2021-11-15T10:10:41-06:00 2020-12-31 223554481 RAYMOND PERRI & DESENO LLC 55 GILBERT STREET NORTH SUITE 1102 TINTON FALLS NJ 07701 990 2020-01-01 223511801 THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN INC CITI 7325489798 450 MAIN STREET METUCHEN NJ 08840 HARRY S POZYCKI CHAIRMAN 7325489798 2021-05-15 true HARRY POZYCKI 999009999 DARRIN DE SENO CPA P00218813 7328423961 2021-11-05 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z HARRY S POZYCKI 450 MAIN STREET METUCHEN NJ 08840 705163 false X WWW.THECITIZENSCAMPAIGN.ORG X 1997 NJ TO EMPOWER CITIZENS WITH THE TRAINING AND TOOLS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY 16 16 9 200 0 702941 461962 4000 561 -342 45600 135908 749102 601528 0 0 470007 488921 0 144562 333858 326382 803865 815303 -54763 -213775 655508 453494 6420 18181 649088 435313 X THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN IS DEDICATED TO REPAIRING OUR DEMOCRACY FROM THE BOTTOM UP BY TRAINING CITIZENS IN NO BLAME POLITICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED PROBLEM SOLVING TOGETHER, THESE CITIZEN LEADERS WILL BE A NEW FORCE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL CLIMATE AND INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO MEET THE NATION'S CHALLENGES false false 411083 4000 THIS PAST YEAR OF 2020 WAS A CHALLENGING ONE FOR THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN. LIKE THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY, WE FACED THE TREMENDOUS IMPACTS OF THE WORLDWIDE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, WE MET THESE CHALLENGES; WE MADE REQUIRED ACCOMMODATIONS AND CONTINUED TO FIND SUCCESS IN OUR WORK TRAINING CITIZENS TO BECOME NO-BLAME PROBLEM SOLVERS ABLE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF OUR GOVERNMENT, ALL LEADING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY. SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ADVANCING OUR PROGRAM OF CITIZEN LEADERSHIP THIS YEAR INCLUDE: CIVIC TRUSTS - OUR COMMUNITY-BASED CITIZEN LEADERSHIP GROUPS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TRAINED IN NO-BLAME PROBLEM SOLVING TO PUT THEIR TRAINING TO WORK, FINDING SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES' THEY IDENTIFY AS MOST PRESSING. CIVIC TRUSTS CONTINUE TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN NEWARK, PERTH AMBOY, TRENTON, PLAINFIELD, PATERSON, AND PHILADELPHIA. CIVIC TRUSTEES SHOWED AMAZING RESILIENCE AND TRUE LEADERSHIP WHEN COVID-19 HIT. MOVING THEIR MONTHLY SOLUTION SESSIONS ONLINE, THEY QUICKLY DEVELOPED A BEAT COVID POLICY FOR CITIES TO ADDRESS UNIQUELY URBAN CHALLENGES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONA VIRUS. THEY CREATED "DAILY ACTIVITY" INFECTION PREVENTION GUIDES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND ENLISTED THE MAJOR COMMUNICATION CENTERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES (SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, HOSPITALS, ETC.) TO COMMUNICATE CONSISTENT GUIDANCE WITH ONE VOICE TO ALL CITY RESIDENTS. WORKING WITH DR. STANLEY WEISS, A TOP EPIDEMIOLOGIST FROM RUTGERS MEDICAL SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN LAW & POLICY TASK FORCE, THE TRUSTEES NEXT BUILT A 'QUARANTINE KIT' WITH MASKS, DISINFECTANTS, DISPOSABLE GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZERS FOR URBAN RESIDENTS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 BUT COULD NOT QUARANTINE IN A HOTEL ROOM OR BEDROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH. NEXT, NOTING THE LOW RESPONSE RATE TO THE CALLS OF CONTACT TRACERS, THE TRUSTEES DEVELOPED THE IDEA OF "COMMUNITY CONNECTORS- AND MOUNTED A "TAKE THE CALL" PROMOTION CAMPAIGN THAT RECRUITED TRUSTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVISE THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT ANSWERING THE 'CONTACT TRACER CALL' WOULD HELP PROTECT THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR CITY. CIVIC TRUSTEES ALSO ADDRESSED PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ARISING FROM THE TRAGIC DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN'S LAW & POLICY TASK FORCE, THEY DEVELOPED A "CHANGE OF CULTURE" POLICING REFORM POLICY THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS NOT ONLY DRASTICALLY REDUCES EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, BUT ALSO DECREASES POLICE OFFICER INJURIES AND SAVES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN THE DAMAGES AND SETTLEMENT COSTS OF USE OF FORCE LAWSUITS. IN SUMMARY, IN THIS MOST CHALLENGING YEAR, MORE THAN 100 CIVIC TRUSTEES PARTNERED WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE POLICING REFORM AND BETTER CONTROL THE CORONA VIRUS. AND CITY OFFICIALS IN EVERY TRUST CITY WELCOMED THE HELP OF THE TRUSTEES AND THEIR PRACTICAL COST-EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS. ALSO, WE CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD WITH OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL CITIZENS ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS TO BECOME CITIZEN LEADERS. WE BUILT AN INTERACTIVE PORTAL TO PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE; WE DESIGNED AN ONLINE COURSE TO BE OFFERED AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY; AND WE OFFER VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT ONE'S NO-BLAME TRAINING TO WORK. WE BELIEVE OUR RESPONSIVE AND IMPACTFUL 'CITIZEN LEADERSHIP SERVICE,' WITH ITS FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS, IS CRITICALLY NEEDED TO BRIDGE OUR DEEP PUBLIC DIVIDE AND PROVIDE A VITAL AND PRACTICAL WAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE FACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 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ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES. THE ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO FILE FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND THE NEW JERSEY CHARITIES REGISTRATION & INVESTIGATION FORM (CRI). THE RGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. X 3 103635 false false false FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN IS DEDICATED TO REPAIRING OUR DEMOCRACY FROM THE BOTTOM UP BY TRAINING CITIZENS IN NO BLAME POLITICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED PROBLEM SOLVING TOGETHER, THESE CITIZEN LEADERS WILL BE A NEW FORCE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL CLIMATE AND INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO MEET THE NATION'S CHALLENGES FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THIS PAST YEAR OF 2020 WAS A CHALLENGING ONE FOR THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN. LIKE THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY, WE FACED THE TREMENDOUS IMPACTS OF THE WORLDWIDE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, WE MET THESE CHALLENGES; WE MADE REQUIRED ACCOMMODATIONS AND CONTINUED TO FIND SUCCESS IN OUR WORK TRAINING CITIZENS TO BECOME NO-BLAME PROBLEM SOLVERS ABLE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF OUR GOVERNMENT, ALL LEADING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY. SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ADVANCING OUR PROGRAM OF CITIZEN LEADERSHIP THIS YEAR INCLUDE: CIVIC TRUSTS - OUR COMMUNITY-BASED CITIZEN LEADERSHIP GROUPS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TRAINED IN NO-BLAME PROBLEM SOLVING TO PUT THEIR TRAINING TO WORK, FINDING SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES' THEY IDENTIFY AS MOST PRESSING. CIVIC TRUSTS CONTINUE TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN NEWARK, PERTH AMBOY, TRENTON, PLAINFIELD, PATERSON, AND PHILADELPHIA. CIVIC TRUSTEES SHOWED AMAZING RESILIENCE AND TRUE LEADERSHIP WHEN COVID-19 HIT. MOVING THEIR MONTHLY SOLUTION SESSIONS ONLINE, THEY QUICKLY DEVELOPED A BEAT COVID POLICY FOR CITIES TO ADDRESS UNIQUELY URBAN CHALLENGES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONA VIRUS. THEY CREATED "DAILY ACTIVITY" INFECTION PREVENTION GUIDES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND ENLISTED THE MAJOR COMMUNICATION CENTERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES (SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, HOSPITALS, ETC.) TO COMMUNICATE CONSISTENT GUIDANCE WITH ONE VOICE TO ALL CITY RESIDENTS. WORKING WITH DR. STANLEY WEISS, A TOP EPIDEMIOLOGIST FROM RUTGERS MEDICAL SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN LAW & POLICY TASK FORCE, THE TRUSTEES NEXT BUILT A 'QUARANTINE KIT' WITH MASKS, DISINFECTANTS, DISPOSABLE GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZERS FOR URBAN RESIDENTS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 BUT COULD NOT QUARANTINE IN A HOTEL ROOM OR BEDROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH. NEXT, NOTING THE LOW RESPONSE RATE TO THE CALLS OF CONTACT TRACERS, THE TRUSTEES DEVELOPED THE IDEA OF "COMMUNITY CONNECTORS- AND MOUNTED A "TAKE THE CALL" PROMOTION CAMPAIGN THAT RECRUITED TRUSTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVISE THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT ANSWERING THE 'CONTACT TRACER CALL' WOULD HELP PROTECT THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR CITY. CIVIC TRUSTEES ALSO ADDRESSED PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ARISING FROM THE TRAGIC DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN'S LAW & POLICY TASK FORCE, THEY DEVELOPED A "CHANGE OF CULTURE" POLICING REFORM POLICY THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS NOT ONLY DRASTICALLY REDUCES EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, BUT ALSO DECREASES POLICE OFFICER INJURIES AND SAVES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN THE DAMAGES AND SETTLEMENT COSTS OF USE OF FORCE LAWSUITS. IN SUMMARY, IN THIS MOST CHALLENGING YEAR, MORE THAN 100 CIVIC TRUSTEES PARTNERED WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE POLICING REFORM AND BETTER CONTROL THE CORONA VIRUS. AND CITY OFFICIALS IN EVERY TRUST CITY WELCOMED THE HELP OF THE TRUSTEES AND THEIR PRACTICAL COST-EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS. ALSO, WE CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD WITH OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL CITIZENS ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS TO BECOME CITIZEN LEADERS. WE BUILT AN INTERACTIVE PORTAL TO PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE; WE DESIGNED AN ONLINE COURSE TO BE OFFERED AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY; AND WE OFFER VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT ONE'S NO-BLAME TRAINING TO WORK. WE BELIEVE OUR RESPONSIVE AND IMPACTFUL 'CITIZEN LEADERSHIP SERVICE,' WITH ITS FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS, IS CRITICALLY NEEDED TO BRIDGE OUR DEEP PUBLIC DIVIDE AND PROVIDE A VITAL AND PRACTICAL WAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE FACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IN THESE ENDEAVORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING THE PROCESS OF REVIEW ENTAILS A REVIEW OF AN INITIAL DRAFT BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, THEN DISSEMINATED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND A VOTE OF APPROVAL FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C TRUSTEES ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS AS THEY OCCUR THE BOARD SECRETARY REVIEWS AND MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH CONFLICT POLICY AS SITUATIONS OCCUR FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G 63,692 29,957 62,350