THE REASON FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization
THE REASON FOUNDATION (EIN 95-3298239)
Tax period
2014-10-01 to 2015-09-30
Filed
2016-02-12
IRS object ID
201620439349302787
Schema version
2014v6.0
Source
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Tax Period End2015-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

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Preparer PersonMichael W CantrillPreparerPersonNm
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BARON BOND
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DREW A CAREY
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JAMES R CURLEY
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RICHARD J DENNIS
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PETER FARRELL
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DAVID FLEMING
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
C BOYDEN GRAY
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JAMES D JAMESON
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MANUEL S KLAUSNER
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DAVID H KOCH
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JAMES LINTOTT
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
STEPHEN MODZELEWSKI
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GEORGE F OHRSTROM
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CAROL SANDERS
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RICHARD A WALLACE
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KERRY WELSH
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FRED M YOUNG JR
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DAVID NOTT
President & CEO40.000.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$346,497$0$10,406
ROBERT W POOLE JR
FOUNDER40.000.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$224,999$0$312
MICHAEL ALISSI
VP OPERATIONS40.000.00Yes (X)$168,441$0$8,933
NICHOLAS GILLESPIE
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JONATHAN GRAFF
SEC'Y/CFO/TREAS40.000.00Yes (X)$178,392$0$10,332
ADRIAN T MOORE
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JULIAN MORRIS
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MATT WELCH
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MELISSA MANN
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AMY PELLETIER
ORG DEVELOPMENT40.000.00$126,873$0$4,238Yes (X)
CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL
COMMUNICATIONS DIR40.000.00$115,193$0$8,665Yes (X)
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Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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Management And General$24,224ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$15,149FundraisingAmt

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Program Services$188,313ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising$12,139FundraisingAmt

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Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Interest InterestGrp

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Management And General$3,675ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$6,607FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
MAGAZINE PRINTING & DISTRIBUTI$544,191$543,155$1,036
FOUNDATION EVENTS$287,618$255,163$32,455
OCCUPANCY$258,090$231,737$17,351$9,002
ON-LINE SERVICES$158,942$139,886$16,492$2,564

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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Program Services$287,343ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,399ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$104,584FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Management And General$305,819ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$784,423FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$745,470BOYAmt
EOY$285,736EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY$344,029BOYAmt
EOY$982,602EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$100,201BOYAmt
EOY$103,427EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$4,116,219LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$1,183,200LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,022,098BOYAmt
EOY$2,933,019EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,658,817BOYAmt
EOY$3,890,778EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$85,734BOYAmt
EOY$92,263EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$8,172,427BOYAmt
EOY$8,683,450EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,095,730BOYAmt
EOY$1,130,880EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$375,213BOYAmt
EOY$315,447EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$252,711BOYAmt
EOY$115,543EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,723,654BOYAmt
EOY$1,561,870EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,739,879BOYAmt
EOY$5,806,509EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$664,615BOYAmt
EOY$1,270,792EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$44,279BOYAmt
EOY$44,279EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,448,773BOYAmt
EOY$7,121,580EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$8,172,427BOYAmt
EOY$8,683,450EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$713,207ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$40,400NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,123,746CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,063,133CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$8,133,170CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,007,790CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,363,678CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$42,691,517TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,123,746CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,063,133CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$8,133,170CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,007,790CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,363,678CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$42,691,517TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$11,536,548SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$31,154,969PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$59,630CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$83,768CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$45,331CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$51,054CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$55,022CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$294,805TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,183CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$431CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,508CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$48,491CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$674CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$52,287TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$43,038,609TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$4,761,102GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.72390PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.73330PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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 C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$25,103FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$25,103FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$9,735,172FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$9,760,275FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$638,014FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$159,504FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$551,649CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$559,097CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$650,687CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$638,014CurrentYearAmt
Total$2,399,447TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$3,599,171LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$9,391CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$7,870CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$28,146CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$25,103CurrentYearAmt
Total$70,510TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$137,912CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$139,774CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$162,672CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$159,504CurrentYearAmt
Total$599,862TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$899,793GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$64,112BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$117InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$63,995EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$55,901BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$8,211InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$64,112EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$49,184BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$6,717InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$55,901EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$40,160BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$8,024InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$49,184EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$39,682BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$522InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$40,160EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.69190PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.30810TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,908,473OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$1,908,473BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,008,828OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$73,240DepreciationAmt
Book Value$935,588BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,198,918OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,109,960DepreciationAmt
Book Value$88,958BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,933,019TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$10,542,205TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$40,400NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue$109,123OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$68,723RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$10,473,482RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$10,473,482TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$9,869,398TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$109,123OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$109,123ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$9,760,275ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$9,760,275TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.PROCEEDS FROM THE ENDOWMENT ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING WORK OF THE REASON FOUNDATION.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990EVENT EXPENSES $109123
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/SEVENT EXPENSES $109123

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1REASON MEDIA AWARDSEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$188,416GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$177,866CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$10,550GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1$32,000CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$49,366RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$10,550FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$27,757OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$188,416GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$177,866CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$10,550GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events$32,000CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$49,366RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$10,550FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$27,757OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$119,673DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$109,123NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
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 (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
ADRIAN T MOORE
VP POLICY$147,364$40,000$10,361$197,725
DAVID NOTT
President & CEO$246,497$100,000$10,406$356,903
JONATHAN GRAFF
SEC'Y/CFO/TREAS$128,892$49,500$10,332$188,724
JULIAN MORRIS
VP RESEARCH$123,471$30,000$8,933$162,404
MATT WELCH
VP MAGAZINE$133,408$30,000$8,958$172,366
MICHAEL ALISSI
VP OPERATIONS$128,441$40,000$8,933$177,374
NICHOLAS GILLESPIE
VP REASON ONLIN$166,726$60,000$3,982$230,708
ROBERT W POOLE JR
FOUNDER$199,999$25,000$312$225,311

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonTERI MOOREPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionWIFE-OFFICERRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$15,924TransactionAmt
TransactionEDITING SERVICESTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule L, Part V Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationSCH L, PART IV, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED PERSONS:(A) NAME OF PERSON: TERI MOORE, SPOUSE OF OFFICER ADRIAN MOORE.(D) DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION: RUNS A COMPANY WHICH PERFORMS EDITINGSERVICES FOR THE FOUNDATION.(A) NAME OF PERSON: KENDRA OKONSKI, SPOUSE OF OFFICER JULIAN MOORE.(D) DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION: EVENT COORDINATION.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution7ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$368,502NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesQUOTED PRICEMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescFDN EVENT VENUE COSTSDesc
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$59,916NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesLIST PRICEMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To ServicesDURING THE YEAR, THE REASON FOUNDATION CEASED THE REASON-RUPE POLL.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4:
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessPRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS THE DRAFT 990 WILL BE EMAILED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW, FEEDBACK WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CFO.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsTRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THEFOUNDATION WILL COMPLETE A FORM TO CERTIFY THAT THERE ARE NO EXISTINGCONFLICTS. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THAT STATUS THEY WILL COMPLETE ANDSUBMIT ANOTHER FORM.OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE CERTIFIED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE POLICY AND WILLDISCUSS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesCOMPARABLE DATA WAS ASSEMBLED FROM PUBLIC 990 FILINGS FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS WITHIN OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OFTRUSTEES WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPENSATION. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THEN DISCUSSED AND APPROVED COMPENSATION IN AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableUPON REQUEST THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE MAILED OR E-MAILED TO THE REQUESTING PARTY.

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