TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE (EIN 76-0481649)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-11-13
IRS object ID
201803179349304405
Schema version
2017v2.2
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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Return2018-11-13T11:12:44-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2017-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Address Line12900 Weslayan Suite 200AddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN760481649EIN

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Phone5123208300PhoneNum

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Address Line1510 S CongressAddressLine1Txt
CityAustinCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
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PersonAmanda MarzulloPersonNm
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Signature2018-11-13SignatureDt
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John Raley
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Gretchen Sween
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Andrew Tauber
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Amanda Marzullo
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BOY$3,989,259BOYAmt
EOY$3,612,072EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$143,655ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,434,591CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$945,769CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,661,671CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,035,966CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,716,214CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,794,211TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,434,591CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$945,769CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,661,671CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,035,966CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,716,214CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,794,211TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$6,014,884SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$4,779,327PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$142CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$155CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,191CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,607CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,826CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$13,921TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$10,808,132TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$3,248,988GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.44220PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.42800PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$61,647FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$61,647FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,959,573FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,021,220FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$251,061FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$62,765FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$284,242CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$284,351CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$255,456CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$251,061CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,075,110TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,612,665LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$18,689CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$56,986CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$47,733CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$61,647CurrentYearAmt
Total$185,055TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$71,061CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$71,088CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$63,864CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$62,765CurrentYearAmt
Total$268,778TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$403,167GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee EtcfalseAgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct LiabYes (true)InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation ProvidedYes (X)ExplanationProvidedInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$176,400OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$176,400BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$389,855OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$81,851DepreciationAmt
Book Value$308,004BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$76,634OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$50,876DepreciationAmt
Book Value$25,758BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$510,162TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,877,565TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,877,565RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,877,565TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,021,220TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,021,220ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,021,220TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart IV, Line 2b: Explanation of escrow account liabilityFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTDS holds funds in its cash accounts for the Capital Litigation Communications Project. TDS has limited control over these funds and the receipts and disbursements are not reported as revenue and expenses of TDS.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1LOJ LuncheonEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$136,800GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$124,800CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$12,000GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$13,042RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$16,400EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$9,971OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2ACCR eventEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$41,222GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$21,243CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$19,979GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2$16,211FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2$769EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$377OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$178,022GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$146,043CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$31,979GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$13,042RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$16,211FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$17,169EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$10,348OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$56,770DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$24,791NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Atlantic Ctr for Capital RepBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11315 Walnut StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityPhiladelphiaCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19107ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN814656775RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(c)(3)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$399,778CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance$0NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of GrantProgram supportPurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTexas Defender Service receives a report from the grantee at the end of the grant period to account for how the funds were spent and what was accomplished with the grant funds.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: The Atlantic Center for Capital Representation ("ACCR") is a regional death penalty representation project based in Philadelphia. In 2017, ACCR applied for and was granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. See Schedule O for further explanation. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: The Capital Communications Project implements public education strategies to help increase success in capital litigation. The project develops and provides information to the public and interested stakeholders about the facts of these cases. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: The communications program sustains TDS communications through the website and social media regarding developments within TDS work and capital work in general.The Lethal Injection project monitors, litigates and advocates for a transparent lethal injection system in Texas.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe Director of Finance and Administration reviews the 990 after it has been prepared by outside accountants; the Executive Director then sends it to the board of directors for comment prior to filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe officers and directors of TDS are required to report any conflicts of interest throughout the year. Any conflicts reported are discussed by the governing body which decides how to handle the conflict of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe salary of the Executive Director is determined by the board of directors. Data regarding the salaries of other similarly sized non-profits is used to compare compensation. Comparison data was last used in 2012, but the Executive Director's salary has not changed other than by cost of living adjustments, since 2011.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesThe Executive Director sets the salaries of other employees in consultation with the board of directors. Salaries are set based on an existing internal salary scale which is compared to the salary scale of Federal Public Defenders in a similar position of responsibility and in the case of non-legal positions, to other similarly sized non-profits. Comparison data with other non-profits was last consulted in 2012.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableAll governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Other program servicesThe Atlantic Center or Capital Representation ("ACCR") was originally established on July 1, 2010 as a project of the Texas Defender Service ("TDS"). The ACCR was incorporated in Pennsylvania in February 2016 as a nonprofit corporation but continued to operate as a project of TDS. TDS maintained and managed ACCR's finances and human resources during 2016. In 2017, ACCR applied for and was granted 501(c)(3) public charity tax-exempt status. For 2017 ACCR continued to operate as a project of TDS. TDS and ACCR will each file a 2018 Form 990.

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