PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP (EIN 23-2448881)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-15
IRS object ID: 201801359349312120
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-15T14:35:22-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Davis & Co CPAs PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9457 S University Blvd 410	AddressLine1Txt
City	Highlands Ranch	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80126	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	232448881	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Pennsylvania Public Interest Research	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	Group Inc	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	PENN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2157323747	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1429 Walnut Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Philadelphia	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Beth McConnell	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-05-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	James M Davis	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00290880	PTIN
Phone	3037916800	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Beth McConnell	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1420 Walnut Street 650	AddressLine1Txt
City	Philadelphia	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$335,469	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.pennpirg.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1986	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	PA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Public interest research, education, and advocacy in areas of general citizen concern including consumer protection, environment, energy policy, government accountability, and corporate responsibility.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$323,065	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$335,338	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$526	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$131	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$8,675	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$314,916	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$335,469	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$31,028	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$34,513	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$89,714	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$258,723	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$295,153	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$289,751	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$329,666	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$25,165	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,803	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,733,621	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,061,575	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$26,036	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$258,355	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,707,585	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,803,220	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Public interest research, education, and advocacy in areas of general citizen concern including consumer protection, environment, energy policy, government accountability, and corporate responsibility.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$198,734	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Public education and outreach: Recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, and conducting surveys and discussing issues with the public on the following issues:1. Stopping the overuse of antibiotics in our food supply2. Protecting our communities from dangerous toxic chemicals3. Lowering the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs 4. Fighting consumer rip offs and closing corporate tax loopholes.5. Ensuring the safety of food, toys and other products6. Stopping Identity theft7. Strengthening voting rights	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$24,676	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Researching & Influencing Public Policy: Staff engage in legislative activities including research, education, legal and policy development on the following issues:1. Stopping the overuse of antibiotics in our food supply2. Protecting our communities from dangerous toxic chemicals3. Lowering the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs 4. Fighting consumer rip offs and closing corporate tax loopholes.5. Ensuring the safety of food, toys and other products6. Stopping Identity theft7. Strengthening voting rights	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$223,410	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	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	false	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	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	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	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
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
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	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	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	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	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Leah Perkins	PersonNm
Phone	3035735995	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1543 Wazee Street 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Denver	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 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
Beth McConnell
President	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dana Dorman
Treasurer	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Vicky Kresge
Secretary	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Levana Layendecker
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul Copleman
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fund for Public Interest	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	294 Washington Street 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02108	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Program&fundraising	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$274,186	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$306,505	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$28,833	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$335,338	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$131	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$131	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	$335,469	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$131	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$30,687	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,084	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,534	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,069	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,141	TotalAmt
Program Services	$970	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$58	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$113	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,685	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,282	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$134	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$269	FundraisingAmt

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	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,775	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,775	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	$12,794	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,199	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,595	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$318	TotalAmt
Program Services	$271	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$255	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$935	TotalAmt
Program Services	$795	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$47	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$93	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$456	TotalAmt
Program Services	$387	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46	FundraisingAmt

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	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29	TotalAmt
Management And General	$29	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Citizen outreach	$274,186	$188,158	$86,028
Dues & memberships	$725	$725
Bad debts	$335	$284	$34	$17
Filing fees	$300			$300

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$329,666	TotalAmt
Program Services	$223,410	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,542	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$89,714	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$274,186	TotalAmt
Program Services	$188,158	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$86,028	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$195,021	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$228,888	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$312,472	BOYAmt
EOY	$584,331	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)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,971	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,971	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,388	BOYAmt
EOY	$132,248	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,082,873	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,149,975	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	$1,733,621	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,061,575	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,036	BOYAmt
EOY	$258,355	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,036	BOYAmt
EOY	$258,355	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,707,585	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,803,220	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,707,585	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,803,220	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,733,621	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,061,575	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$5,803	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$89,832	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
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 B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Substantially All Dues Nonded	Yes (true)	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$1,971	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,971	DepreciationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$1,149,975	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$425,301	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$89,832	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$89,832	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$335,469	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$335,469	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$329,666	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$329,666	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$329,666	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(4). has no items of unrelated business income and believes it has complied with all requirements necessary to maintain its status.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	Citizens become members by affirming their desire to join the organization and signing a statement to support the organization's mission.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings	The organization's governing board had no committees.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The draft 990 is sent to all board members prior to the return being finalized.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, the organization requires all officers, directors and individuals with substantial influence over the organization to complete an annual statement disclosing to the board any business, contractual or financial relationships the person has with other corporations. In addition, said persons have an ongoing obligation to disclose to the board any financial interest, direct or indirect, that the person would gain from any particular transaction, contract or policy under consideration by the organization. The board must address potential conflicts on a case-by-case basis, conflicted persons must abstain from the deliberation of the transaction, and corporate records must be maintained.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations. Documentation of the compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	Same process as noted above for staff positions.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are kept in our office and are not available to the public.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (34 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
Arizona PIRG Inc
130 N Central Ave 202	Phoenix	AZ	85004	050617269	Social welfare	AZ	501c4	NAOPI	false
Fair Share Inc
294 Washington Street 500	Boston	MA	02108	261525298	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
California PIRG
1314 H Street 202	Sacramento	CA	95814	942259710	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Campus Organizing Support Services
294 Washington St 500	Boston	MA	02108	271687873	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
NJPIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
104 Bayard St 6th FL	New Brunswick	NJ	08901	222708332	Social welfare	NJ	501c4	NAOPI	false
Colorado PIRG
1543 Wazee St 330	Denver	CO	80202	841188748	Social welfare	CO	501c4	NAOPI	false
ConnPIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
2074 Park Street 210	Hartford	CT	06106	061341175	Social welfare	CT	501c4	NAOPI	false
Earth Day 2020 Inc
1314 H Street 202	Sacramento	CA	95814	770274001	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment America Inc
1543 Wazee Street 410	Denver	CO	80202	205355252	Social welfare	CO	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment California Inc
1314 H Street 202	Sacramento	CA	95814	450493983	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment North Carolina Inc
19 W Hargett St 214	Raleigh	NC	27601	270141883	Social welfare	NC	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment Oregon Inc
1536 SE 11th Ave Suite B	Portland	OR	97214	208786506	Social welfare	OR	501c4	NAOPI	false
Florida PIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
3110 1st Ave North Suite 2H	St Petersburg	FL	33713	593109773	Social welfare	FL	501c4	NAOPI	false
Georgia PIRG Inc
108 E Ponce de Leon Ave 210	Decatur	GA	30030	582515543	Social welfare	GA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Illinois State PIRG Inc
328 S Jefferson St 620	Chicago	IL	60661	363673399	Social welfare	IL	501c4	NAOPI	false
Iowa PIRG Inc
2643 Beaver Ave 120	Des Moines	IA	50310	421488674	Social welfare	IA	501c4	NAOPI	false
MaryPIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
3121 St Paul St 26	Baltimore	MD	21218	521818910	Social welfare	MD	501c4	NAOPI	false
Montana State PIRG Inc
PO Box 505	Missoula	MT	59806	270496574	Social welfare	MT	801c4	NAOPI	false
New Hampshire PIRG Inc
75 S Main St 7-626	Concord	NH	03301	020508473	Social welfare	NH	501c4	NAOPI	false
New Mexico PIRG Fund Inc
PO Box 40173	Albuquerque	NM	87196	850403577	Social welfare	NM	501c4	NAOPI	false
North Carolina PIRG Citizen Lobby
19 W Hargett St 214	Raleigh	NC	27601	562136514	Social welfare	NC	501c4	NAOPI	false
Ohio PIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
692 N High St 202	Columbus	OH	43215	134262363	Social welfare	OH	501c4	NAOPI	false
Oregon State PIRG Inc
1536 SE 11th Ave Suite A	Portland	OR	97214	930855897	Social welfare	OR	501c4	NAOPI	false
PennEnvironment Inc
1429 Walnut St 1100	Philadelphia	PA	19102	020611111	Social welfare	PA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environmental Action Inc
294 Washington St 500	Boston	MA	02108	571176128	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Pesticide Watch Inc
1314 H Street 100A	Sacramento	CA	95814	770208947	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
PIRGIM Public Interest Lobby
313 State Street 5	Ann Arbor	MI	48104	382812867	Social welfare	MI	501c4	NAOPI	false
Rhode Island PIRG Inc
11 S Angell St 150	Providence	RI	02906	050517165	Social welfare	RI	501c4	NAOPI	false
Texas PIRG Inc
815 Brazos St 600	Austin	TX	78701	742990805	Social welfare	TX	501c4	NAOPI	false
Toxics Action Center Campaigns
294 Washington st 500	Boston	MA	02108	042980906	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Washington State PIRG Inc
1402 3rd Ave 618	Seattle	WA	98101	911554604	Social welfare	WA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Wisconsin PIRG Inc
122 State Street 500A	Madison	WI	53703	392011795	Social welfare	WI	501c4	NAOPI	false
MoPIRG Citizen Organization Inc
10 S Euclid Ave Suite H	St Louis	MO	63108	431609044	Social welfare	MO	501c4	NAOPI	false
Bold Alliance Inc
125 W Plum Street	Doniphan	NE	68832	270637437	Social welfare	NE	501c4	NAOPI	false

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Nat Assoc of Orgs in the Public Interest	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	294 Washington Street 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02108	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043119807	EIN
Primary Activities	Social welfare	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Entity Type	C corp	EntityTypeTxt
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd