2017-10-12T17:22:20-05:00 2016-12-31 454806875 Bong Hillberg Lewis Fischesser LLP 1550 Parkside Drive Suite 260 Walnut Creek CA 94596 990 2016-01-01 942705685 Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences SOCI 5105494270 2526 Martin Luther King Jr Way Berkeley CA 94704 Timothy Mckee Executive Director 5105494270 2017-10-05 1 Robert Lewis P01610516 9253221150 73.92.45.249 2017-10-05 13:51:05 PD P EB04C8C50E804A348284D6896B4A7D8D18E11B01 EB04C8C50E804A348284D6896B4A7D8D18E11B01 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z North Atlantic Books Timothy Mckee 2526 Martin Luther King Jr Way Berkeley CA 94704 5500190 0 X www.northatlanticbooks.com X 1980 CA To publish and distribute books in alternative health, somatics, spiritual topics, personal growth, fiction, literature, and world affairs; and to disseminate these books to a wide audience. 9 8 30 17 0 0 17000 4000 0 0 85429 84225 2252553 4145626 2354982 4233851 10000 11000 0 0 1644279 1978784 0 0 0 735102 2204547 2389381 4194331 -34399 39520 6837897 6819029 1424577 1776870 5413320 5042159 X To publish and distribute books in alternative health, somatics, spiritual topics, personal growth, fiction, literature, and world affairs; and to disseminate these books to a wide audience. 0 0 2841342 11000 2423040 Our objective is to provide content for people to transform themselves and their world and to create personal, spiritual, and planetary transformation. Our books help people develop their skills to improve their health, diet, and spiritual, physical, and emotional growth. Examples of books published both in print and electronically in 2016 that help accomplish these aims, in order of highest sales are:1. "Mark Stephens Yoga Sequencing Deck" (6,605 units sold in 2016)2. "Free to Make" (6,202 units sold in 2016)3. "Radical Dharma" (5,959 units sold in 2016)4. "Vision for Lives, Revised Edition" (6,061 units sold in 2016)5. "Radical Dharma" (5,959 units sold in 2016)6. "Vision for Life, Revised Edition" (6,061 units sold in 2016)7. "Earthwise Herbal Repertory" (4,558 units sold in 2016)8. "Concise Book of Muscles, Third Edition" (3,913 units sold in 2016)9. "Modern Herbal Dispensatory 3,398 units sold in 2016)10. "I Am Not I" (2,305 units sold in 2016)11. "Walking Point" (2,267 units sold in 2016) 2841342 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 362 0 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 CA X The Organization 5105494270 2526 Martin Luther King Jr Way Berkeley CA 94704 Tom southern chairman 0.30 X X 0 0 0 Jacqueline Thompson Maillet Board Member 0.30 X 0 0 0 Hank Levy Board Member 0.30 X 0 0 0 Lindy hough board member 0.30 X 0 0 0 mary louise hegarty board member 0.30 X 0 0 0 eric myers board Member 0.30 X 0 0 0 wanda stewart board Member 0.30 X 0 0 0 William Stranger board members 0.30 X 0 0 0 richard grossinger CEO/Publisher 16.00 X X 62945 0 0 doug riel Publisher 40.00 X 137014 0 0 Janet Levin Senior Director of Sales 40.00 X 101463 0 0 Timothy Mckee Executive director 40.00 X 101727 0 0 403149 0 0 3 0 0 0 United graphics LLC 2916 Marshall Ave Mattoon IL 61938 Book Printing 353401 Sheridan Books Inc 613 East Industrial Drive Chelsea MI 48118 Book Printing 245341 Lotus Publishing Media Limited Apple Tree Cottage Inlands Road N Chichester Weat Sussex P RJ UK Book Printing 203534 Rasmussen Trustee Peter Post Office Box 10191 Berkeley CA 94709 Office rent 134476 Versa Press Inc 1465 Spring Bay Road East Peoria IL 91611 Book Printing 119799 5 4000 4000 84225 84225 5411956 1266339 4145617 4145617 Other income 900099 9 9 9 4233851 4145626 0 84225 11000 11000 403149 273103 130046 1229677 833013 396664 47336 32067 15269 165890 112378 53512 132732 89916 42816 31802 21544 10258 855 579 276 26780 18141 8639 23926 16208 7718 4370 2960 1410 231065 156529 74536 9641 6531 3110 48463 32830 15633 1493364 1011641 481723 134590 91175 43415 33055 22392 10663 28806 19514 9292 28306 19175 9131 41047 27806 13241 14670 9938 4732 other expenses 53807 32902 20905 4194331 2841342 1352989 0 739170 992034 1275690 1264645 2010310 2041731 363823 323890 430106 335383 122507 94723 2326397 2102006 6837897 6819029 1420785 459741 3792 392202 0 924927 1424577 1776870 X 5413320 5042159 5413320 5042159 6837897 6819029 39520 -35324 -375357 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1973 7973 10000 17000 4000 40946 5806932 6410539 5814780 5645622 5411956 29089829 5808905 6418512 5824780 5662622 5415956 29130775 0 0 0 29130775 81679 78201 60630 85429 84225 390164 81679 78201 60630 85429 84225 390164 5800 5300 -2663 358 9 8804 5896384 6502013 5882747 5748409 5500190 29529743 0.98650 0.34990 0.01320 0.01340 X 217650 189771 27879 212456 145612 66844 94723 Deferred rent 3906 Royalties payable 921021 924927 X 5464866 -35324 -35324 5500190 -1266339 -1266339 4233851 5460670 1266339 1266339 4194331 0 4194331 Part X, Line 2: The Organization has analyzed tax positions taken for filings with the Internal Revenue Service and all state jurisdictions where it operates. The Organization believes that income tax filing positions will be sustained upon examination and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material adverse affect on the Organization's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Accordingly, the Organization has not recorded any reserves or related accruals for interest and penalties for uncertain income tax positions at December 31, 2016. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Cost of Goods Sold -1,266,339. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Cost of Goods Sold 1,266,339. 1 The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation PO Box 81881 Pittsburgh PA 15217 753020477 501(c)(3) 3000 Sponsorship Collective Heritage Bioneers 1607 Paseo de Peralta 3 Santa Fe NM 87501 850432731 501(c)(3) 5000 Sponsorship Science and Nonduality 1251 Gold Ridge Road Sebastopol CA 95472 463354584 501(c)(3) 3000 Sponsorship 3 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 RICHARD GROSSINGER, FOUNDING PUBLISHER, AND LINDY HOUGH, BOARD MEMBER, ARE A MARRIED COUPLE. LINDY HOUGH WAS THE FORMER EXECUTIVE EDITOR AND RETIRED IN JUNE, 2010. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b ONCE THE TAX RETURN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, COPIES OF THE TAX RETURN WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE (ALEXA HOUSER AND TOM SOUTHERN) FOR REVIEW BEFORE FINALIZATION. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Directors and key employees annually sign a statement that affirms that they have read the Organization's policy, they understand it, and agree to comply with it. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Using survey data for regional non-profits and national think tanks, the Compensation Committee, comprised of independent board members, review and approve the compensation for the Organization's President and provides contemporaneous substantiation of their decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS PROVIDES ITS DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND STATEMENTS EITHER ONLINE, VIA GUIDESTAR, OR UPON REQUEST TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED TO SEE THE STATE OF ITS OPERATION. THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE, ARE DELIVERED VIA EMAIL (FINANCIALS) AND MOST OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE FAXED OR MAILED TO THOSE GROUPS.