2022-02-09T09:28:07-06:00 2020-12-31 461947952 COX AND ASSOCIATES CPAS LLC 21960 HIGHWAY 242 NEW CANEY TX 77357 990 2020-01-01 272860095 TRUE THE VOTE INC TRUE 7134016017 PO BOX 3109 19128 HOUSTON TX 77253 CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT PRESIDENT 8324447701 2022-01-26 true CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT 999009999 CYNTHIA A COX P01400154 2813998153 2022-02-09 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT PO BOX 3109 19128 HOUSTON TX 77253 5039229 false X WWW.TRUETHEVOTE.ORG X 2010 TX TRUE THE VOTE (TTV) EMPOWERS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE NATION TO ACTIVELY PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LEGITIMATE VOTERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION. 3 2 0 12 0 767498 5035229 0 0 4000 767498 5039229 0 0 145000 197000 0 104715 311546 4162739 456546 4359739 310952 679490 334825 2040767 56302 1172755 278523 868012 X TRUE THE VOTE (TTV) EMPOWERS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE NATION TO ACTIVELY PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LEGITIMATE VOTERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION. false false 4110126 AS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING VOTERS' RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, TRUE THE VOTE (TTV) IS WELL KNOWN FOR GROUNDBREAKING WORK. SINCE TTV'S FOUNDING IN 2010, IT HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF VOTER EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH; BUILDING GRASSROOTS, ACTION-ORIENTED ELECTION INTEGRITY MOVEMENTS IN KEY STATES, COUNTIES, AND PRECINCTS. 2020 WAS THE BUSIEST YEAR IN THE ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY. DURING THE YEAR TTV INCURRED LITIGATION EXPENSES TO PROTECT VOTERS' RIGHTS, DEVELOPED A WEBSITE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, CREATED AN APP TO ANALYZE VOTER DATA, AND DEVELOPED EDUCATION MATERIALS TO AID IN SUPPORTING ELECTION INTEGRITY. IN 2020 ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE WHO WENT THROUGH TTV'S TRAINING PROGRAMS AND PARTICIPATED IN VOTER ROLL RESEARCH PROJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE SCHEDULE O 4110126 true true false false false false false false false false false false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 16 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 3 2 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false X CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT 7134016017 PO BOX 3109 19128 HOUSTON TX 77253 X CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT PRESIDENT 60.00 X X 197000 0 0 DIANNE JOSEPHS BOARD MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 ERIN YOUNG-TIMME BOARD MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 197000 1 false true false 5035229 5035229 OTHER REVENUE 4000 4000 4000 5039229 4000 197000 147750 19700 29550 170351 128920 41431 12320 12320 81610 46410 35200 160351 111226 5000 44125 25209 4699 18182 2328 77396 58547 7541 11308 4704 3152 922 630 37034 33379 3655 26720 19466 947 6307 LITIGATION SUPPORT 1434680 1434680 DATA PURCHASE & ANALYSIS 1372612 1372612 APP/WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT 522207 522207 EDUCATIONAL PODCAST VIDEO 189538 189538 48007 37540 10467 4359739 4110126 144898 104715 334825 748686 719039 573042 334825 2040767 56302 599713 573042 56302 1172755 X 278523 868012 278523 868012 334825 2040767 X 679490 -90001 X X false true X true false X 304891 423535 436046 767498 2535228 4467198 304891 423535 436046 767498 2535228 4467198 1388936 3078262 4467198 133904 0.68910 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED LEGAL SETTLEMENT RECEIVABLE 573042 573042 LEGAL SETTLEMENT PAYABLE 573042 573042 X 5039229 5039229 5039229 4359739 4359739 4359739 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT ALL SIGNIFICANT TAX POSITIONS UTILIZED WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020, THE TAX YEARS THAT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE MAJOR TAX JURISDICTIONS UNDER THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ARE FROM THE CALENDAR YEAR 2017 FORWARD. TAX PENALTIES AND INTEREST, IF ANY, WOULD BE ACCRUED AS INCURRED AND WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSE IN THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND THE STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES. THE ORGANIZATION CAN BE SUBJECT TO TAXES ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME WHEN APPLICABLE. THERE IS NO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020. false false false false false false false false false CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT PRESIDENT 197000 197000 FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM B TRUE THE VOTE (TTV) HAD AN AUDIT PERFORMED ON THE 2020 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE AUDIT WAS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 13, 2021; THIS WAS AFTER THE 990 HAD BEEN FILED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2021. SINCE THERE WERE MATERIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE ORIGINALLY FILED 990, AN AMENDED 990 HAS BEEN PREPARED. SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE AMENDED 990: 1. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF 90,001 BETWEEN THE BEGINNING BALANCE OF NET ASSETS FOR THE 2020 AUDIT AND NET ASSETS FOR THE 2020 ORIGINAL 990. 2.AS PART OF TTV'S MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION HIRES LAW FIRMS TO REPRESENT VOTERS IN LAWSUITS IN STATES IMPACTED BY LITIGATION THAT THREATENS VOTERS' RIGHTS. DURING THE AUDIT, AN ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE TO RECLASSIFY ATTORNEY'S FEES OF 719,039 TO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT ON THE BALANCE SHEET. ADDITIONALLY, TTV RECORDED 276,951 IN ACCRUED LEGAL FEES DUE ON CASES OTHER THAN THOSE WITH PREPAID LEGAL FEES RECORDED IN THE ESCROW ACCOUNT. AS A RESULT OF THESE ENTRIES, LITIGATION SUPPORT EXPENSE WAS REDUCED BY APPROXIMATELY 530,000 ON THE AMENDED 990. THERE ARE OTHER MINIMAL CHANGES TO LINE ITEMS ON PART IX, SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES. 3.IN THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AN ADDITIONAL PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT WAS RECORDED. IN 2018 TTV WAS AWARDED A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE IRS. TTV IS TO RECEIVE A SETTLEMENT TO COVER THE ORGANIZATION'S LEGAL FEES IN THEIR LAWSUIT WITH THE IRS. THIS FEE HAD NOT BEEN QUANTIFIED BY THE JUDGE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020. THE BEST ESTIMATE OF THE FEES DUE TTV IS 573,042 BASED ON CALCULATIONS FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S ATTORNEY. THESE FEES WERE RECORDED AS BOTH A RECEIVABLE AND A PAYABLE ON THE BALANCE SHEET. THE FEES WILL BE PAID TO THE ORGANIZATION BY THE IRS AND SUBSEQUENTLY REMITTED TO THE LAW FIRM INVOLVED IN THE LITIGATION. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 ABOUT 10 VOLUNTEERS ASSIST DIRECTLY WITH TRUE THE VOTE IN OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS (ASSISTING WITH COUNSEL, RESPONDING TO EMAILS, WRITING THANK YOU NOTES, PUBLIC SPEAKING, ETC). OUR BOARD MEMBERS ALSO ASSIST WITH OVERSIGHT OF THE OPERATIONS OF TTV. FORM 990, PART III EDUCATIONAL PODCAST AND DOCUMENTARY - TTV PRODUCED A MINI-DOCUMENTARY TO LAUNCH AN UNPRECEDENTED AND COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO INFORM, RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS ELECTION WORKERS. ADDITIONALLY, TTV LAUNCHED ITS RED, WHITE, AND TRUE PODCAST AND TTV LIVE. COVID REQUIRED THAT TTV HAD TO SET UP ITS OWN PRODUCTION STUDIO AND WORK WITH OUTSIDE SUPPORT TO CREATE USEFUL CONTENT. LITIGATION - TTV SUPPORTED THE LEGAL EXPENSES OF VOTERS IN LAWSUITS AGAINST SELECT STATES IN WHICH OFFICIALS CHANGED ELECTIVE LAWS WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE CONSENT. COALITIONS OF CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE CASES, WITH LEGAL STRATEGIES LED BY TTV GENERAL COUNSEL JIM BOPP OF BOPP LAW FIRM. DATA RESEARCH - WITH TTV'S NATIONAL VOTER ROLL DATABASE, ITS PROPRIETARY ORGANIZING WEB APP, AND TEAM OF STATISTICIANS, TTV WORKED TO INFORM AND SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS IN AREAS WITH VOLUNTEER SHORTAGES, TO NOTIFY COUNTIES OF VOTER ROLL INACCURACIES, TO PROVIDE VOTERS' LITIGATION SUPPORT, TO ANALYZE STRESS POINTS CREATED BY CHANGES IN REGISTRATIONS AND PAPER BALLOT REQUESTS, AND TO SUPPORT WITH VOLUNTEER OUTREACH. IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, POST THE GENERAL ELECTION, TTV LAUNCHED THE TWO BIGGEST PROJECTS IT HAD EVER BEEN PART OF - A STATEWIDE VOTER ENGAGEMENT EFFORT IN GEORGIA AND A MULTI-STATE RESEARCH EFFORT TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS IN THE ELECTION PROCESS, MANAGING OVER A PETABYTE OF GEOSPATIAL AND VIDEO DATA. TRAINING | MOBILIZATION - TTV'S ONLINE TRAINING PLATFORM FEATURED A VARIETY OF AVAILABLE COURSES INCLUDING ELECTION WORKER TRAINING, ELECTION INTEGRITY OVERVIEWS, SIGNATURE COMPARISON TRAINING, AND FOCUSED TRAINING FOR STATE SPECIFIC POLL WATCHERS, MAIL-IN REVIEW, CENTRAL COUNT, AND ELECTION LITIGATION PROGRAMS, ALL TAILORED TO ADDRESS THE OVERWHELMING CHANGES THAT 2020 BROUGHT TO THE ELECTION PROCESS. THOUGH COVID MADE TRAINING DIFFICULT, TTV'S ONLINE PROGRAMS WERE VIEWED BY OVER 25,000 TRAINEES. NATIONAL ELECTION INTEGRITY HOTLINE - TTV HOSTED A NATIONAL PLATFORM FOR REPORTS OF ELECTION RELATED INCIDENTS. VOTERS FILED REPORTS ONLINE, VIA SOCIAL MEDIA , OR USED A TOLL-FREE CALL-IN NUMBER WHERE LIVE OPERATORS ANSWERED CALLS. BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15TH AND DECEMBER 31ST OVER 10,000 REPORTS WERE LOGGED THROUGH THE HOTLINE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 WAS PREPARED BY A CPA WHO IS EXPERIENCED IN 990 PREPARATION. THE DRAFT IS SENT TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. ONCE ALL QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AND CHANGES MADE, THE 990 IS E-FILED AND A COPY OF THE FINAL 990 SENT TO THE CLIENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS MUST ANNUALLY DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DETERMINED TO EXIST, THE AFFECTED BOARD MEMBER MUST RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM DECISIONS ON ANY TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO THE CONFLICT. THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION IS IN THE ORGANIZATION'S BEST INTEREST AND IF ANY MORE FAVORABLE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. AT ALL TIMES THE BOARD WILL ENSURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S BEST INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VII CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT IS PRESIDENT OF TTV. ALTHOUGH SHE MADE OVER 100,000 THAT WAS REPORTED ON A 1099, THE COMPENSATION IS REPORTED IN PART VII SECTION A, COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS INSTEAD OF SECTION B INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE DURING THE AUDIT THAT AFFECTED PRIOR YEAR INCOME AND EXPENSE. FORM 990, PART XII IN THE 2019 990 THAT WAS FILED, THE BOX FOR "CASH BASIS" WAS INADVERTENTLY CHECKED. THE CORRECT BOX, "ACCRUAL BASIS", IS CHECKED FOR THE CURRENT 990.