Liabilities / Assets
87th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 87% of similar nonprofits.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.31x
Liabilities / Revenue
79th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 79% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
7th percentile
Higher net margin than 7% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
89th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 34.8% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
5th percentile
Faster asset growth than 5% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
99th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 99% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$4,852
Down $6,895 (-59%) from 2020
Net Assets
Down$3,352
Down $8,395 (-71%) from 2020
Liabilities
Up$1,500
Up $1,500 from 2020
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Up$8,625
Up $8,248 (+2188%) from 2020
Expenses
Up$17,020
Up $5,080 (+43%) from 2020
Net Income
Up-$8,395
Up $3,168 (+27%) from 2020
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
- Signed
- Nov 9, 2022
- Return Version
- 2021v4.0
- Gross Receipts
- $8,625
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Supporting efforts to help advance reform to advance the idea of equal politcal rights of citizens.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| THE ORGANIZATION HAS ONGOING DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ON DEMOCRACY REFORM ISSUES. THE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS CREATE ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, PODCAST, GRAPHICS, AND WRITTEN COMMENTARIES ON CURRENT EVENTS RELATED TO U.S. DEMOCRACY REFORM, AND DISSEMINATE THE CONTENT TO THE PUBLIC VIA THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. THE PROGRAM EXPENSES INCLUDE COMPENSATIONS TO CONSULTANTS FOR DIGITAL MARKETING, CONTENT CREATION, PODCAST PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND WEB HOSTING FEES. | - | $8,850 |
| THE ORGANIZATION REGRANTED TO OUR FUTURE UNITED PAC TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORT TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH YOUNG PROGRESSIVE VOTERS (PRIMARILY AGES 18-29 YEARS) TO VOTE FOR REV. WARNOCK AND JON OSSOF IN THE 2020 SENATE SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA. | $7,500 | $7,500 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAM EICHEN | Director | - | $3,000 | - | $3,000 |
| LAWRENCE LESSIG | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| JASON HARROW | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| BRUCE SKARIN | Clerk | - | $0 | - | - |
| PHOEBE T WONG | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Equalcitizensus Inc
- EIN
- 81-4602012
- Phone
- 8572852805
- Address
- 186 ALEWIFE PARKWAY 1034, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
Signing Officer
- Name
- Lawrence Lessig
- Title
- President
- Phone
- 8572852805
- Signed
- 2022-11-09
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Worthington Hughes & Hoar Pc
- Address
- 400 W CUMMINGS PARK STE 3000, WOBURN, MA 01801-6592
- Preparer
- Kevin E Worthington
- Phone
- 7813053534
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 10
“Name: our future united pac address: 1300 l st nw, suite 200 washington, dc 20009 cash contribution: 7,500”
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16
“Expenses bank fees 5 supplies 145 email and podcast hosting 3,505 online accounting softwar 560 total 4,215”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26
“Advance from director 0 1,500”
Form 990-ez, Part III
“Supporting efforts to help advance reform to advance the idea of equal politcal rights of citizens.”
Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 28
“The organization has ongoing digital campaigns that aims to educate and inform the public on democracy reform issues. The digital campaigns create original educational videos, podcast, graphics, and written commentaries on current events related to u.s. Democracy reform, and disseminate the content to the public via the organization's websites and social media accounts. The program expenses include compensations to consultants for digital marketing, content creation, podcast production, as well as digital advertising and web hosting fees.”
Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 29
“The organization regranted to our future united pac to support their effort to directly communicate with young progressive voters (primarily ages 18-29 years) to vote for rev. Warnock and jon ossof in the 2020 senate special elections in georgia.”
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Filings
Displayed year
2021 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $4,852
- Liabilities
- $1,500
- Net assets
- $3,352
- Revenue
- $8,625
- Expenses
- $17,020
- Net income
- -$8,395