AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY (EIN 52-0794368)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-05-09
IRS object ID: 201801299349301210
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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 F
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-09T12:49:20-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	420714325	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RSM US LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7351 OFFICE PARK PL	AddressLine1Txt
City	MELBOURNE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32940	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	520794368	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AAAF	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2026385944	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	607 14TH STREET NW NO 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHEN-YE DAVID YANG PHD	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2026385944	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	THERESA A BURDINE CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00362629	PTIN
Phone	3217516200	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	108.171.131.186	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-05-09	IPDt
IP Tm	13:33:58	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	470D21C0094318DD07BB592627ECE2F18D55E3FC	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	470D21C0094318DD07BB592627ECE2F18D55E3FC	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	CHEN-YE DAVID YANG PHD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	607 14TH STREET NW NO 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$10,558,249	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.AAAFOUNDATION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1947	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS AND FUNDS RESEARCH, PUBLISHES TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION VIA VARIOUS OUTLETS TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	15	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	75	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,710,207	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,369,184	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$249,826	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$731,782	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$51,240	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$11,448	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,908,793	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,112,414	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$11,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$8,700	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,300,029	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,165,428	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$56,534	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,657,867	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$6,602,590	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,968,896	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$7,776,718	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$939,897	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$664,304	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$21,388,638	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$23,895,795	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$2,326,512	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$3,225,478	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$19,062,126	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$20,670,317	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY'S MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE INJURIES THROUGH RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CRASHES, AND EDUCATION ABOUT PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING RISKS ON THE ROAD.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$6,835,241	ExpenseAmt
Desc	RESEARCH: IN 2017, THE FOUNDATION PUBLISHED 18 NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORTS, AND INITIATED 6 NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE FOUNDATION FUNDED, MANAGED, AND/OR PERFORMED RESEARCH IN 2017 DETAILED IN THE FOLLOWING REPORTS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BY DATE OF PUBLICATION): 2016 TRAFFIC SAFETY CULTURE INDEX; AMERICAN DRIVING SURVEY, 2015-2016; DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVICE DRIVER TRAINING MODULE TO ACCELERATE DRIVER PERCEPTUAL EXPERTISE; SAFETY BENEFITS OF HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS; RATES OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES, INJURIES AND DEATHS IN RELATION TO DRIVER AGE, UNITED STATES, 2014-2015; ACCELERATING TEEN DRIVER LEARNING: ANYWHERE, ANYTIME TRAINING; OLDER NOVICE DRIVER CRASHES IN NEW JERSEY: INFORMING THE NEED FOR EXTENDING GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING RESTRICTIONS; UTILIZATION OF DRIVING REHABILITATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS: LONGROAD ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND AGING TRENDS STUDY; FRAILTY, PHYSICAL FUNCTION AND DRIVING STATUS IN OLDER ADULTS: LONGROAD ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND AGING TRENDS STUDY; DISTRACTED DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS AMONG OLDER ADULTS: A LONGROAD ANALYSIS OF THE TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION FOR DRIVING SAFETY STUDY; VISUAL AND COGNITIVE DEMANDS OF USING IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VIDEO-BASED ONBOARD SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEMS: LEVERAGING LARGE-TRUCK TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TO REALIZE SAFETY GAINS; LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEMS: LEVERAGING LARGE-TRUCK TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TO REALIZE SAFETY GAINS; AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEMS: LEVERAGING LARGE-TRUCK TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TO REALIZE SAFETY GAINS; AIR DISC BRAKES: LEVERAGING LARGE-TRUCK TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TO REALIZE SAFETY GAINS; USER, LEARNING AND PERCEPTIONS OF IN-VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES, AND VEHICLE ADAPTATIONS AMONG OLDER DRIVERS: A LONGROAD STUDY; THE LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH ON AGING DRIVERS (LONGROAD) STUDY: UNDERSTANDING THE DESIGN AND METHODS; AND MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS AND RELATED DRIVING REDUCTION AMONG OLDER DRIVERS: A LONGROAD STUDY.FOUNDATION RESEARCH FINDINGS ARE USED TO SUPPORT NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, SUCH AS NATIONAL TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK AND DROWSY DRIVING PREVENTION WEEK. THEY ARE ALSO USED TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND SUPPORT ADVOCACY EFFORTS OF AAA AND OTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE ULTIMATELY DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE AND AFFECT REAL WORLD IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY. FOUNDATION RESEARCH HAS ALSO SUPPORTED OUR NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMUNITIES. FOUNDATION RESEARCH STAFF PRESENTED THE RESULTS OF THE FOUNDATION'S RESEARCH AT SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA TRAFFIC SAFETY SUMMIT, THE SLEEP 2017 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONAL SLEEP SOCIETIES, AND THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADOLESCENT SLEEP, HEALTH, AND SCHOOL START TIMES. FINALLY, IN 2017 WE INITIATED RESEARCH PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS EXAMINING MOTORISTS' EXPERIENCES WITH, REACTIONS TO, AND TRAINING NEEDS FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS; ENHANCING THE DRUG EVALUATION AND CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM; IDENTIFYING COUNTERMEASURES TO PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING; DEVELOPING STATE-BY-STATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE DATA ON DRUGGED DRIVERS; DETERMINING THE SCOPE OF CRASHES IN-VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES CAN PREVENT; AND THE EXAMINING THE PROBLEM OF HIT-AND-RUN CRASHES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$305,427	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$8,700	GrantAmt
Revenue	$11,448	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: ALL RESEARCH REPORTS AND FINDINGS PRODUCED BY THE AAA FOUNDATION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION PRODUCES COMPLEMENTARY MATERIALS FOR EACH PROJECT SO THAT VISITORS TO THE WEBSITE CAN FIND KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM EACH STUDY. THESE MAY INCLUDE FACT SHEETS, ABSTRACTS, RESEARCH BRIEFS, INFOGRAPHICS, ETC. ALTHOUGH AAA FOUNDATION'S ONLINE STORE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN 2016, FEW REMAINING TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST, AT NO COST. ADDITIONALLY, THE AAA FOUNDATION DISSEMINATES ITS RESEARCH FINDINGS AND SAFETY MESSAGING TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH THE GOAL OF EFFECTING REAL-WORLD CHANGE. IN 2017, FOUNDATION RESEARCH FINDINGS WERE PRESENTED AT NUMEROUS CONFERENCES AND EVENTS, SUCH AS THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD, INTERNATIONAL DRIVING SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN FACTORS IN DRIVER ASSESSMENT, TRAINING AND VEHICLE DESIGN, AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES SYMPOSIUM. IN 2017, THE FOUNDATION RELEASED NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT HELPED AAA CLUBS SPEAK WITH GREATER AUTHORITY ON IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH AS DISTRACTED DRIVING, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS AND TRUCK SAFETY. THE RESEARCH RESULTED IN SIX SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS THAT GENERATED OVER 530 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. THE ABUNDANT LOCAL AND NATIONAL EXPOSURE HAS HELPED THE FOUNDATION AND AAA BRAND EMERGE AS A LEADER FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVOCACY IN HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.THE AAA FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED OUTREACH TO A RANGE OF AUDIENCES, CONDUCTED THROUGH MANY EVENTS INCLUDING CONFERENCES, FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS. THE AAA FOUNDATION PARTICIPATED IN MANY CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT 2017, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD ANNUAL MEETING, JOINT ITE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBIT AND NORTHEAST TRANSPORTATION SAFETY CONFERENCE. AAA FOUNDATION'S PRESENCE AT THESE CONFERENCES HELPED SPREAD AAA FOUNDATION'S RESEARCH AND MISSION TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES.ON NOVEMBER 7 AND 8, 2017, THE AAA FOUNDATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSTED A FORUM TO DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS ON THE IMPACT OF VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES AND AUTOMATION FOR DRIVERS AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION USERS. THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY ACADEMICS, AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ADVOCACY GROUPS AND OTHER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS FORUM WERE TO: (A) GATHER REPRESENTATIVES/EXPERTS FROM THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT, AND INDUSTRY TO DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY RESEARCH NEEDS/DIRECTION ON THE IMPACT OF VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES AND AUTOMATION FOR DRIVERS AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION USERS, (B) DEVELOP A LIVING DOCUMENT OF RESEARCH NEEDS AND SHARE IT WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION, (C) IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WILLING TO "ADOPT AND MAKE FUTURE RESOURCE COMMITMENTS IN ONE OR MORE RESEARCH AREAS, AND (D) MAKE CONNECTIONS AND WORK TOGETHER TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES.ON DECEMBER 11, 2017, THE AAA FOUNDATION HELD A STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP AT ITS WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE TO DISCUSS RESEARCH RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF 'ROADWAY SYSTEMS AND DRIVERS.' THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP WAS TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS ACTIVE IN THE CONDUCT OR SPONSORSHIP OF RESEARCH OR ADVOCACY RELATED TO ROADWAY SYSTEMS AND DRIVERS, IDENTIFY RESEARCH NEEDS AND GAPS, AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL COLLABORATIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AND GAPS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$7,140,668	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	15	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	CJ	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DAVID POLANSKY	PersonNm
Phone	4074447116	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 AAA DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	HEATHROW	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32746	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
MARK A SHAW
CHAIRMAN	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOM MCKERNAN
VICE CHAIRMAN	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KENNETH A JOHNSON
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DONALD R GAGNON
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID HUGHES
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL MEKRUT
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CAROL ORMOND
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOE RICHARDSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BOB DARBELNET
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VALERIE DANIELS-CARTER
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARK H SHAW
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DON MAIN THRU 0517
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL PETRILLO
CHAIR EMERITUS	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHLEEN BOWER
ASST SECRETARY	3.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID POLANSKY
ASST TREASURER	2.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHEN-YE DAVID YANG PHD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$198,146	$0	$46,055
BRIAN TEFFT
SENIOR RESEARCHER	40.00			$103,585	$0	$21,515	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$301,731	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$67,570	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
PO BOX 29789	NEW YORK	NY	100879789	RESEARCH	$1,698,063
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
201 S PRESIDENTS CIR RM 406	SALT LAKE	UT	84112	RESEARCH	$1,522,848
THE REGEANTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIG
PO BOX 223131	PITTSBURGH	PA	15251	RESEARCH	$813,847
THE URBAN INSTITUTE
2100 M STREET NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20037	RESEARCH	$381,569
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
118 S CLINTON ST	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	RESEARCH	$164,338

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	8	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$6,369,184	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,369,184	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$531,579	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$531,579	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,646,038	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,445,835	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$200,203	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$200,203	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$200,203	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$11,448	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$11,448	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$11,448	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,112,414	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$11,448	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$731,782	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	$8,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,700	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$247,142	TotalAmt
Program Services	$86,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$148,285	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,357	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$621,042	TotalAmt
Program Services	$432,465	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$170,306	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,271	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$137,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$137,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,893	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,891	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,325	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,677	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,851	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,428	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,995	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,284	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,284	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,372	TotalAmt
Management And General	$31,372	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$54,338	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,338	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,414	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,983	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,669	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$762	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,956	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$990	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$113	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,773	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,773	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,883	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,032	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,139	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,318	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,223	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$598	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
RESEARCH PROJECTS	$6,270,620	$6,270,620
GENERAL OUTREACH	$57,747	$57,747
FUNDRAISING	$19,609		$19,609
EQUIP RENTAL, REPAIR &	$4,091	$2,615	$152	$1,324

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,229	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,224	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,005	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,776,718	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,140,668	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$579,516	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$56,534	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,342,790	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,167,139	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000,939	BOYAmt
EOY	$650,777	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,628	BOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$657	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,784	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$231,642	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$209,479	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,561	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,163	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,031,063	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,033,932	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,388,638	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,895,795	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,180,998	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,940,779	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$145,514	BOYAmt
EOY	$284,699	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,326,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,225,478	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,362,879	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,109,048	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$160,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,622	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,538,647	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,538,647	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,062,126	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,670,317	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,388,638	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,895,795	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$664,304	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$2,272,495	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,937,272	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,955,860	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,269,594	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,710,207	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,369,184	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,242,117	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,937,272	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,955,860	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,269,594	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,710,207	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,369,184	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,242,117	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$14,850,669	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$13,391,448	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$489,656	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$569,325	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$382,864	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$373,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$531,579	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,347,097	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,313	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$126,194	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,342	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,989	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$11,448	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$171,286	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$30,760,500	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$116,738	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.43530	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.49080	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FUNDRAISING EVENTS - 2014 AMOUNT: $ 115,488. OTHER INCOME - 2013 AMOUNT: $ 12,313. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 10,706. 2015 AMOUNT: $ 11,342. 2016 AMOUNT: $ 9,989. 2017 AMOUNT: $ 11,448.	ExplanationTxt

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$13,899,247	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,977	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$876,692	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$144,851	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$876,692	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$13,761,373	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$13,738,647	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$160,600	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$396,478	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$396,478	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$13,899,247	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$9,568,647	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,170,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$143,443	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$143,443	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$13,738,647	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$9,568,647	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$248,828	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$248,828	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$9,568,647	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$9,568,647	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,018,596	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,018,596	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$9,568,647	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.52320	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.47510	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.00170	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$231,642	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$209,479	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$22,163	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$22,163	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ACCRUED PENSIONS & POST RETIREMENT LIABILITY	Desc
Amt	$284,699	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$284,699	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$10,057,286	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$2,272,495	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$722,377	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$2,994,872	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$7,062,414	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$50,000	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$50,000	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$7,112,414	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,449,095	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$722,377	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$722,377	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$7,726,718	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$50,000	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$50,000	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$7,776,718	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART V, LINE 4:

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND ARE SUBJECT TO DONOR RESTRICTIONS THAT STIPULATE THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL OF THE GIFT IS TO BE HELD AND INVESTED BY THE FOUNDATION INDEFINITELY. INCOME FROM THE FUND MAY BE EXPENDED TO FUND THE FOUNDATION'S GENERAL OPERATIONS AND VARIOUS PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION BOARD SPECIFIES A SPENDING RATE POLICY THAT AUTHORIZES SPENDING A PORTION OF THE INVESTMENT INCOME GENERATED BY THE ENDOWMENT FUND EACH YEAR FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS.

PART X, LINE 2:

THE FOUNDATION FOLLOWS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS RELATING TO ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. MANAGEMENT ASSESSED WHETHER THERE WERE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS WHICH MAY GIVE RISE TO INCOME TAX LIABILITIES AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO SUCH MATTERS REQUIRING RECOGNITION IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE FOUNDATION FILES INCOME TAX RETURNS IN THE U.S. FEDERAL JURISDICTION. GENERALLY, THE FOUNDATION IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2014.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS,	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	INVESTMENT IN DRAKE CAPITAL OFFSHORE PARTNERS II, L.P.	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$2,073,999	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$2,073,999	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$2,073,999	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	Yes (1)	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHEN-YE DAVID YANG PHD	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$188,328	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$9,818	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$2,769	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$46,227	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$247,142	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 6	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN ASSOCIATE INCENTIVE PLAN AND A CEO INCENTIVE PLAN. THERE IS NO INCENTIVE PLAN PAYOUT UNLESS THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS MET. BOTH PLANS HAVE BOTH A TEAM COMPONENT AND AN INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT. THE TEAM COMPONENT IS COMPRISED OF THE OVERALL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FOUNDATION AS A WHOLE. THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT IS BASED ON SHORT-TERM GOALS DETERMINED ANNUALLY. ALL MONETARY CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S BASE SALARY FOR THE PLAN YEAR.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	MARK A. SHAW, TOM MCKERNAN, DON GAGNON, VALERIE DANIELS-CARTER, AND JOE RICHARDSON ARE DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, INC.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS - IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BY-LAWS, THE AAA BOARD MAY SELECT UP TO 4 TRUSTEES TO SERVE ON THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES EACH YEAR. IN ADDITION, AAA HAS 2 EX-OFFICIO POSITIONS ON THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FOUNDATION'S AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, AND THE AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY ASSOCIATES ARE ASKED TO READ THE FOUNDATION'S POLICY ON POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND EXECUTE A FORM IDENTIFYING ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND SENIOR FOUNDATION MANAGERS KEEP THIS POLICY IN MIND WHEN ALL POTENTIAL CONTRACTS ARE BEING NEGOTIATED. THE PROCESS IS OVERSEEN BY INDEPENDENT AUDIT TEAM.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY THE MERCER COMPANY IN 2014, WAS USED TO BENCHMARK THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATES. THE FOUNDATION'S ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE HAS FORMALIZED THE PROCESS BY WHICH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED AND COMPENSATION ESTABLISHED. THAT NEW PROCESS WAS INSTITUTED IN APRIL OF 2015.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18	COPIES OF FORM 990 AND FORM 1023 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS AVAILABILITY IS NOTED ON THE AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY'S WEBPAGE FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH IN IRC SECTION 6104(D).
FORM 990, PT. IX, LINE 24A RESEARCH PROJECTS:	FORM 990 PT. IX, LINE 24A RESEARCH PROJECTS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING EXPENDITURES: LONG ROAD SENIOR COHORT $3,513,952 STRAYER - COGNITIVE DISTRACTION 1,380,526 SANTOS - AMERICAN DRIVING SURVEY 374,999 VEHICLE TECH OWNER SURVEY 202,941 FTS - SAFETY CULTURE STUDY 127,271 GOODWIN - PARENT/TEEN SESSIONS 121,184 YETTER - JUDICIAL/PROSECUTORIAL TRAINING 99,588 DRE STUDY 94,988 RX/OTC COUNTERMEASURES 85,679 STATE DRUG DATA 75,000 DICKERSON - SENIOR DRIVING EVALUATIONS 53,152 WALDEN - DRUG COUNTERMEASURES 52,278 DINGUS - DROWSINESS & DISTRACTION RISK 43,635 HICKMAN - TRUCK SAFETY TRECHNOLOGY 42,115 GENERAL RESEARCH 2,196 LERNER - ACCELERATING DRIVING EXPERTISE 600 CURRY - EXTENDING GDL NEW JERSEY 600 DINGUS - DROWSINESS & DISTRACTION RISK (4) BUCKLEY - EXTENDING GDL MICHIGAN (60)
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEAR TO THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS OR TO THE PROCESS OF SELECTING AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT.