SAFE STATES ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: SAFE STATES ALLIANCE (EIN 73-1455152)
Tax period: 2012-10-01 to 2013-09-30
Filed: 2014-02-15
IRS object ID: 201420469349300422
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-02-15T09:56:33-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	R MICHAEL LABOUNTY & ASSOCIATES	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2750 BUFORD HWY STE 247	AddressLine1
City	ATLANTA	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30324	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	731455152	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAFE STATES ALLIANCE	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	PREVENTION DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SAFE	NameControl
Phone	7706909000	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2200 CENTURY PARKWAY	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 700	AddressLine2
City	ATLANTA	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30345	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	AMBER N WILLIAMS	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	7706909000	Phone
Date Signed	2014-02-14	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	R MICHAEL LABOUNTY	Name
Phone	4046366272	Phone
Date Prepared	2014-02-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	AMBER N WILLIAMS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2200 CENTURY PARKWAY	AddressLine1
City	ATLANTA	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30345	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1239746	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.SAFESTATES.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1993	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	GA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS & CAPACITIES RELATED TO INJURY PREVENTION & CONTROL.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	10	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	77	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	886910	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	1015078	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	165452	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	197000	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	7625	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	14235	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	13433	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1059987	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1239746	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	476041	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	532356	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	546042	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	698031	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1022083	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1230387	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	37904	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	9359	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	411179	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	418000	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	114021	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	111483	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	297158	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	306517	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS & CAPACITIES RELATED TO INJURY PREVENTION & CONTROL.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	980957	Expense
Description	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS & CAPACITIES RELATED TO INJURY PREVENTION & CONTROL. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES INCLUDING DISSEMINATION OF INJURY PREVENTION DATA AND INFORMATION TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INJURY PREVENTION EDUCATION.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	980957	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	17	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	10	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	true	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	AMBER WILLIAMS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7706909000	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2200 CENTURY PARKWAY STE 700	AddressLine1
City	ATLANTA	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30345	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
LINDA SCARPETTA
TREASURER	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
PEG PRUSA-OGEA
MEMBER AT LA	1.00	X		0	0	0
LISA VANDERWERF-HOURIGAN
VICE PRESIDE	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
LORI HASKETT
PRESIDENT	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
ELLEN SCHMIDT
MEMBER AT LA	1.00	X		0	0	0
HOLLY HEDEGAARD
SECRETARY	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL BAUER
MEMBER AT LA	1.00	X		0	0	0
ANARA GUARD
MEMBER AT LA	1.00	X		0	0	0
CAROL THORNTON
MEMBER AT LA	1.00	X		0	0	0
STEWART WILLIAMS
MEMBER AT LA	1.00	X		0	0	0
AMBER WILLIAMS
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		X	93895	0	3756

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	93895	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	3756	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	37354	MembershipDues
Government Grants	977724	GovernmentGrants
Total Contributions	1015078	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION	900099	196000	196000
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE	900099	1000	1000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	197000	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	14235	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	14235	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	13433	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	13433	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	13433	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1239746	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	224668	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93895	Total
Program Services	86799	ProgramServices
Management And General	7096	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	338870	Total
Program Services	310805	ProgramServices
Management And General	28065	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18664	Total
Program Services	17276	ProgramServices
Management And General	1388	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45840	Total
Program Services	42002	ProgramServices
Management And General	3838	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35087	Total
Program Services	32425	ProgramServices
Management And General	2662	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2325	Total
Management And General	2325	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6928	Total
Management And General	6928	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	53552	Total
Program Services	7280	ProgramServices
Management And General	46272	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45171	Total
Program Services	33579	ProgramServices
Management And General	11592	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	25366	Total
Program Services	23785	ProgramServices
Management And General	1581	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	52919	Total
Program Services	49541	ProgramServices
Management And General	3378	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	157041	Total
Program Services	101492	ProgramServices
Management And General	55549	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	112749	Total
Program Services	96580	ProgramServices
Management And General	16169	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2019	Total
Program Services	1893	ProgramServices
Management And General	126	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4590	Total
Program Services	4282	ProgramServices
Management And General	308	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
CONTRACT SERVICES	218877	161296	57581
OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES	10846	10846
MISCELLANEOUS	5648	1076	4572

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1230387	Total
Program Services	980957	ProgramServices
Management And General	249430	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	173382	BOY
EOY	83744	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	82434	BOY
EOY	148240	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	133686	BOY
EOY	164797	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16400	BOY
EOY	11690	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	37141	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	27612	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	966	BOY
EOY	9529	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4311	BOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	411179	BOY
EOY	418000	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	93041	BOY
EOY	96554	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	20980	BOY
EOY	14929	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	114021	BOY
EOY	111483	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	297158	BOY
EOY	306517	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	297158	BOY
EOY	306517	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	411179	BOY
EOY	418000	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	9359	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	682061	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	802693	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	814972	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	886910	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1015078	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4201714	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	682061	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	802693	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	814972	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	886910	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1015078	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4201714	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	4201714	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	474	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3234	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	202	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1173	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	5083	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	4206797	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	224668	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99880	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99840	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	true	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	true	MailingsMembers
Mailings Members	$102	MailingsMembersAmount
Publications Or Broadcast	true	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Publications Or Broadcast	$160	PublicationsOrBroadcastAmount
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	true	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$9,607	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	9869	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	ReturnReference
Explanation	1A- SEVENTY SEVEN VOLUNTEERS MONITOR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY, INCLUDING PARTICIPATING ON WEEKLY CALLS WITH PARTNERS AND PROVIDING REPORTS. 1D- E-MAILS AND VARIOUS MAILINGS WERE SENT TO LEGISLATORS. 1E- MATERIALS WERE SUBMITTED TO LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS. 1G- SAFE STATES REPRESENTATIVES MEET WITH LEGISLATORS, THEIR STAFF AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	37141	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	27612	Depreciation
Book Value	9529	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	9529	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1239746	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	1239746	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	1239746	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1230387	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	1230387	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1230387	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 4	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED TWENTY-FIVE CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS ON DECEMBER 31, 2012.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	THE MEMBERS ELECT THE GOVERNING BODY.
DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B	THE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO VOTE ON ANY REVISION TO THE BYLAWS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND REVIEWED AT THE NEXT CONFERENCE CALL MEETING PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	ANNUAL DISCLOSURES ARE MONITORED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	APPROVED DURING ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	APPROVED DURING ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.