2019-05-07T10:37:11-05:00 2018-12-31 233010968 MILLIGAN & COMPANY LLC 105 N 22ND ST FL 2 PHILADELPHIA PA 191031302 990 2018-01-01 230487205 COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY COMM 2155573600 123 SOUTH BROAD ST SUITE 1800 PHILADELPHIA PA 19109 DAVID THORNBURGH PRES/CEO 2155573600 2019-04-10 true MARK A JACKSON CPA P01703558 2154969100 2019-05-07 75.151.176.149 2019-05-07 10:37:11 CD P 673A12F66C42192C5177D37C8CFCF686B1F4C3F0 673A12F66C42192C5177D37C8CFCF686B1F4C3F0 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z DAVID THORNBURGH 123 SOUTH BROAD ST SUITE 1800 PHILADELPHIA PA 19109 1886476 false X WWW.SEVENTY.ORG X 2002 PA THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY IS A NONPARTISAN CIVIC LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES REPRESENTATIVE, ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY. 59 58 5 250 0 1099217 1886461 0 1607 15 0 1100824 1886476 0 0 568870 641136 0 186958 458028 849668 1026898 1490804 73926 395672 523271 922152 131298 134507 391973 787645 X THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY IS A NONPARTISAN CIVIC LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES REPRESENTATIVE, ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY. true false 541493 DRAW THE LINES SINCE DRAW THE LINES OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2018, IT HAS ENGAGED OVER 1,500 PEOPLE IN DRAWING ELECTION MAPS AROUND PENNSYLVANIA ON A CUSTOM-DESIGNED PLATFORM CALLED DISTRICTBUILDER, INCLUDING 318 COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED MAPS TO OUR INAUGURAL COMPETITION LAST FALL. DTL AWARDED OVER 32,000 IN PRIZES TO STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL HONOREES FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND ENGAGEMENT IN CONGRESSIONAL MAPPING. IN THE FALL ALONE, DTL CONNECTED WITH OVER 2,000 PENNSYLVANIANS AT 70+ EVENTS STATEWIDE. DTL GENERATED OVER 50 MEDIA STORIES IN 2018, INCLUDING SPOTLIGHTS IN THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, WHYY, WITF, AND WESA PUBLIC MEDIA, AND NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL OUTLETS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. DTL'S STEERING COMMITTEE OF 60+ RESPECTED CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IS LED BY RESPECTED OFFICIALS LIKE FORMER GOVERNOR MARK SCHWEIKER, FORMER STATE SENATOR MIKE BRUBAKER, CURRENT URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARMAIN MATLOCK-TURNER, FORMER SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE MAUREEN LALLY-GREEN, FORMER US ATTORNEY FRED THIEMAN, AND DIRECTOR OF THE PA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SANDY STRAUSS. 322596 ELECTION PROGRAM & CIVIC EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY GREATLY INCREASED OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORTS AROUND THE MAY PRIMARY AND NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTIONS. FROM CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS AND FORUMS, TO A NEW APP THAT PUT ALL OF OUR ELECTION DAY RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, WE EXPERIENCED RECORD-BREAKING LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH PHILADELPHIANS THIS YEAR. AT A TIME WHEN ALL NEWS IS SEEMINGLY NATIONAL, AND VERY LITTLE TO NO COVERAGE IS GIVEN TO STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS, SEVENTY HAS DEDICATED PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES TO MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY HARRISBURG MATTERS, EVEN HOSTING AN EVENT BY THAT TITLE. RECENT RETIREMENTS HAVE CAUSED THE PHILADELPHIA DELEGATION TO LOSE OVER 80 YEARS OF SENIORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE. THE COMPETITIVE RACES FOR THESE OPEN SEATS PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF HARRISBURG IN SOLVING CRITICAL ISSUES IN PHILADELPHIA, AND TO INTRODUCE A WIDE AUDIENCE TO THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR POSITIONS. THROUGH A SERIES OF SPECIAL EDITIONS OF SEVENTYS PODCAST, 20 BY SEVENTY, CANDIDATES SPOKE WITH CEO DAVID THORNBURGH TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO VOTERS. SEVENTY ALSO PARTNERED WITH AL DA NEWS TO HOST A CANDIDATE FORUM IN THE 197TH DISTRICT IN THE LARGELY HISPANIC SECTION OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA. SEVENTYS ONLINE VOTER ENGAGEMENT EXPANDED AND BECAME MORE REFINED IN 2018. THE ORGANIZATIONS NOW WELL-KNOWN VOTER GUIDE WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A THREE QUESTION SURVEY GIVEN TO EVERY CANDIDATE AND IT ATTRACTED MORE VISITORS: 71,000 LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION MORE THAN IN ANY PRIOR YEAR. SEVENTY ALSO CONTINUED USE OF ITS DIGITAL BALLOT TOOL, AN INNOVATIVE RESOURCE THAT WAS COMPLEMENTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEVOTE APP TO BRING THE TOOL TO USERS PHONES. SEVENTY PROMOTED THESE ITEMS HEAVILY VIA EMAIL (18,000+ USERS), FACEBOOK (6,700+ FOLLOWERS) AND TWITTER (8,450+ FOLLOWERS), INCLUDING PAID BOOSTS TARGETING CITY RESIDENTS AGED 18 TO 65+. 224856 THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY IS A NONPARTISAN CIVIC LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES REPRESENTATIVE, ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY. 1088945 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 31 0 true 5 true false false false false true true true true false false false false false false false false X 59 58 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false PA X X X DAVID THORNBURGH 2155573600 123 SOUTH BROAD ST PHILADELPHIA PA 19109 SEE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPLETE LISTING BOD 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID THORNBURGH PRES/CEO 50.00 X X 260997 0 42301 LAUREN CRISTELLA CHIEF ADVANC 50.00 X 103085 0 14354 364082 56655 2 false true false 1886461 1886461 15 15 1886476 15 307531 228762 35652 43117 252839 131381 50156 71302 17918 11515 2744 3659 26604 17098 4074 5432 36244 23294 5550 7400 38645 38645 124204 108518 15686 16155 16155 7458 6052 690 716 9297 8515 383 399 72958 59193 6742 7023 4388 1097 3291 686 686 5082 4123 470 489 6750 6750 PROJECT EXPENSES 527661 449254 52271 26136 TELECOMMUNICATION 12708 10311 1174 1223 DUES & SUBCRIPTIONS 10794 8635 540 1619 FOOD & CATERING 6119 3481 377 2261 6763 1561 4706 496 1490804 1088945 214901 186958 409251 503566 74359 399002 10357 10840 86273 77529 13825 8744 15479 523271 922152 25701 69509 75000 38000 30597 26998 131298 134507 X 330223 362922 61750 424723 391973 787645 523271 922152 395672 X false true X true false X 939568 1034594 1100481 1099217 1886461 6060321 939568 1034594 1100481 1099217 1886461 6060321 6060321 81 30 23 1607 1741 6062062 15 0.99970 0.95130 X 6548 4510 11058 1479746 1490804 224080 56020 176845 177690 224080 578615 867923 7586 5619 11058 24263 44211 44423 56020 144654 216981 6097 4573 6548 17218 86273 77529 8744 8744 DEFERRED RENT 20447 CAPITAL LEASE PAYABLE 6551 26998 X 1902393 15917 15917 1886476 1886476 1506721 15917 15917 1490804 1490804 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X SEVENTY IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER IRC SECTION 501(A) AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. SINCE ITS INITIAL FILING FOR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, SEVENTY HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS") THAT SUCH TAX-EXEMPT STATUS HAS BEEN CHALLENGED OR CHANGED. THERE WAS NO TAXABLE INCOME DURING 2017 AND 2016; THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SEVENTY IS REQUIRED TO REPORT INFORMATION REGARDING ITS EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS TAX POSITIONS TAKEN. SEVENTY HAS DETERMINED WHETHER ANY TAX POSITIONS MET THE RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND HAS MEASURED ITS EXPOSURE TO THOSE TAX POSITIONS. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES SEVENTY HAS ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED ALL RELEVANT TAX POSITIONS AND THERE ARE NO UNRECORDED TAX LIABILITIES. NO INTEREST OR PENALTIES FROM FEDERAL AND STATE TAX AUTHORITIES WERE RECORDED IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SEVENTY IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS. SEVENTY BELIEVES IT IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 2015. X false false false false false false false false false DAVID THORNBURGH PRES/CEO 260997 42301 303298 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY IS A NONPARTISAN CIVIC LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES REPRESENTATIVE, ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 2 DRAW THE LINES PA IS A NONPARTISAN EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE CREATED BY SEVENTY AROUND THE ISSUE OF REDISTRICTING. DTL TAKES THE SAME TYPE OF DATA AND TECHNOLOGY THAT THE POLITICAL PROS USE TO GERRYMANDER DISTRICTS, AND GIVES IT TO PENNSYLVANIA'S STUDENTS AND VOTERS SO THEY CAN DRAW THEIR OWN ELECTION MAPS. MAPPERS USE A GIS MAPPING PLATFORM CALLED DISTRICTBUILDER, AND THE DTL WEBSITE (DRAWTHELINESPA.ORG) CONTAINS A HOST OF RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORT.PENNSYLVANIANS CAN THEN SUBMIT THEIR MAPS TO OUR SPRING COMPETITION, WHERE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE FROM A 35,000 STATEWIDE PURSE. THEIR MAPS ARE JUDGED BY A VOLUNTEER STEERING COMMITTEE MADE OF A DIVERSE RANGE OF RESPECTED CIVIC, BUSINESS, AND POLITICAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, REPRESENTING ALL RANGES OF IDEOLOGY. AFTER DRAWING THEIR MAP, PENNSYLVANIANS CAN SHARE IT WITH THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO URGE REFORM. ULTIMATELY, DRAW THE LINES IS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT THE VOTERS OF PA ARE READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO DO THIS CORE WORK OF DEMOCRACY. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A DRAW THE LINES SINCE DRAW THE LINES OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2018, IT HAS ENGAGED OVER 1,500 PEOPLE IN DRAWING ELECTION MAPS AROUND PENNSYLVANIA ON A CUSTOM-DESIGNED PLATFORM CALLED DISTRICTBUILDER, INCLUDING 318 COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED MAPS TO OUR INAUGURAL COMPETITION LAST FALL. DTL AWARDED OVER 32,000 IN PRIZES TO STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL HONOREES FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND ENGAGEMENT IN CONGRESSIONAL MAPPING. IN THE FALL ALONE, DTL CONNECTED WITH OVER 2,000 PENNSYLVANIANS AT 70+ EVENTS STATEWIDE. DTL GENERATED OVER 50 MEDIA STORIES IN 2018, INCLUDING SPOTLIGHTS IN THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, WHYY, WITF, AND WESA PUBLIC MEDIA, AND NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL OUTLETS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. DTL'S STEERING COMMITTEE OF 60+ RESPECTED CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IS LED BY RESPECTED OFFICIALS LIKE FORMER GOVERNOR MARK SCHWEIKER, FORMER STATE SENATOR MIKE BRUBAKER, CURRENT URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARMAIN MATLOCK-TURNER, FORMER SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE MAUREEN LALLY-GREEN, FORMER US ATTORNEY FRED THIEMAN, AND DIRECTOR OF THE PA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SANDY STRAUSS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ELECTION PROGRAM & CIVIC EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY GREATLY INCREASED OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORTS AROUND THE MAY PRIMARY AND NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTIONS. FROM CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS AND FORUMS, TO A NEW APP THAT PUT ALL OF OUR ELECTION DAY RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, WE EXPERIENCED RECORD-BREAKING LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH PHILADELPHIANS THIS YEAR. AT A TIME WHEN ALL NEWS IS SEEMINGLY NATIONAL, AND VERY LITTLE TO NO COVERAGE IS GIVEN TO STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS, SEVENTY HAS DEDICATED PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES TO MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY HARRISBURG MATTERS, EVEN HOSTING AN EVENT BY THAT TITLE. RECENT RETIREMENTS HAVE CAUSED THE PHILADELPHIA DELEGATION TO LOSE OVER 80 YEARS OF SENIORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE. THE COMPETITIVE RACES FOR THESE OPEN SEATS PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF HARRISBURG IN SOLVING CRITICAL ISSUES IN PHILADELPHIA, AND TO INTRODUCE A WIDE AUDIENCE TO THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR POSITIONS. THROUGH A SERIES OF SPECIAL EDITIONS OF SEVENTYS PODCAST, 20 BY SEVENTY, CANDIDATES SPOKE WITH CEO DAVID THORNBURGH TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO VOTERS. SEVENTY ALSO PARTNERED WITH AL DA NEWS TO HOST A CANDIDATE FORUM IN THE 197TH DISTRICT IN THE LARGELY HISPANIC SECTION OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA. SEVENTYS ONLINE VOTER ENGAGEMENT EXPANDED AND BECAME MORE REFINED IN 2018. THE ORGANIZATIONS NOW WELL-KNOWN VOTER GUIDE WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A THREE QUESTION SURVEY GIVEN TO EVERY CANDIDATE AND IT ATTRACTED MORE VISITORS: 71,000 LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION MORE THAN IN ANY PRIOR YEAR. SEVENTY ALSO CONTINUED USE OF ITS DIGITAL BALLOT TOOL, AN INNOVATIVE RESOURCE THAT WAS COMPLEMENTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEVOTE APP TO BRING THE TOOL TO USERS PHONES. SEVENTY PROMOTED THESE ITEMS HEAVILY VIA EMAIL (18,000+ USERS), FACEBOOK (6,700+ FOLLOWERS) AND TWITTER (8,450+ FOLLOWERS), INCLUDING PAID BOOSTS TARGETING CITY RESIDENTS AGED 18 TO 65+. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE FULL BOARD RECEIVES A REVIEW COPY FOR COMMENT AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING THE 990. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ANNUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEVENTY'S CODE OF ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY FOR SEVENTY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. DIRECTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO NOTIFY SEVENTY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS CONFLICTS ARISE. ANNUAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE ON FILE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO. THE PRESIDENT & CEO REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR OTHER SENIOR MANAGEMENT. BOTH ARE PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENT AND APPROVAL. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO. THE PRESIDENT & CEO REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR OTHER SENIOR MANAGEMENT. BOTH ARE PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENT AND APPROVAL. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEVENTY'S FORM 990S ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE WWW.SEVENTY.ORG AND WWW.GUIDESTAR.COM. COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY HAS A VALID 501(H) ELECTION IN EFFECT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2013. IN 2018, THE ORGANIZATION INCURRED GRASS ROOT LOBBYING EXPENSE OF 6,548, AND DIRECT LOBBYING EXPENSE OF 4,510.