2018-07-11T12:37:32-05:00 2017-08-31 390859910 BAKER TILLY VIRCHOW KRAUSE LLP 205 N Michigan Ave 28th Floor Chicago IL 606015927 990 2016-09-01 360756300 Alliance for Audited Media ALLI 2243666591 48 West Seegers Road Arlington Heights IL 60005 BOB SCHWEITZER VP Finance 2243666591 2018-07-03 1 Mark Heroux P00959793 3127298000 2018-07-03 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Thomas Drouillard 48 WEST SEEGERS ROAD Arlington Heights IL 60005 22156049 0 X www.auditedmedia.com X 1914 IL ALLIANCE FOR AUDITED MEDIA (AAM) IS DEDICATED TO BEING THE WORLD'S PRE-EMINENT SELF-REGULATORY AUDITING ORGANIZATION, RESPONSIBLE TO ADVERTISERS, ADVERTISING AGENCIES, AND THE MEDIA THEY USE, FOR THE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF OUR MEMBERS' CIRCULATION, READERSHIP, AND AUDIENCE INFORMATION. 33 33 172 33 1071231 0 0 0 23585766 17839681 578073 290803 956881 1062565 25120720 19193049 0 0 0 0 16579577 14501818 0 0 0 4442798 3576375 21022375 18078193 4098345 1114856 29194551 29921682 25132324 22609250 4062227 7312432 X ALLIANCE FOR AUDITED MEDIA (AAM) IS DEDICATED TO BEING THE WORLD'S PRE-EMINENT SELF-REGULATORY AUDITING ORGANIZATION, RESPONSIBLE TO ADVERTISERS, ADVERTISING AGENCIES, AND THE MEDIA THEY USE, FOR THE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF OUR MEMBERS' CIRCULATION, READERSHIP, AND AUDIENCE INFORMATION. 0 0 Audit services revenue reflects charges for audit and verificationservices to publisher and media members which enable AAM to audita publication or media members and, therefore, fulfill its exemptpurpose. Report service revenue is the revenue AAM receives for providingreports and information to members and non-members. This activityis substantially related to AAM's exempt purpose. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 35 0 1 172 1 1 1 1 CA 0 0 0 0 X 33 33 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X Bob Schweitzer 2243666591 48 WEST SEEGERS ROAD ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60005 Liberta Abbondante Director/Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 947 0 0 Christopher L Black Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Edward W Boyd Director/Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Thomas Cassidy Director 2.00 0.00 X 1544 0 0 Phillip Crawley Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christopher Daley Director/Board Vice Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 736 0 0 Gordon Fisher Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Caroline D Harrison Director 2.00 0.00 X 1002 0 0 Tom Harty Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Janet Hasson Director 2.00 0.00 X 809 0 0 Kathy Heatley Director 2.00 2.00 X 1153 0 0 Jerry K Hill Director 2.00 0.00 X 673 0 0 Tony Hunter Director 2.00 0.00 X 1310 0 0 Scott Kruse Director/Board Vice Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 783 0 0 Steve Maich Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christina Meringolo Director/Board Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Steven H Mueller Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David P Murphy Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rosheen O'Donovan Director 2.00 0.00 X 1346 0 0 Steven K Pope Director 2.00 2.00 X 721 0 0 Susan Roberson Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David K Ronk II Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Daniel Schaub Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barry Schiro Director 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Debbie Sklar Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stephanie Stanton Director 2.00 0.00 X 668 0 0 Robin Steinberg Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Strome Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gary Vorpahl Director 2.00 0.00 X 1310 0 0 Brenda White Director 2.00 0.00 X 1469 0 0 Eric Zinczenko Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tom Drouillard CEO, President, Managing Director 39.00 1.00 X 748530 0 28988 Robert Schweitzer Vice President 40.00 0.00 X 149958 0 29179 Scott Hanson Executive VP 40.00 0.00 X 251283 0 33640 Neal Lulofs Executive VP 40.00 0.00 X 245437 0 11006 Mark Wachowicz Executive VP 40.00 0.00 X 246274 0 25263 Brian Condon Executive VP 40.00 0.00 X 426190 0 34870 Teresa Perry Sr. Vice President 40.00 0.00 X 217380 0 32337 George Bartman Vice President 40.00 0.00 X 201140 0 8915 Ken Shultz Sr. Vice President 40.00 0.00 X 218907 0 32249 Joe Hardin Vice President 40.00 0.00 X 199237 0 8996 Alan Dattel Vice President 40.00 0.00 X 179759 0 8079 3098566 0 253522 11 0 1 0 ADVANCED SEARCH & BUSINESS ANALYTICS LLC 10 CORPORATE PLACE SO STE 106 PISCATAWAY NJ 08854 CONSULTING 145806 APF 28W44 OWNER LP PO BOX 823663 PHILADELPHIA PA 19182 RENT 138443 SANDSTORM DESIGN INC 4619 N RAVENSWOOD SUITE 300 CHICAGO IL 60640 CONSULTING 116850 LOCKE LORD LLP 111 S WACKER DR SUITE 4100 CHICAGO IL 60606 LEGAL 106911 4 Report SERVICES 541900 16692005 16655770 36235 MEMBERSHIP DUES 541900 1147676 1147676 17839681 182166 182166 3071637 2963000 108637 108637 108637 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 561000 1034996 1034996 Other Income 900099 27569 27569 1062565 19193049 17803446 1071231 318372 1982531 9702226 570949 1467026 779086 96833 94005 35923 302550 82618 88463 461310 570307 515232 369109 672 641841 183030 Bad Debt Expense 57815 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 36329 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 27278 DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS 13060 18078193 1916110 2946577 11851545 12115883 474820 395858 12112238 5239919 7242514 6872319 7709562 7591045 29194551 29921682 3326875 2948452 2916420 2502496 23379 11393 18865650 17146909 25132324 22609250 X 4062227 7312432 4062227 7312432 29194551 29921682 X 1114856 409659 1725690 X X 0 1 X 1 0 0 1 0 960000 960000 4846578 1034004 3812574 6305660 4205915 2099745 6872319 Accrued Pension Liability 8029643 Investment in Subsidiaries 9117266 17146909 X Part X, Line 2: AAM FOLLOWS THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS FOR CONTINGENCIES IN EVALUATING UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THIS GUIDANCE PRESCRIBES RECOGNITION THRESHOLD PRINCIPLES FOR THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN ON A TAX RETURN THAT ARE NOT CERTAIN TO BE REALIZED. NO LIABILITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY AAM FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF AUGUST 31, 2017 AND 2016. AAM'S TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES. THE TAX RETURNS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2014 AND THEREAFTER ARE OPEN TO EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES. North America 1 6 Program Services Circulation Auditing 818219 1 6 0 0 1 6 818219 0 818219 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, Line 3, Column (F): Accrual Method X X 1 1 X X X 1 0 0 Tom Drouillard CEO, President, Managing Director 510813 0 200080 0 37637 0 13095 0 15893 0 777518 0 0 0 Robert Schweitzer Vice President 128481 0 21477 0 0 0 6596 0 22583 0 179137 0 0 0 Scott Hanson Executive VP 197800 0 53483 0 0 0 10817 0 22823 0 284923 0 0 0 Neal Lulofs Executive VP 101839 0 30559 0 113039 0 4981 0 6025 0 256443 0 0 0 Mark Wachowicz Executive VP 198875 0 47399 0 0 0 10465 0 14798 0 271537 0 0 0 Brian Condon Executive VP 343742 0 75502 0 6946 0 11537 0 23333 0 461060 0 0 0 Teresa Perry Sr. Vice President 185822 0 31558 0 0 0 9545 0 22792 0 249717 0 0 0 George Bartman Vice President 181842 0 19298 0 0 0 8285 0 630 0 210055 0 0 0 Ken Shultz Sr. Vice President 181115 0 37792 0 0 0 9484 0 22765 0 251156 0 0 0 Joe Hardin Vice President 170096 0 29141 0 0 0 8401 0 595 0 208233 0 0 0 Alan Dattel Vice President 155191 0 24568 0 0 0 7539 0 540 0 187838 0 0 0 Part I Line 1a: TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS - AAM WILL REIMBURSE, WITH PROPER SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION, TRAVEL EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPANION. AS SUCH, AAM WILL INCLUDE IN AND ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT FORM (I.E. 1099). Part I Line 1a: Tax indemnification and gross up payments - from time to time AAM will gross up payments associated with certain expenses (I.E. relocation). As such these amounts are included in the appropriate government tax form. Advance Publications AAM Director/Publishing 513326 Provide Audit & Report Service 0 Postmedia Network Inc AAM Director/Publishing 144577 Provide Audit & Report Service 0 Tronc Inc AAM Director/Publishing 781827 Provide Audit & Report Service 0 Meredith Corporation AAM Director/Publishing 433243 Provide Audit & Report Service 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The Alliance for Audited Media is a trade association whose members represent both the advertising and publishing industry. The Alliance for Audited Media's members participate in the election of Directors to the governing body, as well as serving on various advisory committees for the benefit of the advertising and publishing industry. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Members of each of respective membership division, within the organization, who are present in person or by proxy and eligible to vote, are eligible to nominate and vote on the election of all the directors who will represent their respective membership division. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b Members of each respective membership division are eligible to vote for AAM directors, membership eligibility requirements, approval of annual meeting minutes and other potential votes by members required by the Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation Act. All decisions by the AAM Board of Directors are subject to the Alliance's bylaws governing special meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b As outlined in AAM's Audit Committee Charter, AAM's President, VP-Finance and the Tax Partner from AAM's Public Accounting firm, (if present) will review AAM's U.S. Form 990 with AAM's Audit Committee prior to submission to the IRS. This review is conducted at the AAM's May/June Audit Committee and consisted of a review of tax accounting principles, practices and judgments. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All AAM Board members, as well as all AAM employees are required to sign a conflict of interest policy annually. Within the Conflict of Interest Policy is a requirement to divulge any conflict. The signed documents are retained by the AAM. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a During the annual review of AAM's fiscal budget, the AAM's Operations Committee will review and recommend to AAM's Board of Directors the approval of compensation for all AAM officers. The approval of the fiscal budget is documented in AAM's Board meeting minutes. In determining the President's compensation, AAM's Treasurer will seek and receive input from the Chair's of AAM Media Committees, plus the Chairman of the Board, plus use Form 990's from other not for profit organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Upon completion of the annual financial audit, Alliance for Audited Media posts its consolidated financial statements on its website. In addition, the AAM's bylaws and rules are posted on its website. No other documents are available to the public. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Pension-Related Changes: 1,735,857. Change in Foreign Currency: -10,167. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The organization has changed neither its oversight process or selection process during the tax year. 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