2016-05-05T07:08:04-07:00 2015-12-31 Brown Fagen & Rouse 502-15th Street PO Box 250 Dallas Center IA 500630250 990 2015-01-01 464250940 Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition Inc MAIN PO Box 40365 Arlington VA 22204 Ralph R Brown Director/Treasurer 2016-05-05 true Ralph R Brown P00009451 5159923728 X 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z 3000000 false false X www.mainstreetgrowthandopportunity.org X 2013 DE Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition, Inc. is an alliance of businesses, local trade associations, and concerned individuals committed to supporting a common-sense, pro-economic growth agenda to address the pressing needs of main street America. The Coalition will support this goal through education efforts and non-partisan grassroots issue advocacy. 3 3 0 0 5400000 3000000 0 0 0 5400000 3000000 165000 118500 0 0 0 0 3435750 3867565 3600750 3986065 1799250 -986065 1799350 813285 0 1799350 813285 Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition, Inc. is an alliance of businesses, local trade associations, and concerned individuals committed to supporting a common-sense, pro-economic growth agenda to address the pressing needs of main street America. The Coalition will support this goal through education efforts and non-partisan grassroots issue advocacy. false false 3847215 Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition, Inc. continues to enlist the support of individuals and organizations with additional state chapters and paid digital campaigns on the issues of trade and tax reform. The Coalition worked with state leaders to raise awareness about the benefits of expanded trade and educate local business leaders about the issue of trade promotion authority in thirty-nine states through events, polling and paid social media campaigns. The Coalition worked to raise awareness of the need for modernization of the federal tax code with the "Faces of Small Business" campaign localized message in several states by creating palm cards featuring local small business owners and the story of what a lower, more competitive tax rate would mean for their business and their employees. Tens of thousands of Americans were reached through these efforts. 118500 118500 Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition, Inc. made grants to existing non-profit organizations that already were carrying the messages that align with the Coalition's objectives in the areas of tax reform, trade, and immigration; and supported those organizations' existing efforts to raise awareness about pro-growth policies and mobilize support for pro-growth economic issues by awarding general support grants. 8223 The Coalition continued to use its website to recruit more supporters and as an issue education tool to host blog updates and relevant news clips on the issues of tax reform, trade, and immigration. Tens of thousands of Americans were reached through these efforts. 3973938 false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true true false X Ralph R Brown 5159923728 502 15th Street Dallas Center IA 50063 X James K Glassman Director/Pres 0.10 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Douglas B Davenport Director/Sec 0.10 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ralph R Brown Director/Treas 0.10 0.00 X X 0 0 0 0 false false false DCI Group AZ LLC 1828 L Street NW Washington DC 20036 Consulting 3418973 Dewey Square Group LLC PO Box 60340 Charlotte NC 28260 Consulting 148355 Bay Bridge Strategies 1300 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington DC 20036 Consulting 232780 3 3000000 3000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3000000 118500 118500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10070 10070 1995 1995 0 0 0 0 0 90 90 0 0 0 1425 1425 0 22342 22342 0 0 0 0 State Consultants and Outreach 2980453 2980453 Management Consulting 590000 590000 Phone Programs 201759 201759 Survey and Polling 32553 32553 26878 26816 62 3986065 3973938 12127 0 1799350 813285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1799350 813285 0 0 X 1799350 813285 1799350 813285 1799350 813285 -986065 X false false false RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true Center for Individual Freedom 815 King Street Suite 303 Alexandria VA 22314 541916980 501(c)(4) 22500 0 General Support of the Nonprofit Hispanic Leadership Fund 1001 G Street NW Washington DC 20001 262383617 501(c)(4) 7500 0 General Support of the Nonprofit National Taxpayers Union 108 North Alfred Street Alexandria VA 22314 521009116 501(c)(4) 26000 0 General Support of the Nonprofit Taxpayers Protection Alliance 1401 K Street NW Ste 502 Washington DC 20005 450702828 501(c)(3) 7500 0 General Support of the Nonprofit The 60 Plus Association Inc 515 King Street Suite 315 Alexandria VA 22315 544564919 501(c)(4) 40000 0 General Support of the Nonprofit Women Impacting Public Policy 1714 Stockton Street Ste 20 San Francisco CA 94133 383610205 501(c)(6) 7500 0 General Support of the Nonprofot 1 5 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The organization does not currently have formal procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds, which totalled $118,500 to eight receipients in 2015. Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings The non-profit corporation does not have any committee that has authority to act on behalf of the govening body. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The three directors received and reviewed the Form 990 before it was filed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The three directors review vendor or independent contractor contracts in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. The organization has no paid employees, and none of the directors are personally compensated. Director Brown's law firm received payment of $2,125 in 2015 for legal services, including preparation of Form 990, from the organization, and he recused himself from the Board's approval of such compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The directors review compensation. No compensation is paid to any director or officers. There are no employees. The organization only has contract vendors and independent contractors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The directors review compensation. No compensation is paid to any director or officer. There are no employees. The organization only has contract vendors and independent contractors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The organization will make its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to individuals who may request the documents. It will make its financial statements available by providing copies of its Form 990 to persons who request it.