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.") .... | 10,373,644 | 6,096,706 | 13,238,989 | 8,800,537 | 9,516,539 | 48,026,415 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 10,373,644 | 6,096,706 | 13,238,989 | 8,800,537 | 9,516,539 | 48,026,415 |
| 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).. | 19,150,663 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 28,875,752 | |||||
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.. | 10,373,644 | 6,096,706 | 13,238,989 | 8,800,537 | 9,516,539 | 48,026,415 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 8,272 | 9,611 | 27,441 | 20,303 | 14,970 | 80,597 |
| 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.).. | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | 48,107,012 | |||||
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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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 14000265 |
| Software Version: | 2014v5.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Strategic Communications: Advancement Projects strategic communications program adds capacity to state and local groups working to confront and dismantle structural racism. To create a more just democracy, Advancement Project combines carefully crafted legal, policy and communications strategies in support of grassroots movements. Since our inception, we have employed strategic communications to promote local reform efforts and to influence the national discourse on issues of structural exclusion. Through public opinion research, crafting winning narratives and messages, spokesperson identification and development, rapid response and pitching grassroots leaders to national media, we have positioned ourselves as a public relations firm for the racial justice movement. Our work includes the development of strategic communications plans, which incorporate both paid and earned media. We communicate with our audience through traditional and social media. The goal of our communications program is to empower local leaders and move the dial on the most pressing racial justice and civil rights issues of our times. We routinely develop echo chambers to capture hearts and minds, creating demand for change in policy and the law. We support our organizations work in voting rights, rights restoration for persons with prior felony convictions, immigrant justice, ensuring a fundamental right to vote in state and federal law, changing perceptions around youth of color, policing and ending the schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: The goals of Advancement Projects Right to Vote campaign are to: strengthen legal protection for voters; implement national standards for voting; and to rebuild the voting rights movement, utilizing the lofty goal of an affirmative right to vote; creating a stimulus of constant vigilance on voting rights. Last year, AP worked with Florida New Majority to promote a state right to vote policy; educate the public on these issues; and designed and implemented a grassroots recruitment and organizing structure that was instrumental to significantly expand Florida New Majoritys long term capacity on the ground. Bolstering this effort, we also commissioned focus groups, and initiated polling that will help to formulate public education campaigns as we move forward. We have begun similar efforts in Ohio, with the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, and are exploring other states, such as Arizona, Montana, and Wisconsin. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Advancement Projects Ending-the-Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse Track Project focused on ending harsh discipline and the criminalization of children of color; greatly improved education outcomes in 2014, and continues to do so in several school districts (Colorado, New York, Mississippi, and Florida). Additionally, we support the national movement to end the school-to-prison pipeline by working alongside national stakeholders; as well as on the ground with local partners by offering communications, legal, policy, and organizing support to grassroots groups in states across the country; which includes bringing the issues that affect young LGBTQ people of color into the school-to-prison pipeline discussion. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: The Equity in Public Funds program transforms the relationship between City Hall and high-need communities, by empowering communities to engage in the budget and funding fights that matter to them and become high-impact advocates for their needs over the long haul. Through an array of tools and training, community advocates now are able to understand how to make strategic use of public finance data and information. Check out the toolkits developed to help advocates understand how to impact the L.A. City budget, L.A. County budget, and the L.A. Unified School District Budget. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: The Educational Equity program expands educational opportunities and ensures appropriate school facilities for low income and disadvantaged children from birth through high school graduation. The Birth to Five Water Cooler, a statewide network of 500 early care and education advocates and providers ensures more coordinated and successful policy interventions with the state legislature. We are also working to ensure the newly implemented state school funding plan the Local Control Funding Formula helps improve the educational outcomes of students throughout California. In just 2014, Advancement Project was an integral part of securing more than $1 billion in school funding for Californias highest-need students, including English Learners, foster youth, and children 0-5. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Other programs |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et | BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER STEVE ENGLISH AND BOD PRESIDENT MOLLY MUNGER ARE MARRIED. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD FOR REVIEW UPON REQUEST. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | THE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS IS CALLED FOR AT EACH BOARD MEETING. DIRECTORS WHO HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN A MATTER SUCH THAT IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, DISCLOSE SUCH INTEREST AND DO NOT VOTE ON THE MATTER. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management | THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED SALARY SURVEYS AND THE CFO AND THE TREASURER USED THEM TO ANALYZE THE COMPENSATION BEING AWARDED FOR DIRECTORS OF ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE AND PURPOSES. THE CO-DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT COMPENSATED PROPOSED COMPENSATION FOR COMPENSATED CO-DIRECTORS. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WHICH AFTER DELIBERATING MAKES ITS COMPENSATION DETERMINATION. THE AUDIT COMMITEE DELIBERATED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN MADE ITS COMPENSATION DETERMINATIONS FOR THE SALARIES OF THE CO-DIRECTORS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees | THE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES IS FIRST BASED ON A 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THE ORGANIZATION'S CO-DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT ADDITIONAL INCREASES AS THEY SEE FIT. DURING 2013, THE ORGANIATION GRANTED ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR SOME EMPLOYEES TO BRING THEIR SALARIES UP TO COMPARABLE MARKET RATES. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART X, LINE 29 - PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS | THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED $1,200,000 FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATING RESERVE. THE TERMS OF GRANT REQUIRE THAT THE FUNDS ARE MANAGED ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES DETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHOULD INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: (1) A POLICY OUTLINING THE GOVERNANCE AND USE OF THE RESERVE FUND, INCLUDING SPECIFYING THE NATURE OF THE INTENDED USES SPECIFYING CRITERIA JUSTIFYING USAGE OR BORROWING OF THE RESERVE FUNDS AS WELL AS PROCEDURES FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF BORROWING FROM THE RESERVE FUND, SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED, AND THIS POLICY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FORD FOUNDATION (2) THE POLICY DESCRIBED IN '(1)' SHALL PROVIDE THAT ANY BORROWINGS FROM THE RESERVE ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRCTORS (3) THE ORGANIZATION SHALL MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESERVE FUND POLICY THROUGH REGULAR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (4) THE RESERVE FUND SHALL BE PHYSICALLY SEGREGATED FROM ALL OTHER ASSETS AND IS TO BE REFLECTED SEPARATELY ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND SHOWN AS PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS (5) THE POLICY FOR THE RESERVE FUND SHALL SPECIFY THE ORGANIZATION'S INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY AND MODIFIED BASED ON ECONOMIC AND MARKET CONDITIONS AT THE TIME. THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY SHOULD REQUIRE THAT THE FUNDS BE CONSERVATIVELY INVESTED SO AS NOT TO LOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING THE RESERVE, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY THAT PUTS THE FUNDS AT RISK OR PREVENTS LIQUIDITY AND (6) THE RESERVE FUND'S MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO EXERCISE ORDINARY BUSINESS CARE AND PRUDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE RESERVE FUND UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF MAKING AN INVESTMENT, IN PROVIDING FOR THE LONG- AND SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO CARRY OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES. |
| Software ID: | 14000265 |
| Software Version: | 2014v5.0 |