Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
Public Charity Status and Public Support
Complete if the organization is a section 501(c)(3) organization or a section
4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trust.
Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. See separate instructions. Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2013
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
Association for Computing Machinery Inc
Employer identification number
13-1921358
Part I
Reason for Public Charity Status
(All organizations must complete this part.) See instructions.
The organization is not a private foundation because it is: (For lines 1 through 11, check only one box.)
1
2
3
4
5
section 170(b)(1)(A)(iv). (Complete Part II.)
6
7
8
9
receipts from activities related to its exempt functions—subject to certain exceptions, and (2) no more than 331/3% of
its support from gross investment income and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 tax) from businesses
acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975. See section 509(a)(2). (Complete Part III.)
10
11
e
By checking this box, I certify that the organization is not controlled directly or indirectly by one or more disqualified persons other than foundation managers and other than one or more publicly supported organizations described in section 509(a)(1) or section 509(a)(2).
f
If the organization received a written determination from the IRS that it is a Type I, Type II, or Type III supporting organization, check this box
..................................................
g
Since August 17, 2006, has the organization accepted any gift or contribution from any of the following persons?
(i) A person who directly or indirectly controls, either alone or together with persons described in (ii)
Yes
No
and (iii) below, the governing body of the supported organization?
................
11g(i)
(ii)
A family member of a person described in (i) above?
......................
11g(ii)
(iii)
A 35% controlled entity of a person described in (i) or (ii) above?
................
11g(iii)
h
Provide the following information about the supported organization(s).
(i) Name of supported organization
(ii) EIN
(iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions))
(iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document?
(v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support?
(vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.?
(vii) Amount of monetary support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Total
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990EZ.
Cat. No. 11285F
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Page 2
Part II
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (Complete only if you checked the box on line 5, 7, or 8 of Part I or if the
organization failed to qualify under Part III. If the organization fails to
qualify under the tests listed below, please complete Part III.)
Section A. Public Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
1
Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") ....
2
Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.......
3
The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..
4
Total. Add lines 1 through 3
5
The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included
on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f)..
6
Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4.
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
7
Amounts from line 4..
8
Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources...
9
Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on..
10
Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.)..
11
Total support (Add lines 7 through 10).
12
Gross receipts from related activities, etc. (see instructions)
..................
12
13
First five years.
If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a 501(c)(3) organization,
check this box and stop here.................................................
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
14
Public support percentage for 2013 (line 6, column (f) divided by line 11, column (f))
.........
14
15
Public support percentage for 2012 Schedule A, Part II, line 14
...............
15
16a
33 1/3% support test—2013.
If the organization did not check the box on line 13, and line 14 is 33 1/3% or more, check this box
and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
.......................
b
33 1/3% support test—2012.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13 or 16a, and line 15 is 33 1/3% or more, check this
box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
.....................
17a
10%-facts-and-circumstances test—2013.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, or 16b, and line 14
is 10% or more, and if the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test, check this box and stop here. Explain
in Part IV how the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported
organization
.....................................................
b
10%-facts-and-circumstances test—2012.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, or 17a, and line
15 is 10% or more, and if the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test, check this box and stop here.
Explain in Part IV how the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
................................................
18
Private foundation.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, 17a, or 17b, check this box and see
instructions
.....................................................
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Page 3
Part III
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Section 509(a)(2) (Complete only if you checked the box on line 9 of Part I or if the organization
failed to qualify under Part II. If the organization fails to qualify under
the tests listed below, please complete Part II.)
Section A. Public Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
1
Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .
3,844,740
4,985,167
5,698,680
5,322,271
5,549,735
25,400,593
2
Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose......
50,599,527
52,297,620
51,606,655
53,152,187
54,867,210
262,523,199
3
Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513..
4
Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf...
5
The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..
6
Total. Add lines 1 through 5.
54,444,267
57,282,787
57,305,335
58,474,458
60,416,945
287,923,792
7a
Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons...
1,960,950
2,851,909
3,222,032
3,208,521
3,116,992
14,360,404
b
Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year.
0
c
Add lines 7a and 7b..
1,960,950
2,851,909
3,222,032
3,208,521
3,116,992
14,360,404
8
Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.)
273,563,388
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
9
Amounts from line 6...
54,444,267
57,282,787
57,305,335
58,474,458
60,416,945
287,923,792
10a
Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources..
1,706,802
1,650,619
1,766,699
1,854,434
1,943,284
8,921,838
b
Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975.
c
Add lines 10a and 10b.
1,706,802
1,650,619
1,766,699
1,854,434
1,943,284
8,921,838
11
Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.
895,062
1,032,563
964,478
1,053,385
1,165,568
5,111,056
12
Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.)
..
347,835
231,829
222,316
234,303
5,920
1,042,203
13
Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.)..
57,393,966
60,197,798
60,258,828
61,616,580
63,531,717
302,998,889
14
First five years.
If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a 501(c)(3) organization,
check this box and stop here.............................................
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
15
Public support percentage for 2013 (line 8, column (f) divided by line 13, column (f))
.........
15
90.290 %
16
Public support percentage from 2012 Schedule A, Part III, line 15
...............
16
90.210 %
Section D. Computation of Investment Income Percentage
17
Investment income percentage for 2013 (line 10c, column (f) divided by line 13, column (f))
......
17
2.940 %
18
Investment income percentage from 2012 Schedule A, Part III, line 17
.............
18
3.000 %
19a
33 1/3% support tests—2013.
If the organization did not check the box on line 14, and line 15 is more than 33 1/3%, and line 17 is not more than 33 1/3%, check this box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
........
b
33 1/3% support tests—2012.
If the organization did not check a box on line 14 or line 19a, and line 16 is more than 33 1/3% and line 18 is not more than 33 1/3%, check this box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
.....
20
Private foundation.
If the organization did not check a box on line 14, 19a, or 19b, check this box and see instructions
.....
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
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Part IV
Supplemental Information.
Provide the explanations required by Part II, line 10; Part II, line 17a or 17b; and Part III, line 12. Also complete this part for any additional information. (See instructions).
Facts And Circumstances Test
Explanation
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Additional Data
Software ID:
Software Version:
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TIN:
SCHEDULE O (Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
Supplemental Information to Form 990 or 990-EZ
Complete to provide information for responses to specific questions on
Form 990 or to provide any additional information.
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at
www.irs.gov/form990.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2013
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
Association for Computing Machinery Inc
Employer identification number
13-1921358
Return Reference
Explanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6
There are basically two classes of membership: (1) Professional members - employed in the computing field or in a computing related field such as a college professor teaching computer science or a software engineer - these members have full voting rights to elect members to ACM's governing body the ACM Council. (2) Student members - under graduate and graduate students who are seeking an education in a computing science field - Student members have no voting rights. ACM Council member elections are held every two years and the term for the officers is two years and the members at large are four years. Council members are elected by ACM members. ACM members do not share in the Association's "profits" or "excess revenues". Members would share in a distribution should the Association dissolve.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a
Article 7 of the Constitution Elections The President, Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer and as many Members-at-Large as are required to fill vacancies for the Members-at-Large on the Council as provided in Article 6, Section 1 and Article 8, Section 1 of the Constitution, shall be elected as of June 30 in each even-numbered year by the Members of the Association. The constituency eligible to vote for other members of Council shall be defined in the bylaws. Balloting shall be conducted and recorded as provided in the bylaws. No person may hold two Council positions.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b
The members of the Association must ratify any changes to the ACM Constitution with a two thirds majority vote of the ballots submitted and those ballots must comprise at least 10% of the eligible voting members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11
The Form 990 is prepared by the Office of Financial Services and reveiwed by the tax department of a third party independant public accounting firm. The third party independant accounting firm also performs the annual audit of ACM's financial statements. The completed Form 990 is available to all Council members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c
The Director of Financial Services requires all Officers, Directors and Key employees to sign a declaration annually to attest to the fact that they have read the Conflict of Interest Policy, declare that they are not aware of any conflicts of interest and that they are required to report any conflicts of interest. In addition, staff and volunteer leaders involved with the day to day operations of publications, special interest groups, chapters and conferences monitor these activities constantly to insure compliance with our primary purpose and includes reporting of any potential conflicts of interest. Any potential conflicts are dealt with through the activities governing authority and the individuals involved.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a
The Compensation Committee is comprised of the President, Vice President, and Past-President. They are all members of ACM's governing body the ACM Council and are elected by ACM's Professional members. The HR Administrator at ACM provides the Committee with data for salaries and compensation for CEOs of comparable organizations. This information is provided to the HR Administrator by third party agencies and is derived from compensation surveys and information garned from Form 990 returns of other organizations. The Committee, with the survey and comparable data in hand, makes a decision on compensation for the CEO based upon measureable goals established the previous year for the CEO and the CEOs accomplishments for that year. The Compensation Committee also provides the average merit increase percentage recommendation to Council that will be used in the ACM budget that becomes the basis for performance review evaluations for all other staff. The HR Administrator provides compensation data for comparable organizations and organizations in ACM's region from third party agencies to the Committee to evaluate in order to make its decision on the recomendation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19
The Association's Constitution and By-laws and policies, including Conflict of Interest are available through the Association's web-site www.acm.org. The Association does not include financial statements on its web-site. Financial statements are sent to the governing body, the ACM Council on a monthly basis. This distribution also includes Board Chairs that represent all facets of ACM's operations. The internal monthly reports that are produced to track financial activities for all facets of the Association are available to the staff and volunteer leaders associated with any of these activities through a web interface that requires a log-in.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2C
Audit Committee Oversight of Annual Audit The Association (ACM) has an Audit Committee that is appointed by the ACM Council and the Committee reports directly to the ACM Council. The Committee is responsible for the selection of the independant public accounting firm to conduct the annual audit of the year-end financial statements. The Audit Committee meets with the audit firm and reviews and approves the audit plan prior to the audit, the audit results, the management report and and all required communications after the conclusion of the audit. The Committee than makes a recommendation to the ACM Council to accept or not accept the report prepared by the audit firm and informs the Council on any items it deems necessary. This process is unchanged from the prior year.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.