CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER (EIN 52-2063854)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-07-26
IRS object ID
201802079349301055
Schema version
2017v2.3
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2018-07-26T14:54:33-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2017-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Address Line17910 WOODMONT AVE STE 500AddressLine1Txt
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

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EIN522063854EIN

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Business Name ControlCONSBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2022966889PhoneNum

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CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
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PersonSURJEET AHLUWALIAPersonNm
Person TitleCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERPersonTitleTxt
Phone2022966889PhoneNum
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$4,505,889GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
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Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1997FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateDCLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionTHE CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER (CAC) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THINK TANK, PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM AND ACTION CENTER BASED IN WASHINGTON, DC AND IS DEDICATED TO FULFILLING THE PROGRESSIVE PROMISE OF THE CONSTITUTION'S TEXT AND HISTORY. LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2008 AS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHTS COUNSEL, CAC PRODUCES ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIP, PROMOTES THE CONVICTION THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS A PROGRESSIVE DOCUMENT, AND USES LITIGATION TO MOVE THE LAW IN A DIRECTION THAT COMPORTS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT AND HISTORY.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
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Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

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AKHIL REED AMAR
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JIM RYAN
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
PETER ERICHSEN
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ELIZABETH B WYDRA
PRESIDENT40.00Yes (X)$207,500$0$13,910Yes (X)
HON JULIET MCKENNA
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ANDREW J PINCUS
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
VIVEK H MARU
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JUDITH E SCHAEFFER
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BRIANNE J GOROD
CHIEF COUNSEL40.00$145,607$0$14,423Yes (X)
SIMON LAZARUS
SENIOR COUNSEL40.00$113,696$0$0Yes (X)
DAVID H GANS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR40.00$154,493$0$16,851Yes (X)
JON DOUG PENNINGTON
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS40.00$122,267$0$11,952Yes (X)
KRISTINE KIPPINS
DIRECTOR OF POLICY40.00$112,000$0$6,413Yes (X)
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ServicesPOLLING CONSULTANTServicesDesc
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Total$910,019TotalAmt
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Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

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Fundraising$480FundraisingAmt

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Management And General$6,913ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$9,723FundraisingAmt

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Management And General$2,799ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$3,936FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Program Services$29,251ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,536ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$4,974FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Program Services$163,424ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$19,758ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$27,789FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

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Fundraising$74FundraisingAmt

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Management And General$8ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$233FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Total$19,922TotalAmt
Program Services$15,432ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,866ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,624FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Total$11,268TotalAmt
Program Services$8,729ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,055ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,484FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
RESEARCH$17,629$17,331$124$174
REGISTRATION & LICENSES$6,810$5,289$466$1,055
SPONSOR OTHER ORGANIZAT$1,000$1,000

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Total$7,332TotalAmt
Program Services$5,779ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$614ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$939FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Total$3,469,685TotalAmt
Program Services$2,959,414ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$211,722ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$298,549FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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BOY$2,523,855BOYAmt
EOY$3,554,063EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY$45,000BOYAmt
EOY$45,000EOYAmt

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BOY$28,947BOYAmt
EOY$26,443EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$129,210LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$28,750BOYAmt
EOY$129,763EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,139BOYAmt
EOY$14,139EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,640,691BOYAmt
EOY$3,769,408EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY$96,169BOYAmt
EOY$70,829EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$9,228BOYAmt
EOY$127,081EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$105,397BOYAmt
EOY$197,910EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,291,735BOYAmt
EOY$3,571,498EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$243,559BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,535,294BOYAmt
EOY$3,571,498EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,640,691BOYAmt
EOY$3,769,408EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$1,036,204ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

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

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,716,065CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,051,124CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,793,659CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,485,609CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$14,618,757TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,716,065CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,051,124CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,793,659CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,485,609CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$14,618,757TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$5,852,819SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$8,765,938PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$4,184CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$9,742CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$13,706CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$20,280CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$51,228TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$14,669,985TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.59750PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.51840PublicSupportPY170Pct
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

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,976FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$5,299FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$8,275FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$3,469,684FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$3,477,959FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$323,898FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$80,975FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

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$262,753CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$267,061CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$267,477CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$323,898CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,121,189TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,681,784LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$12,403CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$4,106CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$44,471CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$8,275CurrentYearAmt
Total$69,255TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$65,688CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$66,765CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$66,869CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$80,975CurrentYearAmt
Total$280,297TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$420,446GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$3,298CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$2,159CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$25,330CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$2,976CurrentYearAmt
Total$33,763TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$10,074OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,033DepreciationAmt
Book Value$41BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$128,369OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$89,547DepreciationAmt
Book Value$38,822BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$120,530OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$29,630DepreciationAmt
Book Value$90,900BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$129,763TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
OBLIGATION UNDER CAPITAL LEASE$30,923
DEFERRED RENT$96,158
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$127,081TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$4,505,889TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$4,505,889RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$4,505,889TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,469,685TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$3,469,685ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$3,469,685TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART X, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationCAC REQUIRES THAT A TAX POSITION BE RECOGNIZED OR DERECOGNIZED BASED ON A "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" THRESHOLD. THIS APPLIES TO POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. CAC DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE, OR REFLECT, ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. CAC'S FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, REMAIN OPEN FOR EXAMINATION BY THE FEDERAL TAXING AUTHORITIES GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESOURCES LEGACY FUNDBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1555 CAPITOL MALL SUITE 1095AddressLine1Txt
CitySACRAMENTOCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP95814ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN954703838RecipientEIN
Cash Grant$910,019CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantTO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE LITIGATION CLEARINGHOUSE.PurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
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 (4 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
ELIZABETH B WYDRA
PRESIDENT$207,500$0$0$0$0$0$8,300$0$5,610$0$221,410$0$0$0
JUDITH E SCHAEFFER
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER$178,700$0$0$0$0$0$7,148$0$12,675$0$198,523$0$0$0
BRIANNE J GOROD
CHIEF COUNSEL$145,607$0$0$0$0$0$6,092$0$8,331$0$160,030$0$0$0
DAVID H GANS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR$154,493$0$0$0$0$0$6,460$0$10,391$0$171,344$0$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BAN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM PREPARES OUR 990 AND THEN THE STAFF AND PRESIDENT/CHAIR/SECRETARY REVIEW IT BEFORE FILING THE FORM WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15ATHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE SALARY OF THE PRESIDENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT AND THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR.

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