TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE (EIN 76-0481649)
Tax period
2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed
2019-11-14
IRS object ID
201923189349302907
Schema version
2018v3.1
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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Return2019-11-14T07:25:40-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2018-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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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$945,769CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,661,671CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,035,966CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,716,214CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$543,368CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,902,988TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$4,142,325SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$3,760,663PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$155CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,191CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,607CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$6,826CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,176CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$19,955TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$7,922,943TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$2,994,676GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.47470PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.44220PublicSupportPY170Pct
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 Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$18,000FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$18,000FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,229,522FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,247,522FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$262,376FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$65,594FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$284,351CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$255,456CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$251,061CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$262,376CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,053,244TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,579,866LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$56,986CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$47,733CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$61,647CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$18,000CurrentYearAmt
Total$184,366TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$71,088CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$63,864CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$62,765CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$65,594CurrentYearAmt
Total$263,311TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$394,967GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee EtcfalseAgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct LiabYes (true)InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation ProvidedYes (X)ExplanationProvidedInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$176,400OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$176,400BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$389,855OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$93,794DepreciationAmt
Book Value$296,061BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$87,869OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$61,242DepreciationAmt
Book Value$26,627BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$499,088TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart IV, Line 2b: Explanation of escrow account liabilityFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTDS holds funds in its cash accounts for the Capital Litigation Communications Project. TDS has limited control over these funds and the receipts and disbursements are not reported as revenue and expenses of TDS.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1LOJ LuncheonEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$70,843GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$61,843CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$9,000GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$3,600RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$14,432FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$4,183OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$70,843GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$61,843CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$9,000GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$3,600RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$14,432FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$4,183OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$22,215DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$13,215NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Atlantic Ctr for Capital RepBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11315 Walnut StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityPhiladelphiaCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19107ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN814656775RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(c)(3)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$289,446CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance$0NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of GrantProgram supportPurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTexas Defender Service receives a report from the grantee at the end of the grant period to account for how the funds were spent and what was accomplished with the grant funds.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: The Capital Communications Project implements public education strategies to help increase success in capital litigation. The project develops and provides information to the public and interested stakeholders about the facts of these cases. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: The communications program sustains TDS communications through the website and social media regarding developments within TDS work and capital work in general.The Lethal Injection project monitors, litigates and advocates for a transparent lethal injection system in Texas.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe Executive Director reviews the 990 after it has been prepared by outside accountants then sends it to the board of directors for comment prior to filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe officers and directors of TDS are required to report any conflicts of interest throughout the year. Any conflicts reported are discussed by the governing body which decides how to handle the conflict of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe salary of the Executive Director is determined by the board of directors. Data regarding the salaries of other similarly sized non-profits is used to compare compensation. Comparison data was last used in 2012, but the Executive Director's salary has not changed since 2017.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesThe Executive Director sets the salaries of other employees in consultation with the board of directors. Salaries are set based on an existing internal salary scale which is compared to the salary scale of Federal Public Defenders in a similar position of responsibility and in the case of non-legal positions, to other similarly sized non-profits. Comparison data with other non-profits was last consulted in 2012.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableAll governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other IncreasesAdjustments to beginning asset values = $16485

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