2013-08-15T23:47:21-07:00 2012-12-31 990 2012-01-01 521975211 MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION MARI 2024625747 PO Box 77492 Capitol Hill Washington DC 20013 Rob Kampia 2024625747 2013-08-15 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z MPP Foundation Rob Kampia PO Box 77492 Capitol Hill Washington DC 20013 3571425 0 X www.mpp.org X 1996 DC To regulate marijuana similarly to alcohol in the United States. 8 7 27 5 0 0 1439031 3501196 0 0 2 16230 80228 16231 1519261 3533657 6000 38000 0 0 755216 836541 0 1225 448159 597470 647292 1358686 1523058 160575 2010599 165693 1224940 954022 2434 -788329 1222506 MPP Foundation works to increase public support for -- and identify and activate supporters of -- non-punitive, non-coercive marijuana policies. The goal is to regulate marijuana similarly to alcohol in the United States. 0 0 173702 0 0 MONITORING LEGISLATION IN THE 50 STATES AND D.C.: MPP Foundation monitored all marijuana-related bills in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, monitored the news, published information about these bills on the organization's Web site, answered requests from state legislators and governors, provided information to reporters, and authored briefing papers and op-eds. 126315 0 0 ONLINE OUTREACH: MPP Foundation conducted a series of tactics via the Web to further MPP Foundation's mission, including (1) producing a series of videos that were distributed via the organization's Web site (www.mpp.org) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/MPPstaff), (2) maintaining a blog (blog.mpp.org), (3) updating Facebook "friends" and Twitter "followers" on news and policy developments, and (4) issuing e-newsletters to email subscribers. 107247 0 0 CONFERENCES AND COALITIONS: MPP Foundation's staffers attended and spoke at conferences, reached out to potential allies (with a concentration in California), and strengthened relationships with existing allies for the purpose of building a stronger nationwide coalition to end marijuana prohibition. Specifically, MPP Foundation participated in conferences hosted by the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, FreedomFest, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and a few smaller organizations. 93446 0 0 MEDIA COVERAGE: MPP Foundation's staffers responded to reporters' inquiries -- and MPP Foundation's staffers pitched stories to reporters -- on the federal government's reports and surveys, private institutions' reports, litigation developments, foreign developments, new research on the therapeutic uses of marijuana, and so forth. Two examples of national-TV coverage were appearances on CNBC's "Power Lunch" (http://youtu.be/091E8lM-5xs) and CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" (http://youtu.be/Glgkr8AYmNk). One example of local TV coverage was an appearance on the ABC affiliate in Austin (http://youtu.be/Dx9q-sn_7XI). One example of newspaper coverage was an op-ed in the "Orange County Register" (http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/marijuana-380633-federal-bill.html). And one example of blog coverage with a large readership was with Reason magazine (http://reason.com/reasontv/2012/12/15/rob-kampia-interview). 89839 30000 1526 COLORADO RESEARCH AND VOTER REGISTRATION: MPP Foundation conducted an every-other-day "track poll" in September and October to measure how media coverage and paid advertising affect the level of support among the electorate for the legalization initiative that appeared on the November 6 ballot in Colorado. This polling was conducted for research purposes, with the idea of producing a study afterwards on how the public reacts to the information it receives on the marijuana issue. As for grants, MPP Foundation gave $20,000 to the Rocky Mountain Foundation, which engaged the public on the benefits of regulating marijuana; in addition, MPP Foundation gave $10,000 to the New Era Colorado Foundation, which registered voters in a nonpartisan way. 54687 0 0 THREE EVENTS: MPP Foundation held three so-called "fundraising events" in 2012 that were really intended to strengthen coalitions among key partners in the battle to end marijuana prohibition in the United States. (As can be seen in Schedule G, the three so-called "fundraising events" raised a combined net of only $3,898, which was expected.) These three events were held in Los Angeles in June, New York City in September, and San Francisco in November. MPP Foundation expects to hold to the same formula in 2013. 50788 0 0 RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING: MPP and MPP Foundation succeeded at passing a marijuana decriminalization bill through the Rhode Island legislature in June 2012, which was to take effect in April 2013. In addition, both organizations lobbied for legislation to make marijuana legal for adults 21 and older, similar to the landmark Colorado law that MPP passed in November 2012. 46740 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE LOBBYING: Recovering from Gov. John Lynch's (D) veto of the medical marijuana bill in New Hampshire in 2009, MPP Foundation pushed hard for the passage of a similar bill in 2012. Unfortunately, this horrible governor vetoed the bill a second time, so MPP Foundation decided to make a full-court press in 2013, because a new (good) governor was elected in November 2012. The prospects of passing the medical marijuana bill in 2013 were looking quite good at the end of 2012. 42084 0 0 PUBLIC EDUCATION: MPP Foundation engaged in a range of activities to build support for MPP Foundation's mission among the public, including (1) updating the Web site (www.mpp.org), (2) producing brochures and briefing papers, (3) responding to email inquiries from the public, (4) giving speeches, and (5) tabling at events. 38871 0 0 VERMONT LOBBYING: Bouncing forward from a major legislative victory in 2011 -- when Gov. Pete Shumlin (D) signed into law a bill that legalized medical marijuana dispensaries -- MPP Foundation moved forward with lobbying the Vermont government to decriminalize the personal possession of marijuana. 37894 0 0 GRASSROOTS LOBBYING IN TARGETED AND NON-TARGETED STATE LEGISLATURES: MPP Foundation issued state-specific email alerts to MPP's and MPP Foundation's email subscribers in most states (and otherwise updated the organization's 50 state Web pages) for the purpose of inducing supporters to contact their elected officials in many of the 50 states. 36014 0 0 MAINE ORGANIZING: MPP Foundation commissioned a major poll of voter attitudes in Maine, for the purpose of deciding whether it would be worthwhile to proceed with a long-term project to build public support for ending marijuana prohibition in Maine. The poll results were encouraging, so MPP Foundation launched the project by paying someone to begin the organizing process in Maine. 24834 0 0 ILLINOIS LOBBYING: MPP Foundation continued to lobby the Illinois legislature to pass legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana, which would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize medical marijuana. 12048 0 0 DELAWARE IMPLEMENTATION: MPP Foundation influenced the executive branch of Delaware to fully implement the state's medical marijuana law and to improve draft regulations for the patient registry identification card program. MPP Foundation's bill was actually signed by Gov. Jack Markell (D) in the spring of 2011, so the implementation of this state law has been slow-going. 8035 0 0 NORTH DAKOTA BALLOT INITIATIVE: MPP and MPP Foundation attempted to place a medical marijuana initiative on the November 2012 ballot in North Dakota, but the two organizations were defrauded by a squad of football players who were subsequently convicted of fraud. As a result, voters didn't have a chance to vote on the question of legalizing medical marijuana in North Dakota. MPP and MPP Foundation will be pursuing the fraudulent actors via a civil lawsuit, in an attempt to recoup financial losses. 7540 0 0 MINNESOTA ORGANIZING: MPP Foundation retained a former MPP employee to serve as the lead organizer in Minnesota, for the purpose of building public support for the eventual passage of medical-marijuana legislation in Minnesota. 6000 6000 0 GRANTS PROGRAM: MPP Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to the Cato Institute, as well as a $1,000 grant to the Reason Foundation, because both organizations are injecting crucial libertarian/conservative arguments into the public discourse as to why marijuana prohibition needs to end in the United States. 4870 0 0 OREGON ORGANIZING: MPP Foundation retained one of the campaign spokespersons from the failed legalization-initiative campaign in Oregon (which received 47% of the vote in November 2012) to build additional public support in Oregon, with the idea of ending marijuana prohibition in Oregon in a few years. 3849 2000 0 RHODE ISLAND ORGANIZING: MPP Foundation commissioned a short poll of voter attitudes in Rhode Island, for the purpose of verifying what is actually solid public support for ending marijuana prohibition in Rhode Island. This poll -- in addition to MPP Foundation issuing a grant to the Coalition for Marijuana Regulation (otherwise known as Protect Families First) -- served as the beginning of an educational campaign to educate the public that Rhode Island should end marijuana prohibition. 557539 38000 1526 964803 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16 0 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 CA DC X X X Rob Kampia 2024625747 PO Box 77492 Capitol Hill Washington DC 20013 Joby Pritzker 0.5 0.5 X X 0 0 0 Frayda Levy 0.5 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Rob Kampia 30 15 X X X 120572 60528 9429 Rene Ruiz 1 1 X X 0 0 0 John Gilmore 0.50 0.50 X 0 0 0 Bill Dunn 0 0 X 0 0 0 Justin Hartfield 0 0 X 0 0 0 Adam Wiggins 0.50 0.50 X 0 0 0 Steve Fox 15 30 X 35640 72360 6948 156212 132888 16377 1 0 1 0 0 120011 0 0 1847 0 3379338 0 3501196 0 16230 16230 0 0 0 0 0 0 11028 11028 0 0 0 0 0 0 41666 0 37768 3898 0 3898 1305 1305 0 0 1305 3533657 28563 0 3898 38000 38000 0 0 0 0 0 0 126745 63373 31686 31686 0 0 0 0 601066 360743 25473 214850 7564 5101 72 2391 39569 22439 1992 15138 61597 36018 4663 20916 3219 0 3219 0 8004 8004 0 0 6000 0 6000 0 146651 146651 0 0 1225 1225 0 0 0 0 22044 15736 43 6265 1780 1710 70 0 56134 23500 13606 19028 1435 567 0 868 0 0 0 0 60411 35377 4626 20408 34921 26834 2134 5953 0 0 0 0 12183 12183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14653 0 14653 0 279857 168567 1859 109431 1523058 964803 110096 448159 152858 113733 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1100000 0 0 0 0 42393 31186 12835 11207 0 0 0 0 0 165693 1224940 7022 2434 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 947000 0 954022 2434 X 0 0 0 0 -788329 1222506 -788329 1222506 165693 1224940 X 2010599 0 0 0 0 236 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2508150 1991998 1409278 1439031 2508513 9856970 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2508150 1991998 1409278 1439031 2508513 9856970 4280270 5576700 4564 753 10898 10002 27258 53475 0 0 0 0 0 0 4519 43993 6023 4057 1306 59898 9970343 0 0.55933 0.57197 X The "other income" category on line 10 is composed of the gross sales of merchandise, which totaled $1,306 in 2012. MPP Foundation received one "unusual grant" between 2008 and 2012 -- all of which arrived in 2012 -- which was a bequest for $1,034,348. As for line 8, this was composed of three items -- $16,230 in interest from MPP Foundation's loan to MPP, $11,000 from MPP Foundation's list rentals to MPP, and $28 in royalties. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 37894 169268 207162 1315896 1523058 226153 56538 0 0 296745 222574 210869 226153 956341 1434512 85758 127165 238514 207162 658599 74186 55644 52717 56538 239085 358628 11211 0 0 37894 49105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42393 0 31186 11207 0 0 0 0 11207 3533657 0 0 0 0 0 3533657 0 0 0 3533657 1560589 0 0 0 37531 37531 1523058 0 0 0 1523058 SchD_P12_S00_L02d Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d In the audit, the accountants included the $8,662 depreciation of MPP Foundation's computer equipment as an expense. (MPP Foundation included depreciation of its computer equipment as an expense elsewhere on this Form 990, but not in the same way that the accountants did.) In addition, there are five other discrepancies: (1) This Form 990 shows $27,923 for "consultants and contractors," whereas the audit shows $135,714; (2) this Form 990 shows $279,857 for "online services" and "postage, printing and mailing" combined, whereas the audit shows $117,352 + $51,360 = $168,712; (3) this Form 990 shows $56,134 for "office expenses," whereas the audit shows $77,093; (4) this Form 990 shows $12,183 for "events and meetings," whereas the audit shows $15,138; and (5) this Form 990 shows no "merchandise" costs, whereas the audit shows $8,309. (These discrepancies are attributable to basic accounting differences, rather than "missing money" or other nefarious problems. For example, the Form 990 shows no "merchandise" costs because this figure appears in a different line item on the Form 990.) L.A. summer party 18231 0 18231 0 0 5304 2278 1140 8624 NYC poster shop party 8050 0 8050 0 0 0 5302 0 2614 1 15385 0 15385 0 0 1000 7005 500 4001 41666 0 41666 0 0 6304 14585 1640 15239 37768 3898 0 Rocky Mountain Foundation 10397 West Centennial Road Suite 210 Littleton CO 80127 263670783 501(c)(3) 20000 0 The Rocky Mountain Foundation engaged the public on the benefits of regulating marijuana. New Era Colorado Foundation PO Box 4274 Boulder CO 80306 261389272 501(c)(3) 10000 0 The New Era Colorado Foundation registered voters in a nonpartisan way. 5 0 SchI_P01_S00_L01 Schedule I, Part I, Line 1 MPP Foundation issued five grants in 2012. The first comprised $20,000 to the Rocky Mountain Foundation in Colorado. The second comprised $10,000 to the New Era Colorado Foundation. The third comprised $5,000 to the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. The fourth comprised $2,000 to the Miriam Hospital Foundation (on behalf of the Coalition for Marijuana Regulation) in Rhode Island. And the fifth comprised $1,000 to the Reason Foundation in Los Angeles. SchI_P01_S00_L02 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 MPP Foundation's staff was in regular contact with all five grantees in 2012. Specifically, MPP Foundation's executive director attended events and was otherwise in touch with leaders of the Cato Institute and Reason Foundation; MPP Foundation's Steve Fox was in regular contact with the New Era Colorado Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Foundation in Colorado; and MPP Foundation's Karen O'Keefe was in regular contact with the Coalition for Marijuana Regulation (otherwise known as Protect Families First) in Rhode Island. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Kampia 118072 60528 2500 2500 0 0 3617 1816 2677 1319 126866 66163 0 0 Steve Fox 35640 72360 0 0 0 0 974 1978 1319 2677 37933 77015 0 0 SchJ_P01_S00_L03 Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 At MPP Foundation's semi-annual board meeting in December, the board votes to approve the organization's budget for the upcoming year. Part of the budget includes a list of all staff salaries, including the executive director's salary. F990_P06_S0B_L11b Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of this Form 990 was meticulously reviewed by the board's treasurer -- as well as submitted to the entire board -- before it was filed. F990_P06_S0B_L12c Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c MPP Foundation's executive director asks every member of the MPP Foundation staff and board to sign the conflict-of-interest policy; the intent is to have each person sign the policy once annually. This is preferable to conducting "Romanian-style" investigations of each MPP Foundation staffer and board member to determine if anyone is violating the conflict-of-interest policy. F990_P06_S0C_L19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 MPP Foundation's documents are maintained in the organization's headquarters in the District of Columbia. The MPP Foundation staff mails the documents to interested persons -- upon request -- via the U.S. Postal Service. F990_P11_S00_L09 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 The $236 figure is just a "fudge factor" so that the figures in Part XI add up correctly. Marijuana Policy Project PO Box 77492 Washington DC 20013 521911644 lobbying and ballot initiatives DC 501(c)(4) N/A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Marijuana Policy Project d 1100000 Over the course of 2012, MPP Foundation repaid the entirety of its $947,000 debt to MPP (which was an interest-free loan) and -- in fact -- MPP Foundation actually ended up lending MPP $1,100,000 (at a 4.0% interest rate). That is, there was a swing of $2,047,000 over the course of 2012; this was because MPP Foundation had to "subsidize" MPP's expenditures on the Colorado ballot-initiative campaign, which climaxed in November 2012. Looking to the future, the goal is for MPP to repay its $1,100,000 debt to MPP Foundation (at a 4.0% interest rate) by the end of 2014. Marijuana Policy Project e 947000 Over the course of 2012, MPP Foundation repaid the entirety of its $947,000 debt to MPP (which was an interest-free loan) and -- in fact -- MPP Foundation actually ended up lending MPP $1,100,000 (at a 4.0% interest rate). That is, there was a swing of $2,047,000 over the course of 2012; this was because MPP Foundation had to "subsidize" MPP's expenditures on the Colorado ballot-initiative campaign, which climaxed in November 2012. Looking to the future, the goal is for MPP to repay its $1,100,000 debt to MPP Foundation (at a 4.0% interest rate) by the end of 2014. Marijuana Policy Project n 75000 MPP and MPP Foundation shared office space and therefore a photocopier, fax machine, printers, phones, and other equipment. Regardless, each organization paid its own share of the rent, the purchase of equipment, and the rental of equipment. So the $75,000 figure that's reported here is really just an estimate of the value of resources that were shared; there was no transfer of $75,000 from one organization to the other. Marijuana Policy Project o 500000 MPP and MPP Foundation shared numerous employees. Regardless, each organization paid its own share of the salaries, taxes, and benefits for each organization's "partial employees." So the $500,000 figure that's reported here is really just an estimate of the value of resources that were shared; there was no transfer of $500,000 from one organization to the other. Marijuana Policy Project s 27230 MPP rented MPP Foundation's dues-paying membership list for $11,000, for the purpose of mailing a handful of fundraising mailings to MPP Foundation's donors. (The going rate for such rentals of other organizations' mailing lists is 10 cents/member, so MPP was entitled to rent 110,000 of MPP Foundation's members over the course of all MPP mailings in 2012; instead, MPP mailed to only 50,000 or so.) In addition, MPP paid $16,230 in interest to MPP Foundation for the loan that MPP Foundation issued to MPP in 2012.