FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE (EIN 71-0891642)
Tax period: 2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed: 2016-05-13
IRS object ID: 201601349349302635
Schema version: 2014v6.0
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-05-13T10:41:46-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	521853933	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JONES MARESCA & MCQUADE PA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1730 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW SUITE 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	710891642	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRAM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2028880515	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1333 H STREET NW SUITE 700 WEST	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NATHANIEL H KENDALL-TAYLOR	PersonNm
Person Title	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2028880515	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-05-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DAVID JONES	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01361002	PTIN
Phone	2022963306	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-08-17 19:52:53Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	NATHANIEL H KENDALL-TAYLO	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1333 H STREET NW SUITE 300 WEST	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,982,573	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.FRAMEWORKSINSTITUTE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2002	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO ADVANCE THE NONPROFIT SECTORS'S COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY BY IDENTIFYING, TRANSLATING AND MODELING RELEVANT SCHOLARLY RESEARCH FOR FRAMING THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ABOUT SOCIAL ROBLEMS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	19	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,870,363	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,969,533	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$157	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,290	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$8,308	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,750	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,878,514	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,982,573	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	$1,938,094	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,260,842	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,339,685	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,368,318	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,277,779	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,629,160	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$600,735	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,353,413	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,357,904	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,660,852	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$208,172	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$165,636	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,149,732	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,495,216	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE NONPROFIT SECTORS'S COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY BY IDENTIFYING, TRANSLATING AND MODELING RELEVANT SCHOLARLY RESEARCH FOR FRAMING THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ABOUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS. ITS MISSION IS DRIVEN BY THE BELIEF THAT THERE ARE SCIENTIFICALLY VALID WAYS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THINKING ABOUT COMPLEX SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES; ITS RESEARCH IS AIMED AT ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF GOOD SOCIAL SCIENCE STORYTELLING THAT HELP EXPERTS DO THE WORK OF REAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,006,368	ExpenseAmt
Desc	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: HELPED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO DISCOVER AND DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF FRAMES ON PUBLIC VIEWS AND ATTITUDES, AS WELL AS TRANSLATE THE VIEWS OF EXPERTS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PUBLICS. THE AIM OF THIS WORK IS TWO-FOLD: TO HELP DEEPEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND HELP INDIVIDUALS BETTER EVALUATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. ISSUES ADDRESSED RANGE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, CHILD NUTRITION AND ORAL HEALTH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, FOSTER CARE, AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$866,881	ExpenseAmt
Desc	CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES: WORK IN THIS AREA, ALONG WITH THAT UNDERWRITTEN BY GENERAL SUPPORT, FOCUSES ON INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY AND SERVICES THAT CROSS DISCRETE ISSUE-FOCUSED BOUNDARIES AND ARE WIDE-RANGING IN IMPACT. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTICLES FOR PROFESSIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND OTHERWISE CONTRIBUTING TO SCHOLARLY DISCOURSE (VIA LECTURING AT UNIVERSITIES OR PRESENTING AT PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES); EXPLORATION OF NEW METHODS AND DISCIPLINES; DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING PAPERS DOCUMENTING FRAME ELEMENTS AND THE LITERATURE THAT INFORMS THEM; AND CONFERRALS AMONG STAFF WITH OUTSIDE EXPERTS. THIS WORK ALSO INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH OF THE FRAMEWORKS ACADEMY - WHICH OFFERS ONLINE, INTERACTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE FRAMING CAPACITY OF SOCIAL ISSUE COMMUNICATORS, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY OF ACTIVE FRAMERS WHO ACCESS AND USE FRAMING RESEARCH TO ELEVATE PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$480,143	ExpenseAmt
Desc	HEALTHCARE:SIX AREAS OF THIS LARGE FIELD OF SERVICE HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF FRAMEWORKS RESEARCH: CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND ORAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS. ESPECIALLY NOTABLE WERE STUDIES THAT EXPLORED HOW PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS UNDERSTAND PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS - THE SCIENCE OF MANAGING AND SHARING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA CRUCIAL TO PROMOTING AND SUSTAINING PUBLIC HEALTH. IMPORTANT TOO WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF REFRAMING STRATEGIES THAT HELP EXPERTS COMMUNICATE MORE STRATEGICALLY AND CONSISTENTLY ABOUT THEIR FIELD AND ITS WORK.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$639,192	ExpenseAmt
Desc	ENVIRONMENT: RESEARCH, TRAINING AND PRODUCTS THAT DOCUMENT THE SHAPING FORCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP OUTCOMES (SUCH AS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, AND FOOD AND FITNESS), AS WELL AS THE PROFESSIONS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING HEALTH AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. FRAMEWORKS ALSO UNDERTAKES WORK ON IMMIGRATION, GOVERNMENT, INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, AS WELL AS ON PLACE-BASED INITIATIVES (E.G., PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADERS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA TO BETTER INTEGRATE THE CITY'S SOCIAL SERVICES IN GENERAL FOR CHILDREN, WHILE MAKING DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS).	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$639,192	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,992,584	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	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	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	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	40	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	19	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	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	0	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
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	3017670636	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1333 H STREET NW SUITE 700 WEST	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20006	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
SUSAN NALL BALES
PRESIDENT/CO-SEC	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$365,090	$0	$38,372
JOHN SHELTON SCOTT
CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$1,000	$0	$0
PAGE WILSON
CO-SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$1,000	$0	$0
LUBA LYNCH
VICE-CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$1,000	$0	$0
RON MANDERSCHIED PHD
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$1,000	$0	$0
FRANKLIN D GILLIAM JR
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$16,000	$0	$0
LINDA BOWEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$6,000	$0	$0
STEPHANIE COVINGTON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$1,000	$0	$0
GAIL MANZA
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	40.00		Yes (X)	$38,478	$0	$123
NATHANIEL H KENDALL-TAYLOR
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH	40.00			$177,522	$0	$41,510	Yes (X)
JULIE SWEETLAND
DIRECTOR OF LEARNING	40.00			$119,583	$0	$30,387		Yes (X)
MOIRA O'NEIL
SENIOR RESEARCHER	40.00			$108,926	$0	$6,804		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$836,599	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$117,196	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
CAMBRIDGE FOCUS
2 CLOCK TOWER PLACE SUITE 380	MAYNARD	MA	01754	RESEARCH	$170,922
ON INDUSTRIES LLC
2222 SUGARCONE ROAD	BALTIMORE	MD	21209	ADMINISTRATIVE	$100,116

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$541,059	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$4,428,474	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,969,533	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,290	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$8,290	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$4,750	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,750	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$4,750	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,982,573	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,750	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$8,290	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$773,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$569,458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$204,457	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,134,249	TotalAmt
Program Services	$948,344	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$185,905	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,765	TotalAmt
Management And General	$35,765	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$192,749	TotalAmt
Management And General	$192,749	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$124,164	TotalAmt
Program Services	$103,922	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,242	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,901	TotalAmt
Program Services	$45,714	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$60,187	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,404	TotalAmt
Management And General	$58,404	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,261	TotalAmt
Management And General	$66,261	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$448,332	TotalAmt
Program Services	$428,104	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,228	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$179,669	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,502	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$121,167	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,987	TotalAmt
Program Services	$223	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,764	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$185,587	TotalAmt
Management And General	$185,587	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$221,988	TotalAmt
Program Services	$197,298	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,690	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,476	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,567	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,909	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,250	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,250	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,295	TotalAmt
Management And General	$26,295	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$7,309	$5,481	$1,828
MISCELLANEOS	$7,010	$6,150	$860
BUSINESS GIFTS	$5,565	$120	$5,445
LICENSES AND PERMITS	$3,284	$1,512	$1,772

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Program Services	$605,189	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$605,189	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,629,160	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,992,584	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$636,576	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$312,330	BOYAmt
EOY	$351,137	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,133,043	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,567,762	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$87,752	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,593	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,619	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,218	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$84,854	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$65,506	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,065	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,348	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$739,795	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,622,622	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,300	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,172	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,357,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,660,852	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$112,099	BOYAmt
EOY	$75,945	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$96,073	BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$89,691	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$208,172	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,636	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,016,689	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,362,173	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,133,043	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,133,043	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,149,732	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,495,216	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,357,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,660,852	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,353,413	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$5,065	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$2,864	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
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	$2,473,568	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,188,989	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,581,763	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,870,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,967,533	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$17,082,216	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,473,568	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,188,989	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,581,763	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,870,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,967,533	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$17,082,216	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$4,446,904	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$12,635,312	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,841	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,198	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,794	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$113	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$8,290	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$21,236	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$960	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,911	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,308	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$11,370	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$37,129	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$17,140,581	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73720	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.69690	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

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$900	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$900	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$77,075	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$60,077	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$16,998	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,879	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,429	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,450	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$19,348	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ACCRUED RENT LIABILITY	Desc
Amt	$89,691	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$89,691	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,979,264	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$5,065	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$4,620	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$445	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,979,709	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$2,864	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$2,864	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,982,573	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,633,780	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$4,620	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,620	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,629,160	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,629,160	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	RENT REFUNDS 4,620.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	LOSS ON FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTION 2,864.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	RENT REFUNDS 4,620.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC	PROJECT DEVELOPMENT	$1,612
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)	PROJECT DEVELOPMENT	$40,177
NORTH AMERICA	PROJECT DEVELOPMENT	$32,148
SOUTH AMERICA	PROJECT DEVELOPMENT	$480

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$74,417	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$74,417	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
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 (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
SUSAN NALL BALES
PRESIDENT/CO-SEC	$365,090	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,000	$0	$25,372	$0	$403,462	$0	$0	$0
NATHANIEL H KENDALL-TAYLOR
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH	$177,522	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,876	$0	$32,634	$0	$219,032	$0	$0	$0

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	FRANKLIN D GILLIAM JR	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	FRANKLIN D GILLIAM JR IS THE OWNER OF GILLIAM RESEARCH ASSOCIATES.	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$16,000	TransactionAmt
Transaction	BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI	AUTHORITY DELEGATED TO ANY COMMITTEE, TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD, EXCEPT AUTHORITY TO: A) FILL VACANCIES IN ANY COMMITTEE; B) SET THE COMPENSATION OF THE DIRECTORS FOR SERVING ON THE BOARD OR ON ANY COMMITTEE; C) AMENDING OR REPEALING BYLAWS OR ADOPTING NEW BYLAWS; D) AMENDING OR REPEALING ANY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD WHICH, BY ITS EXPRESS TERMS, IS NOT AMENDABLE OR REPEALABLE; AND E) APPOINTING NEW COMMITTEE(S) OF THE BOARD OR MEMBERS TO NEW OR EXISTING COMMITTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	FRANKLIN D GILLIAM JR, BOARD MEMBER HAS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH GILLIAM RESEARCH ASSOCIATES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE CEO, ALONG WITH DESIGNATED SENIOR STAFF, REVIEW THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS SIGNED AND FILED. ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO ITS CONTENTS ARE RESOLVED BEFORE FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ALL POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CEO TO EXPLORE AND REPORT TO THE BOARD IF THE CONFLICT MERITS FURTHER INVESTIGATION OR ACTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIALS:THE BOARD SETS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S COMPENSATION AND IS GUIDED BY PERIODIC SECTOR-WIDE COMPENSATION STUDIES WHICH REFLECT INDUSTRY NORMS AND STANDARDS. COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES: THE BOARD'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CEO. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THEN REVIEWED, AMENDED AS NEEDED, AND THEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. COMPENSATION FOR KEY EMPLOYEES IS SET BY THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IN KEEPING WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR THE SECTOR IN GENERAL AND THINK TANKS IN PARTICULAR. THE PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN ON 08/01/2014.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE MAKES GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	CONSULTANTS : PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 253,488. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 9,485. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 262,973. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 174,616. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,627. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 176,243. PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 6,330. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 6,330. PAYROLL FEES : PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 2,786. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 2,786.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	LOSS ON FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTION -2,864.