2022-11-10T11:08:21-06:00 2021-12-31 680037990 GILBERT CPAS 2880 GATEWAY OAKS DR STE 100 SACRAMENTO CA 95833 990 2021-01-01 330308483 FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION FIRS 4154605060 534 FOURTH STREET B SAN RAFAEL CA 94901 DAVID SNYDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4154605060 2022-11-08 1 DAVID SNYDER 999009999 LINDA D GEERY P00364484 9166466464 2022-11-08 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z DAVID SNYDER 534 FOURTH STREET B SAN RAFAEL CA 94901 1033304 0 X WWW.CFAC.ORG X 1988 CA DEDICATED TO ADVANCING FREE SPEECH, GOVT. ACCOUNTABILITY & PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC AFFAIRS 29 29 5 0 0 0 952313 1027669 0 0 3836 5630 0 5 956149 1033304 0 0 0 0 509872 589462 83333 83333 83333 171411 203786 764616 876581 191533 156723 1174467 1357417 0 0 1174467 1357417 X THE FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION (FAC) IS AN AWARD-WINNING, NONPROFIT PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, MORE OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC AFFAIRS. THESE ATTRIBUTES, WE BELIEVE, ARE THE OXYGEN OF DEMOCRATIC SELF-GOVERNMENT. FOUNDED IN 1988, FAC ACTS LOCALLY, STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY. 0 0 637074 STRATEGIC LITIGATION, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACYFAC USES INTEGRATED ADVOCACY LITIGATION, EDUCATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO STRATEGICALLY ADVANCE OPEN GOVERNMENT, FREE-PRESS RIGHTS, AND THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW. SOME EXAMPLES OF IMPORTANT VICTORIES FAC ACHIEVED IN 2021: -FAC FORCED THE DISCLOSURE OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF FORMERLY SECRET RECORDS OF POLICE-MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS PART OF FAC'S LARGER CAMPAIGN TO ENFORCE AND STRENGTHEN CALIFORNIA'S SB 1421, A LANDMARK BILL THAT BROUGHT LONG-NEEDED TRANSPARENCY TO SUCH RECORDS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.)-FAC'S FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION AGAINST A STATE COURT SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENFORCED THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO WITNESS COURT PROCEEDINGS. THE LAWSUIT, BROUGHT JOINTLY WITH THE ACLU, SETTLED ON FAVORABLE TERMS FOR THE PUBLIC'S (AND PRESS') RIGHT OF ACCESS. IT WAS PART OF A BROADER, STATE-WIDE CAMPAIGN BY FAC AND ITS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS WERE NOT SHUT OUT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS, DESPITE RESTRICTIONS ON PHYSICAL ACCESS TO COURTS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. -FAC'S LAWSUIT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AGAINST VENTURA COUNTY RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF RECORDS RELATING TO COVID DEATHS IN THAT COUNTY. -FAC'S WORK ON AMICUS BRIEFS THROUGHOUT 2021, AT BOTH THE TRIAL COURT AND APPELLATE LEVEL, HELPED ADVANCE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF FREE EXPRESSION, PRESS FREEDOMS AND OPEN GOVERNMENT.SOME EXAMPLES OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING THE PUBLIC TO USE THEIR RIGHTS:-FAC HOSTED NUMEROUS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BOOT CAMPS TO PROVIDE JOURNALISTS WITH THE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THEIR REPORTING, WHETHER DAILY OR IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIVE WORK, BY USING FREEDOM-OF-INFORMATION LAWS MORE EFFECTIVELY.-FAC HOSTED AND/OR ORGANIZED MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS ON PRESSING FIRST AMENDMENT AND ACCESS ISSUES INCLUDING:A Q&A ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS OF THE JANUARY 6, 2021 CAPITOL RIOTS WITH NOTED SCHOLAR ERWIN CHEMERINSKY; "UNDERSTANDING POLICE RECORDS," JOINTLY PRODUCED WITH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC RADIO STATION KQED; "OPEN COURTS & RACIAL JUSTICE," JOINTLY PRODUCED WITH FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH, ON ACCESS TO COURTS AND RACIAL JUSTICE ON THE EVE OF THE TRIAL OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD.-FAC LAUNCHED ITS FIRST ORIGINAL MULTIMEDIA PROJECT, "PROTEST AND PUSHBACK," A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FAC AND CODE BLACK MEDIA THAT AIMED TO DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT'S ROLE IN THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES AND TO DOCUMENT NEW THREATS TO FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.-PARTNERING WITH FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH, FAC PRODUCED A TEACHER GUIDE ON COURT ACCESS TO DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURTS. SUBPOENA DEFENSE INITIATIVEFAC'S SUBPOENA DEFENSE INITIATIVE HELPS JOURNALISTS OPPOSE SUBPOENAS SEEKING THEIR CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES AND NOTES PROTECTED UNDER CALIFORNIA'S JOURNALIST SHIELD LAW. FAC ARRANGES FOR COUNSEL FOR JOURNALISTS OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY FOR LAWYERS. THE INITIATIVE ALSO INCLUDES TRAINING SEMINARS FOR LAWYERS, TEACHING THEM THE DETAILS OF JOURNALIST SUBPOENA DEFENSE. IN 2021, FAC HOSTED TWO ATTORNEY TRAINING SESSIONS AND CO-HOSTED ONE JOURNALIST TRAINING SESSION. LEGAL HOTLINE SERVICE IN 2021, FAC STAFF AND OUR PARTNERS AT BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 800 QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESSING PUBLIC RECORDS, PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, AND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT FAC WORKS WITH ALLIES TO ADVOCATE FOR BILLS IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD EXPAND THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC ACCESS OR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND TO OPPOSE BILLS THAT WOULD LIMIT THESE RIGHTS. 637074 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 CA X GILBERT CPAS 9166466464 2880 GATEWAY OAKS DR STE 100 SACRAMENTO CA 95833 PETER SCHEER PRESIDENT 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DUFFY CAROLAN PAST PRESIDENT 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DICK ROGERS VICE PRESIDENT 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SCOTT LINDLAW SECRETARY 0.00 X X 0 0 0 HAROLD FUSON TREASURER 0.00 X X 0 0 0 TIM ALGER BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 LARA BERGTHOLD BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARCOS BRETON BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHERYL BROWN BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE B BRUGMANN BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS BURKE BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 SEWELL CHAN BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 ED CHAPUIS BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 ERWIN CHEMERINSKY BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALICA DEL VALLE BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD GINGRAS BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAY HARRIS BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEAN-PAUL JASSY BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA JUE BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 QUIENTIN KOPP BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM NEWTON BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 KARL OLSON BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 MEL OPOTOWSKY BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROWLAND REBELE BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 EDWARD WASSERMAN BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL MELAMED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE 0.00 X 0 0 0 JULIET WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATHERINE ROWLANDS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICARDO SANDOVAL-PALOS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SNYDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 140000 0 28298 140000 0 28298 1 0 1 0 0 11600 1016069 1027669 177 177 5453 0 5453 5453 5453 OTHER 900009 5 5 5 1033304 5 0 5630 168298 134638 33660 343462 274769 68693 24497 19598 4899 15409 12327 3082 37796 30237 7559 3481 3481 14015 14015 83333 83333 34011 27209 6802 43554 34844 8710 8939 7151 1788 26020 20816 5204 216 173 43 697 558 139 7841 6273 1568 LEGAL HOTLINE 65000 65000 OTHER 12 12 876581 637074 156174 83333 388616 364415 535472 993002 2110 2110 0 0 250379 1174467 1357417 0 0 X 1174467 1357417 1174467 1357417 1174467 1357417 156723 26227 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 524121 584619 618413 952313 1027669 3707135 524121 584619 618413 952313 1027669 3707135 1589050 2118085 1622 1292 6232 2363 177 11686 1431 153 2088 5 3677 3722498 0.56900 0.61020 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 1,431. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 153. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 2,088. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 5. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 1 294 1 771 0 1 2311 0 0 3376 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: FAC TOOK PUBLIC POSITIONS ON SIX BILLS BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IN 2021 THAT RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OF PROMOTING OPEN GOVERNMENT, A FREE PRESS AND FREE SPEECH. FAC'S ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF DRAFTING AND/OR EDITING LETTERS TO RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES, SENDING COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS AND FOLLOWERS, AND IN ONE INSTANCE AUTHORING AN OP-ED PUBLISHED IN A REGIONAL PUBLICATION. THE ONLY EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES WERE FOR STAFF, TIME, AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN PART II-B. 250379 31630 282009 221105 32139 2865 250379 199484 25065 3444 221105 219627 -5630 10922 3591 199484 201748 30811 10087 2845 219627 1.00000 0 0 2110 2110 0 0 X PART V, LINE 4: PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS GENERATE INCOME TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS. PART X, LINE 2: FAC HAS IMPLEMENTED THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES RELATED TO ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NO MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, FAC IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 2018. X X X X X 0 HOLLY MILLION 4200 PARK BLVD 544 OAKLAND CA 94602 FUNDRAISING 0 0 83333 0 83333 CA X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAVID SNYDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 140000 0 0 0 0 0 7500 0 20798 0 168298 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A UNDER THE BYLAWS, EACH OF THREE ORGANIZATIONS MAY APPOINT ONE MEMBER TO THE GOVERNING BOARD. THE APPOINTING ORGANIZATIONS ARE NON PROFIT JOURNALISM/MEDIA GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN FAC'S FOUNDING (IN 1988), BUT NO LONGER PLAY ANY ROLE IN FAC. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES ARE NOT OF A KIND THAT ARE LIKELY TO GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. HOWEVER, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND THE KEY EMPLOYEE ARE EXPECTED TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WHENEVER THEY ARISE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE DATA CONSIDERED COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS TO A LIMITED EXTENT. COMPENSATION FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.LAST DONE IN 2021. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.