SCHEDULE O
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Department of the Treasury
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2012
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
DEMOS A Network For Ideas & Action
 
Employer identification number

13-4105066
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
  Form 990 Part VIII Line 6b - Rental Expenses Demos rents unused office space to other nonprofit organizations at cost. The expenses associated with that income are included in the management and general expenses on the Form 990.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. Governing Documents are not available to the public.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board of Directors reviews and approves the President's and Vice President of Policy and Programs' salaries. All other employee salaries are determined by the President based on performance and industry comparisons.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Board Members and key employees are required to attest annually to their familiarity with Demos' policies and provide information concerning any possible conflict of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Form 990 is provided to the Audit Committee and then to the full Board of Directors prior to being finalized.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Demos Fellows Program supports scholars and writers whose innovative work influences the public debate about crucial national and global issues. The program offers an intellectual home and communications platform for more than 20 fellows from diverse backgrounds: emerging public intellectuals, journalists, distinguished public figures, and academics whose research can be used to inform the policy world. The Emerging Voices Initiative, a platform within the Fellows Program, is dedicated to developing early-career writers and thinkers who will contribute to important public debates as rising thought leaders. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Demos Business & Society team works to develop a world in which democracy writes the rules for capitalism, not the other way aroundwhere people have the power to set expectations for the way business operates in an interdependent society. Our work focuses on designing a financial sector that supports the real economy and establishing a system of measurements that will improve public decision-making for working families, strong communities, and sustainable economic growth. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Affiliated programs and projects that share the organization's mission and values and hold events throughout the year that focus on the mission.
Form 990, Part III, Line 3 Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To Services The following affiliated programs have left Demos in FY2013: Civworld, CSI, CSD, and the New Economy Network. These projects have become separate 501(c)(3) organizations or have found new fiscal sponsors.
Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services Demos Money in Politics team works to advance equality in our politics and policymaking. We believe that the outsized influence of money in our political system is undermining our democracy, which perpetuates a dangerous interplay between political and economic inequality. Demos integrated strategies to shift the landscape of money in politics include communicating how the improper influence of money on government impacts policy choices and Americans lives; building support for clear, achievable policy solutions; and working to change the constitutional constraints in campaign finance jurisprudence on money in politics laws.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2012

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