Program areas at Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Strategic partnerships encompasses our v2030/alignment work, our work with over 60 national and state partners and funders geared to better align the Ballot measure space and develop and implement long term strategic imperatives for the field.
The training and organizing category encompasses our capacity building program. The capacity building program is comprised of our formal training program that develops curricula and trains the field in the skills needed to run and win a transformative and equitable Ballot measure campaigns, as well as bisc's peer-to-peer and skills building cohorts, which help partners across the country move up bisc's leadership development ladder and share best practices and learn from one another on an ongoing basis.
Policy and legal advocacy encompasses working with state and national partners, including bisc's lawyer's guild, to protect direct democracy and progressive Ballot measure wins around the country, working with state and national partners on the development of equitable and strategic Ballot measure policies, as well as the tracking of Ballot measures and analysis of Ballot measure trends.
Communications: bisc uses email, social media, and press interviews to communicate about critical Ballot measures and campaigns around the country.
Organizational development
Road ahead 2022
Grants made by Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Who funds Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
---|
Jane Norman | Board Member | $103,175 | 2023-12-25 |
Chris Melody Fields | Figueredo Executive Director | | 2023-12-25 |
Victoria Ward | Board Member | | 2023-12-25 |
Dana Laurent | Director of Strategic Intiatives / Director of Strategic Initiatives | $119,029 | 2023-12-25 |
Marsha Donat | Board Member | | 2023-12-25 |
...and 6 more key personnel |
Financials for Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
---|
Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,019,325 | $4,731,117 | -57.3% |
Program services | $230,492 | $106,713 | 116% |
Investment income and dividends | $528 | $0 | 999% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $325 | $4,610 | -93% |
Total revenues | $2,250,670 | $4,842,440 | -53.5% |
Organizations like Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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Communities for A New California | 501(c)(4) | Sacramento, CA | $1,436,672 |
Govern for California | 501(c)(4) | Sacramento, CA | $2,212,472 |
Common Cause | 501(c)(4) | Washington, DC | $10,088,774 |
National Action Network | 501(c)(4) | New York, NY | $8,027,403 |
RepresentUs | 501(c)(4) | Florence, MA | $2,682,131 |
Libre Initiative Trust | 501(c)(4) | Arlington, VA | $10,153,469 |
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 501(c)(4) | Brooklyn, NY | $3,110,981 |
Florida Rising | 501(c)(4) | Miami, FL | $2,802,481 |
Progress North Carolina Action | 501(c)(4) | Raleigh, NC | $1,648,039 |
TakeAction Minnesota | 501(c)(4) | St Paul, MN | $6,097,917 |
Data update history
December 26, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 13 new personnel
December 24, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 23, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsPublic sector nonprofits
Issues
EducationPublic policyVoting rights
Characteristics
Political advocacy
General information
- Address
- 1660 L St NW 605
- Washington, DC 20036
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Website URL
- ballot.org/Â
- Phone
- (202) 223-2373
IRS details
- EIN
- 04-3411708
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1998
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- No
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- W20: Government and Public Administration
- NAICS code, primary
- 813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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