MAPLIGHT: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
MAPLIGHT (EIN 33-1094233)
Tax period
2020-07-01 to 2021-06-30
Filed
2022-04-05
IRS object ID
202230959349301168
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
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Total$7,407,531TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,519,544CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,534,300CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,481,238CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,517,911CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,354,538CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,407,531TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$2,209,147SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$5,198,384PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$8,686CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$4,300CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,036CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$912CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$59CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$17,993TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,196CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$5,559CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,552CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,642CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,359CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$27,308TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$7,452,832TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,427,204GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.69750PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.63000PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$14,853FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,958FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$17,811FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,928,589FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,946,400FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$247,320FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$61,830FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$265,794CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$245,778CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$235,163CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$247,320CurrentYearAmt
Total$994,055TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,491,083LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$32,506CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$14,274CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$9,538CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$17,811CurrentYearAmt
Total$74,129TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$66,449CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$61,445CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$58,791CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$61,830CurrentYearAmt
Total$248,515TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$372,773GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$31,213CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$8,864CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$8,455CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$14,853CurrentYearAmt
Total$63,385TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$68,888OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$66,035DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,853BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,853TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescPPP LoanDesc
Amt$244,683Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$244,683TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Daniel G Newman
President$219,949$7,191$8,458$235,598
Leon Smith II
Director of Engineering$179,669$3,944$6,750$190,363

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$406,868NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received1Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To ServicesExpanded work on the topic of disinformation on social media.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990 is prepared by the president, accounting firm, and bookkeeper, and is provided to each board member for review, prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsEmployees must disclose any actual, potential, or apparent conflict of interest to the President. Where appropriate, the President may require suitable remedial action, such as divestiture of adverse interests, recusal from certain decisions, or other action to avoid an appearance or existence of a conflict. As used herein, employee includes all those individuals working full or part-time for MapLight, whether in a paid or voluntary capacity, including board members, as well as all outside contractors who perform work for MapLight in a paid capacity.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe President's compensation is determined by the board and deliberations include comparability data.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesCompensation of employees other than the President is determined by the President and deliberations include comparability data.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableForm 990 on the website, other docs available upon request.

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