REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND (EIN 26-3088283)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-11-14
IRS object ID
202133189349301053
Schema version
2020v4.1
Source
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DescEducation and Communications:RepresentUs Education Fund elevates the national dialogue on democratic reform by taking complex ideas and presenting them in a way that resonates with diverse audiences. The Organization works through various mediums to communicate with democracy reform groups, academics, activists, and influencers from across the political spectrum. The Organization is driven by the goal to create a collaborative network for the movement by bringing together passionate activists and advocates and creating opportunities to learn, share ideas, get inspired, and forge lasting relationships.Desc

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Ky Albert
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Ethan Beard
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Desmond Meade
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Ed Helms
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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,920,706CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$6,209,607CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,629,492CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$20,237,432TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$5,205,470SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$15,031,962PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$80,000CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,295CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$16,002CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$100,297TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$20,337,729TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$276,548GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.73910PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.78240PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$408,203FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$408,203FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$5,281,689FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$5,689,892FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$434,495FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$108,624FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$258,279CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$295,044CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$391,450CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$434,495CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,379,268TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$2,068,902LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$247,160CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$275,023CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year$408,203CurrentYearAmt
Total$930,386TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$64,570CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$73,761CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$97,863CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$108,624CurrentYearAmt
Total$344,818TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$517,227GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$199,774OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$44,414DepreciationAmt
Book Value$155,360BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$129,100OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$82,758DepreciationAmt
Book Value$46,342BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$201,702TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDue to Affiliate cost sharingDesc
Amt$35,031Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$35,031TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,645,494TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$6,645,494RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$6,645,494TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$5,689,892TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,689,892ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$5,689,892TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
RepresentUs
296 Nonotuck StreetFlorenceMA01062262369596501c4$730,115Education andCommunication
National Association of Non Partisa
2700 Adams AveSan DiegoCA92116822923101501C4$10,000Education andCommunication
Alliance for Better Arkansas INC
2497 East Meandering WayFayettevilleAR72701811246193501C3$25,000Education andCommunication
League of Women Voters of Arkansas
PO Box 56126Little RockAR72205716055758501 c3$11,000Research and planning
Keep our Republic Inc
PO Box 155The PlainsVA20198852227511501c4$49,500Education andCommunication
Vt Public Interest Research And Edu
141 Main StreetMontpelierVT05602510163801501c3$18,750Education andCommunication
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org2Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org6TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Joshua M Silver
Chief Executive Officer$186,939$25,303$212,242
Janice Periquet
VP Development$213,145$22,142$235,287
Joshua Lynn
Managing Dir Co Founder$149,175$24,171$173,346
Alexander Kaplan
VP Policy and Campaign$134,794$20,704$155,498

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution4ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$171,481NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFair market valueMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Committee meeting documentation Part VI line 8bCurrently there are not any committees that have authority to act on behalf of the governing body. If the organization sets up committees to act on behalf of the governing body it will keep contemporaneous minutes of the meetings held.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11Form 990 is drafted by the Organizations independent auditors, the 990 is reviewed by the Chief Operating Officer then is submitted to the Finance Committee for approval before filing.
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12cBoard Members are required to annually disclose any potential conflicts. If a member of the Board is determined to have a potential conflict they are prohibited from voting on such matters.
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15aThe Board will negotiate with the CEO with respect to the approriate salary. The salary is based on annual performance review, and benchmarks of other similar organizations.
Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15bOther key employees salaries are reviewed by the CEO based on a work plan subject to approval of the Board. The process is driven by the budget and approved by the Board.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19Financial Statements are made available to the public upon request on a case by case basis. Other governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not generally made available to the public.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RepresentUsBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1296 Nonotuck StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityFlorenceCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP01062ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN262369596EIN
Primary ActivitiesSocial Welfare and AdvocacyPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateMALegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section501c4ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status10PublicCharityStatusTxt
Direct Controlling NAN/ADirectControllingNACd
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
RepresentUs
b$730,115Actual
RepresentUs
s$35,031Actual
RepresentUs
n$1,106,228Actual and Timesheets
RepresentUs
o$1,208,741Actual and Timesheets

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