Liabilities / Assets
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990EZ • Fiscal year 2013 • EIN 45-2838483
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Liabilities / Assets
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Liabilities / Revenue
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Net Margin
3rd percentile
Higher net margin than 3% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
98th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 98% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 168.8% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
6th percentile
Faster asset growth than 6% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
3rd percentile
Faster revenue growth than 3% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$40,820
Down $70,646 (-63%) from 2012
Net Assets
Down$40,820
Down $70,646 (-63%) from 2012
Liabilities
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
Down$50,094
Down $214,906 (-81%) from 2012
Expenses
Down$120,740
Down $38,499 (-24%) from 2012
Net Income
Down-$70,646
Down $176,407 (-167%) from 2012
The frontier lab's (tfl) mission is to conduct scientific market research and educational activities into how and why americans relate to public policy ideas so that we can reinvigorate public discourse and those points of overlap that all americans share. Ultimately, the frontier lab seeks to serve the public good by rekindling the flame under the melting pot of america through its scientific and differentiated research.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH PROJECTS: TFL'S RESEARCH PROVIDES CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS INTO THE AMERICAN CHARACTER AND TRADITION, WHICH HAS NO COMMERCIAL APPLICATION; RATHER, THE RESEARCH SOLELY AIDS THE PUBLIC IN UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND THE UNIQUE TRADITION OF THE AMERICAN CHARACTER. THE FRONTIER LAB'S RESEARCH APPROACH, IN PARTICULAR THE USE OF QUALITATIVE IN-DEPTH METHODOLOGIES, GENERATES INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW AMERICANS RELATE TO POLICY AND IDEAS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. IN FACT, THE FRONTIER LAB'S RESEARCH IS OFTEN COMPLETELY UNADDRESSED ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE A COMMERCIAL APPLICATION. | $46,645 | - |
| EDUCATION: TFL EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING THE FINDINGS OF OUR RESEARCH THROUGH SEMINARS, PUBLIC PANELS, REPORTS PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR BI-WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER, "THE FRONTIER LAB REPORT," AND THROUGH REPORTING BY THE MEDIA. THE FRONTIER LAB ALSO EDUCATES INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WITH NONPROFITS, OR INTERESTED IN BECOMING INVOLVED - AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC - REGARDING THE FINDINGS OF OUR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SO THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN CAPABILITIES OF NONPROFIT-RELATED COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC, REGARDING THEIR OWN NONPROFIT MESSAGES. | $31,097 | - |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNE M SOROCK | President | FT | $84,583 | - | $84,583 |
| BOB BEAUPREZ | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| JACK FOWLER | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| BRAD THOR | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| BRIAN WANSINK | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
“Advertising and Promotion $345”
“Office Expenses $482”
“Information Technology $637”
“Travel $2640”
“Payments of Travel or Entertainment for Public Officials $354”
“Insurance $538”
“Fundraising expense $14800”
“PROGRAM FEES $1650”
“RESEARCH $239”
“Business registration fees $20”
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