AUTHORS GUILD FDN INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
AUTHORS GUILD FDN INC (EIN 23-7248599)
Tax period
2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30
Filed
2017-05-08
IRS object ID
201741289349302654
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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Return2017-05-08T16:08:01-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

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Address Line1307 5th Ave 15th FloorAddressLine1Txt
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Tax Period Begin2015-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

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PersonMary RasenbergerPersonNm
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Disqualified Prsn Ownr IntfalseDisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings RulesfalseExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution ControllerfalseContributionControllerInd
Contribution FamilyfalseContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 ControlledfalseContribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type1 Suprt Org Form990SchAType1SuprtOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Power Appoint Majority Dir TrstYes (true)PowerAppointMajorityDirTrstInd
Operate Benefit Non Suprt OrgfalseOperateBenefitNonSuprtOrgInd

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part IV, Section A, Line 3b: Description Of When and How Organization Made The DeterminationThe Authors Guild, Inc. furnished their IRS determination letter to the Foundation showing that they are a 501(c)(6) organization. Additionally, The Authors Guild, Inc. provided a copy of a pro forma Schedule A, Part III.
Part IV, Section A, Line 3c: Explain What Controls The Organization Put In PlaceThe Guild and Foundation share the same staff and during the tax year the interim financial restults are reviewed by management and the board which share members.

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,544,882BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,468,191ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$7,557InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$2,544,929OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$1,475,701EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,044,882BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Other Expenditures$500,000OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$2,544,882EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,696,350BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$348,500ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$32InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$3,044,882EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,396,110BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$300,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$240InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$2,696,350EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,394,790BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$25,828ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,320InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$25,828OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$2,396,110EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.10090BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.89200PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.00710TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$128,315OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$128,225DepreciationAmt
Book Value$90BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$18,775OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$11,590DepreciationAmt
Book Value$7,185BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$36,981OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$36,981DepreciationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$7,275TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDeferred RentDesc
Amt$27,441Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$27,441TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$443,477TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$7,024NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$7,024RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$436,453RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$436,453TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$843,261TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$843,261ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$843,261TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.Endowments are invested and the principle interest is used for the general good of all authors.
Part X : FIN48 FootnoteThe Foundation does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending September 30, 2013 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Annual Benefit DinnerEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$334,125GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$281,545CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$52,580GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$52,580OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$334,125GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$281,545CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$52,580GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$52,580OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$52,580DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Mary Rasenberger
Executive Dir.$198,830$10,738$209,568
Paul Aiken
Former Exec. Dir.$52,000$52,000
Sandra Long
COO$148,600$18,293$166,893

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonPaul AikenPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionFormer Exec. Dir.RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$20,000TransactionAmt
TransactionConsultingTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtBoard members Roxana Robinson and Hamilton Robinson are married.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessA draft of the 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director, Bookkeeper, General Counsel, COO, and outside accountants.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe organization has a board approved conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interested party transaction.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableOrganizational documents are not made available to the public except by specific request.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCdExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxtDirect Controlling NADirectControllingNACdControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationIndPublic Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt
Authors Guild Inc
31 E 32nd St 7th FlNew YorkNY10016132509231Foundation is supporting organizationNY501(c)(6)N/Afalse
Authors League Fund
31 E 32nd St 7th FlNew YorkNY10016131966496Makes ongoing gifts to FoundationNY501(c)(3)N/AfalsePF

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCdDirect Controlling NADirectControllingNACdEntity TypeEntityTypeTxtControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
The Authors League of America Inc
31 E 32nd St 7th FlNew YorkNY10016130457650ServiceNYN/AC corpfalse
The Authors Registry Inc
31 E 32nd St 7th FlNew YorkNY10016133842268ServiceNYN/AC corpfalse
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgYes (true)PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (true)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (true)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmt
Authors Guild Inc
o$386,544
Authors Guild Inc
p$113,456

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