NEW MERIDIAN CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: NEW MERIDIAN CORPORATION (EIN 81-3949146)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2024-04-10
IRS object ID: 202401019349300015
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-04-10T08:50:19-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760269860	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blazek & Vetterling	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2900 Weslayan Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77027	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	813949146	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	New Meridian Corporation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	NEWM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5123993452	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9390 Research Blvd 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78759	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Arthur A VanderVeen	PersonNm
Person Title	President & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5123993452	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-04-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Arthur	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	VanderVeen	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Barbara Murphy	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01386215	PTIN
Phone	7134395739	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Arthur A VanderVeen	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9390 Research Blvd 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78759	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$24,626,066	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.newmeridiancorp.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2016	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	New Meridian's mission is to advance the quality of public education for all students by designing assessments that focus on the skills that matter: critical thinking, deep understanding, and the ability to communicate ideas effectively.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	3	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	2	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	92	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$700,000	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,900,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$19,607,090	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$22,491,139	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$67,154	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$234,927	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$20,374,244	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$24,626,066	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$7,656,644	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$12,086,489	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$11,324,176	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$16,129,466	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$18,980,820	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$28,215,955	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,393,424	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,589,889	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$22,335,966	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$17,575,654	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$3,711,073	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,545,211	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$18,624,893	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$15,030,443	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	See Schedule ONew Meridian is an assessment design and development partner that helps states prepare today's students for the challenges of tomorrow. We provide technical expertise and the highest quality, research-validated test content uniquely focused on critical thinking, reasoning, and communication skills - the capabilities students will need to thrive in the future.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$21,635,277	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$22,491,139	RevenueAmt
Desc	New Meridian partners with states to design and develop student assessments that measure the critical thinking and reasoning skills that are critical to students' success. During this year, New Meridian developed educational assessments serving 3.6 million students. New Meridian also developed an innovative, "hybrid" approach to test development that enables states to flexibly optimize a blend of existing high-quality test content with new custom-developed content, raising quality while reducing costs and development times.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$21,635,277	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	133	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	92	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	3	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	2	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Arthur VanderVeen	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5127717569	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9390 Research Blvd Ste 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78759	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Arthur VanderVeen
President & CEO	50.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$396,417	$0	$29,850
Thomas M Higgins
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jesse Markow
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eileen Shihadeh
COO from 3/13/23	50.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Steve Titan
CFO from 9/1/22	50.00		Yes (X)	$98,271	$0	$3,442
Tauseef Khan
Chief Information Officer	50.00			$286,868	$0	$29,450	Yes (X)
Ashley Eden
Sr VP of State Partnership	50.00			$238,799	$0	$14,386	Yes (X)
Kristopher John
VP of Product Strategy	50.00			$224,452	$0	$25,143	Yes (X)
William Bunting
VP of Program Management Service	50.00			$209,345	$0	$5,941	Yes (X)
Mark M McNiel
VP of Development	50.00			$207,707	$0	$19,546	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,661,859	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$127,758	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	33	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
NCS Pearson Inc
221 River Street	Hoboken	NJ	07030	Test content & develop	$4,460,885
Council for Aid to Education
1732 1st Ave 21535	New York	NY	10128	Test content & develop	$1,454,584
Bigdata Dimension Inc
44330 Mercure Cir107	Dulles	VA	20166	Technology consultants	$1,420,848
Human Resources Research Organization
66 Canal Center Plz 700	Alexandria	VA	22314	Psychometric services	$281,280
Caveon LLC
6905 South 1300 East 468	Midvale	UT	84047	Data forensics	$274,454

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	17	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$1,900,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,900,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Student evaluations	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$22,491,139	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$22,491,139	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$22,491,139	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$234,927	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$234,927	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$24,626,066	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$22,491,139	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$234,927	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$845,247	TotalAmt
Program Services	$372,916	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$472,331	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,200,047	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,739,072	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,460,975	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$281,298	TotalAmt
Program Services	$237,348	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,950	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,047,232	TotalAmt
Program Services	$852,283	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$194,949	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$712,665	TotalAmt
Program Services	$576,558	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$136,107	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$392,855	TotalAmt
Management And General	$392,855	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$228,876	TotalAmt
Management And General	$228,876	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,587,985	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,830,934	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,757,051	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$469,134	TotalAmt
Management And General	$469,134	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,288	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,856	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,432	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$940,537	TotalAmt
Program Services	$834,154	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$106,383	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$110,580	TotalAmt
Program Services	$89,461	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,119	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$397,381	TotalAmt
Program Services	$278,167	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$119,214	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$321,251	TotalAmt
Program Services	$224,876	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$96,375	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$202,928	TotalAmt
Program Services	$188,638	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,290	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$95,608	TotalAmt
Program Services	$77,348	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,260	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Licensing fees	$301,666	$301,666
Dues & subscriptions	$20,377		$20,377

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,215,955	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,635,277	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,580,678	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,562,108	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,149,348	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,006,909	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,209,816	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,510,852	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,384,792	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$64,338	BOYAmt
EOY	$248,816	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$772,233	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$575,837	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$237,868	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,396	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,953,891	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,023,146	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$215,147	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$148,193	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,335,966	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,575,654	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,752,096	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,217,943	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$958,977	BOYAmt
EOY	$169,731	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$157,537	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,711,073	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,545,211	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,624,893	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,030,443	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,624,893	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,030,443	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,335,966	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,575,654	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$3,589,889	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$4,561	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$200,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$650,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$526,202	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$700,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,900,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,976,202	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$21,633,964	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$17,970,286	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$18,258,956	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$19,607,090	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$22,491,139	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$99,961,435	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$21,833,964	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,620,286	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$18,785,158	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,307,090	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$24,391,139	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$103,937,637	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$200,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$650,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$225,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$700,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,900,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,675,000	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$565,545	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,059,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,221,554	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,218,388	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,963,998	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,028,739	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$765,545	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,709,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,446,554	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,918,388	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,863,998	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$14,703,739	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$89,233,898	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$209,489	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$203,593	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$70,722	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$234,927	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$745,582	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$209,489	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$203,593	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$70,722	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$234,927	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$745,582	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$22,043,453	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,823,879	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$18,812,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,377,812	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$24,626,066	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$104,683,219	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.85240	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.84580	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00710	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00510	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$698,601	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$517,565	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$181,036	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$73,632	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$58,272	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$15,360	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$196,396	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Operating lease liability	Desc
Amt	$157,537	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$157,537	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$24,621,505	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$4,561	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$4,561	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$24,626,066	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$24,626,066	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$28,215,955	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$28,215,955	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$28,215,955	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (1)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	Yes (1)	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	Yes (1)	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Arthur VanderVeen
President & CEO	$360,917	$0	$35,500	$0	$0	$0	$11,875	$0	$17,975	$0	$426,267	$0	$0	$0
Tauseef Khan
Chief Information Officer	$286,868	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,475	$0	$17,975	$0	$316,318	$0	$0	$0
Ashley Eden
Sr VP of State Partnership	$222,072	$0	$16,727	$0	$0	$0	$8,394	$0	$5,992	$0	$253,185	$0	$0	$0
Kristopher John
VP of Product Strategy	$224,350	$0	$102	$0	$0	$0	$8,974	$0	$16,169	$0	$249,595	$0	$0	$0
Mark M McNiel
VP of Development	$193,859	$0	$13,848	$0	$0	$0	$8,308	$0	$11,238	$0	$227,253	$0	$0	$0
William Bunting
VP of Program Management Service	$190,845	$0	$18,500	$0	$0	$0	$5,941	$0	$0	$0	$215,286	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 4a	Tauseef Khan, Chief Information Officer, received $164,289 in severance compensation.
Part I, Line 5	The President/CEO, Sr VP of State Partnerships, VP of Product Strategy, VP of Program Management Services, and VP of Development qualify for revenue-based compensation. For all except the CEO, the bonus structure is included in each employee's compensation agreement and reviewed and approved by the CEO. Finance provides the calculations to support the bonus amounts. For the President/CEO, the bonus structure is included in the compensation agreement for the President/CEO and reviewed and approved by the Board.
Part I, Line 6	Bonus compensation for the President/CEO, Sr VP of State Partnerships, VP of Product Strategy, VP of Program Management Services, and VP of Development is only paid if target net earnings are achieved or exceeded.
Part III- Additional Information	The President & CEO's bonus is determined and approved by the independent members of the Board of Directors. The Chief Information Officer, Sr VP of State Partnerships, VP Product Strategy, VP of Development, and VP of Product Management Services earned bonuses based on performance metrics approved by the Board of Directors.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The 990 is distributed to the Board members, who can review, ask questions, and propose edits. Comments, questions, and proposed edits are appropriately addressed. Approval is sought and recorded in the books and records of the Organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	New Meridian Corporation follows its Conflict of Interest Policy, which requires directors and officers to be surveyed annually by the organization regarding any potential conflicts with the organization, its material contractors, and/or customers. In the event of a conflict, the director or officer in conflict abstains from voting on matters in conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The Board reviews comparability data for compensation and other factors to determine the compensation of the President/CEO and the overall compensation approach the organization uses. The independent Directors vote to approve such compensation. The supporting data, deliberation, and vote are recorded in Board minutes. New Meridian Corporation participates in a compensation study to compare our compensation with similar organizations. The CEO ultimately determines and approves the COO's salary every year. The Board also approves new Meridian Corporation compensation of Directors as part of each fiscal year's annual plan review.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	Organizational documents are available upon request.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Adminstrative services: Program service expenses 169,860. Management and general expenses 618,247. Total expenses 788,107. Assessment & Design consulting: Program service expenses 1,230,819. Management and general expenses 805,750. Total expenses 2,036,569. Program development services: Management and general expenses 194,279. Total expenses 194,279. Consulting: Program service expenses 2,005,597. Management and general expenses 512,415. Total expenses 2,518,012. Honoraria: Program service expenses 56,465. Total expenses 56,465. Program management: Program service expenses 15,000. Management and general expenses 116,188. Total expenses 131,188. R&D consulting: Program service expenses 6,353,193. Total expenses 6,353,193. Recruiting services: Management and general expenses 510,172. Total expenses 510,172.