THE RMS TREEHOUSE LISTENERS FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: THE RMS TREEHOUSE LISTENERS FOUNDATION (EIN 20-5690491)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201703199349315695
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-15T16:30:10-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	412024514	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOMMERVILLE & ASSOCIATES PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3030 MATLOCK RD STE 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	760152936	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	205690491	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE RUSS MARTIN SHOW LISTENERS	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	RUSS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2148668320	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14001 N DALLAS PKWY 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	DALLAS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75240	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RUSS MARTIN	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2148668320	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ELAINE L SOMMERVILLE CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00204458	PTIN
Phone	8177955046	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-11-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	747766517C3920F968E4EF1CE04676E023A351A5	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	640FD803AC10D156D639283E94DC6CBDEAA30DC1	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-03-14 21:41:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	RUSS MARTIN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14001 N DALLAS PKWY 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	DALLAS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75240	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$582,174	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.RUSSMARTIN.FM/DONATE/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2006	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE RUSS MARTIN SHOW LISTENERS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE FAMILIES OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	17	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$582,156	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$18	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$582,174	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$190,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$15,253	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$205,253	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$376,921	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$263,889	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$628,832	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$263,889	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$628,832	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE RUSS MARTIN SHOW LISTENERS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE FAMILIES OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$190,000	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$190,000	GrantAmt
Desc	THE RUSS MARTIN SHOW LISTENERS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE FAMILIES OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY. IN 2016, THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTED 5 FAMILIES.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$190,000	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RYAN MCDONALD	PersonNm
Phone	2148668320	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14001 N DALLAS PKWY 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	DALLAS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75240	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
RUSS MARTIN
PRESIDENT/DI	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RYAN MCDONALD
TREASURER/DI	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DANIEL HILDABRAND
SECRETARY/DI	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CLOIS RABORN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALFRED COY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHUCK HALSEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARK HOWARD
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$582,156	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$582,156	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$18	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$582,174	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$18	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$190,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$190,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,262	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,262	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,991	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,991	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$205,253	TotalAmt
Program Services	$190,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,253	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$235,786	BOYAmt
EOY	$612,707	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,103	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,125	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$263,889	BOYAmt
EOY	$628,832	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$263,889	BOYAmt
EOY	$628,832	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$263,889	BOYAmt
EOY	$628,832	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$263,889	BOYAmt
EOY	$628,832	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$376,921	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$11,978	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,383	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$39,413	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$150,621	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$582,156	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$775,573	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,383	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$39,413	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$150,621	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$582,156	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$775,573	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$21,998	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$753,575	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$148	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$173	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$775,746	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.97140	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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 I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	FUNERAL ASSISTANCE	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	5	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$190,000	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ALL GRANTS ISSUED ARE TO THE FAMILIES OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN A CITY LOCATED IN THE SHOW'S ARBITRON RATINGS AREA. THE AMOUNT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL GRANT IS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BASED UPON THE ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO FUND THE GRANTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A COPY TO BE REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD COUNCIL. AFTER APPROVAL, THE RETURN IS MADE READY TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, OR ANY MEMBER WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS, MUST DISCLOSE ANY EXISTENCE OF A FINANCIAL INTEREST TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND VOTE TO DECIDE IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. THE PERSON WITH THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS TO BE RECUSED FROM INVOLVEMENT IN ANY DISCUSSION OR DECISION FOR DETERMINING IF THE CONFLICT EXISTS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.