THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY (EIN 23-0487205)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-05-12
IRS object ID: 201121329349301432
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-05-12T09:40:01-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	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	2010-01-01	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	2011-05-12	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LAVON WELLS	Name
Phone	2154969100	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-05-12	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	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	1421451	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	70	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	68	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	6	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	500	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	834144	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	1418436	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	858	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	495	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	701	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	2520	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	835703	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1421451	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	656931	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	758434	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	153844	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	415624	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	390616	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1072555	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1149050	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-236852	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	272401	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	532544	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	832952	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	106247	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	134254	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	426297	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	698698	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	890210	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	890210	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	true	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	10	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	70	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	68	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	270684	0	1144
ELLEN MATTLEMAN KAPLAN
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	VP/POL. DIR.	60.00	X	X	137738	0	26345
DANIEL K FITZPATRICK CFA
CITIZENS BANK	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
		1.00	X		0	0	0
LORETTA DEPKA
	VP FOR DEV.	60.00		X	95102	0	10952

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	503524	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	38441	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	2	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	1418436	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	1418436	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	495	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	495	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	OTHER INCOME	Description
Total Revenue Column	2520	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2520	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	2520	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1421451	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	3015	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	502341	Total
Program Services	349190	ProgramServices
Management And General	57830	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	95321	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	147417	Total
Program Services	130930	ProgramServices
Management And General	11298	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5189	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	65489	Total
Program Services	51081	ProgramServices
Management And General	6549	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7859	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	43187	Total
Program Services	33685	ProgramServices
Management And General	4319	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5183	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35143	Total
Program Services	27412	ProgramServices
Management And General	3514	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4217	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	65887	Total
Program Services	56004	ProgramServices
Fundraising	9883	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	37176	Total
Program Services	27409	ProgramServices
Management And General	4353	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5414	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33260	Total
Program Services	32743	ProgramServices
Management And General	235	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	282	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	68906	Total
Program Services	53746	ProgramServices
Management And General	6891	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8269	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2824	Total
Program Services	2203	ProgramServices
Management And General	282	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	339	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1636	Total
Program Services	1275	ProgramServices
Management And General	164	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	197	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8798	Total
Program Services	6862	ProgramServices
Management And General	880	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1056	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6876	Total
Program Services	5363	ProgramServices
Management And General	688	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	825	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
RESEARCH WRITING	54845	54845
FOOD CATERING	36660	26762	4399	5499
TELEPHONE	13656	10651	1366	1639
OFFICE SUPPLIES	10977	8562	1098	1317
DUES & SUBSCRIPTION	4826	3764	483	579

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9146	Total
Program Services	7723	ProgramServices
Management And General	647	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	776	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1149050	Total
Program Services	890210	ProgramServices
Management And General	104996	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	153844	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	150289	BOY
EOY	186646	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	618	BOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	280000	BOY
EOY	576028	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	68000	BOY
EOY	49143	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8739	BOY
EOY	5035	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	76999	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	69649	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16148	BOY
EOY	7350	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	532544	BOY
EOY	832952	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	62839	BOY
EOY	94416	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43408	BOY
EOY	39838	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	106247	BOY
EOY	134254	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	76297	BOY
EOY	122670	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	350000	BOY
EOY	576028	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	426297	BOY
EOY	698698	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	532544	BOY
EOY	832952	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	272401	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee

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	597856	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1105896	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1185222	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	834144	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1418436	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5141554	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	597856	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1105896	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1185222	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	834144	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1418436	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5141554	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	2122528	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	3019026	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1601	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	971	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	997	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	495	CurrentTaxYear
Total	7364	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	25	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8070	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	701	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	806	CurrentTaxYear
Total	9602	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	5158520	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	3015	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.58530	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.58690	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	76999	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	69649	Depreciation
Book Value	7350	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	7350	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
DEFERRED RENT	$36,398
CAPITAL LEASE PAYABLE	$3,440

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	39838	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	1421451	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	1149050	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	272401	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	272401	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1559481	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	138030	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	138030	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	1421451	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	1421451	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1287080	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	138030	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	138030	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	1149050	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1149050	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	SEVENTY IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ASC TOPIC 740. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASC TOPIC 740, SEVENTY 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	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg
ZACHARY STALBERG
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	229836	15000	25848	1144	271828	254127
ELLEN MATTLEMAN KAPLAN
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY	124238	13500		26345	164083	124534

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

DQP Table DQPTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	SCOTT MIRKIN	NamePerson
Description Of Transaction	BOD	DescriptionOfTransaction
Transaction Corrected	true	TransactionCorrected

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 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 AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S COMPENSATION.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	VP & POLICY DIRECTOR: ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY. SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF STATED GOALS IS CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	IN APRIL 2009, A NEW DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, DOCUMENT RETENTION, GIFT AND WHISTLEBLOWER POLICIES WERE ADPOTED. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST AND BY THE END OF 2011 IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S OWN WEBSITE.