Ground Game Texas
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What it says it does
Ground Game Texas fights for democracy and social justice by working with organizers and activists to build issue campaigns across the state.
- Income
- $768,705
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Employees
- 178
- Volunteers
- 45
- Highest pay
- $120,250, treasurer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $713,342 spent. In 2024, Ground Game Texas mobilized thousands of working-class Texans across the state to take action through direct organizing, policy education, and ballot initiative campaigns rooted in the lived experiences of their communities. We collected over 60,000 signatures to advance progressive local ballot initiatives in cities across Texas including Dallas, Lockhart, Bastrop, and McAllen engaging primarily young, Black, and Latino residents who are often excluded from traditional campaign efforts. These campaigns led to the successful placement of ballot measures for marijuana decriminalization, local democracy reform, and campaign finance accountability. Our team trained and activated over volunteers and trained over 100 local field staff, many of them first-time participants, and to engage infrequent voters, connect neighbors around shared values, and organize local coalitions. When state officials and city attorneys attempted to block or delay implementation of voter-approved policies, we launched rapid response campaigns to defend the will of Texans including organizing public pressure, earned media, and direct action. These defensive strategies helped protect local autonomy and reinforce our broader fight against state interference and preemption. By centering campaigns around tangible, winnable issues and meeting people where they are Ground Game Texas is building the next generation of organizers and shaping a new political future for Texas from the ground up.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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