2025-11-11T10:59:42-06:00 2024-12-31 431061959 KIEFER BONFANTI & CO LLP 701 EMERSON ROAD ST LOUIS MO 63141 990 2024-01-01 391353307 NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION NATI 8009755920 PO BOX 3609 LITTLETON CO 80161 JIM ANDREWS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8009755920 2025-11-11 1 1 MARY A GREENCPA P01320124 3148121100 2025-11-11 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JIM ANDREWS PO BOX 3609 LITTLETON CO 80161 218089 0 X WWW.REALCHRISTMASTREES.ORG X 1973 CO TO PROMOTE THE USE OF REAL CHRISTMAS TREES AND SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THAT PROVIDES THEM. 29 29 0 29 25437 0 0 0 221987 218066 208 23 0 0 222195 218089 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 222644 226179 222644 226179 -449 -8090 190088 187614 0 2640 190088 184974 TO PROMOTE THE USE OF REAL CHRISTMAS TREES AND SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THAT PROVIDES THEM. 0 0 65295 TO PROMOTE THE SALES OF NATURAL CHRISTMAS TREES. 38255 TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT FRAMEWORK TO NATURAL CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS AND TO FURTHER THE OVERALL INTEREST OF THE INDUSTRY. 14000 IN OUR ROLE AS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE INDUSTRY WE MANAGED A LARGE NUMBER OF INQUIRIES FROM THE MEDIA ASKING IF THE AVAILABILITY AND PRICE OF TREES WOULD LIMIT CONSUMERS' ABILITY TO PURCHASE REAL CHRISTMAS TREES THIS YEAR. THESE CONVERSATIONS AND EMAIL EXCHANGES WITH THE MEDIA ALSO INCLUDED DISCUSSION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF REAL AND FAKE TREES, THE CHRISTMAS TREE BUSINESS, RECYCLING CHRISTMAS TREES, DROUGHT, BUGS IN CHRISTMAS TREES, MOLD, ALLERGIES, FIRES AND PET ISSUES RESULTING FROM A REAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND OTHER UNIQUE QUESTIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO CORRECT MISINFORMATION AND DISSEMINATE POSITIVE MESSAGES THAT WERE USED IN HUNDREDS OF MEDIA ARTICLES. 117550 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 29 29 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X Q&A BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 3144168973 2650 S HANLEY ROAD STE 100 ST LOUIS MO 63144 X JOHN WYCKOFF PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SCOTT POWELL PRESIDENT-ELECT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 STEVE MEIER IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NIGEL MANLEY VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BOB SCHAEFER VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JONCIE UNDERWOOD VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILSON BARR BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 REID BERMEL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHUCK BERRY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BENTLEY CURRY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD DARLING BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LUCAS DULL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL FREEMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEITH GARLOCK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAT GASKIN AT LARGE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 GREG HANN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BOB JONES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE JONES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHY KOGUT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW LACASCE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NORMAN MACISSAC BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK MCCURDY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATT MONGIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA OLIVE AT LARGE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 HARRY PECKHAM BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 WENDY RICHARDSON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 STUART SMITH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOM WOLCYN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIM O'CONNOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TIM O'CONNOR & ASSOCIATES LTD PO BOX 3609 LITTLETON CO 80161 MANAGEMENT & ADMIN 133175 1 MEMBERSHIP DUES 813910 90819 90819 REAL TREES SPONSORSHIP 813910 51919 51919 TREE INDUSTRY PARTNERS 813910 42526 42526 CHRISTMAS TREE JOURNAL 323111 25802 365 25437 CHECKOFF PROGRAM 813910 7000 7000 218066 23 23 218089 192629 25437 23 119195 1275 34000 9704 1306 2270 VOICE OF INDUSTRY 14000 HOLIDAY SAFETY 10826 PRINT, PRODUCTION, AND 10396 MEMBERSHIP 7073 16134 226179 174823 183851 3894 3763 11371 190088 187614 2640 0 2640 X 190088 184974 190088 184974 190088 187614 -8090 2976 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 1 90819 34000 34000 34000 TIM O'CONNOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 133195 MGT CONSULTING ADMIN SERVICES 0 SCHEDULE L, PART IV, LINE 1 TIM O'CONNOR & ASSOCIATES, LTD WAS PAID FOR MANAGEMENT, CONSULTING, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DURING THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $133,195. TIM O'CONNOR & ASSOCIATES, LTD IS A BUSINESS OWNED GREATER THAN 35% BY AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3 THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION OUTSOURCES MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL DUTIES TO TIM O'CONNOR & ASSOCIATES. TIM O'CONNOR & ASSOCIATES LTD IS A PASS-THROUGH ENTITY AND TIM O'CONNOR IS THE MAJORITY OWNER. TIM O'CONNOR LTD RECEIVED 133,195 DURING THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES, PUBLICATION SERVICES, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS THE FOLLOWING MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES: INDUSTRY, PROFESSIONAL, SUPPLIER, INTRODUCTORY MEMBER, RETIRED, AND RESEARCHER. SUPPLIER, INTRODUCTORY MEMBERS, AND RETIRED MEMBERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE DIRECTORS OR TO ENTER THE NATIONAL TREE & WREATH CONTESTS. ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING, EXCEPT RESEARCHER MEMBES, ARE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS COMPRISED OF UP TO THIRTY-NINE (39) DIRECTORS, WITH TWO CLASSES OF DIRECTORS, (1) CHARTERED ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS AND (2) AT-LARGE DIRECTORS. EACH CHARTERED ASSOCIATION, MEETING THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION'S (NCTA) DEFINITION OF A CHARTERED ASSOCIATION, ELECTS ITS OWN DIRECTOR TO NCTA, BASED ON THE ASSOCIATION'S ELECTION PROCEDURE. FIVE (5) AT-LARGE DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRY, PROFESSIONAL, OR SUPPLIER. MEMBERS VOTE ON THE AT-LARGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING EXCEPT RESEARCER MEMBER, ARE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B EXECUTIVE COMITTEE WILL BE PROVIDED A DRAFT COPY OF THE FORM 990 FOR REVIEW AND COMMENTS. A FINAL COPY WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMITTEE AFTER THE RETURN HAS BEEN FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C AT EACH BOARD MEETING, IF THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF SELECTING OR ENGAGING A VENDOR OR SERVICE PROVIDR, ALL IN ATTENDANCE ARE ASKED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THIS DISCUSSION IF THERE COULD BE A PERCEIVED CONFLICT. ANNUALLY, THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS AND DISCUSSES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REQUESTS THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER LIST AND ACKNOWLEDGE ANY KNOW CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE IN A TIMELY MANNER, COPIES OF ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ITS CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHEN REQUESTED IN WRITING OR IN PERSON.