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Filing year 2023

COMMON CAUSE

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-6078441·4
Total revenue
$8.4M
Total assets
$12.3M
Total expenses
$9.3M
Reported officers
38
Mission

WITH OFFICES IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND 35 STATES AND 1.5 MILLION SUPPORTERS AND ACTIVISTS, COMMON CAUSE WORKS TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY REFORMS AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS, THROUGH GRAFTING MODEL LEGISLATION, LOBBYING, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND JOINT EFFORTS WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS ACROSS THE REFORM COMMUNITY.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief Fin. Officer (until 3/24)
officer (unspecified)
$37k
$40k
Co-president (until 2/24)
$36k
$39k
Co-president (until 2/24)
$35k
$38k
Vp, State Operations
vice president
$32k
$35k
VP for Campaigns (until 10/23)
vice president
$31k
$34k
Former President
former officer/director/trustee
$20k
$22k
Vp, Programs & Strategy
vice president
$12k
$13k
Vp, Fin. & Admin (as of 11/23)
vice president
$2k
$2k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 30 unpaid individuals.

Down 3%
from 2022

From $38k in 2022 to $37k in 2023.

$38k
2022
$37k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 6% in real terms$43k to $40k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

COMMON CAUSE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.4M
$9.7M
2022
$8.4M
$9.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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