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.") .... | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 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 VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | ||||||
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.") . | 12,889,559 | 13,420,573 | 9,316,768 | 11,378,847 | 9,848,829 | 56,854,576 |
| 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...... | 880,691,488 | 942,813,001 | 976,442,900 | 1,040,603,980 | 1,086,721,635 | 4,927,273,004 |
| 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. | 893,581,047 | 956,233,574 | 985,759,668 | 1,051,982,827 | 1,096,570,464 | 4,984,127,580 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | 0 | |||||
| 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. | 320,175,828 | 343,101,445 | 359,923,209 | 359,048,657 | 400,936,397 | 1,783,185,536 |
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 320,175,828 | 343,101,445 | 359,923,209 | 359,048,657 | 400,936,397 | 1,783,185,536 |
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 3,200,942,044 | |||||
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... | 893,581,047 | 956,233,574 | 985,759,668 | 1,051,982,827 | 1,096,570,464 | 4,984,127,580 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 51,618,196 | 60,310,105 | 69,479,111 | 66,285,663 | 119,026,224 | 366,719,299 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 51,618,196 | 60,310,105 | 69,479,111 | 66,285,663 | 119,026,224 | 366,719,299 |
| 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.) .. | 7,030 | 9,505 | 7,562 | 24,097 | ||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 945,206,273 | 1,016,553,184 | 1,055,246,341 | 1,118,268,490 | 1,215,596,688 | 5,350,870,976 |
| 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....... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 | The Corporate Bylaws were revised to change the financial year-end for years beginning after December 31, 2014. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | All Trustees received a copy of Form 990 for review and information prior to Board of Trustees meeting. Form 990 was reviewed by the Board of Trustees' Audit Committee and the full Board of Trustees prior to filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | The Trustees of Educational Testing Service, individually and collectively, are expected to act in accordance with the highest standards of ethical behavior. Annually, the Audit Committee reviews the ETS Code of Ethics for Members of the Board of Trustees. Subsequently, each Trustee receives a copy of the Code of Ethics and signs a statement agreeing to abide by the Code. The Code of Ethics states a clear policy on conflicts of interest. ETS also has a conflict of interest policy that is supplied to the Board of Trustees, officers and key employees. The Trustees annually complete a Trustee Disclosure Statement and a Trustee Affiliation Form. The Disclosure Statement requests if there are any Trustees with material financial interest to which ETS is a party. The Affiliation Form requests information regarding the Trustees employment as a staff member or as a consultant of ETS, as well as their affiliation with other organizations. The Corporate Secretary reviews these disclosures for potential conflicts or the potential appearance of a conflict. Should a situation be disclosed that presents a potential conflict, the Corporate Secretary would seek resolution with the involvement of the appropriate authority such as the Audit Committee or the ETS General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer. Intrinsic to the policy is a Trustee recusing themselves on certain matters or resigning from the Board to prevent a conflict of interest or avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest. Failure to respond to the annual disclosure process would result in the requisite follow up by the Corporate Secretary. Candidates for Trustees receive receive general information on relevant ETS policies, such as the Code of Ethics and Conflict of Interest and are required to complete the Affiliations Form prior to standing for election. Trustees can obtain assistance with the interpretation or administration of the Code of Ethics conflicts policy or procedures from the Corporate Secretary or the General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer. Trustees receive the complete policy statements upon their election. Educational Testing Service requires that employees, including officers, who are uncertain whether an outside activity comes within the scope of ETS's Code of Ethics or Conflict of Interest policy, discuss the matter with their supervisors. Employees wishing to engage in outside activities must submit an Outside Activities Report to their division director for review and approval prior to engaging in the activity. Employees must submit an amended report whenever the activity changes. The report is reviewed and the employee is informed whether the request is approved. The employee's division Vice President and the Vice President of Strategic Workforce Solutions (SWS)(ETS's Human Resources Department) receive a copy of all such reports regardless of whether the request is approved. Any situation involving a potential conflict of interest must be reviewed by SWS to verify that no conflict exists. Any employee who acquires information that gives the employee reason to believe that any employee, officer or trustee is engaged in conduct that is prohibited by ETS's Code of Ethics or subject to ETS's Conflict of Interest policy, or that any sales representative, distributor or other person or firm representing ETS in any transaction is engaged in the type of conduct (whether or not in connection with a transaction involving ETS or its products) which, if engaged in by an employee, would violate this policy is required to report this information immediately. All complaints regarding potential conflicts of interest are investigated promptly, and where necessary, immediate and appropriate action is taken to stop and remedy any such conduct. Any employee or officer, found in violation of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination, depending upon the severity of the violation. This policy is reviewed on an annual basis by the Vice President of Strategic Workforce Solutions. All ETS employees receive a copy of the Code of Ethics on an annual basis. The annual review and signature indicating their agreement to comply with the policy is mandatory as part of employment with ETS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | ETS's Board of Trustees ("Board") engages an independent external organization, a leading consultant in executive compensation, to review the structure and process of Officer compensation to ensure practices that are within IRS and not-for-profit guidelines. The external organization issues a letter to the Board that presents their expert opinion as to the reasonableness and comparability of the total remuneration of the executives. The Board has reviewed and agreed upon the analysis and the Opinion Letter as to the Reasonableness of the Total Compensation Provided for the executives working for ETS. The independent, external executive compensation consultant prepares a Letter of Reasonableness regarding the analysis of Officer pay consistent with government guidelines which is presented to the Board Committee on Governance and Human Resources and the full Board for review, comment and approval. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | Currently, ETS does not provide its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available to the public. This process is consistent with prior years. |
| Form 990, Part IX, line 11g | Test Admin and Consultants: Program service expenses 347,793,902. Management and general expenses 21,567,651. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 369,361,553. Subcontracting Costs: Program service expenses 120,189,065. Management and general expenses 663,682. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 120,852,747. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Postretirement benefits -37,407,000. Equity earnings in affiliates 69,582,000. Disregarded entity loss included in Form 990 1,058,159. Dividend income from subsidiaries -44,155,000. |
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