ALPHA USA: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: ALPHA USA (EIN 13-3962840)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201723199349301332
Schema version: 2016v3.1
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 J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-15T17:04:14-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	475 Half Day Road Suite 250	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lincolnshire	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60069	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	133962840	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Alpha USA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% SEAN HOGAN	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	ALPH	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2245888515	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1635 Emerson Ln	AddressLine1Txt
City	Naperville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60540	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SEAN HOGAN	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2245888515	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-05-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Diana L Zirkelbach	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00622501	PTIN
Phone	8472478959	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-11-03	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	12.192.34.162	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	36802120173195000005	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2017-11-15	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	7C7FF80C80962D232B35FC17136B3556ED7A8879	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6DE2B5EDE14ED18EE321571301272B2FF51CAB40	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Sean Hogan	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1635 Emerson Ln	AddressLine1Txt
City	Naperville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60540	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$10,628,473	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.alphausa.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1997	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Providing curriculum to help individuals explore the relevance of the christian faith.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	77	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	30000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$9,244,485	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$9,833,708	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$44,027	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$53,311	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,051	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$727	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$515,381	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$421,057	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$9,804,944	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$10,308,803	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,901,476	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,783,330	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$617,009	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$6,282,909	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$5,993,247	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$10,184,385	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$9,776,577	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$379,441	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$532,226	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,399,206	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,514,919	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,137,359	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$720,846	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$261,847	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$794,073	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROVIDING CURRICULUM AND TRAINING TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS AND HELP THEM EXPLORE THE VALIDITY AND RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH DEBATE AND DISCUSSION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,410,735	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$752,571	RevenueAmt
Desc	ALPHA USA OPERATES LOCAL OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHURCHES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THE ALPHA COURSE IN THEIR CHURCH.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$625,887	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$313,308	RevenueAmt
Desc	ALPHA USA PROVIDES TRAINING MATERIALS TO CHURCHES WHO USE THE ALPHA COURSE TO SHOW NON-CHRISTIANS THE RELEVANCE OF CHRISTIANITY TO THEIR LIVES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,998,288	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$53,311	RevenueAmt
Desc	ALPHA USA PROVIDES SPECIALTY COURSES TO PRISONS, YOUTH, COLLEGE STUDENTS, CATHOLICS, AND LATIN AMERICANS. CONFERENCES ARE ALSO ORGANIZED IN MANY CITIES ACROSS AMERICA TO PROMOTE THE ALPHA COURSE AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO ALPHA USA LEADERS FROM LOCAL CHURCHES.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$9,034,910	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	Yes (true)	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	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (true)	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
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	21	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	77	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
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
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	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	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	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	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SEAN HOGAN	PersonNm
Phone	2245888515	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1635 EMERSON LN	AddressLine1Txt
City	Naperville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60540	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 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	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
Tony Cimmarrusti
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Segel
Development Committee Chair	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Emery
Chairman	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Brad Lomenick
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Mackay
Secretary	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Trisha Neill
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Thomas
Vice Chairman	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Tory Baucum
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Chris Sadler
National Director	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$147,811	$0	$17,319	Yes (X)
Andrzej Skiba
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jody Jonsson
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Heather Grizzle
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christopher Hill
Director	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Craig Springer
Executive Director	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Dana Sanders
Director of Development	40.0	0.0		$130,960	$0	$17,247		Yes (X)
Sam Wolgemuth
Former Executive Director	40.0	0.0		$58,461	$0	$0			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$337,232	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$34,566	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$9,833,708	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$9,833,708	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONFERENCE REGISTRATION	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$53,311	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$53,311	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$53,311	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$727	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$727	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

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$632,978	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$319,670	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$313,308	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$107,749	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$107,749	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$107,749	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10,308,803	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$161,060	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$727	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	$206,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$202,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	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	$2,873,302	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,496,544	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$62,387	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$314,371	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,221	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,753	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$953	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,515	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$379,713	TotalAmt
Program Services	$332,762	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,186	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,765	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$280,094	TotalAmt
Program Services	$245,460	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,039	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,595	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	$1,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,250	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,010	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,649	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,361	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	$839,520	TotalAmt
Program Services	$732,514	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,235	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$84,771	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,192	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,966	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,147	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,079	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,140	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,154	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,986	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$435,241	TotalAmt
Program Services	$324,729	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,772	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$102,740	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	$157,393	TotalAmt
Program Services	$155,250	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$836	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,307	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,104,313	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,104,313	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,451	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,779	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,672	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,413	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,244	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$329	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,840	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
UNFULFILLED PROMISES TO GIVE	$30,269	$30,258	$11
CREDIT CARD FEES	$40,732	$31,697	$211	$8,824
PROMOTION	$28,384	$28,384
MAILINGS	$24,559	$23,696	$863

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$161,380	TotalAmt
Program Services	$130,508	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,670	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,202	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,776,577	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,034,910	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$124,658	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$617,009	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$926,308	BOYAmt
EOY	$793,898	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$137,081	BOYAmt
EOY	$407,248	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,369	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,171	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$184,887	BOYAmt
EOY	$199,178	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,215	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,035	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$373,693	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$319,968	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$57,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,725	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,000	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,149	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,664	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,399,206	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,514,919	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$260,466	BOYAmt
EOY	$245,182	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$581,393	BOYAmt
EOY	$74,539	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$170,500	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$270,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$230,625	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,137,359	BOYAmt
EOY	$720,846	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$225,999	BOYAmt
EOY	$693,709	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,848	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,364	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$261,847	BOYAmt
EOY	$794,073	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,399,206	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,514,919	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$532,226	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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,259,725	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,108,978	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,032,104	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,244,485	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,833,708	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$41,479,000	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,259,725	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,108,978	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,032,104	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,244,485	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,833,708	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$41,479,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$16,020,630	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$25,458,370	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,510	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,613	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,051	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$727	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,848	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$79,023	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$118,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$130,346	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$139,964	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$162,151	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$629,615	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$42,117,463	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$2,590,714	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.60446	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.62572	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (true)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$14,976	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$14,976	DepreciationAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$91,031	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$81,312	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$9,719	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$267,686	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$223,680	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$44,006	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$53,725	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$10,308,803	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$10,308,803	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$10,308,803	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$9,776,577	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$9,776,577	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$9,776,577	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Sch D Part IV Line 2a	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Alpha USA will accept gifts from donors in the US that are designated for Alpha International or one of its regional organizations. For all gifts designated to Alpha International or a regional entity, Alpha USA will remit payment to Alpha International or regional entity based on a schedule agreed upon by all parties.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Chris Sadler
National Director	$147,811	$0	$0	$0	$17,319	$165,130	$0
Sam Wolgemuth
Former Executive Director	$58,461	$0	$0	$0	$0	$58,461	$0

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (3 entries)

Relationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxt	Loan PurposeLoanPurposeTxt	Loan From OrganizationLoanFromOrganizationInd	Original PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmt	Balance DueBalanceDueAmt	DefaultDefaultInd	Board Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd	Written AgreementWrittenAgreementInd	Loan To OrganizationLoanToOrganizationInd
John Mackay
Director	CASH FLOW	Yes (X)	$4,500	$4,500	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
Chris Hill
Director	Cash Flow		$100,000	$100,000	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (X)
Andrzej Skiba
Director	Cash Flow		$75,000	$75,000	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$179,500	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11:	THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY AND THE TREASURER REVIEWS IT BEFORE IT IS FILED.
FORM 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15:	BOARD MEMBERS APPROVE COMPENSATION LEVELS AND BENEFIT PACKAGES TO BE COMPARABLE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND OTHER SIMILAR POSITIONS.
FORM 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19:	ANY DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILALBE UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.COM, WHICH IS A SITE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
FORM 990, Part XI, Line 2c:	THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT.