AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UNION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UNION (EIN 52-2121856)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-08-07
IRS object ID: 201322199349300117
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-08-07T09:14:59-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DOUGLAS COREY & ASSOCIATES PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6601 LITTLE RIVER TRNPK SUITE 440	AddressLine1
City	ALEXANDRIA	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	223121303	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	522121856	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS UNION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AMER	NameControl
Phone	7038070242	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3213 DUKE STREET	AddressLine1
City	ALEXANDRIA	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22314	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	SUSAN CARLESON	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	7038070242	Phone
Date Signed	2013-08-07	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DOUGLAS S COREY CPA	Name
Phone	7033542900	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	SUSAN CARLESON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3213 DUKE STREET 625	AddressLine1
City	ALEXANDRIA	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22314	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2676192	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.theacru.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1998	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	VA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Engage in legal and educational activities for defending civil rights of Americans.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	4	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2782576	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2353635	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	21095	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	19046	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	231083	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	243548	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	3034754	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	2616229	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	3000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	42636	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	305298	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	177212	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	492145	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	236171	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	815761	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	2726516	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1976211	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	3526959	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	2432230	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-492205	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	183999	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1126297	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1279884	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	358884	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	261972	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	767413	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	1017912	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1355684	Expense
Grants	1562	Grants
Revenue	2353635	Revenue
Description	THE DEFENSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS. THE ACRU PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS. THE ACRU ACHIEVES THIS GOAL BY FILING AMICUS CURAE BRIEFS IN CIVIL CASES, PUBLISHING OPINION PIECES IN MAJOR NEWPAPERS AND JOURNALS AND DISCUSSING IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES VIA RADIO/TV APPEARANCES.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	41074	Expense
Grants	41074	Grants
Description	THE CARLESON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH ON REFORMING A RANGE OF DOMESTIC SPENDING PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON WELFARE AND OTHER ENTITLEMENT POLICIES.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	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	true	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
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Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	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
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Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	true	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	15	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	3	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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	4	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	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	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	ID	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	SUSAN CARLESON	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7038070242	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3213 DUKE STREET 625	AddressLine1
City	ALEXANDRIA	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22314	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
SUSAN A CARLESON
Chairman, CEO and Treasurer	40.00	X	X	125500	0	10923
EDWIN MEESE III
Director	2.00	X		0	0	0
MORTON BLACKWELL
Director	2.00	X		0	0	0
DAVID LEEDOM
Director	2.00	X		0	0	0
WENDY BORCHERDT LEROY
Director	2.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	125500	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	10923	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
HSP DIRECT
13755 SUNRISE VALLEY DR 450	HERNDON	VA	20171	Direct Mail Consulting	236171
DIRECT MAIL FUNDRAISING
13755 SUNRISE VALLEY DR 450	HERNDON	VA	20171	Mailshop	196463
SOUTHWEST PUBLISHING
2600 NW TOPEKA BLVD	TOPEKA	KS	66617	Print and mailshop	224124
IMAGE DIRECT
200 MONROE AVE 4	FREDERICK	MD	20171	Print and mailshop	221407
RST MARKETING
1272 CORPORATE PARK DR	FOREST	VA	24551	Print and mailshop	159565

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	7	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	2353635	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	2353635	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	18295	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$18,295	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	243279	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$243,279	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	60714	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	59963	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	751	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	751	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$751	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other income	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	269	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	269	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	269	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2616229	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	269	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$262,325	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	42636	Total
Program Services	42636	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	126424	Total
Program Services	81481	ProgramServices
Management And General	32463	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12480	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	36100	Total
Program Services	20100	ProgramServices
Management And General	16000	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2243	Total
Program Services	1254	ProgramServices
Management And General	989	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12445	Total
Program Services	7240	ProgramServices
Management And General	4326	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	879	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	90980	Total
Program Services	84119	ProgramServices
Management And General	566	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6295	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31145	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	31145	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	236171	Total
Fundraising	236171	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10974	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	10974	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	176382	Total
Program Services	171509	ProgramServices
Management And General	4873	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1154	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1154	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13924	Total
Program Services	8944	ProgramServices
Management And General	4980	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	230406	Total
Program Services	119489	ProgramServices
Management And General	9147	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	101770	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1677	Total
Program Services	231	ProgramServices
Management And General	1446	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6706	Total
Program Services	6706	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1034	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1034	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	904	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	904	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3449	Total
Program Services	314	ProgramServices
Management And General	3097	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	38	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Postage/mailing service	718921	493995	41315	183611
Printing and copying	548210	279320	44030	224860
Caging and escrow	69078	35012	2680	31386
Statistical modeling	26419	13648	1179	11592

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44848	Total
Program Services	30760	ProgramServices
Management And General	7409	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6679	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2432230	Total
Program Services	1396758	ProgramServices
Management And General	219711	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	815761	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCosts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1812993	Total
Program Services	940218	ProgramServices
Management And General	71976	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	800799	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	38783	BOY
EOY	144041	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	101903	BOY
EOY	79560	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	13092	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	8720	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1271	BOY
EOY	4372	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	914140	BOY
EOY	900704	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	70200	BOY
EOY	151207	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1126297	BOY
EOY	1279884	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	346884	BOY
EOY	261972	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12000	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	358884	BOY
EOY	261972	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	767413	BOY
EOY	1017912	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	767413	BOY
EOY	1017912	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1126297	BOY
EOY	1279884	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	183999	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconciliation Unrealized Invest	66500	ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
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 Both	X	FinancialStatementBoth

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

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)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4797766	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3609324	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2782576	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2353697	CurrentTaxYear
Total	15073352	Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4797766	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3609324	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2782576	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2353697	CurrentTaxYear
Total	15073352	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	15073352	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	319191	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	188518	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	315649	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252178	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	261574	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1337110	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	270	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year	12269	CurrentTaxYear
Total	12550	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	16423012	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.91780	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.91920	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	OTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: OTHER INCOME; 2008: 11.; 2009: 270.; 2010: 0.; 2011: 0.; 2012: 12269.;	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	13092	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	8720	Depreciation
Book Value	4372	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	4372	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Due from affiliate	Description
Book Value	151207	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	151207	TotalBookValueOtherAssets
Footnote In Part XIII	X	FootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2683303	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	66500	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Other Revenues	574	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	67074	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	2616229	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	2616229	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2505735	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	73505	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	73505	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	2432230	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	2432230	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt X Line 2	The Organization is exempt from income taxes on all activities
	DIRECTLY RELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). THE ORGANIZATION IS LIABLE FOR TAXES ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THERE WAS NO TAXABLE NET UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN MADE IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND DETERMINED IT HAS NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF
	December 31, 2012. The Organization's 2010 through 2012 tax years are open for examination by federal taxing authorities.
Pt XI Line 2d	Revenue of consolidated entities.
Pt XII Line 2d	Expenses of consolidated entities.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation

Name Of Organization NameOfOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HSP DIRECT	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Fundraising	Activity
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFunds
Gross Receipts	2222324	GrossReceipts
Amount Retained By Contractor	236171	AmountRetainedByContractor
Net To Organization	1986153	NetToOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	2222324	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	236171	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	1986153	TotalNetToOrganization

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CARLESON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3213 DUKE STREET 625	AddressLine1
City	ALEXANDRIA	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22314	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	274682545	EINOfRecipient
IRC Section	501(c)(3)	IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant	41074	AmountOfCashGrant
Method Of Valuation	actual expenses	MethodOfValuation
Purpose Of Grant	support	PurposeOfGrant

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (26 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11b	The CEO, the outsourced accountant, and outside legal counsel review
	the 990 prior to filing. The board of directors receives an electronic
	version of the form before it is filed.
Pt VI, Line 15a	The CEO's annual salary is set by the board of directors. In
	accordance with sound corporate governance practices, the CEO
	recuses herself from any discussion or vote regarding her
	compensation. The board must approve any subsequent salary
	increases.
Pt VI, Line 19	The documents are available upon request.
Part III, Line 1	To protect the civil rights of all Americans by publicly advancing a
	constitutional understanding of civil rights; monitoring judicial nominees,
	judges, and legal organizations, while resisting those that threaten civil rights;
	and filing amicus briefs in critical civil rights court cases. Believing that the
	U.S. Constitution, including the bill of rights, is the greatest legal document
	ever written, the ACRU stands against harmful anti-constitutional ideologies that
	have taken hold in our nation's courts, law schools, and bureaucracies.
	While others promote entitlements and license in the name of "liberties",
	the ACRU defends the civil rights set forth at the American founding.
Sched G, Part I, Line 3	Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
	Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky,
	Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
	Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
	New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
	Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
	Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	BANK AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES 17653. 7841. 3133. 6679. OUTREACH 10167. 10167. 0. 0. MEMBER DUES 7681. 3835. 3846. 0. MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 3661. 3661. 0. 0. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 118. 118. 0. 0. TELEPHONE 5568. 5138. 430. 0.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivities	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSection	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatus	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Controlled OrgControlledOrg
ROBERT CARLESON EAGLE FUND
3213 DUKE STREET 625	ALEXANDRIA	VA	22314	270433860	SPONSORING BOY SCOUTS	VA	501(c)(3)	170(B)(1)(A)	ACRU	true
CARLESON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY
3213 DUKE STREET 625	ALEXANDRIA	VA	22314	274682545	Promote welfare reform, federalism & econ growth	VA	501(c)(3)	170(B)(1)(A)(vi)	ACRU	true
CARLESON CENTER ACTION FUND
3213 DUKE STREET 625	ALEXANDRIA	VA	22314	454293653	LOBBYING	VA	501(c)(4)		ACRU	true

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	true	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Dividends Related Organization	false	DividendsRelatedOrganization
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	false	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionType	Amount InvolvedAmountInvolved	Method Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
CARLESON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY
d	77177	loan amounts
CARLESON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY
b	41074	actual expenses
ROBERT CARLESON EAGLE FUND
b	62	Actual expenses
CARLESON CENTER ACTION FUND
d	3830	actual expenses