BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION (EIN 04-3454684)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-09-26
IRS object ID: 201142699349300724
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 O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-09-26T15:21:29-07:00	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	MCGUIRE WILLIAMS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6155 FULLER CT 2	AddressLine1
City	ALEXANDRIA	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	223102541	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	043454684	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BALLOT INITATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BALL	NameControl
Phone	2022232373	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1825 K ST NW	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JUSTINE SARVER	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	2022232373	Phone
Date Signed	2011-09-26	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KATHLEEN HUSTON	Name
Phone	7037984600	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-09-26	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	STEVEN SCHWARTZ	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1825 K ST NW STE 411	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	264468	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.ballot.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1999	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT & PROMOTE BALLOT INITITATIVE	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	10	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	299000	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	258343	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	757	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	320	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	7895	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	4406	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	307652	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	263069	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	158602	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	148428	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	40214	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	130715	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	123797	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	289317	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	272225	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	18335	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-9156	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	147272	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	104314	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	48062	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	14260	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	99210	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	90054	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT & PROMOTE BALLOT INITITATIVES	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	55958	Expense
Description	INITIATIVE RESEARCH: CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO TRACK MOVEMENT OF BALLOT MEASURES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AT TIMES TRACKING 500+ INDIVIDUAL BALLOT MEASURES ACROSS 30+ STATES. COMMISSIONING RESEARCH TO GAUGE VOTER ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES TO HOSTS OF INITIATIVE TOPICS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	61335	Expense
Description	GENERAL SUPPORT (STRATEGY AND CONFERENCES): BUILDING A NETWORK OF INFORMED USERS OF THE BALLOT MEASURE PROCESS BY LINKING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER THROUGH EDUCATIONAL FORUMS, CONFERENCES, E-MAIL BULLETINS, NEWS UPDATES, CONFERENCE CALLS, ETC.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	43684	Expense
Description	COM-MEDIA: CREATING EARNED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES INVOLVING LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS, INTERNET, MAIL, AND E-MAIL TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT THE BALLOT MEASURE PROCESS, CURRENT ISSUES, ETC.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	160977	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
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	false	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	false	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	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	7	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	10	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	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	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	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FDN	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	2022232373	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1825 K ST NW SUITE 411	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee
BERNIE HORN
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
DR DANIEL SMITH
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
HANS JOHNSON
CHAIR	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
LAURIE MOSKOWITZ
TREASURER	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
CRYSTAL PLATI
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL ETTLINGER
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
HEATHER HOLDRIDGE
SECRETARY	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
JUSTINE SARVER
EXEC DIRECTOR	9.00		23445	77965	0		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	23445	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	77965	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	258343	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	258343	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	320	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	5805	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	1399	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4406	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4,406	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	263069	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	320	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$4,406	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23445	Total
Program Services	9847	ProgramServices
Management And General	6799	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6799	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	103186	Total
Program Services	70427	ProgramServices
Management And General	22866	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9893	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10836	Total
Program Services	6845	ProgramServices
Management And General	2563	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1428	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10961	Total
Program Services	6842	ProgramServices
Management And General	2792	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1327	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2750	Total
Program Services	1731	ProgramServices
Management And General	677	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	342	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14600	Total
Program Services	5110	ProgramServices
Management And General	8760	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	730	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27954	Total
Program Services	16936	ProgramServices
Management And General	5025	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5993	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38485	Total
Program Services	24316	ProgramServices
Management And General	9556	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4613	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6617	Total
Program Services	2495	ProgramServices
Management And General	714	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3408	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2850	Total
Program Services	1449	ProgramServices
Management And General	643	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	758	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	920	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	920	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1052	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1052	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
DONATIONS AND DUES	525	318	133	74
PROFESIIONAL DEVELOPMENT	1265	326	768	171
TELEPHONE	13931	8226	2508	3197
SUPPLIES	5627	3523	1361	743
SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS	453	29	414	10

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6768	Total
Program Services	2557	ProgramServices
Management And General	3483	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	728	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	272225	Total
Program Services	160977	ProgramServices
Management And General	71034	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	40214	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1332	BOY
EOY	242	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	92094	BOY
EOY	88285	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	50000	BOY
EOY	12500	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1083	BOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1476	BOY
EOY	2920	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	3273	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2906	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1287	BOY
EOY	367	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	147272	BOY
EOY	104314	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41759	BOY
EOY	6551	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6303	BOY
EOY	7709	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48062	BOY
EOY	14260	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	49210	BOY
EOY	90054	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	50000	BOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	99210	BOY
EOY	90054	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	147272	BOY
EOY	104314	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-9156	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	202300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	194650	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	349700	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	299000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	258343	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1303993	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	202300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	194650	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	349700	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	299000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	258343	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1303993	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1303993	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2222	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	757	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	320	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3299	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1307292	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	17490	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99750	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99770	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

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

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	3273	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2906	Depreciation
Book Value	367	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	367	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
ACCRUED VACATION	$332
PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE	$7,377

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	7709	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	263069	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	272225	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-9156	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-9156	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	263069	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	263069	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	263069	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	272225	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	272225	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	272225	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt XII, Line 2c	ED RESEARCHES/RECOMMENDS AUDIT/ACCTS.BOARD REVIEWS PERFORMANCE AND APPROVES FUTURE USE
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	OFFICERS REVIEW/APPROVE A PDF COPY OF FORM 990 BEFORE E-FILING
Pt VI-B, Line 12c	BOARD AND EMPLOYEES PROVIDED CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND SIGN AGREEMENTS NOTING ANY CONFLICT
Pt VI-B, Line 15	SALARY SURVEYS REVIEWED AND LIKE ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFIED
Pt VI-C, Line 19	PDF COPIES OF ALL POLICIES/990 FORMS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY ANY INTERESTED THIRD PARTY
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	PRINTING 606. 100. 417. 89. BANK AND FILING FEES 583. 0. 583. 0. POSTAGE AND DELIVERY 788. 169. 450. 169. EQUIPMENT RENTAL 4791. 2288. 2033. 470.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CTR INC	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1825 K ST NW	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200061202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043411708	EIN
Primary Activities	PROMOTE AND SUPPORT BALLOT INITIATIVE USE	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501c4	ExemptCodeSection

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	false	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Activity2 Activity2

Activity3 Activity3

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Total170 Total170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Address US AddressUS

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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