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SCHEDULE O
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2020
Open to Public
Inspection
Inspection
Name of the organization
314ACTION
Employer identification number
81-3165165
81-3165165
| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | 314 ACTION IS DEDICATED TO RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND PROMOTING SCIENTISTS AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) PROFESSIONALS TO PUBLIC OFFICE AND ADVOCATING FOR EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY. FORMED IN JUNE 2016, 314 ACTION HAS AN ENGAGED GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF FIVE MILLION SUPPORTERS IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY. 314 ACTION IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKERS. AS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND, 314 ACTION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SCIENCE ADVOCACY REALM. 2020 WAS A UNIQUELY CHALLENGING YEAR FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING 314 ACTION. THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC ALTERED MANY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CORE PROGRAMS. IN A TYPICAL YEAR, 314 ACTION WOULD VISIT COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO INTERACT WITH SCIENCE ADVOCACY CLUBS AND GROUPS, ATTEND NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES, HOST SCIENCE ADVOCACY PANELS, AND ORGANIZE NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATE TRAININGS. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL 2020 CAMPUS VISITS, CONFERENCES, AND IN-PERSON TRAINING MEETINGS WERE CANCELLED DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS. IN 2020, 314 ACTION CONTINUED THE PODCAST "CLEAN AIR" FOR SCIENTISTS, STEM THOUGHT LEADERS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR WORK. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE PODCAST AND IN PERSON MEETINGS WITH GUESTS WERE NO LONGER AN OPTION. SO, WE CREATED A FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES - "ASK THE SCIENTIST." THIS SERIES PROVIDED UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM SCIENTISTS REGARDING COVID-19 TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE USED THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE MOMENT AND BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND EMERGENCY CARE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND DO OUR PART TO CREATE A CULTURE OF LISTENING TO SCIENCE. THIS FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES FEATURED PROMINENT LEADERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY, INCLUDING DR. VIVEK MURTHY - THE US SURGEON GENERAL, KATHLEEN SEBELIUS - FORMER SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, JOHN HICKENLOOPER - FORMER COLORADO GOVERNOR AND NOW SENATOR, DR. BARBARA BOLLIER - KANSAS STATE SENATOR, DR. BEN ABELLA - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, DR. STANLEY PERLMAN - PROFESSOR OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, DR. ERIC FEIGL-DING - EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND HEALTH ECONOMIST AT THE HARVARD CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND DR. CRAIG SPENCER - DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL HEALTH IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, 314 ACTION CONTINUED TO FUND RESEARCH AND POLLING AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ON ISSUES RELATING TO SCIENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE. THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NOT ONLY IMPACTED THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS, BUT IT CAUSED CONFUSION, CURIOSITY, PANIC, AND UNCERTAINTY THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. 314 ACTION OBSERVED THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COVID-19 AND WANTED TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTIONS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC. BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND POLLING, 314 ACTION RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION AND RAPID RESPONSE TO COMBAT THE DISINFORMATION AROUND COVID 19. 314 ACTION ORGANIZED AN INFORMATIONAL FACEBOOK LIVE SERIES TO ANSWER THE DEMAND FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION AND TO PROVIDE A DIRECT CHANNEL BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND LEADING VOICES IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 314 ACTION ALSO USED RESEARCHING AND POLLING TO GAUGE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF STEM PROFESSIONALS IN GOVERNMENT. AMONG THOSE RESULTS, 314 ACTION ALSO NOTICED THAT THE PUBLIC TRUSTED STEM PROFESSIONALS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSION TO HANDLE THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. TWO THIRDS OF RESPONDENTS SAID ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AS THE NATION CONFRONTS THE PANDEMIC, AND RESPONDENTS ALSO INDICATED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO ELIMINATE PANDEMIC RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 314 ACTION ALSO EXECUTED AN ORGANIZATION-WIDE REBRANDING. IN THE YEARS SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S LAUNCH, 314 ACTION EXPERIENCED EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, FROM THE GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY EXPLODING FROM FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND TO WELL OVER FIVE MILLION SUPPORTERS. WITH THIS GROWTH, A NEW ROBUST WEBSITE WAS NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND. IN ADDITION TO NEW BRANDING AND A REDESIGNED LOGO, THE ORGANIZATION STREAMLINED THE WEBSITE'S FUNCTIONALITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY. A CORE PART OF OUR MISSION IS ORGANIZING THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AROUND POLICY ISSUES AND GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ADVOCATE, RUN, AND WIN. NATURAL ALLIES TO OUR ORGANIZATION ARE SCIENCE-POLICY GROUPS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES - THE PRESIDENT IS OFTEN ASKED TO SPEAK WITH STUDENT SCIENCE POLICY GROUPS THAT ARE ORGANIZED TO LEARN, ADVOCATE, AND TAKE ACTION IN THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND POLICY. IN ADDITION TO ENGAGING WITH SCIENCE POLICY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, 314 HAS HAD A REGULAR PRESENCE AT NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS ANNUAL MEETINGS: ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL AND GRADUATE DEPARTMENTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY (AMGDB), AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, AND SIGMA XI THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HONORS SOCIETY. AT THESE CONFERENCES, THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS COME TOGETHER TO SHARE RESEARCH, LEARN BEST PRACTICES, AND NETWORK. 314 IS ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH SCIENTISTS AND STEM PROFESSIONALS AND SHOW THEM THE BLUEPRINT FOR ADVOCATING FOR BETTER SCIENCE POLICY, ENGAGING CIVICALLY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND PLANTING THE SEED TO MAYBE GET OUT OF THE LAB AND RUN FOR OFFICE ONE DAY THEMSELVES. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B | NO APPLICABLE COMMITTEES |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THE FORM WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND COPIES PROVIDED TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION PRIOR TO SUBMITTING TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B | THE KEY EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | UPON REQUEST |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | MERCHANT FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 27,031. TOTAL EXPENSES 27,031. LIST GROWTH: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 45,000. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 45,000. FUNDRAISING CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 42,163. TOTAL EXPENSES 42,163. RESEACH: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 113,500. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 113,500. ADVOCACY ADS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 58,543. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 58,543. |
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Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2020
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