FORWARD CITIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: FORWARD CITIES INC (EIN 13-4302280)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-11-12
IRS object ID: 201523169349303372
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 D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-11-12T11:15:31-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Dingus & Daga Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20600 Chagrin Blvd Ste 701	AddressLine1Txt
City	Cleveland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	44122	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	134302280	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CEOS FOR CITIES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CEOS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2166874704	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1717 EUCLID AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CLEVELAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	44115	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LEE FISHER	PersonNm
Person Title	President & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-11-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	NARESH GOEL CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00113506	PTIN
Phone	2165619200	PhoneNum

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)
Principal Officer	LEE FISHER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1717 EUCLID AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CLEVELAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	44115	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$650,143	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	CEOSFORCITIES.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2005	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	CEOS FOR CITIES CONNECTS CROSS SECTOR LEADERS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE SMARTEST IDEAS AND PRACTICES FOR MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THE KEY DIMENSIONS OF CITY SUCCESS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$887,788	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$562,522	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$76,955	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$87,267	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$4,311	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$354	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$969,054	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$650,143	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$185,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,061,633	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$494,997	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$466,681	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$171,128	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$447,254	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$488,366	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,127,251	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,016,680	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$158,197	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,366,537	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,445,850	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$202,962	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$61,018	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$184,667	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,384,832	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$18,295	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	CEOS FOR CITIES CONNECTS CROSS SECTOR LEADERS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE SMARTEST IDEAS AND PRACTICES FOR MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THE KEY DIMENSIONS OF CITY SUCCESS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,738,863	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,061,633	GrantAmt
Desc	CEOS FOR CITIES IS A CROSSS-SECTOR CITY SUCCESS LEARNING AND ACTION NETWORK. WE CONNECT CROSS-SECTOR LEADERS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE SMARTEST IDEAS AND PRACTICES FOR MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THE FOUR KEY DIMENSIONS OF CITY SUCCESS - CONNECTIONS, INNOVATION, TALENT, AND YOUR DISTINCTIVE ASSETS. OUR WORK CONSISTS OF FOUR CORE ELEMENTS: - WE CURATE SMART IDEAS AND BENCHMARK CITY SUCCESS THROUGH OUR CITY VITALS. - WE CONNECT CROSS-SECTOR LEADERS THROUGH OUR NETWORK OF CITY CLUSTERS. - WE CATALYZE COLLABORATIVE CHANGE THROUGH OUR CITY DIVIDENDS. - WE ACCELERATE PROGRESS THROUGH OUR DIVIDEND PRIZE CHALLENGES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CITY VITALS 3.0 - CITY VITALS IS OUR BENCHMARKING TOOL FOR CITY SUCCESS. THE FOUR LETTERS THAT MAKE UP THE WORD 'CITY' SPELL OUT THE GENETIC CODE OF URBAN SUCCESS: CONNECTIONS, INNOVATION, TALENT, AND YOUR DISTINCTIVE ASSETS. USING 30 DIFFERENT INDICATORS, WE ANALYZE THESE FOUR KEY DIMENSIONS TO ECONOMIC SUCCESS IN THE 130 LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CITY DIVIDEND - A CITY DIVIDEND IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ACHIEVING A TARGETED, MEASURABLE, ACTIONABLE GOAL TOWARD YOUR CITY'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS. CITY DIVIDENDS ARE PREMISED ON OUR RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE THAT MEASURABLE PROGRESSS, OR "MOVING THE NEEDLE," ON TARGETED WORK CAN REAP HUGE ECONOMIC GROWTH DIVIDENDS FOR CITIES, AND ACCELERATE AND SUSTAIN MOVEMENT ON IMPORTANT GOALS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED THREE CITY DIVIDENDS - THE TALENT, GREEN OPPORTUNITY, AND HEALTH/DIABETES DIVIDENDS, AND ARE DEVELOPING MORE. EACH DIVIDEND REFLECTS ONE SMALL CHAGE THAT LEADS TO A BIG ECONOMIC DIVIDEND.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,738,863	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LEE FISHER	PersonNm
Phone	2166874704	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1717 EUCLID AVENEU UR 130	AddressLine1Txt
City	CLEVELAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	44115	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Institutional TrusteeInstitutionalTrusteeInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Paul Grogan
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Marc Morial
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mayor Michael Nutter
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cliff Thomas
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Wim Wiewel
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Zimpher
Trustee	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LEE FISHER
President & CEO	40.00	0.00		$248,000	$0	$16,187	Yes (X)
Bob Milbourne
Chairman	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Brian Payne
Vice Chair	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$248,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$16,187	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$278,642	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$283,880	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$562,522	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PROGRAM FEES	900099	$65,067	$65,067
SPEAKING FEES	900099	$22,200	$22,200

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$87,267	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$354	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$354	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$650,143	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$87,621	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,061,633	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,061,633	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$248,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$148,538	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$61,219	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$155,603	TotalAmt
Program Services	$93,198	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,995	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,410	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,708	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,012	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,677	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,019	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,936	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,178	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,712	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,046	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,434	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,886	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,288	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,260	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,565	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,565	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,629	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,511	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,706	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,412	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,451	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,380	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$691	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,380	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,072	TotalAmt
Program Services	$429	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$214	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$429	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$99,134	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,991	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,792	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,351	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$161,142	TotalAmt
Program Services	$161,142	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,727	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,576	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,576	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,575	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,239	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,296	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$647	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,296	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Professional Fees	$97,722	$73,745	$833	$23,144
Printing and Publications	$44,057	$44,012	$45
RESEARCH	$23,785	$23,785
MISCELLANEOUS	$11,738	$5,176	$2,112	$4,450

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,105	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,375	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,593	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,137	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,016,680	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,738,863	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$106,689	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$171,128	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,392,623	BOYAmt
EOY	$177,931	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,061	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,100	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,493	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$23,640	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$16,202	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,166	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,438	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,445,850	BOYAmt
EOY	$202,962	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,518	BOYAmt
EOY	$141,920	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,747	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,018	BOYAmt
EOY	$184,667	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$255,604	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,295	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,129,228	BOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,384,832	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,295	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,445,850	BOYAmt
EOY	$202,962	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,366,537	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	$3,307,263	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,519,867	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,191,738	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$887,788	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$562,022	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,468,678	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,307,263	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,519,867	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,191,738	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$887,788	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$562,022	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,468,678	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,468,678	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,870	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,069	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$354	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$17,604	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,192	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$769	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$130	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$2,091	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$7,488,373	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99740	PublicSupportCY170Pct
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

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$17,935	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$11,542	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,393	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,705	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,660	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,045	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$7,438	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$678,507	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$28,364	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$28,364	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$650,143	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$650,143	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,045,044	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$28,364	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$28,364	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,016,680	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,016,680	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CEOS IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND IS, THEREFORE NOT SUBJECT TO TAX UNDER PRESENT INCOME TAX LAWS.CEOS' INCOME TAX FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY VARIOUS TAXING AUTHORITIES. CEOS' OPEN AUDIT PERIODS ARE 2011 THROUGH 2014. IN EVALUATING CEOS' ACTIVITIES, MANAGEMENT BELIEVES ITS POSITION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS IS BASED ON CURRENT FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO UNCERTAIN POSITIONS TAKEN RELATED TO RECORDING INCOME TAXES. MANAGEMENT HAS ASSESSED THAT THERE ARE NO ACTIVITIES UNRELATED TO THE PURPOSE OF CEOS AND THEREFORE NO TAX IS TO BE RECOGNIZED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	false	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
LIVING CITIES INC
1040 W 39th Street 908	New York	NY	10018	$1,061,633	$0	TALENT DIVIDEND
LOCAL PROJECTS LLC
315 WEST 39TH ST 908	NEW YORK	NY	10018	$42,500	$0	CHANGE BY US - PHASE 1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	2	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LEE FISHER	PersonNm
Title	President & CEO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$225,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$23,000	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$7,000	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$9,187	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$264,187	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT/CEO AND MANAGER OF FINANCE REVIEW THE DRAFT FORM 990, THEN EMAIL THE DRAFT RETURN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR REVIEW. THEIR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED BACK TO THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND MANAGER OF FINANCE AND THE RETURN IS FINALIZED WITH ANY REVISIONS. A FINAL COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING ANNUAL FULL DISCLOSURE, IN WRITING, OF ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS INVOLVING INTERESTED PARTIES TO THE ORGANIZATION. ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REPORTED TO THE BOARD ARE REVIEWED AND VOTED ON AS TO WHETHER ANY FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF COMPARABLE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS/PRESIDENTS OF CEO LEADERSHIP GROUPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BOARD THEN DELIBERATES ON THE CURRENT COMPENSATION PACKAGE AT THE BOARD MEETING WITHOUT THE CEO PRESENT. A WRITTEN MEMO IS THEN ISSUED TO THE BOARD BY THE BOARD CHAIR ON THE AGREED UPON COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.