Cause IQ organization profile

People for the American Way (PFAW)

PFAW is a voter registration group based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1984. As of 2019 they had $7.0 million in revenue and $2.4 million in assets.

People for the America's vision is a vibrantly diverse democratic society in which everyone is treated equally under the law, given the freedom and opportunity to pursue their dreams, and encouraged to participate in our nation's civic and political l...

EIN:

52-1366721

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Website:

pfaw.org

Phone:

202-467-4999

Facebook:

facebook.com/peoplefor

Twitter:

@peoplefor

Founded:

1984

Type:

501(c)(4)

NTEE:

R40: Voter registration and education organizations

Revenue:

$7,061,963

Assets:

$2,466,798

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at PFAW

Public information and member/civic engagement - provides information about pfaw's activities and issues to various forms of the media and the general public.

Program development and management - provides short and long term strategic planning on programmatic issues.

Legal and public policy - advocates and provides research analysis and educational support and pfaw's public policy positions.

Form 990s for PFAW

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Jan 13, 2020	990	View PDF
2017-12	Dec 22, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-12	Nov 6, 2017	990O	View PDF
2015-12	Jan 10, 2017	990O	View PDF
2014-12	Sep 8, 2015	990O	View PDF
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for PFAW

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$7,000,546	$7,205,093	-2.8%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$91,434	$0	999%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$7,000,546	$7,205,093	-2.8%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$7,000,546	$7,205,093	-2.8%
Program services	$0	$0
Investment income and dividends	$11,602	$11
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$51,341	$53,192	-3.5%
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-2,572	$0	-999%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$1,046	$823	27.1%
Total revenues	$7,061,963	$7,259,119	-2.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$48,865	$7,815	525.3%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$20,850	-100%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$506,639	$479,671	5.6%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$1,547,207	$1,393,979	11.0%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$110,385	$96,320	14.6%
Other employee benefits	$105,438	$98,319	7.2%
Payroll taxes	$137,210	$121,984	12.5%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$24,390	$6,475	276.7%
Accounting fees	$22,586	$21,065	7.2%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$307,993	$0	999%
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$598,624	$577,900	3.6%
Advertising and promotion	$822,581	$733,116	12.2%
Office expenses	$270,818	$333,184	-18.7%
Information tech. expenses	$227,531	$394,470	-42.3%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$285,674	$286,739	-0.4%
Travel	$133,876	$50,039	167.5%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$46,029	$63,102	-27.1%
Interest	$367	$622	-41.0%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$102,383	$106,159	-3.6%
Insurance	$55,586	$43,873	26.7%
All other expenses	$1,974,041	$2,140,070	-7.8%
Total expenses	$7,328,223	$6,975,752	5.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$100,240	$1,447,938	-93.1%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$1,597,734	$50,182	3083.9%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$25,591	$37,830	-32.4%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$43,639	$58,105	-24.9%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$343,127	$494,291	-30.6%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$356,467	$801,609	-55.5%
Total assets	$2,466,798	$2,889,955	-14.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$359,260	$353,197	1.7%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$717,876	$880,836	-18.5%
Total liabilities	$1,077,136	$1,234,033	-12.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$1,389,662	$1,645,922	-15.6%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$10,000	-100%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for PFAW

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Microsoft Services	Software		2020-04-23
█████ ████	Advocacy software; Fundraising software; Marketing software		2020-04-23
█████████	Fundraising software; CRM software; Marketing software		2020-04-11
██████	Fundraising software		2020-04-11
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2020-04-11
█████████	Content management system software		2020-04-11
█████████ ████████ ███ ████████ ██	Tax accounting		2018-09-10
████ ██████████ ███	Rent	$807,631	2017-12-01
...and eight more vendors

Personnel at PFAW

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Michael Keegan	President	$159,452	Jan. 13, 2020
Nick Ucci	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	-	Aug. 11, 2019
█████ ██ ███████	Chief Financial Officer	$90,381	Aug. 11, 2019
████ ████████	Vice President for Communications and Research	-	Dec. 4, 2017
███████ ██ █████	Executive Vice President for Policy and Program	$126,910	Dec. 31, 2018
███████ █████	Vice President for Constituent Engagement	$103,203	Aug. 11, 2019
███████ ████████	Director of Communications	$90,323	Dec. 31, 2018
███ ████	Director of Digital Advocacy and Marketing	-	Aug. 11, 2019
█████ █████ ██████	Political Director	$131,051	Dec. 31, 2018
█████ ██████	Director of Development Operations	-	Aug. 11, 2019
...and 18 more key personnel

Peer voter registration and education organizations

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Common Cause	501(c)(4)	$8.6 million	Washington, DC
2	America Votes	501(c)(4)	$12 million	Washington, DC
3	Organizing for Action	501(c)(4)	$4.7 million	Washington, DC
4	Third Way	501(c)(4)	$3.2 million	Washington, DC
5	Independent Women's Voice (IWV)	501(c)(4)	$2.1 million	Washington, DC
6	Better Medicare Alliance (BMA)	501(c)(4)	$9.5 million	Washington, DC
7	Americans for Tax Reform	501(c)(4)	$10 million	Washington, DC
8	Save the Children Action Network	501(c)(4)	$7.2 million	Washington, DC
9	Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA)	501(c)(4)	$8.2 million	Washington, DC
10	Club for Growth	501(c)(4)	$6.7 million	Washington, DC
11	National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare	501(c)(4)	$18 million	Washington, DC
12	League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV)	501(c)(4)	$6.0 million	Washington, DC
13	Fwdus Education Fund	501(c)(3)	$22 million	Washington, DC
14	Retirement Security Initiative	501(c)(4)	$1.9 million	Roseville, CA
15	RepresentUs	501(c)(4)	$2.8 million	Florence, MA
16	MomsRising Together	501(c)(4)	$3.6 million	Bellevue, WA
17	PEOPLE'S Action	501(c)(4)	$3.1 million	Chicago, IL
18	Illinois Opportunity Project	501(c)(4)	$3.5 million	Chicago, IL
19	Maine PEOPLE'S Alliance (MPA)	501(c)(4)	$2.6 million	Portland, ME
20	CASA in Action	501(c)(4)	$2.0 million	Hyattsville, MD
21	NRDC Action Fund	501(c)(4)	$5.0 million	New York, NY
22	Kurdistan Regional Gov't - Liaison Office USA	501(c)(4)	$1.9 million	Washington, DC
23	AMERICA'S Voice (AV)	501(c)(4)	$3.1 million	Washington, DC
24	Tobacco Free Kids Action Fund	501(c)(4)	$26 million	Washington, DC
25	One Action	501(c)(4)	$3.9 million	Washington, DC

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