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Meridian Institute: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization
Meridian Institute (EIN 84-1435420)
Tax period
2013-10-01 to 2014-09-30
Filed
2015-02-24
IRS object ID
201510559349300006
Schema version
2013v4.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Return2015-02-24T07:34:48-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2014-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Finnegan & Lalli LLC dba Roger Nittler & CoBusinessNameLine1

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Address Line12250 S Oneida St Suite 102AddressLine1
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ZIP Code80224ZIPCode
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

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Molly Mayo
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$10,103CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,635CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$10,950CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$24,937CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$15,448CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$65,073TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$10,103CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,635CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$10,950CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$24,937CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$15,448CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$65,073TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$8,794,830CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,847,531CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$15,649,407CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$17,262,200CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$17,562,657CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$72,116,625TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.99910PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.99880PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00090InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.00120InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$217,692OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$171,938DepreciationAmt
Book Value$45,754BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$766,296OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$616,630DepreciationAmt
Book Value$149,666BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$144,326OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$126,267DepreciationAmt
Book Value$18,059BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$213,479TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$17,896,187TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$17,896,187RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$17,896,187TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$17,693,978TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$17,693,978ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$17,693,978TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Barbara Stinson
Sec/Treas$266,091$27,878$293,969
Charles Taylor
Asst. Treasurer$198,878$20,837$219,715
Connie Lewis
Vice President$212,873$22,302$235,175
Deborah Atwood
Executive director$290,004$13,054$303,058
John Ehrmann
President$287,699$29,473$317,172
Laura Cantral
Partner$205,546$19,580$225,126
Michael Lesnick
Vice President$285,656$29,354$315,010
Molly Mayo
Partner$205,546$19,580$225,126
Robin White
Senior Fellow$225,592$10,742$236,334
Timothy Mealey
Vice President$266,091$27,878$293,969
Todd Barker
Senior Partner$242,854$25,444$268,298

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThere is a review of the form 990 by the officers of the Organization before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableAvailable upon request

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Meridian Implementation FundBusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1Post Office Box 1829AddressLine1
CityDillonCity
StateCOState
ZIP Code80435ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN261917913EIN
Primary ActivitiesMediation Services to solve complex and controversial issuesPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateCOLegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section501(c)(4)ExemptCodeSectionTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Meridian InstituteBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesfalseSharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (true)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Meridian Implementation Fund
o$17,853Project hours
Meridian Implementation Fund
p$125Actual costs