Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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www.irs.gov/Form990 for instructions and the latest information.
| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf .... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 650,000 | 400,000 | 2,372,555 | 3,422,555 | ||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | 180,452 | 63,998 | 244,450 | |||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | 830,452 | 400,000 | 63,998 | 2,372,555 | 3,667,005 | |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 3,667,005 | |||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 830,452 | 400,000 | 63,998 | 2,372,555 | 3,667,005 | |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 11 | 22 | 169 | 496 | 10,516 | 11,214 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 11 | 22 | 169 | 496 | 10,516 | 11,214 |
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 11 | 830,474 | 400,169 | 64,494 | 2,383,071 | 3,678,219 |
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2024 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2024 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2024 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2024: | ||||
| a From 2019....... | ||||
| b From 2020....... | ||||
| c From 2021....... | ||||
| d From 2022....... | ||||
| e From 2023....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2019 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2024 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2024, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2024. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2025. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2023..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2024..... | ||||
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| Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 | The form 990 is prepared by the organizations external accountant in coordination with the Chief of Staff and Ops Manager. A Complete draft is provided to the Board via email at least one week prior to filing. Board members are invited to submit questions or comments, which are addressed prior to submission. |
| Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c | The organization requires all board members and key employees to review and sign the conflict of interest policy annually. Disclosures of potential conflicts are collected and reviewed by the Executive Director and the Board. If a conflict is identified, the affected individual is recused from related discussions and decisions. |
| CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a | The Executive Directors compensation (as well as compensation for all contingent and full-time staff) was reviewed and approved by independent non-compensated members of the Board of Directors. The decision was informed by the boards collective experience with compensation norms in the nonprofit and technology sectors, and was based on reasonable expectations given the job responsibilities, performance, and funding context. Approval was last documented via written consent on Friday 8 November 2024. |
| Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b | The Executive Directors compensation (as well as compensation for all contingent and full-time staff) was reviewed and approved by independent, non-compensated members of the Board of Directors. The decision was informed by the boards collective experience with compensation norms in the nonprofit and technology sectors, and was based on reasonable expectations given the job responsibilities, performance, and funding context. Approval was last documented via written consent on Friday 8 November 2024. |
| Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 | Not available. |
| List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g | Professional Services $150,561 program; $27,396 M&G; $54,675 fundraising. |
| Part III response or note to any other line in Part III | Software Maintenance & Development: The Computational Democracy Project (CompDem) designs, engineers, and maintains Polis, an open source, real-time software system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning. Polis facilitates large, productive online conversations to unlock breakthrough points of consensus on deadlocked political issues. Polis is a powerful platform for collective self-representation, enabling the construction of an interactive model of the public opinion landscape.CompDem hosts the home instance of Polis, providing free use of the tool to the world. Worldwide on www.pol.is over 600,000 people have participated in deliberative conversations casting over 15.8 million votes on user-generated statements. We steward the AGPL v3 Polis codebase by maintaining stability, security, and deployability; reconciling forks from contributors (including multiple nation states); and coordinating the roadmap for feature development. In 2024 we overhauled the Polis user interface text based on field UX research, added 5 new UI language translations, and integrated Googles Perspective API, which aids human moderators by automatically flagging toxic statements.Facilitation Services: CompDem supports partners to use Polis ethically, rigorously, and creatively. CompDems pro bono work focuses on groups who are advancing democracy and pursuing self-determination. We Provide support and services to governments, First Nations, civil society organizations, social movements, geographic communities, communities based on membership and/or identity, think tanks, independent media outlets, and academic researchers who are undertaking the building of future democratic systems. In 2024 we collaborated with Google Jigsaw to run a pilot program in Bowling Green, KY, in advance of a major community engagement BG2050, that was run in Feb-March 2025. Over the course of the 33 days, 7,890 local residents shared 3,940 unique ideas for the future of Warren County and submitted over a million votes on Polis.Education, Outreach & Networking: The Computational Democracy Project teaches people to apply data science towards problems of civic engagement and collective decision-making. CompDem provides ongoing education in the form of published How-To content and custom training. CompDem maintains an extensive and growing knowledge base for those implementing Polis, as well as an open data repository and open source Jupyter notebooks for academics and data scientists participating in the development of methods.CompDem supports a network of data scientists, civil servants, and ethicists to operate as a community of practice and convenes advisory boards of professionals in relevant fields and other stakeholders. CompDem interviews facilitators around the world, and we maintain a list of narratively written case studies on https://compdemocracy.org/case-studies/CompDem undertakes outreach in the form of public speaking and writing. In 2024, Board President Colin Megill spoke at Google Jigsaw and Stanford University. |
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