2016-08-03T17:32:39-07:00 2015-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2015-01-01 300779658 Authors Alliance Inc AUTH 5104808302 2705 Webster St Berkeley CA 94705 Michael Wolfe Executive Dir. 2016-08-03 true Adele Kaneda P01664922 5108352727 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z Michael Wolfe 2705 Webster 5805 Berkeley CA 94705 400794 false false X www.authorsalliance.org X 2012 CA Supporting authors' dissemination of knowledge and culture. 4 4 5 1 0 141695 400571 0 30 154 141695 400755 0 0 6545 75337 0 9996 13892 32761 20437 108098 121258 292657 125258 419881 1966 125258 417915 The mission of Authors Alliance is to further the public interest in facilitating widespread access to works of authorship by assisting and representing authors who want to disseminate knowledge and products of the imagination broadly. 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Hosted free educational events on these themes. 31252 Community Outreach and Support: provided answers to community member questions about publishing models and contracts, hosted workshops for authors on copyright law and publishing contracts, developed internal research to further our ability to support community of authors working in the public interest. 11720 Advocacy for Public Interest Authors: represented community of public interest authors in Library of Congress rule making, kept community abreast of public policy issues affecting the dissemination and preservation of knowledge, researched public policy issues affecting public interest authors and published findings online. 78130 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true false false CA X Michael Wolfe 5104808302 2705 Webster St 5805 Berkeley CA 94705 Pamela Samuelson President 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Molly Shaffer Van Houweling Treasurer 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Carla Hesse Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Leonard Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hank Barry Secretary 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Wolfe Executive Dir. 20.00 0.00 X 31137 0 0 31137 0 false false false 0 400571 10624 400571 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 39 47 47 Miscellaneous 107 107 107 400755 47 137 0 0 0 0 31137 26466 3114 1557 0 34917 21849 7778 5290 0 3594 2204 831 559 5689 4161 938 590 0 0 0 0 0 0 1630 1500 130 3830 383 3064 383 1614 485 969 160 696 417 209 70 0 10721 7826 1823 1072 8676 8242 434 0 3168 3010 158 0 0 700 511 119 70 0 Community Relations 1076 1076 Fees & Miscellaneous 650 405 245 0 108098 78130 19972 9996 125258 60107 163338 175000 0 0 0 0 5643 0 3394 700 2694 10624 0 0 0 2475 125258 419881 1966 0 1966 X 125258 403240 14675 125258 417915 125258 419881 292657 X false false false X 141695 400571 542266 0 0 141695 400571 542266 384456 157810 30 30 0 107 107 542403 86 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3394 700 2694 2694 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The executive director provides a copy to the treasurer for preliminary review. 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