2021-03-12T17:15:29-08:00 2020-12-31 954146931 Daniel R Moore CPA 10414 Olive St Temple City CA 91780 990 2020-01-01 571210185 PROCONORG LISTED AS PROCON ORG IN IRS RECORDS PROC 3105871470 530 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 201 SANTA MONICA CA 90401 STEVE C MARKOFF President & CEO 2021-03-12 true STEVE C MARKOFF 999009999 DANIEL R MOORE P00293381 6262428345 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X STEVE C MARKOFF 530 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 201 SANTA MONICA CA 904011422 132839 false X WWW.PROCON.ORG X 2004 CA PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING BY PRESENTING THE PROS AND CONS OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. X 7 7 3 1 0 518148 124971 10237 7868 5000 0 0 533385 132839 0 0 357426 102651 0 20367 199329 177631 556755 280282 -23370 -147443 160678 0 13235 0 147443 0 PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING, EDUCATION, AND INFORMED CITIZENSHIP BY PRESENTING ISSUES IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD, NONPARTISAN PRIMARILY PRO-CON FORMAT. false false 220510 7868 The award-winning ProCon.org website serves more than 20 million people each year, including students and teachers in more than 11,000 schools in all 50 states and 90 countries. Additionally, 37 U.S. state governments, 17 U.S. state departments of education, 31 foreign governments, 25 U.S. federal agencies, and thousands of media articles have cited ProCon.org.For each of its U.S. presidential election sites since 2008, ProCon.org has attracted millions of readers with its coverage of the candidates and their positions on key issues. In 2012, the New York Times (Great Free Websites for Teaching Election 2012, September 5, 2012) hailed the ProCon.org election site as the most comprehensive teaching tool for researching the candidates stance on issues. The Times recommended ProCon.org again in 2020 as among the essential election sites for students wanting to engage with that years presidential campaign (Natalie Proulx and Katherine Schulten, Election 2020: 11 Ways to Engage Students from Now until November, nytimes.com, May 21, 2020). 220510 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true 6 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 7 true false false false false false false true true false false true true false false true true false false false CA X STEVE C MARKOFF 3105871470 530 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 201 SANTA MONICA CA 90401 X STANLEY F SHIMOHARA CPA Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JADWIGA SZ- MARKOFF MD PHD emeritus 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE GATTO JD Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JACK GIRARDI JD Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF HARRIS interim chair 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE C MARKOFF interm ceo 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JENNIFER OWENS MSJ Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL G KLIEN Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 124971 124971 AD REVENUE 900099 7146 7146 LICENSE FEES 900099 722 722 7868 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132839 7868 0 0 0 0 0 0 91660 73328 9166 9166 1062 850 106 106 1607 1286 161 160 8322 6658 832 832 0 0 21439 21439 0 0 0 0 334 334 286 229 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23680 18944 2368 2368 16552 13242 1655 1655 PROFESSIONAL FEES 95770 95770 COMPUTER AND WEBSITE 10226 8181 1023 1022 VIDEO SUPPLIES 4500 4500 TAXES AND LICENSES 2315 2315 2529 1688 311 530 280282 220510 39405 20367 124688 0 0 0 304 0 0 0 0 4500 0 7505 0 0 0 0 0 0 23681 0 160678 0 13235 13235 0 X 140877 6566 147443 0 160678 0 -147443 X false false false X 1052732 830292 301862 517701 124971 2827558 0 0 1052732 830292 301862 517701 124971 2827558 2045656 781902 0 0 0 2827558 0.27650 0.28360 X Current Year Facts and Circumstances: ProCon.org had 27.65% of its support from the general public in 2020. On May 29, 2020, the Britannica Group announced its receipt of ProCon.org, the countrys leading source for information and research on all sides of the debatable issues of the day. Britannica is one of the most prominent educational publishers in the world, producer of not only the famed Encyclopaedia Britannica, the oldest continuously published (since 1768) and revised work in the English language, but also a large suite of resources for students, schools, and teachers in multiple languages. The Britannica Group is headquartered in Chicago.After May 29, ProCon.org. stopped raising donor support. Also, with release of ProCon.org web site the board of directors shut down the operations of ProCon.org and the associated administrative work. After funds were used for the transition to Britannica and all debts paid, the bank account of ProCon.org was closed. ProCon.org is holding the corporation open to monitor the work of Britannica on the ProCon.org web site. At some point in the future the ProCon.org corporation will be closed following all requirements of the California Secretary of State. Prior Year Facts and Circumstances: ProCon.org had 28.22% of its support from the general public in 2019. Procon.org maintained a program for the solicitation of funds from the general public. The ProCon.org website had a section for users to make donations. ProCon.org had 452 unique donors and sponsors in 2019. ProCon.org provides nonpartisan research on important policy issues so readers can see both sides of controversial topics, think critically about those issues, and develop or strengthen their own informed opinions. ProCon.org has built and maintains 89 websites dealing with various topics of social interest, which are collectively referred to as the ProCon.org website. The ProCon.org website had more than 19,000,000 users, over 42,000,000 page views in 2019. It has been used by more than 12,000 schools in all 50 states and 90 foreign countries. ProCon.org has been referenced by the mainstream media many times (CNN, BBC, NPR, Forbes, NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, PBS, Fox News, The Economist, etc.). ProCon.org has also been referenced by dozens of state governments, federal agencies, and international governments since its inception in July 2004 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 235064 102225 102225 132839 132839 382507 102225 102225 280282 280282 ProCon.org web site 2020-05-29 1 no value assigned Encyclopaedia Britannica 325 N LaSalle Street Suite 200 Chicago IL 60654 false false false false Sch N, Part III, Additional Information On May 29, 2020, the Britannica Group announced its receipt of ProCon.org, the countrys leading source for information and research on all sides of the debatable issues of the day. Britannica is one of the most prominent educational publishers in the world, producer of not only the famed Encyclopedia Britannica, the oldest continuously published (since 1768) and revised work in the English language, but also a large suite of resources for students, schools, and teachers in multiple languages. The Britannica Group is headquartered in Chicago.After May 29, ProCon.org. stopped raising donor support. Also, with release of ProCon.org web site the board of directors shut down the operations of ProCon.org and the associated administrative work. After funds were used for the transition to Britannica and all debts paid, the bank account of ProCon.org was closed. ProCon.org is holding the corporation open to monitor the work of Britannica on the ProCon.org web site. At some point in the future the ProCon.org corporation will be closed following all requirements of the California Secretary of State. Procon.org required a lot of funding to maintain. The founder was not able to continue the funding of ProCon.org. At the same time the founder did not want to shut down the ProCon.org web site because of the value to society. So, a solution was found. This was to give the web site to Encyclopedia Britannica. The Encyclopedia Britannica organization has the resources to continue the web site. Procon.org will continue as a corporation to monitor the work of Encyclopedia Britannica for a few years to ensure the work of ProCon.org web site continues in the established pro - con format and values. ProCon.org webs site has no commerical value. It cannot operate with out substanial donor support. therefor transfer of the web site to Britannica is valued at zero. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et STEVEN C MARKOFF AND JADWIGA S. Z-MARKOFF MARRIED. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO ALL OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT, COMMENTS ARE DISCUSSED AMONG BOARD MEMBERS AND REVISIONS ARE COMMUNICATED TO THE ACCOUNTANT PREPARING THE FORM 990. THEN THE FORM IS FINALIZED AND FILED. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.