The Working Group on Pharmaceutical: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: The Working Group on Pharmaceutical (EIN 46-2723173)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-11-11
IRS object ID: 201423159349302867
Schema version: 2013v3.0
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 C
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-11-11T15:14:41-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390859910	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BAKER TILLY VIRCHOW KRAUSE LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	777 E WISCONSIN AVENUE 32ND FLOOR	AddressLine1
City	MILWAUKEE	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	462723173	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE WORKING GROUP ON PHARMACEUTICAL SAFETY INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WORK	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2023334936	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	601 THIRTEENTH ST NW ELEVENTH FLOOR	AddressLine1
Address Line2	SOUTH	AddressLine2
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200447611	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TODD EARDENSOHN	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER & SECRETARY	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2023334936	PhoneNum
Signature	2014-11-06	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TROY E MARINE CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00187863	PTIN
Phone	4147775500	PhoneNum
Preparation	2014-11-06	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Initial Return	Yes (X)	InitialReturnInd
Principal Officer	TOMMY THOMPSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	601 THIRTEENTH ST NW ELEVENTH FLOOR	AddressLine1
Address Line2	SOUTH	AddressLine2
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200447611	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$698,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.4RXSAFETY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2013	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE WORKING GROUP ON PHARMACEUTICAL SAFETY WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS SERIOUS GAPS IN CURRENT POLICY THAT HAVE LED TO A DANGEROUS INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF MASS MANUFACTURED, UNREGULATED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CREATED UNDER THE GUISE OF PHARMACY COMPOUNDING IN THE U.S. IN CONSULTATION WITH PATIENT ADVOCATES, PUBLIC HEALTH, MEDICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THE GROUP IS COMMITTED TO FINDING WORKABLE POLICY SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE PATIENT EXPOSURE TO UNSAFE OR INEFFECTIVE PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT MEET FEDERAL SAFETY, EFFICACY AND QUALITY STANDARDS, AND TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NATION'S DRUG SUPPLY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	3	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	3	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	3	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$698,000	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$698,000	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	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	$610,653	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$610,653	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$87,347	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets EOY	$87,347	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$87,347	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE WORKING GROUP ON PHARMACEUTICAL SAFETY WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS SERIOUS GAPS IN CURRENT POLICY THAT HAVE LED TO A DANGEROUS INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF MASS MANUFACTURED, UNREGULATED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CREATED UNDER THE GUISE OF PHARMACY COMPOUNDING IN THE U.S. IN CONSULTATION WITH PATIENT ADVOCATES, PUBLIC HEALTH, MEDICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THE GROUP IS COMMITTED TO FINDING WORKABLE POLICY SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE PATIENT EXPOSURE TO UNSAFE OR INEFFECTIVE PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT MEET FEDERAL SAFETY, EFFICACY AND QUALITY STANDARDS, AND TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NATION'S DRUG SUPPLY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$610,653	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$698,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	IN CONSULTATION WITH PATIENT ADVOCATES, PUBLIC HEALTH, MEDICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THE WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT REDUCES PATIENT EXPOSURE TO UNSAFE OR INEFFECTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT MEET FEDERAL SAFETY, EFFICACY AND QUALITY STANDARDS, AND TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NATION'S DRUG SUPPLY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$610,653	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	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	0	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	0	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
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	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	3	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	3	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	Yes (1)	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	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2023334936	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	601 THIRTEENTH ST NW ELEVENTH FLOOR	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200447611	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
TOMMY THOMPSON
PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SARAH SELLERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TODD EARDENSOHN
TREASURER & SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

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

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/City	StateContractorAddress/USAddress/State	ZIP CodeContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCode	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
POWELL TATE
733 10TH STREET NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	CONSULTING	$444,076
BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLC
601 THIRTEENTH STREET NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	CONSULTING	$162,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MEMBERSHIP DUES	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$698,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$698,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$698,000	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$698,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$698,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

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

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$162,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$162,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$444,076	TotalAmt
Program Services	$444,076	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$84	TotalAmt
Program Services	$84	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$168	TotalAmt
Program Services	$168	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
TELECOMMUNICATIONS	$2,512	$2,512
REGISTRATION FEES	$1,169	$1,169
POSTAGE	$144	$144

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$610,653	TotalAmt
Program Services	$610,653	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$87,347	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$87,347	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

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

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

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

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$87,347	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$87,347	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$87,347	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$87,347	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	0	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$698,000	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$162,500	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$162,500	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Carried Over	$162,500	CarriedOverAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ONE CLASS OF MEMBERS, AND NO MORE THAN ONE MEMBERSHIP MAY BE HELD BY ANY ONE PERSON. THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE EQUAL. EACH MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE 990 WILL BE SENT TO THE DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AFTER FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	COMMUNICATION SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 444,076. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 444,076.