Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
SC_02_LOB_ACT_MEDIA_AD_AMT
Amount of lobbying through media advertisements
- Description
- Media advertisements amount (only for section 501(c)(3))
- Table
SC-P02-T00-LOBBY(one)- Part
- Part II - Lobbying Activities (II-A electing 501(h), II-B non-electing)
- Location
SCHED-C-PART-02-B-LINE-01C-COL-B- Type
- numeric
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- SZ
2 / 3
xpaths observed / mapped
2.0k
filings with a value
2009–2024
tax years observed
0 + 1 reviewed
open flags
Checks
Value checks
| Result | Value check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ pass | Values parse as numbers | 100.0% of values are numeric |
| ✓ pass | Pooled xpaths are on the same scale (same return type) | largest ratio of medians between xpaths: 2.7x |
| ⓘ info | Sign convention | 0.0% of values are negative (fine for net amounts) |
Flags
| Flag | Severity | Xpath | Detail | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SCALE_BREAK | ▲ warn | IRS990ScheduleC/MediaAdvertisementsAmount | 990 medians differ 21x across xpaths (MediaAdvertisementsAmount vs MediaAdvertisementsAmt) | ✓ acceptednoteSame form line: the pre-2013 xpath (TY2009-12) and its post-2013 successor never overlap in a year. The check compares medians of per-year/schema-version q50 with zeros dropped, so zero-heavy eras and the small, larger-org TY2009-10 e-file population drive the ratio (old-xpath medians fall 2009->2012 toward the new-era level; yearly medians within one xpath swing as much). Same quantity. Evidence (990): IRS990ScheduleC/MediaAdvertisementsAmt [Line 01c Column (B)] TY13-24 n=1,703 yearly medians 0 to 4,317; IRS990ScheduleC/MediaAdvertisementsAmount [Line 01c Column (B)] TY9-12 n= 255 yearly medians 0 to 3,709 |
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | IRS990ScheduleC/MediaAdvertisementsAmount | SZ | 2009–2012 | 263 | 0.0358% | |
| x2 | IRS990ScheduleC/MediaAdvertisementsAmt | SZ | 2013–2024 | 1,767 | 0.0204% | |
| x3 | IRS990ScheduleC/Form990ScheduleCPartII/MediaAdvertisementsAmount | SZ | not observed | 0 |
% filers: percent of in-scope filers whose return has the xpath, in its latest year. Repeats in: share of filings where the element occurs more than once.
Coverage by tax year
| Filings | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | 36 | 69 | 60 | 98 | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 163 | 173 | 146 | 172 | 174 | 172 | 149 | 150 | 125 | 131 | 119 | 93 | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| 990-EZ | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Filings with a value, by xpath (rows, numbered as in the xpath table) and tax year. A change of row from one year to the next is usually the IRS renaming the element (most were renamed in 2013). Hover a cell for the exact count.
Values
| Return | Filings | % numeric | % zero | % negative | P25 | Median | P75 | P99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 1,958 | 100.0% | 44.9% | 0.0% | 15 | 1,090 | 10,485 | 341,158 |
| 990-EZ | 72 | 100.0% | 27.8% | 0.0% | 260 | 443 | 540 | 690 |
Percentiles are the median over tax years of each year's percentile.