2015-09-23T07:55:50-05:00 2014-12-31 300022324 D K WEISS & ASSOCIATES PLLC 4660 N BRETON COURT SUITE 102 KENTWOOD MI 49508 990 2014-01-01 264066298 FRANKLIN CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INTEGRITY FRAN 5713842090 1229 KING ST 3RD FLOOR ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 ERIK TELFORD PRESIDENT 5713842090 2015-09-18 1 DENNIS K WEISS CPA P01330013 6168711233 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z ERIK TELFORD 1229 KING ST 3RD FLOOR ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 10049984 0 X N/A X 2009 VA THE MISSION OF FRANKLIN CENTER IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE AND CIVIL BETTERMENT BY UNDERTAKING PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE JOURNALISM AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE, FRAUD, OR TAXPAYER ABUSE BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. 5 4 79 0 0 0 8077274 9964374 0 0 116 526 41523 85084 8118913 10049984 250000 562550 0 0 3436336 3801003 0 0 1260950 4991929 5483548 8678265 9847101 -559352 202883 368356 423334 547348 399443 -178992 23891 X THE MISSION OF FRANKLIN CENTER IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE AND CIVIL BETTERMENT BY UNDERTAKING PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE JOURNALISM AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE, FRAUD, OR TAXPAYER ABUSE BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. 0 0 3638481 562550 PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM - INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM IS IN STEEP DECLINE IN THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO THE NATION, OF THE 60,000 PRINT JOURNALISTS EMPLOYED IN 2001, AT LEAST 10,000 HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS WHILE NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPPED 7%. AN AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW STUDY FOUND THAT ONLY 355 FULL-TIME NEWSPAPER REPORTERS ARE STILL BASED IN THE NATION'S STATE CAPITOLS AND THAT 44 STATEHOUSES HAVE FEWER FULL-TIME REPORTERS THAN THEY DID SIX YEARS AGO. THE FRANKLIN CENTER DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THAT GAP IN STATE-CAPITOL REPORTING, PROVIDING A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS WITH INFORMATION THAT ILLUMINATES THE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. OUR ORGANIZATION REPORTS ON WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HAS BEEN CALLED AS MEDIA EXPERTS IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. FRANKLIN CENTER ALSO TRAINS STUDENTS WHO ASPIRE TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS. 491444 WATCHDOG.ORG - WATCHDOG.ORG IS A PROJECT OF THE FRANKLIN CENTER. THROUGH A NETWORK OF STATE-BASED INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WATCHDOG.ORG EXPOSES GOVERNMENT WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE OF POWER. OUR MISSION IS TO RESTORE OVERSIGHT OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENTS, TO HOLD POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS AT ALL LEVELS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR HANDLING OF TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS AND TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND FREE MARKETS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING NON-PARTISAN JOURNALISM REFLECTING THIS MISSION IN A DISTINCTIVE VOICE DEEPLY SKEPTICAL OF THE ENTIRE POLITICAL PROCESS. OUR STORIES AIM TO DISRUPT THE MAINSTREAM POLITICAL NARRATIVE, TO PROVOKE CHANGE, INCITE DEBATE AND CHALLENGE PARTISANS OF ALL POLITICAL STRIPES. 286571 OUTREACH TO NEW MEDIA - NEW MEDIA IS THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF THE WORLD'S MEDIA INDUSTRY. IN GENERAL, NEW MEDIA REFERS TO ONLINE JOURNALISTS, BLOGGERS, WEB SITE OPERATORS, NEWS AGGREGATORS AND MANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN MEDIA SOURCES. THE FRANKLIN CENTER PERFORMS OUTREACH TO THE UNITED STATES' NEW MEDIA TO TRAIN AND COLLABORATE WITH THOSE ONLINE JOURNALISTS WHO ARE SEEKING TO SHINE A BRIGHT LIGHT ON THE VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FRANKLIN CENTER PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THOSE NEW MEDIA MEMBERS WHO ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING A NON-PARTISAN NETWORK OF JOURNALISTS WHO WORK TO EXPOSE GOVERNMENT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE OF POWER. 3249327 VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS RELATED TO PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE AND CIVIL BETTERMENT. 3249327 7665823 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100 0 1 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X CETERUS INC 2695440322 PO BOX 19366 KALAMAZOO MI 49019 RUDIE MARTINSON DIRECTOR AND VICE CHAIRMAN 5.00 X X 0 0 0 DOUG LOEN DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 JASON STVERAK PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN 40.00 X X 111435 0 17500 JACK FOWLER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 BLAIR THORESON DIRECTOR AND TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILL SWAIM VICE PRESIDENT - JOURNALISM 40.00 X X 134019 0 0 ERIK TELFORD VICE PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 101900 0 17491 MARY BETH WEISS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN MILLER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 347354 0 34991 3 0 0 0 SKYLES LAW GROUP LLC 119 S EMERSON 231 MOUNT PROSPECT IL 60056 LEGAL SERVICES AND CONTRACT RESEARCH 561600 J CONNORS & COMPANY 1126 S 70TH ST SUITE S414 MILWAUKEE WI 53214 PROJECT MGT, WEBSITE & ONLINE CONSULTING 187909 YESCALIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES 513 W CAMPBELL AVE PHOENIX AZ 85013 CONSULTING 120000 3 9964374 9964374 526 526 900099 85084 85084 85084 10049984 85610 0 0 X 562550 562550 382345 287592 52049 42704 2880422 2166596 392113 321713 279621 211885 37420 30316 258615 193165 37404 28046 80064 57705 15318 7041 2494555 2205442 149683 139430 268875 268875 117993 90560 12837 14596 261745 247880 9162 4703 284146 217670 44668 21808 578527 375686 81745 121096 27877 20237 5092 2548 57345 38144 14399 4802 DEVELOPMENT 528116 55284 34 472798 EVENTS 382080 360960 8965 12155 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 148354 141743 1099 5512 TRAINING 105863 67422 29530 8911 148008 96427 28810 22771 9847101 7665823 920328 1260950 85336 238319 91400 3722 2330 2531 6500 51083 51655 180037 71501 114554 108536 19730 15994 368356 423334 547348 399443 547348 399443 X -491976 14784 312984 9107 -178992 23891 368356 423334 202883 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 3776997 6713763 11621132 8077274 9964374 40153540 3776997 6713763 11621132 8077274 9964374 40153540 2017565 38135975 1076 3279 1686 116 526 6683 41523 85084 126607 40286830 0.94660 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5000 2296 2704 175037 69205 105832 108536 10049984 0 10049984 0 10049984 9847101 0 9847101 0 9847101 1 CLEARWORLD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC 12841 BRAEMAR VILLAGE PLAZA 51 BRISTOW VA 20136 FUNDRAISING 0 482618 32448 450170 KATHY MCDONALD 1605 NW 65TH ST VANCOUVER WA 98663 CONSULTING 0 43705 60445 -16740 526323 92893 433430 1 HARD BOILED FILM LLC 578 WASHINGTON BLVD 938 MARINA DEL REY CA 30292 900865162 556550 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TALENT MARKET 109 NORTH HENRY ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 522166327 501(C)3 6000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT 1 1 PART I, LINE 2: WE REQUIRE ANY ORGANIZATION THAT IS GIVEN A GRANT TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR THE GRANT AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM THEY ARE ASKING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT. WE REQUIRE A PROGRESS REPORT FROM THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS A FINAL REPORT TO ENSURE THE ORGANIZATION SPENT THE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE PROGRAM OUTLINE THEY PROVIDED TO THE FRANKLIN CENTER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B FRANKLIN DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE RETURN IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL BEFORE FILING ADDITIONAL INFO FOR SCHEDULE B: STATEMENT OF DONOR ANONYMITY THE FRANKLIN CENTER DOES NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON ITS DONORS ON THE GROUND THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE MAY CHILL THE DONORS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ASSOCIATE IN PRIVATE WITH THE ORGANIZATION. NAACP V ALABAMA, 357 US 449 (1958); INTERNATIONAL UNION UAM V NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK, 590 F 2D 1139, 1152 (D.C. CIR 1978). WHILE THE OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON THIS SCHEDULE B, ACTUAL IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN PROTECTED BY ASSIGNING A NUMBER OR LETTER TO EACH DONOR LISTED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE POLICY IS LOOKED AT, BUT THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN PROBLEMS WITH IT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 PAYMENT WAS MADE THROUGH CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AND THEN AS REGULAR EMPLOYEES. THE BOARD APPROVED ALL AMOUNTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTED SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,205,442. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 149,683. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 139,430. TOTAL EXPENSES 2,494,555. SCHEDULE B, PG 2 ADDITIONAL INFO FOR SCHEDULE B: STATEMENT OF DONOR ANONYMITY THE FRANKLIN CENTER DOES NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON ITS DONORS ON THE GROUND THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE MAY CHILL THE DONORS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ASSOCIATE IN PRIVATE WITH THE ORGANIZATION. NAACP V ALABAMA, 357 US 449 (1958); INTERNATIONAL UNION UAM V NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK, 590 F 2D 1139,1152 (D.C. CIR 1978). WHILE THE OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON THIS SCHEDULE B, ACTUAL IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN PROTECTED BY ASSIGNING A NUMBER OR LETTER TO EACH DONOR LISTED.