PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION (EIN 91-0852323)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201733199349313028
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-15T15:13:23-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	721607347	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Watson & McDonell PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1325 4th Avenue Suite 1705	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	981012528	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	910852323	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Public Defender Association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	DEFE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2064473900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	810 Third Avenue No 705	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98104	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Lisa Daugaard	PersonNm
Person Title	Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2064473900	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Susan Reilly	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00531805	PTIN
Phone	2066242380	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-11-12	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	96.81.148.89	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-11-15	IPDt
IP Tm	15:13:21	IPTm
IP Timezone	PS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6A6CFD7975C2FF6EA2A42423768F98F7F3A3826F	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	Lisa Daugaard	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	810 Third Avenue No 705	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,150,809	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.Defender.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1969	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Programs advocating for reform of the criminal justice system	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	13	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	12	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,062,327	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,620,181	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$24,328	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,500	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$6,837	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$10,594	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$644,287	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$518,534	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,737,779	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,150,809	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	$686,298	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$783,435	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$6,736	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,345,884	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,402,660	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,032,182	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,186,095	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$294,403	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$964,714	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,899,480	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,776,321	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,665,163	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,577,290	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,234,317	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,199,031	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The Public Defender Association advances social and racial equity and community health through reform of the criminal justice system. Grounding reform in a public health and safety framework, PDA develops new strategies and implements models that improve on conventional responses to crime and public order issues. In collaboration with community and government partners, we use policy advocacy, organizing, litigation, and public education to achieve our goals.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$303,305	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Racial Disparity Project--conducts community engagement and public education in support of shifting from an punitive to a public health paradigm for public order issues caused by behavioral health issues; provides legal services for participants in the LEAD program; advocates for justice system reform to increase equity and reduce racial disparity; and advocates for police reform.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,042,599	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,366	RevenueAmt
Desc	LEAD/Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion--PDA staff are project managers for, and oversee subgrants to a case management agency for, a community-based diversion program for people who violate laws related to their behavioral health issues and/or extreme poverty.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$121,636	ExpenseAmt
Desc	LEAD National Support Bureau--provides technical support to jurisdictions nationally seeking to replicate Seattle's LEAD police diversion program.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,467,540	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (1)	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	8	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	13	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Organization	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2064473900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	810 Third Avenue No 705	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98104	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Lee Covell
President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Street
Vice President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Charles Davis
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Andra Kranzler
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Deanna Nollette
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anthony Orange
Board Member	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jesse Benet--resigned mid-year
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Aaron Solomon
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marcos Martinez
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mergitu Argo
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Karyn Poblocki
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anita Khandelwal--resigned mid-year
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Flennaugh
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lisa Daugaard
Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$168,406	$0	$31,091
Marie McNabb--departed mid-year
Contract CFO	15.00		Yes (X)	$20,980	$0	$0
Tricia DeChenne--arrived mid-year
Contract CFO	15.00		Yes (X)	$21,505	$0	$0
Andrew D Kashyap
Attorney	40.00			$113,756	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$324,647	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$31,091	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES (NON PROFIT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1700 AIRPORT WAY S	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98134	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Drug Treatment Program	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$1,344,836	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,777,076	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,843,105	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,620,181	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Consulting	Desc
Business	541100	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,500	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,500	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,500	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10,594	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$10,594	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$516,668	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

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

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$516,668	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$516,668	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$516,668	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Reimbursed Expenses	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,866	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,866	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,866	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,150,809	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,366	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$527,262	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$168,408	TotalAmt
Program Services	$144,832	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,840	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,736	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$457,148	TotalAmt
Program Services	$386,218	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,930	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,386	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,631	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,755	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$85,944	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,172	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,772	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,549	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,779	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,770	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$76,473	TotalAmt
Management And General	$76,473	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,741	TotalAmt
Program Services	$911	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$830	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,678	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,060	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,618	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,817	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,582	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,235	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$533,324	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,490	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$485,834	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,856	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,328	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,528	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,709	TotalAmt
Program Services	$45,709	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,908	TotalAmt
Program Services	$386	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,522	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,174	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$517	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,696	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,347	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,349	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Case and Client Costs	$1,603,407	$1,601,222	$2,185
Member Benefits	$19,995	$18,495	$1,500
Equipment costs	$9,686	$7,157	$2,529
Library and Research	$8,189	$6,661	$1,528

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,490	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,386	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,104	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,186,095	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,467,540	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$711,819	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,736	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88	BOYAmt
EOY	$100	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,359,560	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,410,724	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$365,746	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,150,748	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,348	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,720	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,074	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$52,378	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$18,201	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,383	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,177	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$136,340	BOYAmt
EOY	$152,778	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,899,480	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,776,321	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,012,565	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,001,309	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$652,598	BOYAmt
EOY	$575,981	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,665,163	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,577,290	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,488,420	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,606,854	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$745,897	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,592,177	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,234,317	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,199,031	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,899,480	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,776,321	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$964,714	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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 (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	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	$13,507,263	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,889,773	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,758,346	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,062,327	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,620,181	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,837,890	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$13,507,263	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,889,773	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,758,346	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,062,327	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,620,181	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,837,890	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,351,552	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$24,486,338	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,565	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,305	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$695,004	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$624,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$527,262	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,865,181	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$43,411	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$87,033	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,417	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$42,891	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,366	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$183,118	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$29,886,189	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.81930	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.89640	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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	0	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (1)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (1)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$20,500	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	0	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$20,500	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II-B, Line 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	$20,500 of allocated Salary and benefits. Pending or proposed legislation referenced:two PDA staff met with City Councilmembers and Council staff regarding proposed police accountability reform legislation in their official roles as Community Police Commission members; public testimony and meetings with City Councilmembers regarding homeless encampments legislation; meetings with City Councilmembers and staff regarding LEAD funding; meetings with City Councilmembers and staff regarding possible inclusion of Heroin Task Force recommendations in City budget.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	0	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (1)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$52,378	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$18,201	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$34,177	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$34,177	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Deferred Rent	$569,983
Capital Lease	$5,240
Funds Held for Others	$758

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$575,981	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,150,809	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,150,809	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,150,809	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,186,095	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,186,095	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,186,095	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part IV, Line 2b:

PDA maintains a separate bank account to hold funds received on behalf of clients in trust until matters are settled at the direction of the client or the court. Any earnings revert to the state through the Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. During 2015, no transactions occurred and the balance averaged less than $1000.

Part X, Line 2:

Public Defender Association is a non-profit organization exempt from Federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Association's income tax filings are subject to examination by various taxing authorities. The Organization believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken and, as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Lisa Daugaard	PersonNm
Title	Director	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$168,406	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$31,091	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$199,497	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b	Question does not apply, as none of the committees have the authority to act on behalf of the governing body
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	Management reviews the 990 and reconciles to the audited and board approved financial statements. A copy is e-mailed to the board president and chair of the audit committee who also review the return prior to its being filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	Board Members and management review and sign a detailed conflict of interest form each year that covers both legal and financial conflicts. Board members do identify emerging potential conflicts and, following the policy, either declare and recuse themselves, or, when the conflict is more fundamental, resign from the Board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The Board set a wage scale for the Director upon hire which was discussed in Executive Session and took into consideration the Director's desire to be paid at lower than some market comparables in order to more readily sustain funding for the organization's programs. Other employee wages were set on scales with reference to King County salaries organization staff would have been paid had they accepted County job offers, and approved by the Board. The Board determines COLA annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	Documents are available upon request