GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2013

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Organization: GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC (EIN 46-0908502)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-11-17
IRS object ID: 201433219349201868
Schema version: 2013v3.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule O
Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-11-17T12:20:52-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	042206126	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RAPHAEL AND RAPHAEL LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	52 CHURCH STREET	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02116	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	460908502	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GROU	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6174126130	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	THE PILOT HOUSE LEWIS WHARF C/O	AddressLine1
Address Line2	GLOBAL POST	AddressLine2
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02110	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHARLES M SENNOTT	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6174126130	PhoneNum
Signature	2014-11-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GARRY TODD NICHOL	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00697789	PTIN
Phone	6172101200	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	WWW.THEGROUNDTRUTHPROJECT.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$1,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$1,000	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Total Revenue	$1,000	TotalRevenueAmt
Other Expenses Total	$872	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$872	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$128	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$0	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$128	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$408,461	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$408,461	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$408,333	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$128	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	THE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC. IS A NON-PARTISAN, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION RELATED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES. THE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC. SEEKS TO EDUCATE, TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND TO PROVIDE ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE ABOVE ISSUES, WITH THE AIM OF EXPOSING INJUSTICE AND FINDING SOLUTIONS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	THERE WERE NO GRANTS OR RELATED EXPENSES PAID OR ACCRUED DURING 2013.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$0	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$0	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$0	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
CHARLES M SENNOTT
PRESIDENT/TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIR.	0.00	$0	$0	$0
GARY KNIGHT
DIRECTOR	0.00	$0	$0	$0
DAVID H FEINBERG
CLERK/DIRECTOR	0.00	$0	$0	$0
CHRIS BAKE
DIRECTOR	0.00	$0	$0	$0
MEREDITH DEWITT
DIRECTOR	0.00	$0	$0	$0
ALAN KHAZEI
DIRECTOR	0.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHARLES M SENNOTT	BusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	THE PILOT HOUSE LEWIS WHARF	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02110	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6174126130	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Other Employee Paid Over100k	0	OtherEmployeePaidOver100kCnt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,000	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,000	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,000	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First5 Years509	Yes (X)	First5Years509Ind
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION: BANK SERVICE CHARGES. AMOUNT: 12. DESCRIPTION: APPLICATION FOR EXEMPT STATUS FEE. AMOUNT: 860. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 872.
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES	DESCRIPTION: DEFERRED REVENUE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 408,333.

Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Declaration	THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.	DeclarationDesc

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