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Financial Snapshot FY ending 2024-09-30 Financial history 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Latest FY2024: $14.8M · Peak FY2018: $24.3M · Avg: $15.5M
Foreign activity (Schedule F) Total spent abroad $80K
Foreign employees 0
Foreign offices 0
Foreign partnership interest No
Foreign trust interest No
Region Activity Spent SOUTH AMERICA — —
501(h) election This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.
Political & Grant Activity
PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC
Address 1600 20TH ST NW
Washington, DC, 20009-100
Governance Voting board members 10
Independent members 10
Conflict-of-interest policy Yes
Whistleblower policy Yes
Doc-retention policy Yes
Audit committee Yes
990 reviewed by board Yes
Compensation practices Severance payments No
Equity-based comp No
Supplemental retirement plan No
Board approved comp Yes
Initial contract exception No
Financial detail (Schedule D) Permanent endowment % 99.0%
Endowment held by related org No
Fundraising activity (Schedule G) Uses professional fundraisers Yes
Gross fundraising receipts $871K
Net to org $692K
Retained by contractors $178K
Channels Mail · Phone · Email · In-person · Grant solicitation
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