Citizens in Charge
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 542051447
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7034921776
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Civil Liberties
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $9,508
- Assets
- $438,821
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL JACOB (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- WILLIAM REDPATH (TREASURER)
- ERIC O'KEEFE (BOARD MEMBER)
- DENNIS POLHILL (BOARD MEMBER)
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
To protect and expand the initiative and referendum process.
What it reported doing in 2024
We worked with citizens and legislators to mobilize opposition to anti-initiative legislation in numerous states, including Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah and Washington. We worked to oppose several ballot measures that would have diminished direct democracy at the state and local level, including in Arkansas and North Dakota.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 46.15; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.