ENERGEO ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: ENERGEO ALLIANCE (EIN 74-1707537)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-03
IRS object ID: 202043089349302904
Schema version: 2019v5.0
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-03T16:45:02-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760269860	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blazek & Vetterling	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2900 Weslayan Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77027	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	741707537	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	International Association of Geophysical	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	Contractors	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	INTE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7139578080	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1225 North Loop West	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77008	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Nikki C Martin	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2020-11-03	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Barbara Murphy	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01386215	PTIN
Phone	7134395739	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-04-22 16:20:28Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Nikki C Martin	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1225 North Loop West 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77008	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,222,436	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.iagc.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1971	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) is the global trade association for the geophysical and exploration industry, the cornerstone of the energy industry.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	11	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	60	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue	$3,208,049	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$7,666	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$14,387	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,774,962	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,222,436	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,682,823	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,543,600	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,654,187	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,968,825	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,337,010	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$193,863	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$114,574	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,459,742	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,465,745	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$360,299	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$480,876	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,099,443	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,984,869	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) optimizes the business and regulatory climate and enhances public understanding to support a strong, viable geophysical industry essential to discovering and delivering the world's energy resources.IAGC's vision is to be the most credible and effective voice for promoting and ensuring a safe, environmentally responsible and competitive geophysical and exploration industry.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	Government & Regulatory Management: The IAGC engages governments and stakeholders worldwide with informed scientific, technical and legal analysis to protect the environment and develop essential energy supplies. The IAGC monitors and educates members and organizes consistent industry positions on regulatory initiatives and policies affecting the geophysical and exploration industries to ensure continued access for energy exploration. The IAGC supports and fosters science- and risk-based regulations consistent with existing practices that are proven to be environmentally responsible, effective and operationally feasible.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Communications & External Affairs: The IAGC elevates the visibility of our members and the geophysical and exploration industry through external public and stakeholder engagement and media outreach. This includes industry events and public forums, external media products and campaigns, news media engagement, and initiatives to improve the public image of the industry. The IAGC also establishes strong cooperative relationships with relevant international and national trade associations and organizations to create alignment and enhance industry unity and effectiveness in advocacy and communications globally. The IAGC informs members of association activity, events, and industry issues through member communications.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Promoting the Health of the Industry: The IAGC facilitates continuous improvement and promotion of the industrys technological innovation, operations, and commitment to health, safety, security, and environment. The IAGC addresses issues that pose risk to the industrys regulatory and fiscal certainty, and recommends best practices, statements of principles and model contracts to promote environmental protection, safety, and efficiency. The IAGC tracks science with high impact potential and invests in scientific research to ensure critical knowledge gaps regarding the potential environmental effects of exploration activities are filled. The IAGC equips members with scientific information, regulatory compliance resources and public advocacy materials.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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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	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	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	13	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	11	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
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	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
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	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	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	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Criss Rennie	PersonNm
Phone	7139578080	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1225 North Loop West Ste 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77008	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
Nikki C Martin
President	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$297,480	$0	$40,250
Dustin Van Liew
VP Regulatory & Govt. Affairs	40.00	0.00		$167,980	$0	$25,475
Gail Adams
VP Communications	40.00	0.00		$162,871	$0	$26,415
Bob Gisiner
VP Marine & Envir	40.00	0.00		$124,598	$0	$7,476
Criss Rennie
Chief of Staff	40.00	0.00		$103,911	$0	$17,019
Magne Reiersgard
Chairman	3.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Colin Murdoch
Vice Chairman	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Maurice Nessim
Past Chair	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Katja Akentieva
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Irene Waage Basili
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Joe Dryer
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Carel Hooijkaas
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Stephan Midenet
Director	1.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Richard Price
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Chris Usher
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Huasheng Zhang
Director	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Tana Pool
Secretary	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rebecca Pitman
Treasurer	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$856,840	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$116,635	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Stoel Rives LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	600 University St Ste 3600	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98101	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Legal Fees	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$256,470	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions	$0	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Meetings/events/programs	541900	$372,151	$372,151
Membership dues	900099	$2,835,898	$2,835,898

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$3,208,049	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,387	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$14,387	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,222,436	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,208,049	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$14,387	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$724,192	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$688,672	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,966	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$152,869	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,124	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$227,649	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,688	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$112,191	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,498	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$77,388	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$95,782	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$114,227	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,965	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,415	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,579	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Regulatory/communications	$805,678
Memberships & Registrations	$16,127

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,337,010	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	$1,377,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,350,358	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,000,000	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,514	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,145	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$144,867	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$112,139	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,864	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,728	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,459,742	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,465,745	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$340,499	BOYAmt
EOY	$454,276	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,800	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,600	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$360,299	BOYAmt
EOY	$480,876	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	$1,978,338	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,831,413	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$121,105	BOYAmt
EOY	$153,456	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,099,443	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,984,869	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,459,742	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,465,745	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$114,574	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Substantially All Dues Nonded	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$2,835,898	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$112,191	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$112,191	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$198,512	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$144,867	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$112,139	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$32,728	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$32,728	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia & Pacific	4	Program services	Government & regulatory mgmt	$74,848
Latin & South America	4	Program services	Government & regulatory mgmt	$187,203
Europe	2	Program services	Government & regulatory mgmt	$144,453

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	10	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$406,504	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$406,504	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 3f - Method of Accounting	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	IAGC follows the accrual method of accounting.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
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 (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Dustin Van Liew
VP Regulatory & Govt. Affairs	$152,440	$15,540	$10,079	$15,396	$193,455
Gail Adams
VP Communications	$155,058	$7,813	$9,844	$16,571	$189,286
Nikki C Martin
President	$247,480	$50,000	$15,000	$25,250	$337,730

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a: Explanation of Delegated Broad Authority to Committee	The Executive Committee is made up of the Board Chairman, Vice-Chairman, immediate past Chairman, the current Chapter Chairmen, and the IAGC President and Secretary. The Board's authority is delegated to the Executive Committee between regularly scheduled Board meetings for: the interpretation of policy directions as needed, addressing any administrative or personnel matters exceeding the President's authority or which the President feels warrants Board scrutiny, personnel matters involving the President, development and clarification of medium-term goals, input as necessary into ongoing IAGC activities, IAGC-wide governance issues exceeding the President's authority, and nomination of directors and officers for Board action.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	IAGC has five classes of members - Governing: Any company that satisfies the requirements of 1 and 2 below:1. The company's primary business is one or more of the following:Geophysical data acquisition contractor;Geophysical data processing contractor;Owner and supplier of multi-client geophysical data for license;Geophysical service provider; orGeophysical equipment supplier/manufacturer.2. The company is:Not owned by a government or an oil and gas exploration and production company (E&P company); orOwned by a government or an E&P company and:-Receives at least 35% of its revenues (from geophysical products and services) from sources other than its owner(s) or other companies or government agencies affiliated with its owner(s), measured based on a rolling average for the last three 12-month periods that have been closed and reported; and-Maintains a viable, ongoing business providing geophysical goods and services outside its home country. Contributing: Any company that meets the Governing Member definition but declines participation as a Governing Member.Associate: Any company that:Provides products services to the geophysical or E&P industry; orHas revenue less than $10 million and meets the definition of Contributing member, but chooses not to participate at that level.Industry Partner: A non-geophysical company that has interest in supporting the mission and objectives of the Association, but does not otherwise qualify for membership. Academic institutions are also eligible to join IAGC as Industry Partners.Honorary: Person who has rendered outstanding and distinguished service in furthering the mission of the IAGC and well-being of the geophysical industry. The Board of Directors selects and appoints Honorary members.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body	The Board of Directors is the governing body of IAGC. Directors are elected by vote of membership. Please see the previous item for a full description of member classes.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders	Voting members (Governing, Contributing and Associate) may vote on matters brought before the membership. Each member has one vote, and the following decisions require their approval: amendment of Articles of Incorporation, amendment of Bylaws, election of directors, approval of any member meeting minutes for adoption, and any other matter properly put to the membership as provided in IAGC's Bylaws.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	Outside accountants conduct a review of the financial statements under the supervision of the President, Treasurer and Director of Membership & Administration. The Form 990 is prepared by a separate outside accounting firm and is reviewed and approved by the President and Director of Membership & Administration. A copy is provided to the Board of Directors prior to filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	For the IAGC President, any compensation decisions are supported by comparability data and are led by the IAGC Chairman with the support of the Executive Committee and are approved by the Board as part of the annual budget approval process.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	IAGC follows a similar process to that described in 15a to determine compensation of key employees, but this process is led by the IAGC President. All changes in compensation of IAGC President and key employees are approved by the Board as part of the annual budget approval process and documented in writing and archived.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Quarterly financial statements and governing documents are provided to the governing body and made available to the membership on the IAGC website. The Annual Review of Financial Statements is provided to the governing body, handed out to the membership at the annual meeting and made available to the membership on the website. We do not make any of these available to the general public.