4,314-- 1.0%
Advertising and promotion $2,517$1,258-$1,259 0.6%
Other (as described)BANK CHARGES $47$47-- 0.0%
Total$419,887100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $177,730 spent · pay $12,500 · grants $0 · events $1,035
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $98,893$98,893-- 55.6%
Advertising and promotion $46,305$23,152-$23,153 26.1%
Fees: legal $12,879$12,879-- 7.2%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $12,500$12,500-- 7.0%
Travel $2,092$2,092-- 1.2%
Fees: accounting $2,000$2,000-- 1.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,035$1,035-- 0.6%
Other (as described)BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEE $882$882-- 0.5%
Other (as described)BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, $416$416-- 0.2%
Information technology $377$377-- 0.2%
Other (as described)BANK CHARGES $145$145-- 0.1%
Other (as described)OTHER $101$101-- 0.1%
Interest $91$91-- 0.1%
Office expenses $14$14-- 0.0%
Total$177,730100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $61,820 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $61,745 99.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $75 0.1%
Total$61,820100%

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