Maine People'S Alliance

“Maine people's alliance is a membership organization.”

“The members are invited to the annual meeting to elect board members and can participate in that vote.”

“The preparer sends form 990 in draft pdf version to the executive director who circulates it to all board members for comments.”

“Each board member signs a statement that affirms he/she has received a copy of this policy, understands, and will comply with it.”

“The board looks at comparable data when determining payroll for the executive director. There are no key employees, per irs definitions.”

“Upon request, either in printed form or in a pdf version.”

“Section a, line 1: the co-executive directors also work for an allied c3, maine people's resource center, unrelated per irs definitions, as majority board control does not exist. The eds worked an average of 23.5% for mpa and 76.5% for mprc in 2023. Maine people's alliance serves as a common paymaster for mprc,which reimburses 100% of its portion of salaries, taxes and fringe benefits to mpa. The total shared salary is reported on mpa's w4. Form 990 page 7 shows only the maine people's alliance portion of the ed salary and benefits.”

“Writing and editing 5,270 0 0 hosted proj campaign support 144,117 0 0 other freelancers & contracts 11,649 0 0 hosted proj other contracts 52,525 0 0 total 213,561 0 0”

“Lines 15, 17, & 25: mpa uses a modified cash basis of accounting--cash basis with certain exceptions, including an annual depreciation entry. Its other asset figure shows a receivable from its allied 501c-3 organization, maine people's resource center (for shared expenses). The payable & accrual figure represents payroll-related withholdings and accruals. The other liabilities represents funds held on behalf of other organizations.”

“Event expenses vs revs on 990 0 event expenses vs revs on 990 0”