2026-03-25T16:20:14-05:00 2025-12-31 541149263 YOUNT HYDE & BARBOUR PC 10451 MILL RUN CIRCLE SUITE 800 OWINGS MILLS MD 21117 990 2025-01-01 850569508 OUR TOWNS CIVIC FOUNDATION INC OURT 2404608747 4780 DEXTER STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20007 JAMES FALLOWS PRESIDENT 2024157515 2026-03-24 1 OLIVIA A HUTTON CPA P00964688 4104159797 2026-03-24 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JAMES FALLOWS 4780 DEXTER STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20007 36118 0 X WWW.OURTOWNSFOUNDATION.ORG X FOUNDATION 2020 DC THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE THE SUCCESS OF A RENEWABLE ERA MORE PROBABLE. TOWARD THIS END WE WILL REPORT ON AND SHARE THE STORIES OF LOCAL INNOVATORS; DISTILL AND SHARE THE LESSONS OF THEIR SUCCESSES (OR FAILURES); PROMOTE CONNECTIONS AMONG LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY, IN VIRTUAL AND REAL-WORLD VENUES; ENCOURAGE NEW JOURNALISTIC MODELS (AND TECHNOLOGIES) TO COVER LOCAL STORIES AND THEIR IMPLICATION; AND IN OTHER WAYS TO HELP NOW-DISCONNECTED INNOVATORS AND REFORMERS REALIZE THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING LARGER. 3 3 0 0 0 0 850 27925 0 0 7892 8193 9943 0 18685 36118 0 0 0 0 0 5000 0 0 0 33244 23617 33244 28617 -14559 7501 591094 598595 0 0 591094 598595 X THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE THE SUCCESS OF A RENEWABLE ERA MORE PROBABLE. TOWARD THIS END WE WILL REPORT ON AND SHARE THE STORIES OF LOCAL INNOVATORS; DISTILL AND SHARE THE LESSONS OF THEIR SUCCESSES (OR FAILURES); PROMOTE CONNECTIONS AMONG LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY, IN VIRTUAL AND REAL-WORLD VENUES; ENCOURAGE NEW JOURNALISTIC MODELS (AND TECHNOLOGIES) TO COVER LOCAL STORIES AND THEIR IMPLICATION; AND IN OTHER WAYS TO HELP NOW-DISCONNECTED INNOVATORS AND REFORMERS REALIZE THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING LARGER. 0 0 12275 - CONTINUED REPORTING ON CIVIL-RENEWAL EFFORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THROUGH UPDATES ON THE OUR TOWNS CIVIC FOUNDATION WEBSITE, AND ITS REGULAR NEWSLETTER- KEYNOTE SPEAKING ROLES, AND PANEL-MODERATING ROLES, AT NUMEROUS PUBLIC AND UNIVERSITY EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THESE RANGED FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH A STATE-GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED STATEWIDE SERIES OF "CIVIC ENGAGEMENT" LECTURES; TO FLORIDA, WITH A KEYNOTE ROLE AT A MAJOR EVENT IN WHICH ACADEMICS, LOCAL OFFICIALS, INSURANCE-INDUSTRY OFFICIALS HAD A FIRST-EVER MEETING TO COMBINE PLANS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE; TO CALIFORNIA, WHICH MAIN-STAGE PRESENTATIONS ON USING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON DC, AT FORUMS AND LARGE-SCALE MEETINGS.- STRATEGIC-ADVISING SERVICES, ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, TO MAJOR US FOUNDATIONS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. THESE INCLUDE THE MACARTHUR AND KNIGHT FOUNDATIONS, AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.- SPEAKING AT EVENTS TIED TO THE HBO MOVIE OUR TOWNS.- CONNECTING INNOVATORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PAST YEAR THOSE INVOLVED IN: LOCAL LIBRARIES; LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES; AND LOCAL OR STATEWIDE PUBLIC-ARTS PROJECTS. 12275 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DC X PATRICIA MCCAFFERTY 2404608747 946 ROCKBORN STREET GAITHERSBURG MD 20878 JAMES FALLOWS CO FOUNDER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 DEBORAH FALLOWS CO FOUNDER 20.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK POTTS CHAIR 2.00 X X 5000 0 0 JEN HUGHES MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 5000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27925 27925 8193 8193 36118 0 0 8193 5000 5000 2580 2580 3810 3810 1862 1862 12275 12275 MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 2954 2954 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXP 121 121 CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION 15 15 28617 12275 16342 0 27230 27564 563864 571031 591094 598595 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 591094 598595 591094 598595 591094 598595 7501 0 X 0 0 0 X 280000 721290 140056 850 27925 1170121 280000 721290 140056 850 27925 1170121 1170121 1275 4827 11961 7892 8193 34148 1204269 0.97160 0.97870 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 JAMES FALLOWS AND DEBORAH FALLOWS ARE MARRIED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B NO COMMITTEES OR SUBCOMMITTEES EXIST WITHIN THE FOUNDATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B JAMES FALLOWS, WHO HAS COMPLETED THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990-N IN THE PAST, WILL PERFORM THE INITIAL REVIEW OF FORM 990. DEBORAH FALLOWS WILL ALSO REVIEW THE FORM 990 ALONG WITH PATRICIA MCCAFFERTY, BOOKKEEPER FOR OUR TOWNS CIVIC FOUNDATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 FOR REASONS OF SCALE, THE FOUNDATION HAS NOT CREATED THESE DOCUMENTS AS OF YET. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS ONLY OF THE TWO FOUNDERS AND ONE UNPAID BOARD MEMBER. THERE IS NO STAFF AND NO PAID EMPLOYEES AT THIS TIME.