2025-11-17T21:20:47-06:00 2024-12-31 WITHUMSMITHBROWNPC 1800 TYSONS BOULEVARD SUITE 800 TYSONS VA 22102 990 2024-01-01 815447067 Fair Elections Center % ROBERT BRANDON FAIR 2023310114 1825 K Street NW Suite 701 Washington DC 20006 JERNELL ALEXANDER CFO 2023310114 2025-11-17 true true RICHARD RUVELSON P00234075 3012726000 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ROBERT BRANDON 1825 K Street NW701 Washington DC 20006 9294477 false X WWW.FAIRELECTIONSCENTER.ORG X 2017 DC SEE PART III, LINE 1. 12 11 48 10 0 0 3252252 9149831 0 0 26699 81728 0 62918 3278951 9294477 27000 106763 0 0 3537047 4499237 0 0 326714 1847255 3432833 5411302 8038833 -2132351 1255644 3801742 5195890 237331 380424 3564411 4815466 X FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER (FEC) IS A NATIONAL, NONPARTISAN VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTION REFORM ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH INNOVATIVE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON VOTING RIGHTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE CENTER WORKS TO IMPROVE ELECTION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE CENTER WORKS TO IMPROVE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION THROUGH LEGISLATIVE, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; TO PROTECT ACCESS TO THE BALLOT THROUGH LITIGATION; AND TO PROVIDE ELECTION LAW EXPERTISE, VOTER INFORMATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO VOTER MOBILIZATION ORGANIZATIONS. false false 4714375 64763 CAMPUS VOTE PROJECT (CVP): CVP WORKS WITH UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND ELECTION OFFICIALS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO STUDENT VOTING. THE PROGRAM ENABLES CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TO INSTITUTIONALIZE REFORMS THAT EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER AND VOTE. COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE SPECIAL CHALLENGES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER AND VOTE IN THEIR COLLEGE COMMUNITIES. THESE STUDENTS SOMETIMES LACK INFORMATION ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION RULES AND DEADLINES, LACK ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF ID FOR VOTER REGISTRATION OR VOTING PURPOSES, LACK TRANSPORTATION TO THE POLLS, FACE CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE TO VOTE, OR EVEN FACE UNSYMPATHETIC ELECTION OFFICIALS. IN RECENT YEARS, SOME STATE LEGISLATURES AROUND THE COUNTRY PURSUED LAWS THAT SEEK TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THE POLLS WITH PARTICULARLY DAMAGING EFFECTS FOR STUDENT VOTERS. CVP SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES BY PROVIDING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CURRENT VOTING INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN OFFER THEIR STUDENTS DURING EVENTS LIKE ORIENTATION AND CLASS REGISTRATION. CVP ALSO DEVELOPS BEST PRACTICES FOR COLLEGES TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO ALL ENROLLED STUDENTS THROUGH CAMPUS-WIDE COMMUNICATIONS DURING VOTER REGISTRATION, EARLY VOTING, AND ON ELECTION DAY. IN 2024, CVP MARKED ITS 12TH YEAR WORKING NATIONWIDE TO INSTITUTIONALIZE ACCESS TO VOTING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. CVP PARTNERED WITH ABOUT 340 CAMPUSES THAT ENROLLED MORE THAN 4 MILLION STUDENTS IN 41 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE PROJECT RAN STAFFED PROGRAMS IN TEN STATES (AZ, FL, GA, MI, NC, OH, PA, TX, VA, WI) AND ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 20 AND 35 FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS IN EACH OF THESE STATES. CVP ALSO PAYS STIPENDS TO STUDENT "DEMOCRACY FELLOWS" TO WORK WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY, AND OTHER STUDENT LEADERS TO SUPPORT NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION EFFORTS. FEC ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH LEADERSHIP AND ELECTION LAW TRAINING. IN 2024, XXX FELLOWS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM IN THE SPRING AND 260 COMPLETED THE PROGRAM IN THE FALL. ADDITIONALLY, CVP FURTHERED ITS HBCU LEGACY INITIATIVE, AIN THE FALL. ADDITIONALLY, CVP FURTHERED ITS HBCU LEGACY INITIATIVE, A AIN THE FALL. ADDITIONALLY, CVP FURTHERED ITS HBCU LEGACY INITIATIVE, A IN PROGRAM STARTED IN 2020 DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS BARRIERS TO STUDENT VOTING AND ENCOURAGE INCREASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON MORE THAN 45 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN CVP'S 10 STAFFED STATES AS WELL AS IN AL, MD, AND LA. 519059 LITIGATION: FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER'S LEGAL TEAM LEVERAGES ITS EXPERTISE TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO REGISTRATION AND VOTING THAT IMPACT HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OTHER VOTERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED RESTRICTED ACCESS TO THE BALLOT. THESE CONSTITUENCIES INCLUDE STUDENTS, THE YOUTH, THE ELDERLY, LANGUAGE MINORITY AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER'S WORK ALSO CHALLENGES REGISTRATION LAWS THAT DISCRIMINATE GAINST NATURALIZED CITIZENS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES THAT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY DENY VOTING RIGHTS TO FORMER FELLONS, THOSE IMPROPERLY PURGED FROM VOTER LISTS AND OTHER HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED GROUPS. IN 2024, FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER CONTINUED ITS LAWSUIT IN ARIZONA THAT CHALLENGED TWO LAWS THAT INHIBIT THE ABILITY FOR NATURALIZED CITIZENS TO REGISTER AND REMAIN REGISTERED VOTERS. THE COURT SIDED WITH FEC, STRIKING DOWN LAWS THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ELECTION OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE THE CITIZENSHIP OF VOTERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SECURED A VICTORY FOR WISCONSIN VOTERS, AS THE WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS REJECTED THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S MOTION TO BLOCK LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS GIVEN MINOR DEFECTS OR EMISSIONS IN THE WITNESS ADDRESS ON A VOTER'S CERTIFICATE ENVELOPE. IN KENTUCKY, FEC BROUGHT AN APPEAL TO THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT AND ASKED THE US SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ITS 2019 CASE REGARDING VOTING RIGHTS RESTORATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETED THEIR FELONY SENTENCES BUT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S 2020 EXECUTIVE ORDER. FEC ALSO FILED A SIMILAR CASE IN VIRGINIA IN 2024, ADVOCATING AGAINST THE ARBITRARY DENIAL OF RESTORATION OF INDIVIDUALS' RIGHT TO VOTE. FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETED THEIR FELONY SENTENCES BUT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S 2020 EXECUTIVE ORDER. FEC ALSO FILED A SIMILAR CASE IN VIRGINIA IN 2024, ADVOCATING AGAINST THE ARBITRARY DENIAL OF RESTORATION OF INDIVIDUALS' RIGHT TO VOTE. 249431 ELECTION LAW AND REFORM POLICY: FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER WORKS ON ELECTION LAW POLICY IN ORDER TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE BALLOT, SUPPORT ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. LAST YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO SUPPORT VARIOUS UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH UPDATED STATE VOTER GUIDES AND VOTER DRIVE GUIDES FOR ALL 50 STATES, INCLUDING PROVIDING TRANSLATIONS OF THESE STATE VOTER GUIDES IN KEY ELECTION STATES. THE ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS IN SEVENTEEN STATES TO ANALYZE LEGISLATION AND PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF ITS IMPACT ON VOTING OR ON ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. IN 2024, FEC SUPPORTED PRO-VOTER LEGISLATION IN MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OPPOSED STRICT VOTER ID LEGISLATION IN OHIO AND INFORMED NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS BY PROVIDING KEY INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR "TOOLKIT FOR THE PROMOTION OF VOTER PARTICIPATION FOR STUDENTS." FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER CONTINUED THEIR COLLABORATION WITH ALLIES TO SHAPE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON VOTING AND VOTER REGISTRATION THROUGH VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES. 337131 42000 POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT 337131 42000 5819996 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 483 0 true 48 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X ROBERT BRANDON 2023310114 1825 K STREET NW 701 WASHINGTON DC 20006 ROBERT BRANDON PRESIDENT & CEO 50.0 0.0 X X 269918 0 26636 REBEKAH CARUTHERS VICE PRESIDENT 50.0 0.0 X 195203 0 17350 MICHELLE KANTER-COHEN SR COUNSEL 40.0 0.0 X 134877 0 15045 JONATHAN SHERMAN SR COUNSEL 40.0 0.0 X 133178 0 15516 MICHAEL BURNS CVP NAT'L DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 125794 0 14442 RAQEEBA MILNER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & HR 40.0 0.0 X 110700 0 17462 DAVID FINEMAN BOARD CHAIR, SECRETARY, EXEC C 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 LAVITA MCMATH TURNER BOARD V-CHAIR, EXEC COMM 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 TOBY CHAUDHURI BOARD TREASURER, EXEC COMM 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 GAIL SIEGEL BOARD MEMBER, EXEC COMM 2.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE BISHOP BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOI CHANEY BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CLARISSA MARTINEZ-DE-CASTRO BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SAM HIRSCH BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MAYA PATEL BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER MORRELL BOARD MEMBER (EFF. 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X X X X false false false false false false false false false ROBERT BRANDON PRESIDENT & CEO 269918 0 0 0 0 0 24353 0 2283 0 296554 0 0 0 REBEKAH CARUTHERS VICE PRESIDENT 195203 0 0 0 0 0 5871 0 11479 0 212553 0 0 0 X 500 40490 FMV false false false FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT: IN 2016 AND 2018, FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER CREATED AND THEN EXPANDED ITS WORKELECTIONS PROJECT TO PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC CURRENT POLL WORKER REQUIREMENTS AND LINKS TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS' APPLICATIONS TO FACILITATE POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT, CENTRALIZE SIMPLIFIED AND UNDERSTANDABLE INFORMATION ON HOW TO BECOME A POLL WORKER. IN 2020, AS HUNDREDS OF OLDER, TRADITIONALLY ACTIVE POLL WORKERS WITHDREW BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER EXPANDED WORKELECTIONS TO PROVIDE DATA THAT FACILITATED THE RECRUITMENT OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POLL WORKERS. WORKELECTIONS PARTNERED WITH THE US ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION, WHO USED THE DATA FROM WORKELECTIONS TO POWER THEIR OWN RECRUITMENT EFFORT. IN RESPONSE TO THE HUGE DEMAND FOR NEW POLL WORKERS, FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER CO-FOUNDED POWER THE POLLS WITH OTHER NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA COMPANIES WHICH IS POWERED BY WORKELECTIONS' DATA AND API. IN 2024, DURING THE WEEK OF NATIONAL POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT DAY, OVER X,XXX PEOPLE REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT BEING A POLL WORKER THROUGH POWER THE POLLS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PROJECT CONNECTED OVER XXX,XXX POTENTIAL POLL WORKERS TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO APPLY TO BE A POLL WORKER. EACH YEAR, WORKELECTIONS UPDATES POLL WORKER INFORMATION IN ALL 50 STATES AND LINKS TO APPLICATIONS FOR OVER 5,000 JURISDICTIONS. THE PROJECT ENCOURAGES GROUPS INCLUDING CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, MEDIA COMPANIES, SCHOOLS, AND FELLOW VOTERS TO PROMOTE POLL WORKING TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, CLIENTS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF POLL WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 12A AND PART XII, LINE 2B: THIS RETURN HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S UNAUDITED TRIAL BALANCE. ONCE THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, THIS RETURN WILL BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B: THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND REVIEWED BY THE BOARD BEFORE FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER, KEY EMPLOYEE AND COMMITTEE MEMBER ANNUALLY SIGNS A STATEMENT THAT AFFIRMS THAT THEY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND HAS COMPLETED THE ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, A COVERED PERSON IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSES TO THE BOARD, COMMITTEE OR BOARD DESIGNEE THE EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF HIS OR HER FINANCIAL INTEREST OR ANY DISCLOSABLE RELATIONSHIPS. AFTER A COVERED PERSON DISCLOSES THE EXISTENCE OF A FINANCIAL INTEREST OR POSSIBLE FINANCIAL INTEREST TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COMMITTEE OR BOARD DESIGNEE, THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE DETERMINES IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS AND WHETHER THE TRANSACTION IS FAIR AND REASONABLE TO THE CORPORATION AND IF THE CORPORATION SHALL ENTER INTO THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IN CONFORMITY WITH SUCH DETERMINATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS DECIDED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS (EXCLUDING THE CEO) AFTER REVIEWING COMPARABILTY INFORMATION. THE DELIBERATION OF DECISION OF THE BOARD REVIEW WAS INCLUDED IN MEETING MINUTES. THE DATE OF THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW WAS IN JANUARY 2024. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:PROFESSIONAL FEES TOTAL FEES:101635 FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:CONTRACTORS TOTAL FEES:1048588