AMERICAN GREAT LAKES PORTS ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: AMERICAN GREAT LAKES PORTS ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 20-0050293)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-05
IRS object ID: 202103099349303040
Schema version: 2020v4.0
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 J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-05T16:12:12-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GLENN JONES CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1425 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 40	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200050293	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN GREAT LAKES PORTS ASSOC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2026252102	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	700 12TH STREET NW SUITE 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN FISHER	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2026252102	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	STEVEN	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	FISHER	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	CLYDE GLENN JONES	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00970688	PTIN
Phone	2024622441	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-05	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	WILL FRIEDMAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	700 12TH STREET NW SUITE 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$294,464	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.GREATLAKESPORTS.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROMOTION OF, AND IMPROVE BUSINESS CONDITIONS OF, MEMBER SEAPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$280,993	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$294,429	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$182	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$35	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$281,175	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$294,464	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
PY Other Expenses	$295,113	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$274,607	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$295,113	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$274,607	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$13,938	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$19,857	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$77,342	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$97,199	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$77,342	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$97,199	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROMOTION OF, AND IMPROVE BUSINESS CONDITIONS OF, MEMBER SEAPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	PROMOTED PUBLIC POLICIES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO ENHANCE MARITIME COMMERCE ON THE GREAT LAKES.	Desc
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GLENN JONES CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2024622441	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1425 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	UNIT 40	AddressLine2Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
STEVEN FISHER
EXECUTIVE DI	35.00	Yes (X)	$224,200	$0	$0
WILL FRIEDMAN
PRESIDENT			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DEAN HAEN
VICE-PRESIDE			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
PAUL LAMARRE
SECRETARY/TR			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
CLAYTON HARRIS III
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
VANTA CODA
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ADAM SCHLICHT
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KYLE BURLESON
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BILL SCRIBER
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JASON SERCK
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BRENDA SANDBERG
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DEB DELUCA
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOM BROWN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARK EISENBARTH
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
THOMAS WINSTON
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$224,200	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
MEMBERSHIP DUES	$265,929	$265,929
PILOTAGE	$28,500	$28,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$294,429	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$35	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$35	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$294,464	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$294,429	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$35	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$224,200	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,500	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,242	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,750	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,319	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,888	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$978	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
DUES MEMBERSHIPS	$2,650
BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEE	$80

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$274,607	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$6	BOYAmt
EOY	-$8	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,348	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,207	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,199	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 FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,199	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,199	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,199	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$19,857	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$265,929	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$112,100	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$112,100	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$132,965	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Taxable	-$20,865	TaxableAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN FISHER	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$224,200	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$224,200	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	ORGANIZED BY MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS ELECT IT'S GOVERNING BOARD.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B	THE MEMBERS ATTEND TWO MEETINGS EACH YEAR TO VOTE ON ISSUES. IF ANYTHING COMES UP BETWEEN THESE TWO MEETINGS, CONFERENCE CALLS ARE SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS AND VOTE. THE BOARD IMPLEMENTS THE WISHES OF THE MEMBERSHIP.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE CPA PREPARING THE TAX RETURN REVIEWS THE RETURN WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	UPON REQUEST.