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COLORADANS FOR BALLOT TRANSPARENCY: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
COLORADANS FOR BALLOT TRANSPARENCY (EIN 88-2007826)
Tax period
2022-04-26 to 2022-12-31
Filed
2023-05-09
IRS object ID
202331299349303988
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONTHE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION WAS TO EDUCATE VOTERS ABOUT A COLORADO BALLOT MEASURE THAT IF PASSED WOULD REQUIRE FUTURE INITIATED BALLOT MEASURES TO DISCLOSE THE TAX IMPACT OF THAT MEASURE ON DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS OF TAXPAYERS.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 2THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO EDUCATE VOTERS WELL ENOUGH ON THE BALLOT MEASURE THAT IT WAS PASSED INTO LAW IN NOVEMBER 2022.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 3MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTITY WAS DELEGATED TO JBK3 STRATEGIES, LLC AND THAT ENTIEY IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S SOLE BOARD MEMBER.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BTHE SOLE BOARD MEMBER IS ALSO THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO, AS HE REVIEWED THE 990, HE DID IT IS THE BOARD, AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND AS THE VENDOR THAT WAS CONTRACTED TO RUN THE ORGANIZATION.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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