2024-11-08T12:50:20-06:00 2023-12-31 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2023-01-01 770099744 Advocates for Self-Government Inc ADVO 9162585552 500 Capitol Mall 2050 Sacramento CA 958144754 Michael Sertic President 9162585552 2024-11-07 1 1 Lori A Collingsworth P00639819 7038930300 2024-11-05 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Chris Rufer 500 Capitol Mall 2050 Sacramento CA 958144754 861466 0 X https://www.theadvocates.org/ X 1985 CA To bring about a free society by empowering those who love liberty- See Part III and Sch O 5 0 0 0 0 0 440758 860940 3545 526 0 0 0 0 444303 861466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96199 639324 772703 639324 772703 -195021 88763 141551 182329 82771 34786 58780 147543 To educate the general public about the political map and libertarian philosophy; to teach communications skills to libertarians, free market advocates and civil libertarians. 0 0 482276 Content Creation and Publication: Improved our website (theadvocates.org) and expanded our Quiz Engagement Program to include more information for audiences to understand and compare their political viewpoints. Released new political opinion surveys to gauge the public's views and opinions about important civic and social issues; published original weekly articles. Launched ASG.Stream, a video streaming service available to the general public and sponsored in-person screenings of select, original short films. 79927 Digital Outreach: Attracted 460,000 new visitors to our website theadvocates.org, with over 1.59 million unique pageviews. Our World's Smallest Political Quiz, which educates students, teachers, and the general public about five distinct political philosophies, was taken 450,000 times at our website. Across social media platforms, we reached an audience of more than 30 million people with our digital content. 15480 526 Other Educational Programs:Distributed Operation: Politically Homeless kits to various nonpartisan individuals and student activist groups for use in educating the public about libertarian ideas and important civic issues. Each kit reaches an average of several hundreds of individuals. 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(f) Balance Due $ 0.(g) Loan in Default? = No(h) Approved by Board or Committee? = Yes(i) Written Agreement? = No Sch L, Part IV, Business Transactions Involving Interested Persons: (a) Name of Person: The Morning Star Institute(b) Relationship Between Interested Person and Organization:The Morning Star Institute (TMSI) is owned by Board Chair Chris Rufer.(c) Amount of Transaction $ 277,163(d) Description of Transaction: The Advocates does not have any employees. Michael Sertic, President, is an employee of and was compensated by The Morning Star Institute (TMSI). TMSI is owned by Board Chair Chris Rufer. The Advocates reimburses TMSI for payroll costs for the President and other employees based upon time allocations and payroll costs each pay period. TMSI charges certain fees to cover the costs of processing payroll. The total amount during 2023 for all employees allocating time to the Advocates was $277,163.(e) Sharing of Organization Revenues? = No Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: Our Mission: To attract and persuade people to embrace libertarian principles and to empower libertarians to be highly successful at presenting the ideas of liberty to the world. We accomplish our mission by: Changing the dominant "Left-Right" political model -- which excludes libertarians -- to a more accurate and inclusive map like the one used by the World's Smallest Political Quiz, thus literally putting libertarians on the map. Identifying large numbers of new libertarian-leaning people through our online World's Smallest Political Quiz, our Operation Politically Homeless (OPH) kits, and quiz engagement initiatives, and introducing them to the ideas of liberty and effective ways to communicate those ideas to others. Training libertarian activists in proven, persuasive communications techniques that let them engage their fellow citizens and move the political debate toward freedom, opportunity and respect for others. Offering products to help libertarians rapidly grow their organizations by identifying and activating large numbers of potential libertarian activists. Educating new and prospective libertarians on the philosophy of freedom. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Chris Rufer, Todd Rufer and Karrie Rufer have family and business relationships. Chris Rufer, Michael Sertic, and Emily Henkel have business relationships. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b The Organization has no committees with the authority to act on behalf of the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Form 990 and all applicable schedules and statements, hereafter referred to collectively as "Form 990", were provided to the Board. The Board reviewed form 990 for accuracy and completeness. Any questions that arose from the Board's reviews were addressed and/or resolved, as applicable, prior to filing Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Board Chair understands the policy and watches for activities relative to compliance. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Financials are available upon written request to Advocates for Self-Government, Inc. Form 990 Part VII, Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, Highest Compensated Employees, and Independent Contractors: Leased Employees: The Advocates does not have any employees. Michael Sertic, President, is an employee of and was compensated by The Morning Star Institute (TMSI), owned by Board Chair Chris Rufer. The Advocates reimburses TMSI for payroll costs of the President and other employees based upon time allocations and payroll costs each pay period. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Leased employee costs: Program service expenses 132,712. Management and general expenses 73,229. 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