NonprofitsBallot Initiative Strategy Center Inc

Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Inc

WASHINGTON, DC

Total revenue

$2.6M

Total expenses

$3.7M

Net assets

$2.6M

Grants received

$7.4M

51 grants

EIN

043411708

Tax year

2024

Mission

To strengthen democracy by building a national progressive strategy for ballot measures.

Programs

5 programs

Road ahead 2024 - the road ahead conference is the progressive community's only conference solely dedicated to ballot measures. It is typically held every february in las vegas.road ahead attendees come from all corners of the country and all parts of the progressive community. What unites them all is a desire to use ballot measures as a vehicle for social change.

Expenses: $557K

The training and organizing category encompasses our capacity building program. The capacity building program is comprised of our formal training program that develops curricula and trains the field in the skills needed to run and win a transformative and equitable ballot measure campaigns, as well as bisc's peer-to-peer and skills building cohorts, which help partners across the country move up bisc's leadership development ladder and share best practices and learn from one another on an ongoing basis.

Expenses: $342K

Communications: bisc uses email, social media, and press interviews to communicate about critical ballot measures and campaigns around the country.

Expenses: $329K

Organizational development

Expenses: $223K

Policy and legal advocacy encompasses working with state and national partners, including bisc's lawyer's guild, to protect direct democracy and progressive ballot measure wins around the country, working with state and national partners on the development of equitable and strategic ballot measure policies, as well as the tracking of ballot measures and analysis of ballot measure trends.

Expenses: $188K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.1M
Program service revenue$459K
Investment income$10K
Other revenue$15K
Total revenue$2.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$405K
Salaries & benefits$1.5M
Fundraising$292K
Other expenses$1.8M
Total expenses$3.7M
Total assets$3.2M
Net assets$2.6M

People

16 listed

NameRoleCompensation

CHRIS MELODY FIELDS FIGUEREDO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$221K

40 hrs/wk

VICTORIA WARD

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

Board

$122K

40 hrs/wk

JENNIFER EPPS-ADDISON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAKOTA HALL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DESMOND MEADE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KENNY DIGGS

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RUTH STEINMETZ

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BECCA UHERBELAU

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAKE OLSON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SARAH STANDIFORD

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANDREA MARTA

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRANDON BOSWELL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

NADIA BELKIN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JANE NORMAN

CHIEF OF STAFF

Staff

$175K

40 hrs/wk

CAROLINE AVAKIAN

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$138K

40 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH SCHILLING

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Staff

$137K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL

ROAD AHEAD 2024 CONFERENCE

$359K

LINCOLN PARK STRATEGIES

RESEARCH AND DATA

$324K

GROW PROGRESS

RESEARCH PLATFORM SUBSCRIPTION

$200K

MARCUM LLP

ACCOUNTING AND HR SERVICES

$166K

GUERRA STRATEGIES LLC

CONSULTING - GEN DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

$137K

Grants received

Showing 51 of 51

FromAmountPurposeYear
$500K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES
2024
$500K
General support
2024
$235K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$230K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2024
$200K
PRIMARY PURPOSE SUPPORT
2024
$100K
DEFEND DIRECT DEMOCRACY
2024
$18K
EVENTS SPONSORSHIP
2024
$6K
501(C)(3) GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$750K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES
2023
$500K
General support for primary purpose activities
2023
$232K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$200K
PRIMARY-PURPOSE SUPPORT
2023
$150K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2023
$100K
DEFEND DIRECT DEMOCRACY
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT (MULTI-YEAR)
2023
$30K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$7K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2023
$5K
SPONSORSHIP - EXEC
2023
$5K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2023
$300K
General support for primary purpose activities
2022
$200K
PRIMARY PURPOSE SUPPORT
2022
$135K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$100K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
$100K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
$60K
PROJECT SUPPORT (2.5 BY 25 PROJECT)
2022
$25K
ROAD AHEAD CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP
2022
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$205K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2021
$103K
DEFEND DIRECT DEMOCRACY
2021
$30K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2021
$5K
CAMPAIGN SUPPORT
2021
$500K
SUPPORT POLICY ADVOCACY
2020
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$30K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2020
$25K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2020
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$180K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2019
$60K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2019
$30K
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2019
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019

Funded by

$7.4M from 22 funders · 51 grants · 2019–2024

Open Society Action Fund Inc

$1.8M · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Democracy Fund Voice Inc

$1.3M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Women Donors Network Action

$750K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

American Federation Of State County

$730K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Inatai Foundation

$602K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Instructional Telecommunications

$556K · 7 grants · 2019–2024

National Education Association Of The

$385K · 2 grants · 2019–2021

North Fund

$350K · 3 grants · 2022–2023

Details

EIN043411708
Subsection04
Ruling date1998-08
Formed1998
Employees20
Volunteers11