PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION (EIN 91-0852323)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-11-06
IRS object ID: 201513109349301976
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-11-06T16:15:14-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	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	2014-01-01	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	2015-11-06	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	2015-10-28	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	Amanda Lee	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	$2,460,967	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 and indigent defense	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	13	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,777,638	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,758,346	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$6,305	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$6,925	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$87,946	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$695,696	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,871,889	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,460,967	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	$5,285,251	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$523,606	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$21,494	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,474,997	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,105,792	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$7,760,248	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,629,398	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$888,359	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$168,431	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,419,485	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,246,124	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,722,335	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,717,404	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,697,150	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,528,720	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Indigent Defense. Advocacy on criminal justice policy issues.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	Yes (1)	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$525,996	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Racial Disparity Project - The Association researches, litigates and advocates for the decrease of racial bias in the criminal justice system.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,202,636	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$6,417	RevenueAmt
Desc	Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion - The Association's Racial Disparity Project is developing and serves as program manager for a pilot and expanded pre-arrest diversion program.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$84,034	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Death Penalty Assistance Center - The Association provides training, resources and consultation assistance to attorneys statewide on death penalty cases.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,812,666	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	0	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	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	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	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	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 (13 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
Amanda Lee
Interim Director/President	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$6,990	$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
Lee Covell
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bruce Erickson
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anthony Orange
Board Member	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Colette Tvedt
Board Member	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Aaron Solomon
Board Member	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andra Kranzler
Board Member	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Floris Mikkelsen
Director	8.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Daugaard
Deputy Director	20.00		Yes (X)	$57,430	$0	$0
Marie McNabb
Contract CFO	8.00		Yes (X)	$38,880	$0	$0
Anita Khandelwal
Attorney	40.00			$103,371	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$206,671	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	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	$1,104,720	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,530,214	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$228,132	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,758,346	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,925	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$6,925	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$688,079	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	$688,079	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$688,079	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$688,079	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$1,200	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,200	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,200	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Reimbursed Expenses	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$6,417	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,417	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$6,417	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,460,967	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,417	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$696,204	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,420	TotalAmt
Program Services	$55,133	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,990	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,297	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$346,186	TotalAmt
Program Services	$320,275	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,093	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,818	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,843	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,750	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$141	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$952	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,259	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,763	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,245	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,251	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,898	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,742	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,980	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,176	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,394	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,394	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,248	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,769	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,479	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,818	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,818	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50	TotalAmt
Management And General	$50	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,473	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,442	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$867	TotalAmt
Management And General	$867	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$659,639	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,933	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$625,706	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,806	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,806	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,344	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,344	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,836	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,559	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$61,277	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,613	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,426	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,187	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Client costs - RDP prog	$1,197,687	$1,197,687
Member Benefits	$22,880	$22,880
Library and Research	$1,472	$1,472
Case and Client Costs	$1,173	$130	$1,043

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,629,398	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,812,666	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$795,238	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,494	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,824	BOYAmt
EOY	$500	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,578,032	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,685,670	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$478,914	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,388,624	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,991	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,633	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,846	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,970	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$534,106	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$514,719	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$188,783	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,387	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,095	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,340	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,419,485	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,246,124	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$934,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$965,736	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$787,394	BOYAmt
EOY	$751,668	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,722,335	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,717,404	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,577,501	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,549,199	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,119,649	BOYAmt
EOY	$979,521	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,697,150	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,528,720	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,419,485	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,246,124	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$168,431	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	$13,044,347	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$12,778,155	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,507,263	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,889,773	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,758,346	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$47,977,884	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$13,044,347	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$12,778,155	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,507,263	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,889,773	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,758,346	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$47,977,884	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$577,484	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$47,400,400	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,829	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,644	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$12,565	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,305	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$695,004	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$730,347	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$87,704	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$67,982	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$43,411	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$87,033	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,417	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$292,547	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$49,000,778	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$5,230	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.96730	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.98670	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	$1,288	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	0	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$1,288	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	$1,288 of allocated Salary and benefits. Pending or proposed legislation referenced: Staff testified at City Council budget hearing and attended several meetings with Councilmembers re LEAD funding and other Center City Initiative budget priorities; testified at City Council hearings in support of Police Commission stipends and confirmation of commissioners.	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

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$12,921	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,162	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,759	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$521,185	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$507,557	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$13,628	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$19,387	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Deferred Rent	$667,123
Capital Lease	$83,787
Funds Held for Others	$758

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$751,668	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,460,967	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,460,967	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,460,967	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,629,397	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,629,397	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,629,397	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 a client 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 2014, 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. Public Defender Association's open examination periods are 2011 and thereafter. The Association 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 O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, line 2	During 2013, the indigent defense contracts were cancelled and all staff involved in defense services were transferred into a new public defense division of King County.
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 11	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.
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. Employed attorneys review for conflicts regularly.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	All Employees except Director are paid on an independently provided scale based on wages paid to prosecuting attorneys in the region. Director's wage was set by Board upon hire, with cost of living adjustments as negotiated for all other staff. From January to mid-November the Director donated her time, free of charge, to the organization and in mid November the Organization hired a salaried Director.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	Documents are available upon request