FAIRVOTE: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
FAIRVOTE (EIN 54-1635649)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-06-29
IRS object ID
201701809349300615
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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This includes civic organizations and local governments choosing their leaders and strengthening voting rights for overseas voters in runoffs. These uses can ground support for extending RCV to practical statewide uses, such as replacing runoff elections, and using RCV for general elections and in combination with changes like open primaries and multi-winner districts. Extensive media attention to RCV in 2016, often featuring FairVote, helps indicate how RCV can be appealing in multiple ways and a subject of consideration for use in electing our nation's highest offices. Examples of 2016 program work in this include:Outreach and education: Nationally, we partnered with leading organizations and individuals message about ranked choice voting and helped this voting method receive major media coverage. We wrote many opeds and contributed insights to opeds about RCV by the likes of former governor Howard Dean, former Congressman John Porter, and New America's Lee Drutman. FairVote and its Board talked about RCV and our reform work on such programs as Fox, NPR's All Things Considered and On the Media, and Freakonomics Radio. Our comments were featured in national media stories in Boston Globe, New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.We also advanced understanding of electoral reform and ranked choice voting in several states and cities. The FairVote Maine project engaged with large number of Mainers about RCV. Project staff and volunteers covered fairs and festivals, conducted demonstration elections in schools and senior centers, and they met people in their homes by phone and by door-to-door canvassing. We secured a close partnership with the League of Women Voters of Maine, helped generate more than 150 letters to the editor, and carried out directly or through regrants more than 80 community presentations.Our FairVote California project had an important launch in 2016, developing important collaborative relationships and making an immediate impact in assisting with Bay Area implementation of RCV in four cities using it in November 2016. 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Contacted every major voting equipment vendor (and most minor vendors) to learn how jurisdictions can navigate RCV implementation on their legacy systems and the RCV-readiness of current and forthcoming equipment; Participated in multiple working groups working to update the voting system standards; Published www.rankedchoicevoting.org, an important new website where the team hosts educational materials and resources for election administrators and other audiences; Developed five educational modules for the team to present in webinars and at conferences and other events; and Funded a usability report that was drafted by Whitney Quesenbery of the Center for Civic Design, outlining best practices for designing ranked ballots, showing RCV election results, and educating voter.Research: Under the direction of Dr. Sarah John, FairVote produced new important research projects. Among grant milestone projects, we published the 2016 edition of our biennial report on congressional elections: Monopoly Politics. The report demonstrates that congressional elections are shockingly uncompetitive, that partisan representation is unfairly skewed, that elections incentivize polarized partisan lawmaking, and that this is directly attributable to elections conducted by winner-take-all methods.We also conducted and released research project on redistricting reform and changes in competition, responsiveness and representation in U.S. legislative elections. A series of reports were published on state redistricting, and a chapter by FairVote's Rob Richie and Drew Spencer Penrose, grounded in this analysis, was published in March 2017 in the Rowman & Littlefield book Changing How America Votes. Harvard's Pippa Norris encouraged us to submit a paper proposal based on our analysis that then was accepted for a panel at the American Political Science Association in August 2017. We also produced important new research relating to money in politics and RCV.We also assembled our legal team of top-level election law professors that accomplished three goals: first, to serve as a standing case screening committee to make recommendations on investment in prospective and ongoing litigation; second, to provide help as we worked to develop a state constitutional audit; and third, provide their opinions on areas relevant to FairVote's missions in which they have key expertise. 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BOY$18,463BOYAmt
EOY$40,084EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$16,400BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,742BOYAmt
EOY$16,985EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$39,605BOYAmt
EOY$57,069EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$9,062BOYAmt
EOY$12,208EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$231,500BOYAmt
EOY$343,776EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$240,562BOYAmt
EOY$355,984EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$280,167BOYAmt
EOY$413,053EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$115,422ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$320,325CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$838,642CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,160,520CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,705,705CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,194,902CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,220,094TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$15,340CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$24,275CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,100CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$48,715TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$320,325CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$838,642CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,175,860CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,729,980CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,204,002CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,268,809TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$7,268,809PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$10,986CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$19,097CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,040CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,000CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$49,123TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$10,986CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$19,097CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,040CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,000CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$49,123TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$320,325CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$849,628CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,194,957CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,740,020CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,213,002CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,317,932TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.99330PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.99090PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00670InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.00910InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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$342,619FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$342,619FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,755,937FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$3,098,556FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$304,928FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$76,232FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$37,691FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed0Form4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$133,726CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$182,417CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$239,477CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$304,928CurrentYearAmt
Total$860,548TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,290,822LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$6,607CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$2,948CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$10,000CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$342,619CurrentYearAmt
Total$362,174TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$33,432CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$45,604CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$59,869CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$76,232CurrentYearAmt
Total$215,137TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$322,706GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$22,868OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$17,044DepreciationAmt
Book Value$5,824BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$5,824TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescRETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PAYABLEDesc
Amt$16,985Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$16,985TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,213,978TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$3,213,978RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$3,213,978TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,098,556TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$3,098,556ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$3,098,556TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
FAIRVOTE ACTION FUND
6930 CARROL AVENUETAKOMA PARKMD20912383650370$24,000LOBBYING
CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS
1101 14TH ST NW SUITE 1030WASHINGTONDC20005521275227$14,000ANALYZING PAC SPENDING
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MAINE EDUCATION FUND
PO BOX 863AUGUSTME04332043386477$21,000RANKED CHOICE VOTING EDUCATION GRANT
COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND
805 15TH ST NW SUITE 800WASHINGTONDC20005311705370$14,000ANALYZING PAC SPENDING
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org3Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org1TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2THE SPOUSE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS A BOARD MEMBER AND EMPLOYEE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bMANAGEMENT WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE RETURN FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE TAXING AUTHORITIES.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cANNUAL REVIEW AND MEETING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST OR AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS IN TAKOMA PARK, MD.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11gCONSULTING: Program service expenses 572721. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 572721. OTHER SERVICE FEES: Program service expenses 52380. Management and general expenses 423. Fundraising expenses 53. Total expenses 52856. OPINION RESEARCH: Program service expenses 21650. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 21650. BALLOT SERVICES: Program service expenses 8250. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8250.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1FAIRVOTE ACTION FUNDBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line16930 CARROLL AVE SUITE 240AddressLine1Txt
CityTAKOMA PARKCityNm
State AbbreviationMDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20912ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN383650370EIN
Primary ActivitiesEDUCATION OF GENERAL POPULACE REGARDING ELECTION REFORM.PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateMDLegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section501(C)(4)ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Controlled Organization0ControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts0ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org0GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org0GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization0DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org0AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org0AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange0AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org0RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org0RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org0PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (1)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing0PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org0TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org0TransferFromOtherOrgInd

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