CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC (EIN 39-1777402)
Tax period
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed
2020-05-20
IRS object ID
202031419349301448
Schema version
2019v5.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Return2020-05-20T14:06:20-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2019-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2019-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

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MissionAN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN, PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON INVESTIGATING AND PUBLICIZING THE HIDDEN INFLUENCE OF POWERFUL SPECIAL INTERESTS ON AMERICA'S MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY, AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC OPINION, PUBLIC POLICY, AND ELECTIONS.MissionDesc
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Revenue$0RevenueAmt
DescTHE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY (CMD) IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WATCHDOG THAT LEADS IN-DEPTH, AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CORRUPTION THAT UNDERMINES OUR DEMOCRACY, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. CMD PUBLISHES EXPOSEDBYCMD, PRWATCH AND SOURCEWATCH. SOURCEWATCH PROFILES THE ACTIVITIES OF FRONT GROUPS, PR SPINNERS, INDUSTRY-FRIENDLY EXPERTS, INDUSTRY-FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS, AND THINK TANKS TRYING TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION ON BEHALF OF CORPORATIONS OR THE GOVERNMENT IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIC FORMAT THAT INCLUDES COMPILATION OF OUR ORIGINAL REPORTING. EXPOSEDBYCMD AND PRWATCH PROFILE THESE SAME TOPICS IN THE FORMAT OF DAILY ORIGINAL REPORTING INCLUDING REFERENCES TO RESEARCH COMPILED IN SOURCEWATCH ENTRIES. TOPICS COVERED ON EXPOSEDBYCMD, PRWATCH AND SOURCEWATCH IN 2019 INCLUDED ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, ECONOMIC, LABOR, EDUCATION, AND DEMOCRACY ISSUES.Desc
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
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Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,745,444CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$713,989CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,011,821CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,697,264TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$713,989CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,011,821CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,697,264TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Public Support Total170$3,913,173PublicSupportTotal170Amt

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,470CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,394CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$126CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$21CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,246TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$480CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$215CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$334CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$22,097TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$10,238GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
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Public Support PY1700.56980PublicSupportPY170Pct
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

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$774,551FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$774,551FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$141,183FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$35,296FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$239,803CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$242,162CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$154,068CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$141,183CurrentYearAmt
Total$777,216TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,165,824LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$3,000CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Total$3,000TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$59,951CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$60,541CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$38,517CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$35,296CurrentYearAmt
Total$194,305TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$291,458GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$3,000CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Total$3,000TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$4,953OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$4,953DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$5,839OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$5,839DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$0TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDEFERRED RENT LIABILITYDesc
Amt$6,755Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$6,755TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,016,743TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$1,200DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$1,200RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,015,543RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,015,543TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$774,552TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$1,200DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$1,200ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$773,352ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$773,352TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1AMERICAN FAMILY VOICESBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11250 I ST NW 250AddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20005ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN522257357RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(C)(4)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$50,000CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantPOPULIST ECONOMIC PROJECTPurposeOfGrantTxt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS ALL GRANT REPORTS FROM RECIPIENTS CONCERNING HOW FISCAL SPONSOR FUNDS WERE USED, AND REQUIRES AN AGREEMENT WITH RECIPIENTS THAT THE FUNDS WILL NOT BE USED FOR LOBBYING OR ANY OTHER NON-EXEMPT ACTIVITY.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
ARN PEARSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$152,560$0$0$0$0$0$2,163$0$14,762$0$169,485$0$0$0
ERIC WITTSTEIN
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS$170,600$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$170,600$0$0$0

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonLISA GRAVESPersonNm
Loan PurposeTO ASSIST WITH CASH FLOWLoanPurposeTxt
Loan To OrganizationYes (X)LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal$25,000OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due$25,000BalanceDueAmt
Default0DefaultInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (1)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written AgreementYes (1)WrittenAgreementInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due$25,000TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE PREPARED FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CTHE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED AT LEAST ANNUALLY BY THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. ALL DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT ANNUALLY. ANY PERSON WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE TRANSACTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15ATHE GOVERNING BODY REVIEWS THE ASSESSMENT OF A NON-PROFIT EXECUTIVE RECRUITER BEFORE DETERMINING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. THE GOVERNING BODY ALSO COMPARES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION TO THE COMPENSATION PAID FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN 2018.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY, INC. HAS A POLICY OF NOT ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

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