SUNRISE123ORG: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: SUNRISE123ORG (EIN 57-1210185)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-05-19
IRS object ID: 201441409349300549
Schema version: 2013v3.1
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-05-19T19:09:15-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Byeman & Cleary CPAs	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	412 W Broadway Suite 206	AddressLine1
City	Glendale	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	912041297	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	571210185	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PROCONORG	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	LISTED AS PROCON ORG IN IRS RECORDS	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	PROC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3102600315	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	233 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 200	AddressLine1
City	SANTA MONICA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90401	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DENNIS LAUTZENHIESER	PersonNm
Person Title	Secretary	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2014-05-19	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DANIEL R MOORE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00293381	PTIN
Phone	8182473223	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

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

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amended Return	Yes (X)	AmendedReturnInd
Principal Officer	STEVE MARKOFF	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	233 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 200	AddressLine1
City	SANTA MONICA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90401	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$617,017	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.PROCON.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING BY PRESENTING THE PROS AND CONS OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ON THE WEB.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	14	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$77,362	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$590,535	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,000	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$400	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$78,362	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$590,935	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$491,203	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$508,251	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$18,769	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$56,670	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$66,887	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$145,297	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$111,783	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$655,269	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$676,704	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$576,907	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$85,769	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$156,606	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$77,650	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$32,964	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$39,777	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$123,642	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$37,873	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING, EDUCATION, AND INFORMED CITIZENSHIP BY PRESENTING ISSUES IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD, NONPARTISAN PRIMARILY PRO-CON FORMAT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$561,676	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$400	RevenueAmt
Desc	ProCon.org researches information from various websites and other sources to provide information on various topics of interest to the general public. ProCon.org has built and controls 50 websites dealing with various topics of social interest, which are collectively referred to as the ProCon.org website. The ProCon.org website had over 16,000,000 unique visitors, over 32,000,000 page views, and over 700,000,000 web site hits in 2013. It has been used by more than 4,571 schools in all 50 states and 65 foreign countries. Procon.org was referenced in 68 published books in 2013. ProCon.org was referenced by the mainstream media over 340 times in 2013 (CNN, BBC, NPR, Forbes, NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, PBS, Fox News, etc.). In 2013 ProCon.org was used by 13 Federal and State agencies. The ProCon.org website was also used by 17 international governments since inception in 2004.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$561,676	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	false	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	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	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	8	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	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
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
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	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DENNIS LAUTZENHEISER	PersonNm
Phone	3102600315	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	233 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 200	AddressLine1
City	SANTA MONICA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90401	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
STEVE MARKOFF
Chairman	8.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JADWIGA MARKOFF
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN KURTZ
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STANLEY F SHIMOHARA
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRUCE MCNALL
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DENNIS LAUTZENHIESER
Secretary	1.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KAMBIZ AKHAVAN
President	55.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$106,130	$0	$2,785
ROBERT FRCEK
CFO	1.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$106,130	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$2,785	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$79,326	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$511,209	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$590,535	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	LICENSE FEES	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$400	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$400	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$400	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

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

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$26,082	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$79,326	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$26,082	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

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	$590,935	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$400	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

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	$108,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$102,380	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,446	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,089	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	$331,183	TotalAmt
Program Services	$311,426	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,444	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,313	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,209	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,836	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$311	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$62	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,003	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,718	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$277	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,941	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,845	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,747	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$349	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,823	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,318	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,505	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,950	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,950	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,760	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,760	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	$56,670	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$56,670	FundraisingAmt

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	$14,237	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,237	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,780	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,741	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$39	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$935	TotalAmt
Program Services	$935	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	$878	TotalAmt
Program Services	$843	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,307	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,599	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$708	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
COMPUTER AND WEB SITE	$20,494	$20,494
PARKING FEES	$12,931	$12,543	$388
GOLF EVENT COSTS	$5,011			$5,011
TELEPHONE	$3,533	$3,392	$106	$35

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,144	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,369	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,742	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$676,704	TotalAmt
Program Services	$561,676	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,141	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$66,887	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,795	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,155	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	$8,710	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,702	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	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)
BOY	$8,783	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,353	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,391	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$951	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,318	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,440	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	$156,606	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,650	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,964	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,777	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,964	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,777	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$113,642	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,873	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$123,642	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,873	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$156,606	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,650	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$85,769	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	$583,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$602,398	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,284,185	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$77,362	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$590,535	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,137,555	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	$583,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$602,398	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,284,185	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$77,362	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$590,535	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,137,555	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,479,494	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$658,061	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$91	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$91	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$3,137,646	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.20970	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.16900	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Ten Pct Facts Crcmstncs Test CY	Yes (X)	TenPctFactsCrcmstncsTestCYInd
Facts And Circumstances Test	Part II, Line 17b--ProCon.org had almost 21% of its support from the general public in 2013. Procon.org maintains a program for the solicitation of funds from the general public. The ProCon.org website has a section for users to make donations. ProCon.org had 175 unique donors and sponsors in 2013 an increase of 7 over 2012. PROCON.ORG HAS BUILT AND CONTROLS 50 WEBSITES DEALING WITH VARIOUS TOPICS OF SOCIAL INTEREST, WHICH ARE COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE PROCON.ORG WEBSITE.ProCon.org provides its website as a free public information service. It had over 16,600,000 unique visitors during 2013 and that is a 5% increase over 2012. The website has been cited by various public officials and news services as an unbiased source of information on a wide variety of topics. The website has been cited by educators as a source of information and was used by 4,751 schools in all 50 states. In 2013 ProCon.org was used by 13 Federal and State agencies. The ProCon.org website was also used by 17 international governments since inception in 2004. The use by schools and governmental units provides a valuable public service without using any taxpayer dollars. Highlights for ProCon.org for the year are:Dec. 30, 2013 We surpassed 60 million unique visitors and launched 50 pro-con websites since we started in 2004. To celebrate, we announced this milestone achievement in a national press release and a Times Square billboard. We also had 138.5 million page views and 2.7 billion hits since 2004.Dec. 2, 2013 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Minority Television Project v. FCC referenced our headline article, "ProCon.org and Pivot.tv Join Forces on Critical Thinking Campaign and linked to ProCon.org. It was our first reference in a circuit court ruling.Dec. 2, 2013 ProCon.org and the Rehabilitation Foundation for Disabled Persons, U.S. held a celebrity golf tournament fundraiser on Dec. 2, 2013 at the Calabasas Country Club. Celebrity participants included former NHL player Marty McSorley, former MLB player Royce Clayton, former NFL player Hank Baskett and his wife, reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson, senior golf pro Steve Pate, former NBA player Norm Nixon, and actors Patrick Warburton, Alan Thicke, Anthony Anderson, Ryan Merriman, Sheila Shah, Stephen Bishop, Chris Rich, Jeremy Sumpter, Christopher McDonald, Paula Trickey, Josh Morrow, and Kato Kaelin. Sep. 13, 2013 Pivot, a new television network from Participant Media, selected ProCon.org as its exclusive alliance to promote critical thinking by providing research around the social issues explored in the new TV series Raising McCain, a documentary-style reality program featuring Meghan McCain, the daughter of US Senator John McCain. The show premieres Saturday, Sep. 14, 2013 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT.July 29, 2013 ProCon.org participated in the Junior Statesmen of Americas "2013 Gene A. Burd Institute on L.A. Media and Politics for the fifth year in a row. Our 2-hour critical thinking seminar on social networking was called "phenomenal and "fabulous by participating students. After analyzing pro/con statements, brainstorming pro and con arguments, discussing both statements and arguments in small groups and as one large group, and conducting additional exercises to stimulate critical thinking, 15% of the students changed their minds about social networking and 100% of the students felt engaged and stimulated by the seminar.July 22, 2013 ProCon.org Passes 4,000 Schools Milestone - Teachers, librarians, and educational administrators at 806 elementary schools, 2,063 high schools, and 1,055 colleges and universities in all 50 states and 57 countries have used ProCon.org in their lesson plans, resource lists, and other instructional materials.July 12-13, 2013 ProCon.org exhibited at the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) conference in Torrance, CA. The collective attention to critical thinking and informed citizenship was impressive.July 10, 2013 Guidestar, the nation's largest charity evaluation organization awarded ProCon.org the Gold Participant recognition, its highest honor. ProCon.org achieved the Silver Level of participation at Guidestar on July 1, 2013, for our "commitment to transparency. ProCon.org had achieved the Bronze Level of participation on June 27, 2013.Mar. 2, 2013 ProCon.org and the March of Dimes Canada held a celebrity golf tournament on March 2, 2013 at the Desert Dunes Golf Club in Desert Hot Springs, California to raise money for our nonprofit organizations. It was our first ever fundraising event.Jan. 17, 2013 A panel of prominent film celebrities and education leaders judged 1-2 minute student videos on the theme "Why I Love ProCon.org, and their winners in the ProCon.org national student video contest were announced. Procon.org continues to expand its outreach to schools. Procon.org functions as a public charity by proving a valuable service to the public, including schools, without the use of any government funding.	FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

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

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,391	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$951	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,440	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,440	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$800,016	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$82,509	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$126,572	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$209,081	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$590,935	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$590,935	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$885,784	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$82,508	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$126,572	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$209,080	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$676,704	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$676,704	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	CONTRIBUTED ADVERTISING $126572
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	CONTRIBUTED ADVERTISING $126572

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1401 E 3RD ST	AddressLine1
City	LONG BEACH	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90802	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	SEEK GRANTS	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$25,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$56,670	RetainedByContractorAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$25,000	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$56,670	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	GOLF EVENT MARCH	NameOfEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Event1	$68,735	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$68,735	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Name Of Event2	GOLF EVENT DEC	NameOfEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Event2	$36,673	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$10,591	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$26,082	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$8,608	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$11,392	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$6,082	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$105,408	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$79,326	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$26,082	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$8,608	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$11,392	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$6,082	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$26,082	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et	STEVE MARKOFF AND JADWIGA S.Z.-MARKOFF ARE MARRIED.DENNIS LAUTZENHEISER IS EMPLOYEE OF A COMPANY OWNED BY STEVE MARKOFF.ROBERT FRCEK IS EMPLOYEE OF A COMPANY OWNED BY STEVE MARKOFF.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO ALL OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT, COMMENTS ARE DISCUSSED AMONG BOARD MEMBERS AND REVISIONS ARE COMMUNICATED TO THE ACCOUNTANT PREPARING THE FORM 990. THEN THE FORM IS FINALIZED AND FILED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	A WRITTEN AND SIGNED CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT IS OBTAINED FROM EACH BOARD MEMBER ANNUALLY.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON A REVIEW OF COMPARABLE SALARIES AND ON PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED BY THE INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON A REVIEW OF COMPARABLE SALARIES AND ON PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON PROCON.ORG WEBSITE.