THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY (EIN 23-0487205)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-07-20
IRS object ID: 201232029349300103
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 D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-07-20T09:04:11-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MILLIGAN & COMPANY LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	105 N 22ND ST FL 2	AddressLine1
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	191031302	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	230487205	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	COMM	NameControl
Phone	2155573600	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 PENN CENTER 1628 JFK BLVD	AddressLine1
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19103	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ZACHARY STALBERG	Name
Title	PRESIDENT/CEO	Title
Phone	2155573600	Phone
Date Signed	2012-07-20	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LAVON CHANCY	Name
Phone	2154969100	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-07-20	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	ZACHARY STALBERG	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 PENN CENTER 1628 JFK BLVD	AddressLine1
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19103	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	913797	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.SEVENTY.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2002	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	PA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY FIGHTS FOR CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, FAIR ELECTIONS AND A BETTER INFORMED CITIZENRY IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE REGION BY EDUCATING CITIZENS, SAFEGUARDING ELECTIONS AND DEMANDING THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF ITS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	74	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	73	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	6	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	500	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	1418436	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	911516	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	495	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	764	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	2520	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1975	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1421451	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	914255	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	758434	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	768456	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	159014	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	390616	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	437739	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1149050	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1206195	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	272401	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-291940	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	832952	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	545273	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	134254	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	138963	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	698698	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	406310	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY FIGHTS FOR CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, FAIR ELECTIONS AND A BETTER INFORMED CITIZENRY IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE REGION BY EDUCATING CITIZENS, SAFEGUARDING ELECTIONS AND DEMANDING THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF ITS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	925089	Expense
Description	THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY (A NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION) EDUCATES THE CITIZENS IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE REGION BY DISSEMINATING AND PUBLISHING INFORMATION VIA PRINT, ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND SEMINARS ABOUT SAFEGUARDING ELECTIONS, ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT, AND MANY OTHER GOVERNMENT REFORM ISSUES TO BETTER THE REGION. SEVENTY ALSO MONITORS THE LOCAL ELECTIONS PROCESS BY TRAINING AND DEPLOYING HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON ELECTION DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	925089	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	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	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	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
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	11	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	6	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	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	74	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	73	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	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	2155573600	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 PENN CENTER PLAZA SUITE 1002	AddressLine1
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19103	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

Business Name Line2NameBusiness/BusinessNameLine2	TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ZACHARY STALBERG
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	PRES/CEO	65.00	X	X	274125	0	1292
P EDWARD LOVELIDGE
PWC	CHAIR	4.00	X		0	0	0
JOHN E MCKEEVER ESQUIRE
DLA PIPER	VICE CHAIR	1.00	X		0	0	0
DIANNE L SEMINGSON
PRESIDENT DLS INTERNATIONAL	SECRETARY	1.00	X		0	0	0
F MARK LASTNER
CIGNA CORPORATION	TREASURER	1.00	X		0	0	0
SEE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPLETE LISTING
			X		0	0	0
ELLEN MATTLEMAN KAPLAN
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	VP/POL. DIR.	60.00		X	131547	0	24126
LORETTA DEPKA
	VP FOR DEV.	60.00		X	106300	0	10323

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	511972	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	35741	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	3	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	911516	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	911516	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	306	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	306	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-458	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	458	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	458	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	458	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	OTHER INCOME	Description
Total Revenue Column	1975	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1975	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1975	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	914255	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2739	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	512224	Total
Program Services	364422	ProgramServices
Management And General	71241	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	76561	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	149277	Total
Program Services	125117	ProgramServices
Management And General	11046	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	13114	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	62021	Total
Program Services	49615	ProgramServices
Management And General	6203	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6203	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44934	Total
Program Services	35948	ProgramServices
Management And General	4494	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4492	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40500	Total
Program Services	32400	ProgramServices
Management And General	4050	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4050	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	88468	Total
Program Services	66351	ProgramServices
Fundraising	22117	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	53175	Total
Program Services	40598	ProgramServices
Management And General	5318	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7259	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5944	Total
Program Services	5435	ProgramServices
Management And General	255	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	254	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	70238	Total
Program Services	56190	ProgramServices
Management And General	7024	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7024	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2746	Total
Program Services	2197	ProgramServices
Management And General	275	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	274	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2704	Total
Program Services	2164	ProgramServices
Management And General	271	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	269	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6176	Total
Program Services	4941	ProgramServices
Management And General	618	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	617	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6348	Total
Program Services	5078	ProgramServices
Management And General	635	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	635	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
RESEARCH & WRITING	73940	66546	7394
FOOD & CATERING	38239	28679	3824	5736
EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINTE	22251	17801	2225	2225
DUES & SUBCRIPTIONS	11624	9299	1163	1162

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15386	Total
Program Services	12308	ProgramServices
Management And General	1539	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1539	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1206195	Total
Program Services	925089	ProgramServices
Management And General	122092	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	159014	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	186646	BOY
EOY	129917	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	576028	BOY
EOY	293014	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	49143	BOY
EOY	79500	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5035	BOY
EOY	4004	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	91111	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	61023	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7350	BOY
EOY	30088	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8750	BOY
EOY	8750	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	832952	BOY
EOY	545273	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	94416	BOY
EOY	77170	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39838	BOY
EOY	61793	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	134254	BOY
EOY	138963	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	122670	BOY
EOY	118296	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	576028	BOY
EOY	288014	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	698698	BOY
EOY	406310	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	832952	BOY
EOY	545273	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-291940	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-448	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated

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	1105896	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1185222	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	834144	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1418436	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	911516	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5455214	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1105896	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1185222	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	834144	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1418436	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	911516	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5455214	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	2166042	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	3289172	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1601	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	971	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	997	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	495	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	4064	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	8070	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	701	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	806	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	9577	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	5468855	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	2281	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.60140	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.58530	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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	91111	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	61023	Depreciation
Book Value	30088	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	30088	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
DEFERRED RENT	$35,613
CAPITAL LEASE PAYABLE	$26,180

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	61793	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	914255	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	1206195	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-291940	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	-448	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	-448	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-292388	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1261398	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	-448	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	347591	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	347143	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	914255	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	914255	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1553786	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	347591	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	347591	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	1206195	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1206195	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	LIABILITY UNDER FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	ReturnReference
Explanation	COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ASC TOPIC 740. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASC TOPIC 740, THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND DETERMINED THAT NO UNRECORDED TAX BENEFITS ARE REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

Business Name Line2NameBusiness/BusinessNameLine2	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
ZACHARY STALBERG
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	225420	20000	28705	1292	275417
ELLEN MATTLEMAN KAPLAN
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	121547	10000		24126	155673

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE J, PART III	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTS BOARD MEMBERS TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2011. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO FOR FULL APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE PRESIDENT & CEO OFFERS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL OFFICERS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THEN RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR THOSE OFFICERS FOR FULL APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE PRESIDENT & CEO SETS SALARIES FOR THE REST OF THE STAFF.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY FIGHTS FOR CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, FAIR ELECTIONS AND A BETTER INFORMED CITIZENRY IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE REGION BY EDUCATING CITIZENS, SAFEGUARDING ELECTIONS AND DEMANDING THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF ITS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE 990 AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR THE FULL BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE FULL BOARD RECEIVE A COPY IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A DISCLOSURE FORM ANNUALLY. THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH OUT THE YEAR IF A CONFLICT DOES ARISE. DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE ON FILE. NON COMPLIANCE IS A REASON FOR TERMINATION.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTS BOARD MEMBERS TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2011. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO FOR FULL APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTS BOARD MEMBERS TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2011. THE PRESIDENT & CEO OFFERS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL OFFICERS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THEN RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR THOSE OFFICERS FOR FULL APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE PRESIDENT & CEO SETS SALARIES FOR THE REST OF THE STAFF.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.