2025-02-24T11:13:54-08:00 2024-04-30 330355893 Beth F Regan CPA 12526 High Bluff Drive Suite 300 San Diego CA 92130 990 2023-05-01 330718596 American Consumer Council AMER 7607870414 PO Box 503016 San Diego CA 92150 Thomas Hinton President 2025-02-24 true true Beth Regan P01247509 8584817050 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Thomas Hinton PO Box 503016 San Diego CA 921503016 1310082 false X N/A X 1996 CA Consumer Education and Advocacy for 446,580 members through custom educational videos, newsletters, and website updates on consumer information and alerts. 8 7 2 13 0 950904 1153659 130528 156423 0 0 1081432 1310082 0 0 187761 404693 0 0 494967 588206 682728 992899 398704 317183 1854647 2171830 0 1854647 2171830 X Consumer Education and Advocacy for 446,580 members through custom educational videos, newsletters, and website updates on consumer information and alerts. false false 696229 942211 Membership Development and Member Participation: ACC has continued to grow its membership by keeping the membership fees low, making it affordable to people of all economic backgrounds. With this fee structure, and the 60 State Consumer Councils, more people can take part in the many programs offered by ACC. The list of ACC members is confidential and is not sold to third parties. A concern voiced by our members. To ensure the security of our membership information, our IT department consistently updates its security procedures through software enhancements. The accessibility of the Green C Certification program remains intact for corporate entities. 157972 177159 Consumer Advocacy: ACC membership and corporate partners have found the advocacy tools a welcome relief to many of their consumer issues and concerns. This service has been enhanced by the continued updates to our database tracking system. These strategic updates give ACC the efficiency to deal with member consumer issues. The ACC quarterly newsletters are available to members as another source of consumer information. 127488 156423 Financial Education Programs: The American Consumer Council (ACC) completed its membership survey regarding in-person seminars. Based on the survey results, ACC is researching the best way to move forward to incorporate ACC's growing Financial Literacy videos and in-person seminars. The membership survey also resulted in a wealth of recommendations for future educational videos requested by our members and corporate partners. ACC has been able to continue its policy to offer some of these valuable educational videos on a complimentary basis. Regular monthly updates on consumer issues and alerts are consistently provided on the ACC website to ensure our membership remains well informed. 11210 34289 992899 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 7 true false false false true false false true true false true true true true true true true true true true false CA X Thomas Hinton 7607870414 11251 Rancho Carmel Drive 503016 San Diego CA 921503016 Jean Greer Treasurer 60.00 0.00 X 150100 0 0 Thomas Hinton President/Direc 50.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Romanski Esq Chairman 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Yager Esq Secretary/Direc 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Rosenberg Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Edward McHale Esq Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Loftus Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Karen Torre Esq Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 150100 1 false true false 0 1153659 1153659 Education Programs 900099 156423 156423 156423 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1310082 156423 0 0 0 0 150100 150100 0 92200 92200 138890 138890 0 23503 23503 160000 160000 15196 15196 31925 31925 0 0 0 0 53049 53049 77212 77212 36927 36927 0 125771 125771 25354 25354 0 26952 26952 0 0 0 35820 35820 0 992899 992899 0 0 1854647 2171830 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1854647 2171830 0 0 X 1854647 2171830 1854647 2171830 1854647 2171830 317183 X false false false X 547779 694575 945028 950904 1153659 4291945 86151 110262 126788 130528 156423 610152 0 0 0 633930 804837 1071816 1081432 1310082 4902097 0 0 4902097 0 0 0 0 633930 804837 1071816 1081432 1310082 4902097 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X false false false false false false false false false Jean Greer Treasurer 150100 150100 Jean Greer See Part V 150100 Salary false CRI Global LLC See Part V 160000 Management Services false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Thomas Hinton, who is director of American Consumer Council (ACC), and Jean Greer, who is an officer of ACC, are husband and wife. CRI Global, LLC (CRI), is a separate entity in which Thomas Hinton owns a majority interest.From time to time ACC leases facilities and services from CRI. These services are provided at their direct cost. ACC intends to eliminate traditional overhead costs, such as rent, for as long as possible, thus preserving its fund balance for use in purely educational activities for its members. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Program Services (Describe on SChedule O) Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Line 4d Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program: The Association's staff works with companies interested in the Green C Certification Program and encouraging organizations to honor its warranties and products sold to consumers. Part IV Governance, Management and Disclosure - Section A. Part IV - Section A. Governing Body and ManagementLine 2 Relationship: Thomas Hinton, President, is married to Jean Greer, TreasurerLine 6 446,580 Members Part IV Governance, Management and Disclosure - Section B Part IV - Section B. PoliciesLine 11b The documents are reviewed at Board Meeting.Line 12c Annually board members are required to disclose any interest that could give rise to conflicts.Line 15a & 15b The employee compensation plans are established by independent members of the Board. The final compensation decisions are based on research data of comparable not-for-profit organizations. Education, experience and expertise are also considered when setting a compensation plan. The employee compensation plans and performance evaluations are reviewed annually by the Board Part IV Governance, Management and Disclosure - Section C Part IV - Section C - DisclosureLine 19 Documents are available upon request