AIRLINE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: AIRLINE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 95-3523323)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-15
IRS object ID: 202043209349301524
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 F
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-15T17:47:34-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	582676261	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Rogers & Company PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600	AddressLine1Txt
City	Vienna	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22182	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	953523323	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Airline Passenger Experience Association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AIRL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2122972177	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 Lexington Avenue 15th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Joan Filippini	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2122972177	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jie Chen CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01049760	PTIN
Phone	7038930300	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-11-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	173.73.98.186	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-11-15	IPDt
IP Tm	18:44:44	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	4E34592AB1F6423AB9D06C25827E64500E8BEDD1	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	63C1C0B9F93C8B40CBCDC4B3DDBC3363D21A7384	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

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	Joan Filippini	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 Lexington Avenue 15th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,352,593	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	http://apex.aero/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1980	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Strengthen the industry and enable business opportunities through education, innovation, networking and recognition.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	62	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$6,400	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$3,360,483	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$4,233,094	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$103,465	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$92,326	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,463,948	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,325,420	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,540,343	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,633,854	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,540,343	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,633,854	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$76,395	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$691,566	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,591,289	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,791,654	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$786,881	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,071,238	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,804,408	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,720,416	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Strengthen the industry and enable business opportunities through education, innovation, networking and recognition.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	The APEX EXPO is an industry event where airlines and vendors meet to participate in educational sessions and to see the latest and most comprehensive display of airline related technologies, products and services in the EXPO hall.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Board Leadership - The APEX Board has determined that retaining a public-facing CEO will significantly improve the association's ability to 1) grow airline membership and participation in APEX; 2) increase active support of APEX, as exhibitors in particular, among all vendors touching the passenger experience; and 3) generally increase awareness of APEX benefits to the industry overall.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Communications - Send daily aggregate email to members and non-members; publish magazine (5 times per year) to keep members informed of latest developments of the passenger experience; and keep the website up to date.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc
The Multi Media Market Conference is the only global industry event focused specifically on bringing together IFE TV buyers with the leading world-wide distributors of short-subject and TV movie programming. The conference was expanded in 2013 to include non-appointment exhibits from movie, app, GUI and gaming companies.
Technology - Where leading experts address the technical issues of onboard equipment, systems, connectivity, and other developments impacting the industry.
Each year, APEX presents the AVION Award for excellence in passenger experience and technology. The Passenger Choice Awards honor the world's best airlines via an online passenger survey. Other awards given out include Newcomer, Outstanding Contribution and Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Membership - A network of the world's leading airlines, suppliers and related companies committed to elevating the level of the passenger experience.
Educational Meetings - Intensive, highly-interactive sessions focusing on the latest passenger trends, inflight applications, and operational issues crucial to the airline passenger experience professional.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	14	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	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	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	0	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	0	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Kellen Company	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2122972177	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 Lexington Avenue 15th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10018	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Juha Jarvinen
President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Anton Vidgen
Vice President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Maura Chacko
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joan Filippini
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brian Richardson
Past President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Andres Castaneda Ochoa
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ingo Wuggetzer
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Babar Rahman
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Zina Neophytou
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Akira Mitsumasu
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Childers
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Russ Lemieux
Chief Operating Officer	40.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Katie Goshgarian
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joe Leader
Chief Executive Officer	40.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Kellen Company
3200 Windy Hill Road SE Suite 600W	Atlanta	GA	30339	Management Services, Digital, Sales, PR	$1,462,959
APEX Georgia LLC
2167 Bogans Lake Path	Atlanta	GA	30338	Management Services	$393,879
Freeman
1600 Viceroy Rd Suite 100	Dallas	TX	75235	Exhibit & Tradeshow services	$158,513
Spafax Airline Network Ltd
575 Anton Blvd Suite 1020	Costa Mesa	CA	92626	Print/Digital Newletter	$138,144

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Annual Conference	541800	$2,359,379	$2,052,378	$307,001
License fee	900099	$953,092	$953,092
Multi Media Market	541800	$422,225	$390,325	$25,500	$6,400
Membership	900099	$288,750	$288,750
Technology	900099	$77,115	$60,615	$16,500

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$132,533	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$97,533	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$35,000	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$4,233,094	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$119,499	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$119,499	ExclusionAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$27,173	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$27,173	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$27,173	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$27,173	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,325,420	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,842,693	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$6,400	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$476,327	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,239,460	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,849	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,180	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$496,308	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$179,924	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$206,947	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,942	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$187,054	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,136,617	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,157	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Commissions	$137,417
Miscellaneous	$4,999

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,633,854	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$162,723	BOYAmt
EOY	$373,849	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,610	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,535	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$246,420	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,093,659	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$159,850	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,404	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$120,000	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$80,000	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,000	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,995,686	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,212,207	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,591,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,791,654	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$379,794	BOYAmt
EOY	$262,308	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$407,087	BOYAmt
EOY	$808,930	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$786,881	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,071,238	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	$1,804,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,720,416	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,804,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,720,416	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,591,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,791,654	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$691,566	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$224,442	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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 (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	Yes (1)	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$120,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$80,000	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$40,000	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$40,000	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,575,818	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$224,442	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$25,956	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$250,398	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,325,420	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,325,420	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,659,810	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$25,956	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$25,956	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,633,854	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,633,854	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Management evaluated the Association's tax positions and concluded that the Association's financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) - Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium	Program services	Meetings/events	$260,180
East Asia and the Pacific - Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia,	Program services	Meetings/events	$41,529
North America - Canada and Mexico, but not the United States	Program services	Meetings/events	$17,326

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$319,035	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$319,035	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part III Accounting Method:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	APEX Georgia LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Disregarded entity wholly owned by APEX's CEO Joe Leader.	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$393,879	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Management services	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3	APEX has no employees. The Association retains the services of a management firm, Kellen Company, to provide management, back-office services, and use of office space and equipment. The Executive Director is an employee of Kellen Company, and as such, is provided compensation and benefits from Kellen Company. Management fees to the organization totaled $1,462,959 for the year ended December 31, 2019. Additionally, has a management services agreement with APEX GA, LLC to provide services to the organization. APEX GA, LLC is a disregarded entity wholly owned by Joe Leader who serves as CEO of the organization. The amounts paid to APEX GA, LLC for services totaled $393,879 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	There are three categories of membership: Regular Airline, Regular Lessor, Regular Vendor, and Honorary. Only Regular Airline and Regular Vendor members (collectively referred to as "Regular Members") have voting rights.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	As per its Bylaws, the Association shall have eleven directors elected by the voting membership.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b	Any amendments to the Bylaws shall be made either by affirmative vote of a simple majority of Regular members present and voting at the Annual Meeting or by affirmative vote of a simple majority of Regular members voting by ballot.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	A copy of the Form 990 is first reviewed and approved by the Executive Director. Upon the Executive Director's approval, it is forwarded to the finance committee, or an approved representative of the finance committee, to review the Form 990 prior to submission.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The Organization's Board reviewed and approved compensation of the CEO. Additionally, the Organization used an independent consultant.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Association makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Consultants 496,308.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	The Association's finance committee is responsible for the oversight of the audit, including the selection of the independent accountant. The process is consistent with previous years.