ACTIONAID USA: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: ACTIONAID USA (EIN 52-2277575)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-05-11
IRS object ID: 201211329349300961
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-11T09:40:05-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	521511275	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Raffa PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1899 L Street NW Suite 900	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20036	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	522277575	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ActionAid USA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ACTI	NameControl
Phone	2028351240	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1420 K Street NW No 900	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200052507	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Isaac Mintz	Name
Title	Chief Financial Officer	Title
Phone	2028351240	Phone
Date Signed	2012-05-10	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Frank H Smith	Name
PTIN	P00639053	PTIN
Phone	2028225000	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-05-10	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Heather Paul	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1420 K Street NW No 900	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200052507	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	8024682	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.actionaidusa.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2000	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	An international agency working with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	27	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	14	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	3371463	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	7895862	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	0	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	15088	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	15482	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	67236	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	105665	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	3453787	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	8017009	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	3921423	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	2747486	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	912912	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	1014141	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	577121	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	1064225	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	1820229	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	936159	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1165682	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	6347615	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	5991534	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-2893828	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	2025475	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	3587008	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	7137424	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1138286	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2663227	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	2448722	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	4474197	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	ActionAid USA's mission is to work with poor and marginalized people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequality that cause it.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	3132437	Expense
Grants	2450997	Grants
Description	Education and Advocacy for More and Better Aid to Agriculture to Benefit Women Smallholder Farmers: ActionAid USA continued to serve as the Northern CSO representative on the Board of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), an innovative multi-donor fund to support agricultural development in poor nations. ActionaAid USA has been using its seat on the fund to help ensure that civil societies from Africa and Asia have a strong voice in the governance of this new fund and in shaping the projects that the fund supports so that smallholder farmers and their organizations can benefit from the investment. ActionAid USA led efforts to develop innovative and strong criteria to help ensure broad-based civil society participation in the development of GAFSP projects. These guidelines are included in the new GAFSP call for proposals launched in January 2012.ActionAid USA conducted extensive outreach to policymakers on the importance of sustained US support for global hunger and agricultural development programs. ActionAid USA led a broad-based coalition on more than a dozen hill visits, organized two call-in days for grassroots participants, developed educational materials and fact sheets, and engaged with both traditional and social media.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	296489	Expense
Grants	296489	Grants
Description	Education and Advocacy for Public Finance to Help Poor Countries to Adapt to Climate Change: Our climate program led major education and advocacy efforts in the lead up to the December 2011 Durban UNFCCC climate talks and helped to catalyze a broad network of organizations to engage in more coordinated and effective climate campaigning to shift the political debate towards solutions.In late July, ActionAid USA hosted Abdi Omar Farah, a pastoralist from Northeastern Kenya, and Augustine Njamnshi, an organizer with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), on a US education and advocacy tour. In partnership with the NAACP and PACJA, ActionAid USA organized 3 public events (1 in Los Angeles, CA, during the NAACP annual convention and 2 in Washington, DC), 13 meetings with policy makers, and 4 media interviews on the impacts of climate change on communities living in poverty and communities of color and the urgency of action.In 2011, ActionAid USA advocated that Green Climate Fund funding be based on transparent and nationally-led adaptation and mitigation strategies. ActionAid USA advocated for active participation of civil society from the local and national levels to the board level, mechanisms to ensure that programs funded through the private sector facility adhere to national priorities, for streamlined and direct access to funding, and more.ActionAid USA led a global process to draft fifteen key recommendations to the Transitional Committee (TC) which is the body designing the Green Climate Fund rules. The recommendations, which were signed by more than 80 local, national, and international organizations, became the basis for our direct engagement with members of the TC and with the United States Government (USG), representatives to the TC.As a result of the recommendations made by ActionAid USA, and due in part to the advocacy of the climate program, the final decisions taken by the UNFCC on the Green Climate Fund includes many of the points ActionAid USA has advocated for over the years. Funding to the Green Climate Fund will be based on transparent country-owned adaptation and mitigation plans, countries will have direct access to Green Climate Fund resources, and there will be active CSO observers on the board of the Green Climate Fund. Additionally, as ActionAid USA advocated, the Green Climate Fund outcomes includes a commitment to a gender-sensitive approach and checks on the private sector window.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	77704	Expense
Description	Education and Advocacy to Reform US Biofuels Policy, Address Global Food Price Volatility, and Secure Land Rights for Impoverished People: ActionAid USA worked with the Environmental Working Group to release a new food price map on March 3, 2011 that shows which countries are most vulnerable to a food crisis and why. The narrative explains the causes and consequences of price volatility and makes linkages to US biofuel policy. See our website:actionaidusa.org/news/pr/new_map_reveals_hot_spots_in_global_food_crisis/ActionAid USA co-led a coalition of impacted industries and a broad range of environmental organizations, budget groups, and others in a successful campaign to convince the US Congress to eliminate a $6 billion subsidy to the corn ethanol industry. The subsidy had served as a powerful incentive for US farmers to divert their corn harvests for the production of ethanol (for fuel) rather than for food. This was a major contributor to rising food prices that impacted impoverished communities across the globe in 2007-2008 and again in 2011. ActionAid USA was the primary organization in the coalition making the case from a food rights perspective. ActionAid USA was uniquely positioned to shine a spotlight on how biofuels policies contributed to food crises, which elevated the issue in the media. Growing concern by constituents, and in the press, of the impact of turning food into fuel combined with a time of fiscal austerity compelled Congress to end the subsidy. On December 31, 2011 the subsidy officially expired.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	1	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	1	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	1	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	1	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	1	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	1	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	1	ProfessionalFundraising
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Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
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Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	11	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	27	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	0	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	0	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	1	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Isaac M Mintz	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2023709914	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1420 K Street NW Suite 900	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200052507	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
Jeff Whisenant
Chair	6.00	X	X	0	0	0
Leslie Allen
Vice Chair	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
Eleanor Cicerchi
Secretary	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
Luis Guardia
Treasurer	2.50	X	X	0	0	0
Kumiki Gibson
Board Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Jean Kamau
Board Member - until 5/2011	2.00	X		0	0	0
Richard Miller
Board Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Mohan Natarajan
Board Member	2.00	X		0	0	0
Michael Rooney
Board Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Ellen Teller
Board Member	2.00	X		0	0	0
Melissa Wyers
Board Member	20.00	X		0	0	0
Peter O' Driscoll
Executive Director - until 4/2011	37.50		X	83887	0	9462
Isaac M Mintz
Chief Financial Officer	37.50		X	92000	0	15853
Heather Paul
Executive Director	37.50		X	50461	0	2814

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	226348	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	28129	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fundraising Initiatives Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Address Of Contractor AddressOfContractor

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3120 13th Street North 2nd FL	AddressLine1
City	Arlington	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22201	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Of Services	Face to face fundraising	DescriptionOfServices
Compensation	621703	Compensation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	1	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	7895862	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	7673	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	7895862	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	15482	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$15,482	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	7673	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	7673	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Management fee	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	105665	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$105,665	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	105665	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	8017009	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$121,147	ExclusionAmount

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2747486	Total
Program Services	2747486	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	254477	Total
Management And General	239705	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14772	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	547568	Total
Program Services	231588	ProgramServices
Management And General	26150	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	289830	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9399	Total
Program Services	3664	ProgramServices
Management And General	2599	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3136	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	134291	Total
Program Services	54977	ProgramServices
Management And General	304	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	79010	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	68406	Total
Program Services	22727	ProgramServices
Management And General	20380	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	25299	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3453	Total
Management And General	462	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2991	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	36710	Total
Management And General	36710	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	36201	Total
Program Services	36201	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1064225	Total
Fundraising	1064225	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	523511	Total
Program Services	216990	ProgramServices
Management And General	164572	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	141949	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	185560	Total
Program Services	32856	ProgramServices
Management And General	64971	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	87733	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	126589	Total
Program Services	37636	ProgramServices
Management And General	39400	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	49553	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	201914	Total
Program Services	93952	ProgramServices
Management And General	57950	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	50012	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27435	Total
Program Services	27435	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14142	Total
Program Services	859	ProgramServices
Management And General	4318	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8965	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5823	Total
Management And General	5823	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	259	ProgramServices
Management And General	1331	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2754	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5991534	Total
Program Services	3506630	ProgramServices
Management And General	664675	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1820229	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	844541	BOY
EOY	1076366	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2007844	BOY
EOY	3844986	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	663408	BOY
EOY	2121201	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	42404	BOY
EOY	64669	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1942	BOY
EOY	17475	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	206530	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	204174	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16498	BOY
EOY	2356	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10371	BOY
EOY	10371	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3587008	BOY
EOY	7137424	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	152739	BOY
EOY	450231	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	985547	BOY
EOY	2212996	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1138286	BOY
EOY	2663227	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1623522	BOY
EOY	1176738	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	825200	BOY
EOY	3297459	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2448722	BOY
EOY	4474197	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3587008	BOY
EOY	7137424	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	2025475	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	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)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	4632523	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4922840	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4789570	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3371463	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	7834389	CurrentTaxYear
Total	25550785	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4922840	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4789570	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3371463	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	7834389	CurrentTaxYear
Total	25550785	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	14205252	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	11345533	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	12196	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	26373	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	27486	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	31934	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	15482	CurrentTaxYear
Total	113471	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	4061	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	50390	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	167138	CurrentTaxYear
Total	221589	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	25885845	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.43830	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.35670	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	36201	FilingOrganizationsTotals
Affiliated Group Totals	0	AffiliatedGroupTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	36201	FilingOrganizationsTotals
Affiliated Group Totals	0	AffiliatedGroupTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	4891108	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	4927309	FilingOrganizationsTotals
Affiliated Group Totals	0	AffiliatedGroupTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	396365	FilingOrganizationsTotals
Affiliated Group Totals	0	AffiliatedGroupTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	99091	FilingOrganizationsTotals
Affiliated Group Totals	0	AffiliatedGroupTotals

Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	0	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	0	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	446880	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	546510	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	438525	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	396365	CurrentYear
Total	1828280	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$2,742,420	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	5814	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	11449	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	20619	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	36201	CurrentYear
Total	74083	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	111720	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	136628	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	109631	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	99091	CurrentYear
Total	457070	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$685,605	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	987	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	1097	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	14431	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	36201	CurrentYear
Total	52716	Total

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	70708	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	68352	Depreciation
Book Value	2356	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	135822	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	135822	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2356	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Deferred rent and leasehold incentive liability	$3,601
Due to affiliate	$2,209,395

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	2212996	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	8017009	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	5991534	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	2025475	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	2025475	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	8017009	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Not Rptd F990	0	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	8017009	RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	8017009	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	5991534	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Not Rptd F990	0	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	5991534	ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	5991534	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:	Identifier
Return Reference	Part X:	ReturnReference
Explanation	ActionAid USA performed an evaluation of uncertain tax positions for the year ended December 31, 2011, and determined that there were no matters that would require recognition in the financial statements or that may have any effect on its tax-exempt status.	Explanation

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	1	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (4 entries)

RegionRegion	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	Grantmaking	1007331
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	1623060
South America	Grantmaking	25000
Central America and the Caribbean	Grantmaking	92095

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	0	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	0	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Cont Number Of Offices	0	ContNumberOfOffices
Cont Number Of Employees	0	ContNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	0	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	2747486	SubtotalAmountSpent
Cont Amount Spent	0	ContAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	2747486	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (4 entries)

RegionRegion	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement
Central America and the Caribbean	Impact of biofuel in the Americas	92095	I/C Transfer
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	Advocacy for HIV & AIDS; catalyze increased public investment in agriculture; right to education; advocacy for international climate finance, and supporting child sponsorship	1007331	I/C Transfer
South America	Right to land and housing right	25000	i/C Transfer
Sub-Saharan Africa	Girls education and agriculture; catalyze increased public investment in agriculture; research on biofuels; preventing violence against women	1623060	I/C Transfer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	1	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Total Number Of Other Orgs	0	TotalNumberOfOtherOrgs
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	0	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Procedure for Monitoring Grants Outside the U.S.:	Identifier
Explanation	Schedule F, Part I, Line 2: ActionAid USA's core purpose is to raise money in the US to support antipoverty projects in developing countries. These projects are implemented by ActionAid USA's associates and partners. Each project is monitored by a project accountability group involving ActionAid USA finance and program staff from the implementing country. The project accountability group meets quarterly to discuss the progress of the grant and budget vs. expenses and analysis. ActionAid USA then reviews all program and finance reports with implementing partners to ensure compliance with grant provisions.	Explanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Agreement Ref Fundraising	1	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	ActivityActivity	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFunds	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceipts	Amount Retained By ContractorAmountRetainedByContractor	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganization
Fundraising Initiatives Inc
3120 13th Street North 2nd FL	Arlington	VA	22201	Face to face fundraising	1	192249	992095	-799846
Grass Roots Campaign Inc
1888 Sherman Street Suite 210	Denver	CO	80203	Face to face fundraising	0	82398	72130	10238

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	274647	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	1064225	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	-789608	TotalNetToOrganization
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStates

Form990 Schedule G Part IV Form990ScheduleGPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Explanation of Fundraising Payments	Identifier
Return Reference	Schedule G, Part I, Line 2b, Column (v)	ReturnReference
Explanation	Fundraising Initiatives, Inc. makes daily direct deposits into a joint account with ActionAid USA. Grass Root Campaign mails donations to ActionAid USA on a weekly basis. Fundraising Initiatives, Inc. conducted a test program for ActionAid USA to secure ongoing, multi-year gifts and pledges including child sponsorships. This one time investment is meant to secure future payments and we expect to recoup this investment over time.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	The Form 990 is first reviewed by the CFO and Treasurer. Then it is reviewed by the Executive Director. Finally it is reviewed by the Audit Committee before it is presented to the Board of Directors for approval before being submitted to the Internal Revenue Service.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	A full written disclosure by every employee, of all material facts of any transaction which has or appears to have, or may involve a conflict of interest by the employee with ActionAid USA shall be made to the Executive Director or Chief Financial Officer upon the learning of such conflict, be it an actual or potential conflict, before executing any such transaction. A full written disclosure by every board member, of all material facts of any transaction which has or appears to have, a conflict of interest by a member of ActionAid USA's board shall be made to the Board Chair upon the learning of such conflict before executing any such transaction. These are updated annually. The Governance Committee reviews all potential conflicts of interest that may arise. Each manager and staff member of ActionAid USA shall disclose a real or potential conflict of interest. They must abstain from the discussion, voting, resolution or action(s) proposed regarding the matter. It would be expected that any interested manager or staff would disqualify themselves. This shall occur prior to discussion at any meeting of the Board or managers of ActionAid USA, or a committee of the Board. Any such abstention from voting (or the like) and the reason given for it shall be recorded in the official minutes of the meeting. A majority of the managers present at any meeting may disqualify a manager from discussing and/or voting on any matter as to which they determine a conflict of interest exists. After full disclosure, however, and with due deliberation, a majority of the disinterested managers may approve or ratify a transaction which involves a conflict of interest with a manager, officer, or employee of ActionAid USA, provided such transaction is fair to ActionAid USA.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	ActionAid USA uses a salary consultant to first draft a proposal for fair compensation using comparability data. It is then reviewed by the audit committee before being submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	ActionAid USA makes its annual reports, audited financial statements and the Form 990 available on its website. Governance policies are also available on the website.