Stand Up America Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Stand up america advocates for government policies that will strengthen our democracy and increase access to voting and opposes policies that threaten our democracy and our freedom to vote. We educate and mobilize our members using email, sms, and social media communications, as well as mobilize activists outside our community through texting, digital ads, and social media. In 2024, stand up america's members took action in every state to combat voter suppression, expand access to the ballot box, fight corruption, reform the supreme court, and build a more representative democracy. Together, they made more than 26,000 constituent calls, sent over 367,000 emails to lawmakers, and submitted over 10,000 letters to the editor in support of state and federal measures to protect and expand voting rights, ensure fair and impartial courts, and strengthen our democracy. At the federal level, stand up america worked to reform and restore impartiality back to the supreme court by advocating for a binding code of ethics, term limits, and expanding the court, driving over 225,000 calls and emails to lawmakers in support of supreme court reform legislation. We pushed the senate to confirm fair and impartial judges to lower court seats as well, including by driving over 61,000 constituent calls and emails to senators. We also worked to ensure free and fair elections by advocating for the federal government to allocate election infrastructure funding for state and local elections, driving over 65,000 emails to congress in support of funding and advocating for the passage of the john r. Lewis voting rights act to protect voting rights, driving nearly 20,000 constituent emails to lawmakers in support of this legislation.at the state level, stand up america joined with local coalitions to advocate for state voting rights act legislation in Minnesota and Michigan, for Maine to join the national popular vote interstate compact, for the passage of public campaign finance legislation in Hawaii, and to fully fund the public campaign finance program in New York. We also mobilized our community to oppose voter suppression legislation in Alabama, Arizona, and New Hampshire. Our members made over 2,000 phone calls and sent nearly 13,000 emails across these state campaigns. In many of the above state level legislative efforts, stand up america also provided digital support to local organizations, from setting up call lines and email tools for use by local advocates outside our community to running digital ads and texting programs. In some instances we also provided earned media support.finally, stand up america worked to encourage americans to turn out and vote in a number of non-partisan campaigns, encouraging them to register to vote and vote, including by running digital ads and urging others to post voting reminders on social media.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -237.5%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 17.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings