Americans for Democratic Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530180733
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Citizen Participation

Reported finances

Revenue
$198,353
Expenses
$199,911
Assets
$1,477
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Kurt Meyer (Executive Committee Chair)
  • John Bickel (Treasurer)
  • Clifford Tasner (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ADA is Americas most experienced independent liberal lobbying organization In the spirit of the New Deal and ADA founders Eleanor Roosevelt renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith and former Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey we lobby through coalition partnerships through direct advocacy and through the media Our lobbying philosophy is based on democratic action motivating our grassroots members to lobby their senators and representatives as constituent-advocates With 65000 members nationwide numerous state and local chapters and its headquarters in the District of Columbia actively engaging in the political process ADA continually strives to push for democratic and progressive values and ideals in American policy Our founders included Eleanor Roosevelt labor leader Walter Reuther economist John Kenneth Galbraith historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey

What it reported doing in 2024

0

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -49.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.