Other 98% Action

The Other 98% Action is the lobbying arm of the Other 98%, a left-of-center digital activism organization responsible for the Other 98% Facebook page. 1

At-A-Glance

Website: other98.com
Formation:

2004

Location: Vashon, WA View on map
Tax ID: 04-3578179
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $698,477 Revenue: $1,183,065 Expenses: $1,112,134

Contents

    About

    There is little information on The Other 98% Action‘s activities. According to publicly available tax filing information, the Other 98% Action first filed in 2004, predating the 2010 founding of the Other 98% by six years. 2

    The organization claims on its tax returns that it “is one of the loudest voices in the progressive social media world” and that it operates the largest Facebook page supporting Medicare for All. 3

    Finances

    Its 2019 publicly available filings show total revenues of $346,129 and total expenses of $347,764. 4

    The organization’s 2019 filings show that most of its revenues ($282,886) came from “Program Service Fees.” It is unclear what services the organization rendered, or which organizations paid the Other 98% Action for its services.

    The organization’s 2019 filings show that nearly all of its expenses went towards salaries and employee expenses. Its largest expense category, “other fees for non-employee services,” totaled $178,710. 2 Despite that amount exceeding 10% of the organization’s total expenses, the Other 98% Action does not disclose the nature of these “other” expenditures. 5

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $698,477 $1,183,065 $1,112,134 View
    2023 $425,671 $923,435 $877,475 View
    2022 $362,727 $912,873 $841,127 View
    2021 $285,903 $577,766 $591,516 View
    2020 $296,713 $646,590 $502,496 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 1

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Andrew MenconiCreative Director$182,239

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $384,000
    • Number of Grants: 19
    • Number of Funders: 8

    Mentioned in this Article

    References

    1. “The Other 98% Facebook Page.” Facebook. Accessed May 20, 2021. https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/.
    2. “The Other 98% Action .” Guidestar. Accessed May 20, 2021. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/04-3578179.
    3. Other 98% Action, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2019, Part III Line 4a https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/43578179/10_2020_prefixes_04-13%2F043578179_201912_990O_2020100917364162
    4. Other 98% Action, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2019, Part I https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/43578179/10_2020_prefixes_04-13%2F043578179_201912_990O_2020100917364162
    5. “The Other 98% Action .” Guidestar. Accessed May 20, 2021. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/04-3578179. ; “2020 IRS Schedule O Instructions .” IRS. Accessed May 20, 2021. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f990so_accessible.pdf.