CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER (EIN 52-2063854)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-08-03
IRS object ID
201702159349300505
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.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2017-08-03T08:21:58-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2016-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

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EIN522063854EIN

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Business Name ControlCONSBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2022966889PhoneNum

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PersonJUDITH E SCHAEFFERPersonNm
Person TitleVICE PRESIDENTPersonTitleTxt
Phone2022966889PhoneNum
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CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

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AKHIL REED AMAR
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JIM RYAN
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
PETER ERICHSEN
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ELIZABETH B WYDRA
PRESIDENT40.00Yes (X)$189,173$0$13,088Yes (X)
HON JULIET MCKENNA
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ANDREW J PINCUS
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
VIVEK H MARU
BOARD MEMBER1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JUDITH E SCHAEFFER
VICE PRESIDENT40.00$170,150$0$19,644Yes (X)
BRIANNE J GOROD
APPELLATE COUNSEL40.00$135,564$0$13,935Yes (X)
SIMON LAZARUS
SENIOR COUNSEL40.00$128,125$0$0Yes (X)
DAVID H GANS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR40.00$146,672$0$16,326Yes (X)
JON DOUG PENNINGTON
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CityWASHINGTONCityNm
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Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

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Fundraising$165FundraisingAmt

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Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Travel TravelGrp

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Fundraising$961FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Management And General$235ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$333FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Total$18,325TotalAmt
Program Services$13,876ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,841ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,608FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Program Services$6,107ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$810ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,148FundraisingAmt

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REGISTRATION & LICENSES$4,141$3,090$383$668

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Program Services$23,084ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,029ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$4,691FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$1,784,909ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$215,006ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$305,158FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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BOY$1,928,202BOYAmt
EOY$2,523,855EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY$135,000BOYAmt
EOY$45,000EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$28,853BOYAmt
EOY$28,947EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$169,081LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
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Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$33,708BOYAmt
EOY$28,750EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,139BOYAmt
EOY$14,139EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,139,902BOYAmt
EOY$2,640,691EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY$82,538BOYAmt
EOY$96,169EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$24,362BOYAmt
EOY$9,228EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$106,900BOYAmt
EOY$105,397EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,788,415BOYAmt
EOY$2,291,735EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$244,587BOYAmt
EOY$243,559EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,033,002BOYAmt
EOY$2,535,294EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,139,902BOYAmt
EOY$2,640,691EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$502,292ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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$1,992,737CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,572,300CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,716,065CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,051,124CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,793,659CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$12,125,885TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,572,300CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,716,065CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,051,124CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,793,659CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$12,125,885TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$5,822,761SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$6,303,124PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,041CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,316CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,184CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$9,742CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$13,706CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$32,989TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$12,158,874TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.51840PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.45920PublicSupportPY170Pct
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

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$25,330FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$19,141FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$44,471FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,305,073FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,349,544FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$267,477FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$66,869FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$244,104CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$262,753CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$267,061CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$267,477CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,041,395TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,562,093LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$17,051CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$12,403CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$4,106CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$44,471CurrentYearAmt
Total$78,031TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$61,026CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$65,688CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$66,765CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$66,869CurrentYearAmt
Total$260,348TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$390,522GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$11,934CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$3,298CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$2,159CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$25,330CurrentYearAmt
Total$42,721TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$10,074OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$8,942DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,132BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$125,977OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$106,637DepreciationAmt
Book Value$19,340BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$33,030OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$24,752DepreciationAmt
Book Value$8,278BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$28,750TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
OBLIGATION UNDER CAPITAL LEASE$3,821
DEFERRED RENT$5,407
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$9,228TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,807,365TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,807,365RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,807,365TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,305,073TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,305,073ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,305,073TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART X, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationCAC REQUIRES THAT A TAX POSITION BE RECOGNIZED OR DERECOGNIZED BASED ON A "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" THRESHOLD. THIS APPLIES TO POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. CAC DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE, OR REFLECT, ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. CAC'S FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, REMAIN OPEN FOR EXAMINATION BY THE FEDERAL TAXING AUTHORITIES GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1NEW VENTURE FUNDBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11201 CONNECTICUT AVE NWAddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20036ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN205806345RecipientEIN
Cash Grant$100,000CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantTO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE SUPREME COURT PLAYS IN PUBLIC LIFE BY HIGHLIGHTING SALIENT CASES THE COURT HEARS AND BY WORKING TO MAKE THE COURT MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.PurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
ELIZABETH B WYDRA
PRESIDENT$189,173$0$0$0$0$0$7,567$0$5,521$0$202,261$0$0$0
JUDITH E SCHAEFFER
VICE PRESIDENT$170,150$0$0$0$0$0$6,806$0$12,838$0$189,794$0$0$0
DAVID H GANS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR$146,672$0$0$0$0$0$6,150$0$10,176$0$162,998$0$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BAN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM PREPARES OUR 990 AND THEN THE STAFF AND PRESIDENT/CHAIR/SECRETARY REVIEW IT BEFORE FILING THE FORM WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15ATHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE THE SALARY OF THE PRESIDENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT AND THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR.

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