FOUNDATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
FOUNDATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INC (EIN 32-0312247)
Tax period
2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed
2014-05-14
IRS object ID
201401349349304030
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2014-05-14T12:54:46-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2013-06-30TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN112318995EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1FARKOUH FURMAN & FACCIO LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1460 PARK AVENUEAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10022ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN320312247EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1THE FOUNDATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlFOUNNameControl
Phone2123990928Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1350 WEST 42ND STREET NO 37CAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10036ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameANDY ZWICKName
TitleDIRECTORTitle
Phone2123990928Phone
Date Signed2014-05-08DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameFRED FARKOUHName
PTINP00092160PTIN
Phone2122455900Phone
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2015-11-30 17:44:51ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address ChangeXAddressChange
Name Of Principal Officer PersonANDY ZWICKNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14779 COLLINS AVE APT 4102AddressLine1
CityMIAMI BEACHCity
StateFLState
ZIP Code33140ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts200043GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web SiteN/AWebSite
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Year Formation2010YearFormation
State Legal DomicileNYStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR: CIVIC EDUCATION, THE STUDY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARACTER OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body3NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members3NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees0TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year120000ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year200000ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year0ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year42InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year43InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year120042TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year200043TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year0SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year0SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year2528TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year59649OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year184860OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year59649TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year184860TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year60393RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY15183RevenuesLessExpensesCY
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Total Assets EOY83931TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY0TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY0TotalLiabilitiesEOY
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Significant Change0SignificantChange
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Revenue200043Revenue
DescriptionTHE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PLANNING, FUNDRAISING AND MANAGING THE PROGRAM ON CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND HAS PRODUCED, DEVELOPED, DEBUTED AND MAINTAINS WEBSITES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN POLITICAL STUDIES THAT ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. EXPENSES ARE INTENDED SOLELY TO FULFILL OUR CHARITABLE GOALS AND PURPOSES.Description
Total Program Service Expense160346TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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Report Invest Oth Securities0ReportInvestOthSecurities
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Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote0ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt0IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivities
Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction0ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction0PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org0TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10964NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums0FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid0PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members3NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members3NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship1FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledNYStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonANDY ZWICKNamePerson
Telephone Number2123990928TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1350 WEST 42ND ST STE 37CAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10036ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (3 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
ANDY ZWICK
DIRECTOR20.00X000
WILLIAM KRISTOL
DIRECTOR4.00X000
FRED FARKOUH
DIRECTOR0.50X000
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Total Other Compensation0TotalOtherCompensation
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Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
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Total Contributions200000TotalContributions

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Total Revenue Column43TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion$43ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$43ExclusionAmount

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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Total6000Total
Management And General6000ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total70Total
Management And General70ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total66868Total
Program Services66868ProgramServices

Travel Travel

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total18228Total
Program Services15980ProgramServices
Fundraising2248Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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RESEARCH AND CONSULTING7501275012
ADMINISTRATION1500015000
MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT25192239280
DESIGN AND PRINTING247247

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

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Management And General916ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Management And General21986ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising2528Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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BOY68748BOY
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY68748BOY
EOY83931EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY68748BOY
EOY83931EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY68748BOY
EOY83931EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses15183ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years16200CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year120000CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year200000CurrentTaxYear
Total336200Total

Total170 Total170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years16200CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year120000CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year200000CurrentTaxYear
Total336200Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170336200PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years3CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year42CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year43CurrentTaxYear
Total88Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support336288TotalSupport
First5 Years170XFirst5Years170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2ANDY ZWICK, DIRECTOR, IS A CLIENT OF FRED FARKOUH AND CO-EXECUTOR WITH MR. FARKOUH OF AN ESTATE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11A DRAFT COPY OF FORM 990 WILL BE CIRCULATED AND DISCUSSED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CAT THE ANNUAL MEETING, THE MEMBERS REITERATE THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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