MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION (EIN 52-1975211)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-08-15
IRS object ID
201132279349302758
Schema version
2010v3.4
Source
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DescriptionCONFERENCES AND COALITION-BUILDING: Attended and spoke at conferences, reached out to potential allies (with a concentration in California and New York City), and strengthened relationships with existing allies for the purpose of building a stronger nationwide coalition to end marijuana prohibition. Specifically, MPP Foundation participated in conferences hosted by the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, the Libertarian Party, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, FreedomFest, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and a few smaller organizations. Also, MPP Foundation connected with opinion leaders at three events sponsored by MPP Foundation -- in D.C. on January 13, in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 22, and in Sonoma County in California on December 11.Description

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DescriptionMEDIA COVERAGE: Responded to inquiries from hundreds of reporters, as well as pitching stories to reporters on federal-government reports and surveys, litigation developments, foreign developments, new research on the therapeutic uses of marijuana, and so forth. To cite just five examples of positive media coverage, representatives of MPP Foundation were featured on national TV on MSNBC (March 26), "The O'Reilly Factor" on the Fox News Channel (April 8), and "The Situation Room" on CNN (September 16); on National Public Radio (September 16); and in "The New York Times" (November 14).Description

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DescriptionONLINE OUTREACH: Conducted a series of tactics furthering MPP Foundation's mission on the Web, including (1) producing a series of videos that were distributed via the organization's Web site (www.mpp.org) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/MPPstaff), (2) maintaining a blog (http://blog.mpp.org/), (3) updating Facebook "friends" and Twitter "followers" on news and policy developments, and (4) issuing a series of national alerts to email subscribers.Description

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11650400PUBLIC EDUCATION: Engaged in a range of activities to build support for MPP Foundation's mission among the public, including (1) updating the Web site (www.mpp.org), (2) producing brochures and briefing papers, (3) responding to email inquiries from the public, (4) giving speeches, and (5) tabling at events.
6861000VIP OUTREACH: Continued to build a coalition of actors, directors, producers, musicians, and other VIPs to speak out and perform benefits in support of marijuana policy reform. MPP Foundation's VIP advisory board (www.mpp.org/vip) grew at a healthy clip over the course of 2010.
6420700NEVADA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COALITION-BUILDING: Built public support for regulating marijuana like alcohol in Nevada. Specifically, MPP Foundation produced and garnered media attention around a TV ad asking why a government official in Nevada was opposing a legal market for marijuana, given that marijuana is objectively less harmful than alcohol. Also, MPP Foundation garnered media coverage by offering Sarah Palin, who was in Las Vegas to speak at an alcohol-related convention, $25,000 to tout the benefits of marijuana over alcohol; she didn't accept. MPP Foundation's coalition-building activities targeted leaders of organizations across the political spectrum, from local bar associations to environmental groups to local unions to anti-tax advocates.
6079500ARIZONA BALLOT INITIATIVE: Paid for signatures, campaign management, and public relations for MPP's campaign to make marijuana medically available in Arizona; the ballot initiative passed with 50.13% of the vote in November 2010, making Arizona the 15th state to legalize medical marijuana.
5945800COALITION-BUILDING IN TARGETED STATES: Built the team of supporters in California and a few other states, and paid for public-opinion polling in three states, for the purpose of building public and institutional support for marijuana policy reform in those states.
3637000NEVADA BALLOT INITIATIVE: Made payments to and otherwise subsidized MPP's campaign in Nevada to place an initiative on the November 2012 ballot to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol. The signature drive was aborted in June 2010, because of lack of funding.
2450000VERMONT LOBBYING: Lobbied the Vermont legislature to pass a marijuana-decriminalization bill, as well as a medical-marijuana-dispensary bill (to expand on the medical-marijuana law that MPP was primarily responsible for enacting in Vermont in 2004).
20190180002000GRANTS PROGRAM: Provided grants to four institutions to further MPP Foundation's message to the public. Specifically (1) a grant in Oregon to improve public opinion on the desirability of allowing for the sale of medical marijuana to seriously ill patients, (2) a grant in Rhode Island to improve public opinion on the benefits of decriminalizing the personal possession of marijuana, (3) a grant in Vermont to build a larger coalition in favor of decriminalizing the personal possession of marijuana, and (4) a grant to Reason Foundation to further its work to expose the ludicrousness of marijuana prohibition to a national audience.
868200COLLECTION OF E-MAIL ADDRESSES: Collected valid e-mail addresses from approximately 8,000 supporters in Arizona.
550000LOBBYING IN ILLINOIS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE: Paid small portions of the retainer fees for top-notch lobbying firms in Illinois and New Hampshire, for the purpose of passing MPP's medical-marijuana bills in both states.
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years1203564CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years2508150CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1991998CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year1409278CurrentTaxYear
Total8382847Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year0CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year0CurrentTaxYear
Total0Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year0CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year0CurrentTaxYear
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Total170 Total170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years1203564CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years2508150CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1991998CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year1409278CurrentTaxYear
Total8382847Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total3135916AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total1705246931PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years7863CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years4564CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year753CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year10898CurrentTaxYear
Total24078Total

Net UBI NetUBI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year0CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year0CurrentTaxYear
Total0Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years120964CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years42205CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years4519CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year43993CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year6023CurrentTaxYear
Total217704Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support8624629TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1700.60837PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year0.60104PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
General ExplanationThe "other income" category is composed of the gross sales of merchandise, plus the net profits from fundraising events.GeneralExplanation
General ExplanationThe organization received two "unusual grants" between 2006 and 2010. The first was a bequest of $107,000 in 2006; the second was a bequest of $323,299 in 2007.GeneralExplanation

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals0FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals127165FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals127165FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals1348575FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals1475740FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals222574FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals55644FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals0FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals0FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3254543CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2277486CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1296745CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year222574CurrentYear
Total1051348Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,577,022LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3200000CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2224641CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus185758CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year127165CurrentYear
Total637564Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus363636CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus269372CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus174186CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year55644CurrentYear
Total262838Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$394,257GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus30CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus20CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus111211CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year0CurrentYear
Total11211Total

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value0BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis44691InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation34012Depreciation
Book Value10679BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings10679TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1Sonoma partyNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event140125GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event10CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event140125GrossRevenueEvent1
Cash Prizes Event10CashPrizesEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event10NonCashPrizesEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event137713RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event16607FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event13212EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event114067OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event215th anniv. gala DCNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event249575GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event20CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event249575GrossRevenueEvent2
Cash Prizes Event20CashPrizesEvent2
Non Cash Prizes Event20NonCashPrizesEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event214161RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event20FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Entertainment Event2510EntertainmentEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event212971OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events0TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total89700GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total0CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events89700GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Cash Prizes Total Events0CashPrizesTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events0NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events51874RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events6607FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events3722EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events27038OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events89241DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary459NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Voter Power FoundationBusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line13236 SE 50th AvenueAddressLine1
CityPortlandCity
StateORState
ZIP Code97214ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient931289249EINOfRecipient
IRC Section501(c)(3)IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant10000AmountOfCashGrant
Amount Of Non Cash Assistance0AmountOfNonCashAssistance
Purpose Of GrantTo organize patients, physicians, and other stakeholders to speak out in favor of improving Oregon's medical marijuana law.PurposeOfGrant
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants3TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations1TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

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IdentifierSchI_P01_S00_L02Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule I, Part I, Line 2ReturnReference
ExplanationThe grant guidelines, virtually unchanged since the inception of the grants program in January 2002, could be found at mpp.org/grants before the grants program ended in mid-2010. In sum, letters of inquiry (if applicable) and grant applications were reviewed on a trimesterly basis. After the issuance of a grant, MPP's grant-award letter specified the timing of the interim report (if applicable) and final report that would be required before future grant payments could be issued. In some cases, the executive director also conducted site visits to certain grantees.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0B_L11aForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11aA draft of this Form 990 was meticulously reviewed by the board's treasurer -- as well as submitted to the entire board -- before it was filed.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cMPP Foundation's executive director asks every member of the MPP staff and board to sign the conflict-of-interest policy; the intent is to have each person sign the policy once annually. This is preferable to conducting "Romanian-style" investigations of each MPP staffer and board member to determine if anyone is violating the conflict-of-interest policy.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19MPP Foundation's documents are maintained in the organization's main office in the District of Columbia. The MPP Foundation staff mails the documents to interested persons -- upon request -- via the U.S. Postal Service.
F990_P11_S00_L05Form 990, Part XI, Line 5MPP Foundation received a loan (at 3.0% interest) for $100,000 from an allied 501(c)(3) organization in mid-2010, to be repaid in mid-2011. Counterbalancing this "revenue" was an "expense" composed of a net depreciation of MPP Foundation's equipment (mostly computers) of $15,384 over the course of 2010. Another "expense" was the $29,997 in COBRA payments that MPP Foundation made; because this amount will be reimbursed in 2011 (in the form of lower payroll taxes), MPP Foundation is choosing not to show this as an expense in 2010 or as a revenue in 2011. Adding to this is a "fudge factor" of $420 in mystery revenues. Taken all together, the two revenues minus the two expenses equals a net adjustment of $55,039.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Marijuana Policy ProjectBusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 77492AddressLine1
Address Line2Capitol HillAddressLine2
CityWashingtonCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20013ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN521911644EIN
Primary Activitieslobbying/initiativesPrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile StateDCLegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section501(c)(4)ExemptCodeSection
Direct Controlling Entity NAN/ADirectControllingEntityNA
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties0ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org1LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities1SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees1SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org0OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org1OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeAmount InvolvedAmountInvolvedMethod Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
Marijuana Policy Project
e19000MPP Foundation's debt to MPP was reduced from $920,000 to $901,000 over the course of 2010.
Marijuana Policy Project
m70000MPP and MPP Foundation shared office space and therefore a photocopier, fax machine, printers, phones, and other equipment. Regardless, each organization paid its own share of the rent, the purchase of equipment, and the rental of equipment. So the $70,000 figure that's reported here is really just an estimate of the value of resources that were shared; there was no transfer of $70,000 from one organization to the other.
Marijuana Policy Project
n500000MPP and MPP Foundation shared numerous employees. Regardless, each organization paid its own share of the salaries, taxes, and benefits for each organization's "partial employees." So the $500,000 figure that's reported here is really just an estimate of the value of resources that were shared; there was no transfer of $500,000 from one organization to the other.
Marijuana Policy Project
r9000MPP rented MPP Foundation's dues-paying membership list for $9,000, for the purpose of mailing a handful of fundraising mailings to MPP Foundation's donors. (The going rate for such rentals of other organizations' mailing lists is 10 cents/member, so MPP was entitled to rent 90,000 of MPP Foundation's members over the course of all MPP mailings in 2010; instead, MPP mailed to only 40,000 or so.)

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