THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $927K · expenses $924K · assets $203K

EIN

22-3511801

Address

450 MAIN ST STE 2, METUCHEN, NJ 08840-1800

Website

WWW.THECITIZENSCAMPAIGN.ORG

NTEE code

C20 Pollution Abatement and Control Services (Environment) published (IRS Business Master File)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

August 1998 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

FOR 25 YEARS, THE CITIZENS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TEACHING RESIDENTS IN MINORITY AND ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED URBAN COMMUNITIES HOW TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROBLEM SOLVING WITHOUT HAVING TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. OUR TRAINING EMPOWERS CITIZENS TO RESEARCH, SHAPE FOR PUBLIC USE, AND ADVANCE PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO CITY PROBLEMS THAT THEY IDENTIFY. OUR EXPERTS PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIC ADVICE TO HELP THEM GAIN ADOPTION OF THEIR SOLUTIONS -- OVER 300 LAWS AND POLICIES SO FAR. CITIZENS ARE ALSO TRAINED IN A PROVEN, PRACTITIONER-INFORMED, NO-BLAME PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD PRAISED BY TOP NATIONAL AUTHORITIES. OUR TRAINEES' EXAMPLE OF NO-BLAME PURSUIT OF PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO FINGER-POINTING, PARTISAN IDEOLOGICAL GRIDLOCK AND DEMOCRATIC DECLINE. THIS WORK WILL EXPAND THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE, A "CITIZEN SERVICE" DESIGNED TO EMPOWER CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE TO CREATING A FAIR AND FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 36 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

36 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• GREATER TRENTON INC Trenton, NJ · 2 people in common (Dr Joseph Youngblood Ii, Joan Verplanck)

Funders of this organization

11 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,346,368 in all, tax years 2011 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.