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ParentsTogether Foundation

Website:

parents-together.org/
Location:

Washington, DC
Tax ID:

46-4838094
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2020):

Revenue: $2,586,202
Expenses: $1,443,813
Assets: $2,002,124
Type:

Research organization

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The ParentsTogether Foundation is a left-of-center organization that publishes on various topics that affect families and children 1 such as voting as a family, parenting styles, parental tool kits, pumping breastmilk at the workplace, 2 and fentanyl deaths among teens. 3

Activities

The ParentsTogether Foundation organized a demonstration outside of the U.S Capitol on December 13, 2021 in support of the child tax credit portion of the proposed Build Back Better bill. The foundation was advocating for renewal of the child tax credit that provided monthly checks to millions of families in the previous year, which was expanded temporarily in 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021. The legislation would have made the existing $2,000 credit per child more generous, with up to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 per child ages 6 through 17. This expansion ended in December 2021. 4

The foundation circulated a petition against the Trump administration’s policies regarding school lunches, calling them “racist, xenophobic and immoral.” This petition was created using the Action Network, 5 an online tool for left-of-center outlets to organize and circulate petitions for left-of-center causes. 6

The foundation fielded two rounds of research about the internalized narratives and emotions of Americans in relation to family and childrearing, in order to identify successful messaging. From May to July 2022, the foundation used the platform Avalanche to field two rounds of research that included deep listening instruments to a sample of more than 10,000 registered voters nationally. 7

Funding

On July 7, 2022 the ParentsTogether Foundation received funding as part of the Stronger Democracy Award, a $22 million grant competition that was launched in March 2021 8 by Lever for Change, which manages and promotes grant making competitions and has financed more than $1 billion in grants. 9 The award is designed to incentivize reforms in three main areas: policy making, voting and elections, and civic management. The award was also sponsored by the Patchwork Collective, Cipora and Vlado Herman, and Additional Ventures. 10

People

Justin Ruben is the co-founder, co-director, and co-publisher of the ParentsTogether Foundation. He was a previous executive director, board president, and organizing director of MoveOn.org. 11 12

References

  1. “About Us.” ParentsTogether. Last modified August 12, 2020. https://parents-together.org/about-us/.
  2. “Better World Archives.” ParentsTogether. Accessed October 30, 2022. https://parents-together.org/category/news/better-world/.
  3. “Health & Science Archives.” ParentsTogether. Accessed October 30, 2022. https://parents-together.org/category/news/health-science/.
  4.  Konish, Lorie. “Democrats Are Pushing to Renew the Expanded Child Tax Credit. Here’s Why That Hasn’t Happened Yet.” CNBC. Last modified May 5, 2022. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/05/why-the-child-tax-credit-has-not-been-expanded-despite-democrats-support.html.
  5. “Don’t Let Trump Take Food Stamps and School Lunch from Immigrant Kids.” Action Network. Accessed October 30, 2022. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/dont-let-trump-take-food-stamps-and-school-lunch-from-immigrant-kids.
  6. “About Us – Action Network.” Action Network. Last modified August 16, 2022. https://actionnetwork.org/about-us/.
  7. ParentsTogether Action: Finding a Families First Narrative — Avalanche.” Avalanche. Accessed October 30, 2022. https://www.avalancheinsights.com/parents-together-action-finding-a-families-first-narrative.
  8. “Recipients Selected for $22 Million Award to Strengthen Democracy in the United States.” Lever for Change. Accessed October 26, 2022. https://www.leverforchange.org/library/news-blogs/recipients-selected-for-22-million-award-to-strengthen-democracy-in-the-united-states/.
  9. “Purpose.” Lever for Change. Accessed October 26, 2022. https://www.leverforchange.org/about-us/about/.
  10. “Recipients Selected for $22 Million Award to Strengthen Democracy in the United States.” Lever for Change. Accessed October 26, 2022. https://www.leverforchange.org/library/news-blogs/recipients-selected-for-22-million-award-to-strengthen-democracy-in-the-united-states/.
  11. “Justin Ruben.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 30, 2022. https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-ruben-75806a8.
  12. “What is MoveOn?” MoveOn: People-Powered Progress. Last modified January 16, 2020. https://front.moveon.org/about/#.WRXt44krK9Y.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: September 1, 2014

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2020 Dec Form 990 $2,586,202 $1,443,813 $2,002,124 $258,301 Y $2,570,437 $0 $2,841 $177,016
    2019 Dec Form 990 $894,403 $1,118,380 $809,311 $207,877 N $889,365 $0 $554 $205,740 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $1,010,780 $853,295 $935,086 $109,675 Y $1,002,056 $0 $495 $230,191 PDF
    2017 Dec Form 990 $656,620 $633,014 $761,574 $93,648 Y $650,250 $0 $302 $236,996 PDF
    2016 Dec Form 990 $937,098 $611,583 $722,031 $77,711 N $936,845 $0 $253 $192,628 PDF
    2015 Dec Form 990 $506,494 $187,689 $412,773 $93,968 N $506,462 $0 $32 $42,392 PDF

    ParentsTogether Foundation


    Washington, DC