AMERICAN BEARING MANUFACTURERS: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: AMERICAN BEARING MANUFACTURERS (EIN 54-1024108)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-10-14
IRS object ID: 202032889349300308
Schema version: 2019v5.1
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-10-14T09:12:55-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	541248882	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blythe International Ltd	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8004 Springfield Village Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Springfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22152	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	541024108	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	American Bearing Manufacturers Association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1001 North Fairfax Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Alexandria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22314	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jennifer Blackford	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7036840211	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-10-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	false	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Michael B Saylor	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00608550	PTIN
Phone	7034027970	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-10-14	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

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I Pv4 Address	71.163.172.103	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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IP Tm	09:13:47	IPTm
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Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-04-22 16:20:28Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1917	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To provide leadership, advocacy and education with a focus on membership value, industry outrerach and issues impacting the Global Bearing Industry.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
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Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue	$143,031	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$29,442	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,168	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
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CY Other Expenses	$856,810	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$893,646	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$856,810	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$163,254	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$192,529	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$608,411	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$327,294	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$134,006	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$35,418	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$474,405	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$291,876	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To provide leadership, advocacy and education with a focus on membership value, industry outrerach and issues impacting the Global Bearing Industry.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	Annual Meeting: The Annual Meeting is held every spring as a joint event with the American Gear Manufacturers Association. The meeting includes numerous networking events, committee meetings, a board meeting, and a number of keynote speakers. Registration is open to employees of ABMA member companies.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Statistics Programs: ABMA produces quarterly and annual statistics reports based on statistics collected from member companies. These reports are distributed to members.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Standards: ABMA publishes a complete set of industry standards for bearings. These standards were either drafted by ABMAs Bearing Technical Committee (BTC) or nationally adopted from the international organization for standardization (ISO).	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc
Education and Advocacy: ABMA organizes a number of technical education programs throughout the year for engineers that work with bearings. Registration is open to members, who receive special pricing, and non-members. Included in these programs are the following: Lubrication amd Wear: Advanced Concepts is an in-person course taught by AGMA in May. The course is three days long and goes into advanced concepts related to teh lubrication and wear of bearings. Essential concepts of bearing technology is an in-person course taught by ABMA in September. The course is three days long and goes into basic engineering concepts relating to bearings. Advanced concepts of bearing technology is an in-person course taught by ABMA in June. The course is four days long and goes into advanced engineering concepts relating to bearings.
World Bearing Association Partnership: The World Bearing Association (WBA) is a partnership formed by ABMA, the Japanese Bearing Association (JBIA), and the European Bearing Association (FEBMA). The WBA is active in global anti-counterfeiting efforts and industry statistics collection.
Fall Meeting: The ABMA fall meeting is held every fall and includes networking events, committee meetings, a board meeting, and a number of keynote speakers. Registration is open to employees of ABMA member companies.

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Phone	7038420030	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1001 N Fairfax Street Suite 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	Alexandria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22314	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
Chris Coughlin
Past Chair	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ben Succop
Chairman	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gary Bourque
Vice Chairman	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeff Manzagol
Treasurer	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Craig Bond
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Claus Bauer
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pete Eich
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matt Frady
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Larry Hagood
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stuart Jara
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Komasara
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tony Richey
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jenny Blackford
PresidentSecretary	0.00	0.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

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Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SmithBucklin Corporation	PersonNm

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2025 M Street NW Ste 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	Washington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Management	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$343,772	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$513,082	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$513,082	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Education Programs	900099	$99,318	$99,318
Standards Program	900099	$34,943	$34,943
Fall Meeting	900099	$8,770	$8,770

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$143,031	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,168	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$8,168	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$664,281	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$151,199	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$343,772	TotalAmt
Management And General	$343,772	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$117,643	TotalAmt
Management And General	$117,643	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,850	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$981	TotalAmt
Management And General	$981	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,571	TotalAmt
Management And General	$24,571	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,233	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,233	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,185	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,185	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Food & Beverage	$104,547	$104,547
WBA Initiatives	$87,374	$87,374
Dues & Subscriptions	$59,806	$59,806
Instructor Fees	$30,017	$30,017

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,831	TotalAmt
Management And General	$53,831	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$856,810	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$856,810	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,033	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,414	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$154,425	BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,770	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,617	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,961	BOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$398,822	BOYAmt
EOY	$288,863	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,400	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,400	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$608,411	BOYAmt
EOY	$327,294	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$101,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,418	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,354	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,006	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,418	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$474,405	BOYAmt
EOY	$291,876	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$474,405	BOYAmt
EOY	$291,876	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$608,411	BOYAmt
EOY	$327,294	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$192,529	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$10,000	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
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	Yes (true)	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Deposits	Desc
Book Value	$5,400	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$5,400	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Tax on uncertain tax positions	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$674,281	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$674,281	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$674,281	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$856,810	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$856,810	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$856,810	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Footnote for uncertain tax position under FIN 48 (Part X)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ABMA believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements or that would have an effect on its tax-exempt status. There are no unrecognized tax benefits or liabilities that need to be recorded.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Management duties delegation Part VI line 3	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, LIne 3:ABMA has an agreement with Smithbucklin Corporation to manage its operations which renews on an annual basis. Per the agreement, Smithbucklin, Inc. provides general management, financial servcies, convention and overhead operating services. During the year ended December 31, 2019, total Smithbucklin Corporation fees were $343,772, which were broken down as follows: Management and headquarter - $223,379, Administrative services - $120,393. Smithbucklins performance under this agreement is monitored by the Board of American bearing Manufacturers Associaton and was terminated October 16, 2019.
Members or stockholder classes and rights Part VI line 6	The Organization has members.
Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a	The Organizations members elect the governing body.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	A draft copy of the 990 is reviewed and approved by the Governing Body prior to filing.
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c	The Board reviews the conflict of interest policy at board meetings on an annual basis to ensure that there are no violations of the policy, and the Board of Directors are required to sign the confilict of interest policy annually at the 1st BOD meeting.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	Form 990 is available upon request and also through the website WWW.Guidestar.org.
Not undergone required audits or steps for audit part XII line 3b	The organization did not changed its audit oversight process, however, a new audit firm was selected for the 2019 tax year.