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People United For Privacy Foundation

  • Glendale, AZ
  • Tax-exempt since July 2018
  • EIN: 82-3439592

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Social Science Research Institutes, Services N.E.C. (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$2.4M (2023)

Expenses
$2.42M (2023)

Total Assets
$1.08M (2023)

Total Liabilities
$99.5k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2018 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,397,453
Expenses
$2,416,868
Net Income
-$19,415
Net Assets
$977,205
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,291,917
95.6%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $105,536
4.4%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $613,942
25.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees $308,550
12.8%
Other Salaries and Wages $416,789
17.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,076,723
Total Liabilities $99,518
Net Assets $977,205
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Heather Lauer (Chief Executive Officer) $294,911 $0 $7,068
Matthew Nese (Vice President) $164,842 $0 $4,204
Brian Hawkins (External Affairs) $153,000 $0 $0
Dustin Hurst (Senior Director Of Development) $140,500 $0 $3,634
Misty Wickizer Jernigan (Senior Director Of Operations) $137,842 $0 $6,728
Lucas Wachob (Senior Director Of Communications And Policy) $125,460 $0 $3,824
Shayne Madsen (President) $0 $0 $0
Starlee Coleman (Director) $0 $0 $0
Daniel Erspamer (Director) $0 $0 $0
Brad Gruber (Secretary/Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Sept. 11, 2024

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,307,880
Expenses
$1,985,949
Net Income
$321,931
Net Assets
$996,620
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,248,847
97.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $59,033
2.6%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $267,867
13.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $337,560
17.0%
Other Salaries and Wages $329,774
16.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,025,406
Total Liabilities $28,786
Net Assets $996,620
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Heather Lauer (Chief Executive Officer) $267,867 $0 $0
Matthew Nese (Vice President) $152,347 $0 $0
Shayne Madsen (President) $0 $0 $0
Brian Hawkins (Secretary / Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Starlee Coleman (Director) $0 $0 $0
Daniel Erspamer (Director) $0 $0 $0
Brad Gruber (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$1,793,254
Expenses
$1,183,306
Net Income
$609,948
Net Assets
$674,689
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,793,254
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $160,105
13.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $257,930
21.8%
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $737,831
Total Liabilities $63,142
Net Assets $674,689
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Heather Lauer (Executive Director) $148,667 $0 $0
Shayne Madsen (President) $0 $0 $0
Brian Hawkins (Secretary/Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Starlee Coleman (Director) $0 $0 $0
Brad Gruber (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$509,380
Expenses
$794,013
Net Income
-$284,633
Net Assets
$64,741
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $509,380
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $192,431
Total Liabilities $127,690
Net Assets $64,741
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Tony Woodlief (President) $0 $0 $0
Brian Hawkins (Secretary/Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Starlee Coleman (Director) $0 $0 $0
Shayne Madsen (Director) $0 $0 $0
John Kramer (Secretary Until 01/2020) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$660,000
Expenses
$410,596
Net Income
$249,404
Net Assets
$349,374
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $660,000
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $412,354
Total Liabilities $62,980
Net Assets $349,374
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Tony Woodlief (President) $0 $0 $0
Starlee Coleman (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
John Kramer (Secretary) $0 $0 $0

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990
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$100,000
Expenses
$30
Net Income
$99,970
Net Assets
$99,970
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $100,000
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $99,970
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $99,970
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Tony Woodlief (President) $0 $0
Starlee Coleman (Treasurer) $0 $0
John Kramer (Secretary) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 12, 2019

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

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