NEW MERIDIAN CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: NEW MERIDIAN CORPORATION (EIN 81-3949146)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2019-11-04
IRS object ID: 201923089349300867
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-11-04T09:43:40-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760269860	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blazek & Vetterling	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2900 Weslayan Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	770275132	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	813949146	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	New Meridian Corporation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	NEWM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5123993452	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9390 Research Blvd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78759	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Arthur A VanderVeen	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO & President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-11-04	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jody Blazek	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00072674	PTIN
Phone	7134395739	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-01-14 16:20:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Arthur A VanderVeen	PrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts	$21,169,200	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.newmeridiancorp.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2016	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	New Meridian's mission is to provide states with best-in-class, flexible assessments that measure whether students are on track to meet grade-level expectations and, ultimately, to success in college and career.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	19	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,590,101	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$200,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$20,869,643	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$20,759,711	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$17,711	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$209,489	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$24,477,455	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$21,169,200	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,502	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$3,452	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,678,057	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,700,964	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$13,569,093	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$17,879,187	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$15,248,652	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$20,583,603	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$9,228,803	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$585,597	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$16,833,495	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$25,968,442	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,141,097	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$15,690,447	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$9,692,398	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$10,277,995	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	New Meridian is an assessment design and development partner that helps states prepare today's students for the challenges of tomorrow. We do that by providing technical expertise and the highest quality, research-validated test content that is uniquely focused on critical thinking, reasoning, and communication skills the capabilities students will need to thrive in the future.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$19,044,393	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$3,452	GrantAmt
Revenue	$20,759,711	RevenueAmt
Desc	New Meridian partners with states to design and develop student assessments that measure the critical thinking and reasoning skills that are critical to students success. During this year, New Meridian developed educational assessments serving 3.6 million students. New Meridian also developed an innovative, hybrid approach to test development that enables states to flexibly optimize a blend of existing high-quality test content with new custom-developed content, raising quality while reducing costs and development times.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$19,044,393	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	33	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	19	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Arthur VanderVeen	PersonNm
Phone	5127717569	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9390 Research Blvd Ste 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78759	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Arthur VanderVeen
President/CEO	50.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$301,667	$0	$0
David T Conley
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jesse Markow
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Julie Mikuta
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Higgins
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gina Rivera
COO	50.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$150,931	$0	$13,302
Walter Sherwood
Chief Development Officer	50.00	0.00			$261,002	$0	$13,202	Yes (X)
Tracy Gardner
Assessment Ofc	50.00	0.00			$122,261	$0	$13,202		Yes (X)
Will Bunting
ED Program Mgmt	50.00	0.00			$126,000	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Bret Burkhart
Senior Controller	50.00	0.00			$111,425	$0	$11,956		Yes (X)
Greg Tucker
Mgr Test Dev	50.00	0.00			$103,279	$0	$13,202		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,176,565	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$64,864	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	7	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
NCS Pearson Inc
221 River Street	Hoboken	NJ	07030	Test content & devel	$10,854,933
Neil Lawrence Lane
1365 York Ave Apt 16K	New York	NY	10021	Legal services	$245,592
Human Resources Research
66 Canal Ctr Plaza 700	Alexandria	VA	223141578	Psychometric service	$284,787
Center for Assessment
31 Mount Vernon St	Dover	NH	03820	Psychometric service	$273,670

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$200,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$200,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Student evaluations	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$20,759,711	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$20,759,711	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$20,759,711	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$209,489	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$209,489	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$21,169,200	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$20,759,711	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$209,489	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,452	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,452	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$803,829	TotalAmt
Program Services	$589,492	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$214,337	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,598,834	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,368,652	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$230,182	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$131,797	TotalAmt
Program Services	$109,243	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,554	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$166,504	TotalAmt
Program Services	$135,819	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,685	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$235,336	TotalAmt
Management And General	$235,336	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,908	TotalAmt
Management And General	$97,908	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,837,135	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,403,660	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$433,475	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$47,749	TotalAmt
Management And General	$47,749	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,633	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,630	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,003	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,831	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,832	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,999	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$102,203	TotalAmt
Program Services	$83,368	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,835	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$235,106	TotalAmt
Program Services	$140,245	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$94,861	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,834	TotalAmt
Management And General	$26,834	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,589	TotalAmt
Management And General	$53,589	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Licensing fees	$146,000	$146,000
Dues & subscriptions	$14,863		$14,863

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,583,603	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,044,393	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,539,210	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,677,584	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,706,810	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,727,348	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,917,399	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$100,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,342,754	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,124,193	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,516	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,945	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$127,713	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$38,618	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,293	BOYAmt
EOY	$89,095	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,833,495	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,968,442	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,391,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,558,545	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$749,718	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,902	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,141,097	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,690,447	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,567,967	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,053,564	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$124,431	BOYAmt
EOY	$224,431	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,692,398	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,277,995	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,833,495	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,968,442	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$585,597	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$350,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$600,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,590,101	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$200,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,740,101	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$55,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,869,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$20,759,711	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$41,684,354	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$350,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$655,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,459,744	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$20,959,711	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,424,455	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,202,230	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,019	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,329,249	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,202,230	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,019	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,329,249	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$44,095,206	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$17,711	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$209,489	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$227,200	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$17,711	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$209,489	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$227,200	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$350,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$655,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,477,455	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$21,169,200	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,651,655	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First5 Years509	Yes (X)	First5Years509Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$83,416	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$28,057	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$55,359	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$44,297	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$10,561	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$33,736	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$89,095	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$21,169,200	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$21,169,200	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$21,169,200	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$20,583,603	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$20,583,603	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$20,583,603	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Arthur VanderVeen
President/CEO	$276,667	$25,000	$301,667
Gina Rivera
COO	$150,931		$164,233	$13,302
Walter Sherwood
Chief Development Officer	$245,980	$15,022	$274,204	$13,202

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The 990 is distributed to the Board for review. A Board Meeting is called as outlined in the by-laws to approve the filing of the 990 by Board Resolution, with comments and votes to be recorded in the minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	New Meridian follows its Conflict of Interest Policy which requires directors and officers to be surveyed annually by the organization regarding any potential conflicts with the organization, its material contractors and/or customers. In the event of a conflict, the director or officer in conflict abstains from voting on matters in conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Board reviews comparability data for compensation and other factors to determine the compensation of the President/CEO, as well as the compensation approach used by the organization overall. The independent Directors vote to approve such compensation. The supporting data, deliberation, and vote is recorded in Board minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Organizational documents are available upon request, but that no request was made.