MAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2018

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Organization: MAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (EIN 01-0165097)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-07-10
IRS object ID: 201941919349200039
Schema version: 2018v3.1
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-EZ
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-07-10T17:39:22-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	043353527	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMY P TRUNNELL CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	200 OLD KENTS HILL RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	READFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	043554132	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010165097	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MAIN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2076224461	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 5234	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUGUSTA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04332	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRISTINE CUMMINGS	PersonNm
Person Title	CURR EXECUTIVE DIR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2076224461	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-06-24	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	AMY P TRUNNELL	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01201030	PTIN
Phone	2076859202	PhoneNum
Preparation	2019-06-26	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	24.198.214.144	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-07-10	IPDt
IP Tm	17:39:22	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	E18197B6976A9F08F37A030BBAAB8C6A09260B6F	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	E18197B6976A9F08F37A030BBAAB8C6A09260B6F	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Address	WWW.MGFPA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$183,247	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$91,238	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$11,034	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues	$70,630	MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income	$94	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$9,970	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$8,908	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$1,062	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Other Revenue Total	$281	OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue	$174,339	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$3,000	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$144,800	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$1,084	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$17,711	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$166,595	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$7,744	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$68,773	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$76,517	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,121	BOYAmt
EOY	$95,455	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,033	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,862	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$98,154	BOYAmt
EOY	$104,317	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,381	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,800	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,773	BOYAmt
EOY	$76,517	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	WE ARE A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO THE PROSPERITY OF MAINE'S GROCERY AND FOOD PRODUCER INDUSTRY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN ADVOCACY, NETWORKING AND EDUCATION.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	THE ASSOCIATION IS VIBRANT AND IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADER IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF MAINE'S GROCERY AND FOOD PRODUCER INDUSTRY. THE ASSOCIATION PRESENTS OUR MEMBERS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS'S GROWTH AND OPERATIONS THROUGH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY ADVOCACY, NETWORKING AND EDUCATION. IT REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF MAINE GROCERS, FOOD PRODUCERS AND THEIR INDUSTRY PARTNERS THROUGH LOBBYING, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS,AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. IT MAINTAINS AND DISSEMINATES ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY RESOURCES AND TIMELY INFORMATION TO EDUCATE AND INFORM OUR MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH NEWSLETTERS AND ALERTS. IT OFFERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND NETWORKING EVENTS, INCLUDING THE MAINE FOOD MEANS BUSINESS SUMMIT AND THE FOOD FOR THOUGHT FORUM. IT GRANTS THREE 1,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFYING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$3,000	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$109,344	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$109,344	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (23 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
ZAK SCLAR
PAST PRESIDE	1.00	$0
CATHE MORRILL
PRESIDENT	1.00	$0
JUDY KNAPP
2ND VP	0.50	$0
SEAN THOMAS
TREASURER	0.70	$0
TIM MCGONAGLE
SECRETARY	0.50	$0
BRIAN BEAUDRY
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
KIM BRACKETT
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
DAN BROCK
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
LOUIS DEL CONTE
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
JON DUBE
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
MARK DVOROZNIAK
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
AL HARTT
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
SUE JOHNSON
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
MARK KELLEY
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
ALAN MARTEL
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
KATE MCALEER
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
SHEILA NAPPI
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
LEO OUELLETTE
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
MIKE ST CYR
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
MARY-JO TOZIER
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
JOSH TWEEDIE
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
ROBERT WENTWORTH
DIRECTOR	0.40	$0
CHRISTINE CUMMINGS
CURR EXECUTI	40.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ME GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 5234	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUGUSTA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04332	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2076224461	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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	Yes (true)	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$70,630	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$12,609	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$12,609	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$14,126	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Taxable	-$1,517	TaxableAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GOLF TOURNAMENT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$21,870	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$11,900	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$9,970	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$8,908	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$21,870	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$11,900	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$9,970	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$8,908	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$8,908	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$1,062	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8	COUPON REFERRAL SERVICE 281 TOTAL 281
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES PROMOTION 20 TELEPHONE 1,041 OFFICE SUPPLIES 255 BANK CHARGE 116 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 874 WEBSITE 620 TRAVEL 4,310 CONFERENCE MEETINGS 8,764 INSURANCE 1,711 TOTAL 17,711
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 1,375 7,155 PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES 1,658 1,707 WEBDESIGN 9,050 9,050 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 9,050 9,050 TOTAL 3,033 8,862
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 9,708 13,115 DEFERRED REVENUE 19,673 14,685
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	WE ARE A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO THE PROSPERITY OF MAINE'S GROCERY AND FOOD PRODUCER INDUSTRY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN ADVOCACY, NETWORKING AND EDUCATION.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	THE ASSOCIATION IS VIBRANT AND IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADER IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF MAINE'S GROCERY AND FOOD PRODUCER INDUSTRY. THE ASSOCIATION PRESENTS OUR MEMBERS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS'S GROWTH AND OPERATIONS THROUGH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY ADVOCACY, NETWORKING AND EDUCATION. IT REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF MAINE GROCERS, FOOD PRODUCERS AND THEIR INDUSTRY PARTNERS THROUGH LOBBYING, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS,AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. IT MAINTAINS AND DISSEMINATES ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY RESOURCES AND TIMELY INFORMATION TO EDUCATE AND INFORM OUR MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH NEWSLETTERS AND ALERTS. IT OFFERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND NETWORKING EVENTS, INCLUDING THE MAINE FOOD MEANS BUSINESS SUMMIT AND THE FOOD FOR THOUGHT FORUM. IT GRANTS THREE 1,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFYING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.