TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE (EIN 76-0481649)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2018-01-22
IRS object ID
201820229349300797
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Return2018-01-22T13:57:58-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Filer Filer

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

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,771,861CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,434,591CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$945,769CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,661,671CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,035,966CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,849,858TotalAmt

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$1,771,861CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,434,591CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$945,769CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,661,671CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,035,966CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,849,858TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$6,202,671SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$4,647,187PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$576CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$142CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$155CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,191CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,607CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,671TotalAmt

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$10,857,529TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$3,721,223GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.42800PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.37090PublicSupportPY170Pct
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

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

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$47,733FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$47,733FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,061,382FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,109,115FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$255,456FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$63,864FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$263,444CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$284,242CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$284,351CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$255,456CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,087,493TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,631,240LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$43,970CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$18,689CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$56,986CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$47,733CurrentYearAmt
Total$167,378TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$65,861CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$71,061CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$71,088CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$63,864CurrentYearAmt
Total$271,874TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$407,811GrassrootsCeilingAmt

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$71,854DepreciationAmt
Book Value$318,001BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$84,254OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$49,038DepreciationAmt
Book Value$35,216BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$529,617TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,972,526TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,972,526RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,972,526TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,109,115TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,109,115ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,109,115TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

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$80,999GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$74,506CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$6,493GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$7,200RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$6,248FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$2,900OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$80,999GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$74,506CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$6,493GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$7,200RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$6,248FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$2,900OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$16,348DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$9,855NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonKatherine BlackPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionFamily member of EDRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$77,303TransactionAmt
TransactionSalary and benefitsTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 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.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other DecreasesRestatement of agency fund balance = -$450000
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 is operating independently of TDS. TDS and ACCR will each file a 2017 Form 990.

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