2011-08-15T10:57:40-07:00 2010-12-31 990 2010-01-01 521975211 Marijuana Policy Project Foundation MARI 2024625747 PO Box 77492 Washington DC 200138492 Rob Kampia 2024625747 2011-08-15 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z MPP Foundation Rob Kampia PO Box 77492 Washington DC 20013 1515917 0 X www.mpp.org X 1996 DC MPP Foundation envisions a nation where marijuana is legally regulated similarly to alcohol, marijuana education is honest and realistic, and treatment for problem marijuana users is non-coercive and geared toward reducing harm. 6 5 48 5 0 0 1991998 1409078 13845 0 156 19 30745 17102 2036744 1426199 573000 18000 0 0 1076764 956552 4242 500 409006 826187 500688 2480193 1475740 -443449 -49541 67083 60680 923166 911265 -856083 -850585 MPP Foundation works to increase public support for -- and identify and activate supporters of -- non-punitive, non-coercive marijuana policies. 0 0 143091 0 0 CONFERENCES 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. 138397 0 0 MEDIA 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). 119246 0 0 ONLINE 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. 116504 0 0 PUBLIC 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. 68610 0 0 VIP 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. 64207 0 0 NEVADA 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. 60795 0 0 ARIZONA 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. 59458 0 0 COALITION-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. 36370 0 0 NEVADA 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. 24500 0 0 VERMONT 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). 20190 18000 2000 GRANTS 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. 8682 0 0 COLLECTION OF E-MAIL ADDRESSES: Collected valid e-mail addresses from approximately 8,000 supporters in Arizona. 5500 0 0 LOBBYING 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. 464816 18000 2000 865550 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 DC X X Rob Kampia 2024625747 PO Box 77492 Washington DC 20013 Rene Ruiz 1 X X 0 0 0 Aundre Speciale 1 X X 0 0 0 Rob Kampia 45 X X 71240 53560 7098 John Gilmore 1 X X 0 0 0 Bill Dunn 1 X 0 0 0 Joby Pritzker 1 X 0 0 0 71240 53560 7098 0 0 0 0 0 79092 0 0 12303 0 1317683 0 1409078 0 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 10879 0 0 10879 0 0 0 0 89700 0 89718 -18 0 -18 6241 0 0 6241 6241 1426199 0 0 17121 18000 18000 0 0 0 0 0 0 74902 31458 22471 20973 0 0 0 0 750800 428128 89899 232773 9177 4471 1725 2981 35807 20102 3928 11777 85866 38583 25996 21287 1400 0 1400 0 7086 1300 5786 0 8500 0 8500 0 35000 35000 0 0 500 500 0 0 0 0 23336 19454 927 2955 1585 11 1574 0 63864 27078 14985 21801 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82528 45985 11171 25372 31222 22975 1336 6911 0 0 0 0 14804 14298 0 506 0 0 0 0 83000 83000 0 0 0 0 0 0 9067 0 9067 0 online services 88247 51633 372 36242 postage 19151 1861 538 16752 printing 10702 5417 66 5219 public-opinion polling 6275 6275 0 0 space/food for non-fundraising events 4547 4547 0 0 10374 5974 1443 2957 1475740 865550 201184 409006 41020 50001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44691 34012 26063 10679 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67083 60680 3166 10265 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 920000 901000 0 0 923166 911265 X 0 0 0 0 -856083 -850585 -856083 -850585 67083 60680 X -49541 55039 X 0 0 0 X 1269857 1203564 2508150 1991998 1409278 8382847 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1269857 1203564 2508150 1991998 1409278 8382847 3135916 5246931 0 7863 4564 753 10898 24078 0 0 0 0 0 0 120964 42205 4519 43993 6023 217704 8624629 0.60837 0.60104 X The "other income" category is composed of the gross sales of merchandise, plus the net profits from fundraising events. The 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. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 127165 127165 1348575 1475740 222574 55644 0 0 254543 277486 296745 222574 1051348 1577022 200000 224641 85758 127165 637564 63636 69372 74186 55644 262838 394257 0 0 11211 0 11211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44691 0 34012 10679 0 0 0 0 10679 Sonoma party 40125 0 40125 0 0 37713 6607 3212 14067 15th anniv. gala DC 49575 0 49575 0 0 14161 0 510 12971 0 89700 0 89700 0 0 51874 6607 3722 27038 89241 459 1 Voter Power Foundation 3236 SE 50th Avenue Portland OR 97214 931289249 501(c)(3) 10000 0 To organize patients, physicians, and other stakeholders to speak out in favor of improving Oregon's medical marijuana law. 3 1 SchI_P01_S00_L02 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 The 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. F990_P06_S0B_L11a Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11a A 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_L12c Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c MPP 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_L19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 MPP 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_L05 Form 990, Part XI, Line 5 MPP 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. Marijuana Policy Project PO Box 77492 Capitol Hill Washington DC 20013 521911644 lobbying/initiatives DC 501(c)(4) N/A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Marijuana Policy Project e 19000 MPP Foundation's debt to MPP was reduced from $920,000 to $901,000 over the course of 2010. Marijuana Policy Project m 70000 MPP 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 n 500000 MPP 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 r 9000 MPP 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.)