SMARTMEME INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: SMARTMEME INC (EIN 20-1897585)
Tax period: 2015-08-01 to 2016-07-31
Filed: 2017-06-08
IRS object ID: 201701599349301155
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-06-08T12:57:54-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HEALY AND ASSOCIATES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250	AddressLine1Txt
City	CONCORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	945204939	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-08-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201897585	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Smartmeme	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	DBA Center for Story-based Strategy	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SMAR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5109031809	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	654 13th Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Oakland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94612	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Christine Cordero	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Dir.	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-06-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Suzanne R Healy	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00533689	PTIN
Phone	9256030800	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Christine Cordero	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	654 13TH STREET 2	AddressLine1Txt
City	Oakland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94612	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$846,790	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.storybasedstrategy.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	smartMeme offers nonprofit networks and organizations the analysis, training and strategic support for their communications needs.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	5	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$655,457	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$618,669	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$69,887	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$226,466	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$48	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$41	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$13	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,614	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$725,405	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$846,790	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$220,905	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$263,550	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$29,980	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$56,915	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$410,269	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$423,550	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$631,174	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$717,080	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$94,231	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$129,710	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$555,653	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$661,837	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$86,522	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$62,996	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$469,131	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$598,841	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	SMARTMEME INC. DBA CENTER FOR STORY-BASED STRATEGY (CSS) IS A NATIONAL STRATEGY CENTER DEDICATED TO HARNESSING THE POWER OF NARRATIVE FOR MOVEMENT BUILDING AND SOCIAL CHANGE. CSS PROVIDES SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE LEADERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND ALLIANCES THE STRATEGIC SUPPORT TO REFRAME ISSUES AND WIN CRITICAL CAMPAIGNS. WE USE STORY-BASED APPROACHES TO AMPLIFY THE IMPACT OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, TO COMMUNICATE TRANSFORMATIVE POSSIBILITIES AND TO RE-IMAGINE SOCIAL CHANGE STRATEGY. THROUGH TRAINING AND CONSULTING, WEVE SUPPORTED OVER 300 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND 6,000 INDIVIDUAL CHANGE AGENTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$580,476	ExpenseAmt
Desc	TRAIN: PROVIDE TRAINING AND ADVANCED TRAINING TO OVER 150 KEY NONPROFIT LEADERS AND GROW CSSS TRAINING CAPACITY AND PRACTITIONERS NETWORK.MOVEMENT BUILDING: STRENGTHEN BROADER NONPROFIT NETWORKS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS.OUR WORK THIS YEAR HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, HONING OUR TRAINING TOOLS AND METHODS, AND REACHING MORE AND MORE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WORKING FOR CHANGE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$580,476	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	26	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	5	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd
Other	Yes (X)	OtherInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	The Organization	PersonNm
Phone	5109031809	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	654 13th Street 2	AddressLine1Txt
City	Oakland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94607	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Jihan Gearon
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Dillion
VICE CHAIR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Celia Alario
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jonathan Smucker
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Amara Possian
Chairman	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jacqueline Patterson
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Miya Yoshitani
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gopal Dayaneni
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gilda Haas
Treasurer	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Christine Cordero
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00		$59,450	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$59,450	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$618,669	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$618,669	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Book Sales	541610	$3,184	$3,184
Consulting	541610	$190,872	$190,872
Training/Registration Fee	541610	$32,410	$32,410

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$226,466	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$41	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$41	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,614	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,614	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,614	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$846,790	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$228,121	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,450	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,475	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,083	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,892	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$153,505	TotalAmt
Program Services	$127,750	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,125	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,630	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,787	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,507	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,046	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,234	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,808	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,397	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,848	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,563	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,250	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,250	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,980	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$29,980	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$235,014	TotalAmt
Program Services	$204,964	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,201	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,849	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,785	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,147	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$294	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$344	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,395	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,532	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,361	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$502	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,185	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,883	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,393	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,909	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,062	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,685	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$251	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$126	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,874	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,890	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,636	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$348	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,061	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,552	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$236	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Program fellow	$53,853	$53,853
Other program expenses	$35,349	$35,349
Transportation	$17,592	$17,592
Printing and Publications	$3,140	$3,097	$18	$25

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,202	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,294	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,631	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$277	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$717,080	TotalAmt
Program Services	$580,476	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$79,689	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$56,915	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$194,218	BOYAmt
EOY	$410,975	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,037	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,047	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$324,085	BOYAmt
EOY	$226,402	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,525	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,625	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$6,527	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$6,527	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,788	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,788	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$555,653	BOYAmt
EOY	$661,837	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$86,522	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,996	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$25,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$86,522	BOYAmt
EOY	$62,996	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$378,841	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$325,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$220,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$469,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$598,841	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$555,653	BOYAmt
EOY	$661,837	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$129,710	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$450,445	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$447,497	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$397,049	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$655,457	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$618,669	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,569,117	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$112,079	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$147,468	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$107,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$69,887	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$226,466	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$663,167	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$562,524	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$594,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$504,316	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$725,344	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$845,135	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,232,284	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$3,232,284	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$24	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$48	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$41	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$143	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$24	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$48	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$41	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$143	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,613	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,626	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$562,541	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$594,978	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$504,340	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$725,405	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$846,789	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,234,053	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99950	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	1.00000	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,527	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,527	DepreciationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$846,790	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$846,790	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$846,790	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$717,080	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$717,080	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$717,080	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Organization has received exempt status under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the State of Vermont and Section 23701(d) of the State of California Revenue and Taxation Code.The Organization has adopted the accounting guidance related to uncertain tax positions, and has evaluated its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by the Organization in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Athens, Greece	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	3	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Customized Consulting Workshop	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	Exp Covered by American Org	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$1,500	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	3	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$1,500	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$1,500	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt
Klein & Roth Consulting
PO Box 71105	Oakland	CA	94612	false	$29,088
(no name)
				false
(no name)
				false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$29,088	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The tax return is prepared by an outside accounting firm. After completion of said returns, the organization is sent a draft of the tax returns to be reviewed and examined. The organization makes copies of the returns and distributes to those individuals charged with governance. Those individuals at that time can review and if applicable discuss any line items in the return with the accountant who has prepared the return. If all items are found to be acceptable, an authorization is signed and provided to authorize the outside accounting firm to process, sign and provide copies of the returns to be filed (paper or electronically) with the designated governmental agencies. The tax returns are then signed by the organization, stamped and mailed with certified return receipt or the signed form 8879 is provided to the outside accounting firm allowing electronic filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Employees and Board members of the organization are required to put in writing their conflicting interests when they first become an employee or Board member; then these are reviewed and updated annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The organizations consultant assisted SmartMeme in crafting a salary-scale policy, which was approved by the Board of Directors. Each year the Board conducts an Annual Evaluation of the E.D. and makes a decision about the salary rate for the upcoming fiscal year, then approves it with the organizational annual budget.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 18: Explanation of Other Means Forms Available For Public Inspection	Federal Tax Returns are available at guidestar.org.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Governing documents are available for public inspection at the principal place of business.The conflict of interest policy and the organization's financial statements are available upon request.