Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (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 listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 389,158 | 4,934,574 | 5,183,260 | 1,805,600 | 7,989,500 | 20,302,092 |
| 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 | 389,158 | 4,934,574 | 5,183,260 | 1,805,600 | 7,989,500 | 20,302,092 |
| 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).. | 15,964,799 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 4,337,293 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 389,158 | 4,934,574 | 5,183,260 | 1,805,600 | 7,989,500 | 20,302,092 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 253 | 207 | 251 | 150 | 619 | 1,480 |
| 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 VI.).. | 641 | 641 | ||||
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | 20,304,213 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 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...... | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e | Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): | |||||
| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions) | |||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014 |
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1
Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2014 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014: | ||||
| a From 2009.......X | ||||
| b From 2010.......X | ||||
| c From 2011.......X | ||||
| d From 2012.......X | ||||
| e From 2013....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2014, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2014. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2015. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a From 2010.......X | ||||
| b From 2011.......X | ||||
| c From 2012.......X | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| The Center qualifies as a publicly supported organization under the facts and circumstances test set forth in Treas. Reg. 1.170A-9T(F)(3). The Center's public support exceeded the 10 percent threshold for public charities. Moreover, the Center's ongoing program of solicitations, its sources of support, its governing body and the programs its conducts all demonstrate sufficient public support to meet the facts and circumstances test. The Center's 2014 public support efforts continued extension program initiated in 2008. This program includes regular meetings with top executives at many of the nation's largest foundations and corporations to build relationships that will lead to financial support.The ongoing fundraising efforts are expected to raise the public support percentage in future years. Its current sources of support include a variety of private foundations, public charities, businesses and individuals. The Center's public support is further demonstrated by its governing body, which represents the broad interest of the general public. Directors and officers include executives from large national corporations, public charities, and foundations, which bring specialized knowledge and experience in international relations, economic development, education, global security, and civic leadership. The Center provides programs to the general public on a continuing basis, including events in 2014 in a variety of states around the country, which drew thousands of people. Participants and attendees include members of Congress, state legislators, former governors, retired military leaders, journalists, internal affairs specialists, and other civic leaders and members of the public with specialized expertise in the subject of U.S. global engagement. |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3 | The Center has a contractual agreement with an independent contractor, Schrayer & Associates, Inc., to provide strategic, program, management, and fundraising services to the Center. Schrayer & Associates assigns various employees to provide such services, including Elizabeth Schrayer, who serves as the Center's President & CEO. Other functions provided by Schrayer & Associates include administrative, operational and communications support. To determine whether its payments to Schrayer & Associates are reasonable and appropriate, the Center evaluates the rates charged for comparable management services provided by similar consulting firms to other non profit organizations of similar size, scope and purpose. Additionally, the Center examines the costs and impact of acquiring such services in-house, versus purchasing the services from an external firm. This analysis is conducted annually as part of the budget process. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | The Center's President & CEO, finance department, and full governing board review Form 990 prior to its submission to the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Pursuant to the guidelines outlined in its policy handbook, the Center conducts periodic reviews to ensure ongoing compliance with its written conflict of interest policy. Key employees and all members of the governing body review and sign the conflict of interest policy annually. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15b | The Center maintains a compensation committee which reviews comparability data and approves compensation for top management and key employees each year. Meetings and deliberations of the compensation committee were contemporaneously documented, and recommendations were approved by the governing body during the annual budget process. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Center makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part IX, line 11g | Payroll processing fees: Program service expenses 6,498. Management and general expenses 752. Fundraising expenses 571. Total expenses 7,821. Strategists: Program service expenses 306,473. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 306,473. Communications: Program service expenses 33,126. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 33,126. Photographer/Videographer: Program service expenses 16,191. Management and general expenses 291. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 16,482. Other professional fees: Program service expenses 46,150. Management and general expenses 57,485. Fundraising expenses 2,050. Total expenses 105,685. Temporary help: Program service expenses 56,266. Management and general expenses 39,676. Fundraising expenses 10,675. Total expenses 106,617. Field consultant: Program service expenses 170,054. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 170,054. Writers: Program service expenses 3,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,800. Recruiting: Program service expenses 62,964. Management and general expenses 7,310. Fundraising expenses 5,672. Total expenses 75,946. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: | The Center's Board of Directors is responsible for oversight of the audit, including the selection of the independent accountant. The process is consistent with previous years. |
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