MAPLIGHT: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
MAPLIGHT (EIN 33-1094233)
Tax period
2019-07-01 to 2020-06-30
Filed
2021-05-07
IRS object ID
202101279349301960
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$3,256,982SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$5,632,960PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$5,180CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,686CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,300CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,036CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$912CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$23,114TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$4,515CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$7,196CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,559CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,552CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$5,642CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$28,464TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$8,941,520TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,308,671GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.63000PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.60310PublicSupportPY170Pct
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$8,455FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,083FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$9,538FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,693,715FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,703,253FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$235,163FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$58,791FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$299,436CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$265,794CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$245,778CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$235,163CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,046,171TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,569,257LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$26,949CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$32,506CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$14,274CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$9,538CurrentYearAmt
Total$83,267TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$74,859CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$66,449CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$61,445CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$58,791CurrentYearAmt
Total$261,544TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$392,316GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$6,716CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$31,213CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$8,864CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$8,455CurrentYearAmt
Total$55,248TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$8,729OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$8,729DepreciationAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$56,416OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$53,643DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,773BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,773TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescPPP LoanDesc
Amt$244,683Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$244,683TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,820,705TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,820,705RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,820,705TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,703,253TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$1,703,253ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$1,703,253TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of June 30, 2020 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed.ExplanationTxt

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$239,539$11,131$8,971$259,641
Leon Smith II
Technical Director$181,057$6,529$7,972$195,558

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$408,792NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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 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.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4a - continued- our work has invigorated the national debate, empowered accountability advocates, and changed public policy. In the past year, we've also expanded our work combating digital deception, drawing attention to how micro-targeted political advertising and other strategies are being used to manufacture and manipulate public opinion during political events.

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