2014-02-12T17:34:51-08:00 2013-06-30 Goranson and Associates Inc 446 Beaver Street Santa Rosa CA 95404 990 2012-07-01 680314615 Polly Klaas Foundation POLL 7077691334 Post Office Box 800 Petaluma CA 94953 Raine Howe 2014-02-12 true Susan E Goranson P00049464 7075421256 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Raine Howe 312 Western Avenue Petaluma CA 94952 2562011 false false X www.pollyklaas.org X 1993 CA The Polly Klaas Foundation is a national nonprofit founded in 1993 following the abduction and murder of Polly Klaas. The Foundation is committed to the recovery of missing children and the promotion of child abduction prevention programs. It offers a 24/7 hot line 365 days a year, comprehensive child find services with professional caseworkers and prevention/education tools including Child Safety Kits and Internet Safety Kits. It has a growing number of Rapid Response Team e-volunteers across the Nation who actively participate in our efforts to help bring home missing children. 9 9 7 11 0 697517 631010 0 -311533 -232012 0 385984 398998 0 0 349859 332339 0 92989 288148 379519 638007 711858 -252023 -312860 4329482 4236288 56250 43611 4273232 4192677 The Polly Klaas Foundation is a national nonprofit founded in 1993 following the abduction and murder of Polly Klaas. The Foundation is committed to the recovery of missing children and the promotion of child abduction prevention programs. It offers a 24/7 hot line 365 days a year, comprehensive child find services with professional caseworkers and prevention/education tools including Child Safety Kits and Internet Safety Kits. It has a growing number of Rapid Response Team e-volunteers across the Nation who actively participate in our efforts to help bring home missing children. false false 225919 Response Department Casework ServicesThe Polly Klaas Foundation has assisted over 8,000 families and hundreds of Law Enforcement Agencies in their search for missing and abducted children. Since inception we have seen an overwhelming majority of those children return home safely. The Response Department provides a variety of services for each type of missing child case, all of which are geared toward the recovery and safe return of the child.*24 Hour Hot line - Staff and volunteers work with families and Law Enforcement Agencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.*National Flyer Distribution - Case-specific flyer distribution anywhere in the nation, within a matter of hours. Decisions about flyer distributions are made as a team effort between the Foundation, the parent and the lead agency in the investigation.*Local and/or National Media Exposure - Further exposure for a case is achieved by producing and distributing press releases and by doing live or taped radio, television or print interviews. We have assisted families by either working on their behalf with the media or by coaching them through the process.*Intake And Transmission Of Leads And Tips To The Lead Agency - public leads are immediately forwarded to the investigating agency. We have strict policies regarding confidentiality and rely solely on the investigating agency to determine the necessity of follow-up on any lead.*International Web site Exposure - It has been proven that pictures help in the recovery of missing children. With www.pollyklaas.org receiving over a half a million hits per month, missing child cases gain a remarkable amount of exposure.*Nationwide Resources - The Foundation has excellent working relationships with other child find agencies, social service agencies and many Law Enforcement professionals across the nation. In addition, we are members of AMECO (Association of Missing & Exploited Children Organizations).*Family Support And Assistance - Our role in missing child cases involves advising families about what to expect and what steps they need to be taking, providing emotional support, maintaining on-going contact in long term cases, and helping to retain a positive working relationship with Law Enforcement, the media and the community. The Foundation can also assists families after their children return home by providing counseling referrals and extended case management as necessary.Rapid Response Team EVolunteersBefore the Internet, we were very limited by time and geography. It was not possible to execute an effective nationwide missing child poster volunteer distribution program. In the Spring of 2005, we conducted a survey. A large number of survey respondents told us they wanted to volunteer to distribute missing child posters. In April 2006, we launched the Rapid Response Team eVolunteers, a volunteer program that takes advantage of the Internet.The RRT is managed completely online. Once a person becomes a member of the Rapid Response Team they are welcomed and provided with all kinds of tools including a volunteer guide. When the Response Department Director decides that a missing child's poster needs distribution, they will go to our online member messaging system. Each volunteer receives an email requesting that a child's poster be distributed; Included in the email is a link to the poster's location on our web site's Master List of Missing Children.The volunteer receives the e-mail with a link to a poster which they can make as many copies as desired. Posters are then distributed within their local community. When a child is found, the caseworker sends an e-mail to the eVolunteers requesting that no more of that child's poster be distributed. The child's information is removed from web site's Master List of Missing Children. Since inception over 4,000 individuals have become members of The Rapid Response Team. 122393 Prevention/Education - Child Safety KitsThe Child Safety Kit is our flagship publication and the principal vehicle for mission fulfillment in the areas of Education and Abduction Prevention. The Kit includes 24 pages of positive, encouraging guidance for parents on how to teach their children to stay safe "without scaring your child or yourself."The empowering message of the Child Safety Kit was initiated in 1994 and is unique to the Polly Klaas Foundation. Since then it has continued to evolve into one of the most sought after publications in the field of Child Safety Education. By communicating a hopeful message to parents, our Child Safety Kit unblocks the paralyzing fear of stranger abduction, and models ways for parents to teach their children how not to go missing or, if children do get lost or separated, how to ask for help.Throughout its history, the Foundation has insisted on telling the truth, providing all of the facts about missing children and empowering parents rather than frightening them. Our Child Safety Kit gives parents, educators and Law Enforcement professional's powerful teaching tools that strongly supports family involvement and communication. In the last quarter of 2004 we decided to offer the Kit to our online members.The online order form and free consumer goods lists catapulted the Polly Klaas Foundation into the consciousness of tens of thousands of parents throughout the United States and indeed had an impact throughout the world (about 5% of our online members reside outside the United States). Parents, Law Enforcement professionals, schools and churches across the nation have ordered over 223,000 kits from January 2006 through December 2010. 93891 The Foundation has established a national reputation as one of the preeminent child find organizations, dedicating its resources to the safety of all childreneverywhere. We have worked with thousands of families to help them find their children and with law enforcement professionals, educators and researchers to develop prevention strategies, educational programs and other resources that empower parents and whole communities to protect children from harm. We have also distinguished ourselves among local, state and national policy makers for our leadership on child safety legislation.Highlights of our services include:*Public Affairs - Joining with State and Federal policy makers to promote child safety legislation. In a nationwide effort facilitated by the Polly Klaas Foundation, all 50 states now have Amber Alert laws in place. To date, over 400 children have been recovered with Amber Alerts. *Casework - Parents whose children are missing call our 24/7 hot line or email the Response Department of the Foundation. Since 1993 we have provided comprehensive casework services and have helped over 7500 families bring their children home again. *Prevention/Education - Thousands of parents throughout the world are teaching their children how to stay safe with abduction prevention materials developed by the Foundation including our free Child Safety Kit and Internet Safety Kit.*Information and News - Every month tens of thousands of people receive safety information and missing child news through the Foundation's monthly eNews.*Rapid Response Team eVolunteers - Moms, dads, family members and neighbors throughout the nation who sign up as RRT eVolunteers participate in our efforts to find missing children by receiving official emails with links to missing child posters. They download the posters, print them on their personal computers, and then distribute them within their local communities.*Master List of Missing Children - neighbor's teachers and health care professionals use the Polly Klaas Foundation web site to search our master file photos and call in information if there are suspicious circumstances. Many missing children have been found this way*Fax Blasts - Restaurants and many other businesses throughout the country receive fax blasts with posters of missing children. Our national presence and reputation for distinguished service has generated a roster of thousands of online members which grows geometrically every day. Our Foundation is one of most sought after by those needing services to find missing children, and information abduction prevention child safety. 442203 true false false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 true 7 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA X X Raine Howe 7077691334 312 Western Avenue Petaluma CA 94952 Bob De Leo 40.00 0.00 95265 0 0 Christine Brennan 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eve Nichol 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jarred Jones 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 William Linder 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Fish 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Harry Hollingshead 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marge Ford 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gary Judd 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stephanie Mango 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Raine Howe 40.00 0.00 X 25962 0 0 Robert DeLeo 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 121227 0 true false false Vehicle Donation Processing Center 626 So Primrose Avenue Monrovia CA 91016 Prof. fundraiser 0 631010 600560 631010 0 76699 76699 0 0 0 1253742 600560 1146067 1016946 107675 -416386 -308711 -308711 0 0 0 0 398998 -308711 76699 X 0 0 0 0 79808 55865 15962 7981 0 202964 150671 25962 26331 0 26885 19637 3986 3262 22682 16567 3363 2752 0 16108 16108 18899 18899 0 0 0 126631 63466 31305 31860 0 0 0 0 0 18160 8373 8294 1493 0 0 0 0 299 299 0 Other operating expense 9855 7093 2334 428 Postage and Shipping 10725 10694 31 Bank/investment fees 20276 20276 Common costs 121038 88529 18790 13719 37528 21308 11057 5163 711858 442203 176666 92989 0 712915 841221 0 42856 32193 0 0 0 28350 21404 9480 6371 95465 93200 2265 3535881 3332834 0 0 0 0 4329482 4236288 56250 43611 56250 43611 X 4273232 4192677 4273232 4192677 4329482 4236288 -312860 232305 X false true X true false X 1447299 1139449 1104293 697517 214624 4603182 0 0 1447299 1139449 1104293 697517 214624 4603182 0 4603182 92554 76199 74009 109723 76699 429184 0 0 5032366 0.91470 0.93570 X false false false 1878 1462 1911 1407 6658 9987 9392 7311 9554 7033 33290 470 366 478 352 1666 2499 9392 7311 9554 7033 33290 95465 93200 2265 2265 X 631303 232305 232305 398998 398998 711858 711858 711858 Part X Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Foundation is exempt from Federal and State Income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Franchise Tax Board Code Section 23701(d). Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has determined the Foundation is not a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.Management of the Foundation considers the likelihood of changes by taxing authorities in its filed tax returns and recognizes a liability for or discloses potential significant changes if management believes it is more likely than not for a change to occur, including changes to the Foundations status as a not-for-profit entity. Management believes the Foundation met the requirements to maintain its tax-exempt status and has not income subject to unrelated business income tax; therefore no provision for income taxes has been provided in these financial statements. The Foundations tax returns for the past three years are subject to examination by tax authorities, and may change upon examination. The Foundations evaluation on June 30, 2013 revealed no tax positions that would have a material impact on the financial statements. The Foundation does not believe that any reasonably possible changes will occur within the next twelve months that will have a material impact on the financial statements.The Foundation is also required to file exempt information returns in Oregon and Washington states. false false false false false false false false false false gross sales fair mkt value false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Upon request Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees It shall be the policy of the Polly Klaas Foundation's Board of Directors to determine, approve and review the compensation of key staff.A. This process will be conducted when any of the following conditions occur:At hiring; when the employee is provided an adjustment in their salary; Annually when the budget is presented to the Board of Directors for review and approval.B. The Board will be provided with tools to make this determination as follows: The Annual Northern California Nonprofit Compensation and Benefits Report; The Polly Klaas Foundation Wage and Salary Schedule.The Board of Directors shall take action on this item at the annual meeting by a resolution which shallbe filed in the corporate record. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Board of Directors and the Audit Committee will review this Policy annually. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Presented to audit committee who reviews and then to the board. Client Note 1 - FORM 990, PART 1, LINE 8C NET GAIN OR LOSS FROM SALE OF ASSETS OTHER THAN INVENTORYSCHEDULE A, PART II - COMPENSATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICESThe Polly Klaas Foundation (PKF) has contracted with an independent contractor to operate an automobile donation program on its behalf as one of PKF's programs to generate funds necessary to carry on its charitable activities. During the past year, PKF had net receipts of $232,353 from this program.The automobile program is offered as a method by which individuals, who may otherwise not be willing or able to assist PKF through a direct cash donation, can provide much needed support to PKF by contributing their used vehicles. This property is resold by PKF (through an independent contractor as PKF's agent) and the cash proceeds, net of expenses, are directly used by PKF for PKF's charitable programs. PKF has determined that operating this program internally would divert the specialized personnel and support staff of the organization away from the at-risk children and families' who are the prime beneficiaries of PKF's charitable programs. PKF also realizes that it does not have the resources or operating capacity to conduct this program on its own, therefore this program is operated by a contractor for charitable purposes on PKF's behalf.The expenses that are associated with the program are fundamentally different from those incurred by a "traditional" direct mail or similar fundraising campaign. This is primarily because of the high costs associated with advertising for donations of property through more expensive mass media such as radio and television advertisements, not to mention the additional costs associated with used vehicles, such as towing, detailing, and selling the donated property. These costs differ from programs in which the charity receives its donations in a readily usable form such as cash.The internal revenue service has not issued specific guidelines regarding how a charity is to report the revenue and expenses associated with a program like an automobile donation program. PKF has attempted to work within the general reporting instructions for the Form 990 to complete this return. Following is a brief description of the manner in which the revenue and expenses are reported.PKF has reported the value of these non-cash contributions on Form 990 Part VIII on line 1(g) and included the amount in costs on line 7(b) of Form 990 as the exact amount received by the independent contractor for the resale of the property.Because the property is sold by PKF (through the contractor) after it is donated, PKF has reported at line 7(a), the gain or loss from the sale of the donated property. Line 7(b) includes the basis of the property equal to the resale amount, plus all expenses related to the acquisition, and processing a sale of the property. The inclusion of these expenses here results in a "reporting loss" at line 7(d), even though the organization receives an actual net cash increase from the program, which substantially benefits the organization to further PKF's charitable programs.Thus, all expenses associated with the automobile donation program are reflected at Form 990, line 7(c). This amount includes all expenses of the automobile program incurred by the independent professional contractor on behalf of PKF as determined by the contract it has with PKF. In an effort to provide notice regarding all of the expenses associated with the program, the professional contractor's individual expenses for the 2012-2013 fiscal year were as follows:Cost of sales $ 179,060 Professional contractor's fee 122,729 Advertisement 114,597 ----------Total expenses $ 416,386 ==========