WISCONSIN PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: WISCONSIN PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC (EIN 39-2011795)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-05-11
IRS object ID: 201721319349303767
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-05-11T12:17:58-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Davis & Co CPAs PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9457 S University Blvd 410	AddressLine1Txt
City	Highlands Ranch	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80126	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	392011795	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	Inc	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WISC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6082681656	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	122 State Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Madison	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53703	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Bruce Speight	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-05-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	James M Davis	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00290880	PTIN
Phone	3037916800	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	Bruce Speight	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	122 State	AddressLine1Txt
City	Madison	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53703	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$297,787	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.wispirg.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1998	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Using the time tested tools of investigative research, media exposes, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation, WISPIRG stands up to powerful interests and delivers concrete results - putting public health ahead of big agriculture, standing up for consumers and closing tax loopholes.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	3	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$323,615	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$262,212	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$60,956	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$39,770	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,543	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,422	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$5,617	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$386,114	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$297,787	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$24,012	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$12,596	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$55,017	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$211,151	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$158,133	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$235,163	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$170,729	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$150,951	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$127,058	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,170,286	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,291,224	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$75,164	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$69,044	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,095,122	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,222,180	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Using the time tested tools of investigative research, media exposes, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation, WISPIRG stands up to powerful interests and delivers concrete results - putting public health ahead of big agriculture, standing up for consumers and closing tax loopholes.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$96,817	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$39,770	RevenueAmt
Desc	Public education and outreach:Recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, and conducting surveys and discussing issues with the public, reaching thousands of citizens each year on the following issues: Food safety, financial privacy, agricultural subsidies, cutting out tax loopholes and other consumer protection issues.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$11,722	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Researching & Influencing Public Policy:Staff engage in legislative activities including research, education, legal and policy development on the following issues: Food safety, financial privacy, agricultural subsidies, cutting out tax loopholes and other consumer protection issues.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$108,539	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	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	Yes (true)	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	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	3	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	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
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	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	3	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	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Mitch Singletary	PersonNm
Phone	3035735995	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1543 Wazee Street Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Denver	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Bruce Speight
President	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$46,111	$0
Danny Katz
Vice President	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$15,047	$0
Peter Skopec
Director	12.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$9,398	$0	$1,225
Megan Fitzgerald
Treasurer	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$9,398	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$61,158	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$1,225	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
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

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fund for the Public Interest	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	294 Washington Street 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02108	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Prog, fin adm, dev	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$144,944	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$254,867	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$7,345	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$262,212	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program service revenue	Desc
Business	813319	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$39,770	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$39,770	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$39,770	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,422	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,422	ExclusionAmt

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	Change in Paradigm value	Desc
Business	900003	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	-$5,617	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$5,617	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	-$5,617	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$297,787	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$34,153	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$1,422	ExclusionAmt

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	$9,398	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,518	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$940	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$940	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	$0	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$388	TotalAmt
Program Services	$310	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$39	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,937	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,552	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$192	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$193	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$873	TotalAmt
Program Services	$698	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$88	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$87	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,354	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,088	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,266	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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	$1,424	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,424	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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$658	TotalAmt
Program Services	$488	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$114	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$56	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,784	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,428	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$178	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$178	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,931	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,545	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$193	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$193	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,082	TotalAmt
Program Services	$866	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$108	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$108	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	$110	TotalAmt
Program Services	$110	ProgramServicesAmt

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	$208	TotalAmt
Program Services	$166	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$610	TotalAmt
Management And General	$610	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Citizen Qutreach	$144,944	$91,742	$53,202
Dues & memberships	$1,028	$1,028

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$170,729	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,539	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,173	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,017	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$144,944	TotalAmt
Program Services	$91,742	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$53,202	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,136	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$780,067	BOYAmt
EOY	$940,267	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	$221,160	BOYAmt
EOY	$230,819	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)
BOY	$54,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,000	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)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,041	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$208	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$833	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)
BOY	$70,923	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,305	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,170,286	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,291,224	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,164	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,044	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,164	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,044	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,095,122	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,222,180	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,095,122	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,222,180	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,170,286	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,291,224	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$127,058	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Substantially All Dues Nonded	Yes (true)	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,041	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$208	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$833	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$833	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Book Value Program Rltd	$65,305	TotalBookValueProgramRltdAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	Membership is accomplished by making an affirmative declaration of their desire to join the organization and signing a statement of support of the organization's mission.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The draft 990 is sent to all board members for their comments prior to the return being finalized and filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, the organization requires all officers, directors and individuals with substantial influence over the organization to complete an annual statement disclosing to the board any business, contractual or financial relationships the person has with other corporations. In addition, said persons have an ongoing obligation to disclose to the board any financial interest, direct or indirect, that the person would gain from any particular transaction, contract or policy under consideration by the organization. The board must address potential conflicts on a case-by-case basis, conflicted persons must abstain from the deliberation of the transaction, and corporate records must be maintained.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Compensation Committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) Information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	The Compensation Committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) Information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Governing documents, disclosure explanation, access to various governing documents as well as conflict of interest and other policy statements are made available to the public upon request.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (34 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
Arizona PIRG Inc
130 N Central Ave 202	Phoenix	AZ	85004	050617269	Social welfare	AZ	501c4	NAOPI	false
Bold Alliance Inc
125 W Plum St	Doniphan	NE	68832	270637437	Social welfare	NE	501c4	NAOPI	false
California PIRG
1314 H Street 202	Sacramento	CA	95814	942259710	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Campus Organizing Support Services
294 Washington St 500	Boston	MA	02108	271687873	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
NJPIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
104 Bayard St 6th FL	New Brunswick	NJ	08901	222708332	Social welfare	NJ	501c4	NAOPI	false
Colorado PIRG
1543 Wazee St 330	Denver	CO	80202	841188748	Social welfare	CO	501c4	NAOPI	false
ConnPIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
2074 Park St 210	Hartford	CT	06106	061341175	Social welfare	CT	501c4	NAOPI	false
Earth Day 2020 Inc
1314 H Street 202	Sacramento	CA	95814	770274001	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment America Inc
600 Penn Ave SE 400	Washington	DC	20003	205355252	Social welfare	DC	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment California Inc
1314 H Street 202	Sacramento	CA	95814	450493983	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment North Carolina Inc
19 W Hargett St 214	Raleigh	NC	27601	270141893	Social welfare	NC	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environment Oregon Inc
1536 SE 11th Ave Suite B	Portland	OR	97214	208786506	Social welfare	OR	501c4	NAOPI	false
Florida PIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
3110 1st Ave North 2K	St Petersburg	FL	33713	593109773	Social welfare	FL	501c4	NAOPI	false
Georgia PIRG Inc
108 Ponce de Leon Ave 210	Decatur	GA	30030	582515543	Social welfare	GA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Environmental Action
294 Washington st 500	Boston	MA	02108	571176128	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Iowa PIRG Inc
3209 Ingersoll Ave 210-A	Des Moines	IA	50312	421488674	Social welfare	IA	501c4	NAOPI	false
MaryPIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
3121 St Paul St 26	Baltimore	MD	21218	521818910	Social welfare	MD	501c4	NAOPI	false
Montana State PIRG Inc
PO Box 505	Missoula	MT	59806	270496574	Social welfare	MT	501c4	NAOPI	false
New Hampshire PIRG Inc
75 S Main St 7-626	Concord	NH	03301	020508473	Social welfare	NH	501c4	NAOPI	false
New Mexico PIRG Fund Inc
PO Box 40173	Albuquerque	NM	87196	850403577	Social welfare	NM	501c4	NAOPI	false
North Carolina PIRG Citizen Lobby
19 W Hargett St 214	Raleigh	NC	27601	562136514	Social welfare	NC	501c4	NAOPI	false
Ohio PIRG Citizen Lobby Inc
692 High St 202	Columbus	OH	43215	134262363	Social welfare	OH	501c4	NAOPI	false
Oregon State PIRG Inc
1536 SE 11th Ave Suite A	Portland	OR	97214	930855897	Social welfare	OR	501c4	NAOPI	false
PennEnvironment Inc
1429 Walnut St 1100	Philadelphia	PA	19102	020611111	Social welfare	PA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Pennsylvania PIRG Inc
1429 Walnut St 1100	Philadelphia	PA	19102	232448881	Social welfare	PA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Pesticide Watch Inc
1314 H Street 100A	Sacramento	CA	95814	770208947	Social welfare	CA	501c4	NAOPI	false
PIRGIM Public Interest Lobby
313 State St 5	Ann Arbor	MI	48104	382812867	Social welfare	MI	501c4	NAOPI	false
Progress Florida Inc
1010 Cenral Ave 209	St Petersburg	FL	33705	300599086	Social welfare	FL	501c4	NAOPI	false
Rhode Island PIRG Inc
11 S Angell St 150	Providence	RI	02906	050517165	Social welfare	RI	501c4	NAOPI	false
Texas PIRG Inc
815 Brazos St 600	Austin	TX	78701	742990805	Social welfare	TX	501c4	NAOPI	false
Toxics Action Center Campaigns
294 Washington St 500	Boston	MA	02108	042980906	Social welfare	MA	501c4	NAOPI	false
Washington State PIRG Inc
1402 3rd Ave 618	Seattle	WA	98101	911554604	Social welfare	WA	501c4	NAOPI	false
MoPIRG Citizen Organization Inc
10 S Euclid Ave Suite H	St Louis	MO	63108	431609044	Social welfare	MO	501c4	NAOPI	false
Illinois State PIRG Inc
328 S Jefferson St Ste 620	Chicago	IL	60661	363673399	Social welfare	IL	501c4	NAOPI	false

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Natl Assoc of Orgs in the Public Interes	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	294 Washington Street 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	Boston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02108	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043119807	EIN
Primary Activities	Furthering advocacy	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Entity Type	C corp	EntityTypeTxt
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd