ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS (EIN 52-1624454)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-07-06
IRS object ID: 201821879349300332
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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 L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-07-06T13:06:51-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	George E Dennis CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8808 Tempest Ridge	AddressLine1Txt
City	Raleigh	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	276131351	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	521624454	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ACAD	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9196243503	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11625 Midlavian Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Raleigh	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	276146948	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TUCKER BURGE	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9196243503	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-06-04	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GEORGE E DENNIS	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01506944	PTIN
Phone	9193897285	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-07-06	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	F Tucker Burge	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2001 Park Place N Ste 1350	AddressLine1Txt
City	Birminham	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	352032713	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$608,361	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.ARLADEPOT.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	1989	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTE THE COMMON INTEREST AND CONCERNS OF ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INJURED RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$449,334	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$581,051	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$31,450	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$27,310	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$480,784	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$608,361	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$345,923	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$512,240	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$345,923	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$512,240	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$134,861	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$96,121	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$140,590	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$236,711	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$140,590	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$236,711	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The Primary Purposes of the Association Are to Improve the Conditions	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$369,522	ExpenseAmt
Desc	TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES AND TO PROMOTE COMMON INTEREST AND CONCERNS OF ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INJURED RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$369,522	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	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	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	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	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
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	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
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	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
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	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	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	THE ACADEMY	PersonNm
Phone	9196243503	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11625 Midlavian Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Raleigh	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27614	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ROBERT P MARCUS
President	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARC WIETZKE
Vice President	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY E CHOD
Secretary	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
FRANK TUCKER BURGE
Treasurer	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
P MATTHEW DARBY
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MIKE DAVIS
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RANDY LENEAVE
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSEPH M MILLER
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM L MYERS JR
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANTHONY S PETRU
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES K VUCINOVICH
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES STEM
Executive Director	15.00		Yes (X)	$119,550	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$119,550	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
James Stem
11625 Midlavian Drive	Raleigh	NC	27614	Management	$119,550
Alper & Mann PC
9205 Redwood Avenue	Bethesda	MD	20817	Legal Services	$142,500
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Columbia Sq 533 13th St NW	Washington	DC	20004	Legislative Services	$118,824

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$581,051	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$581,051	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Convention Fees	900099	$27,300
Interest Income	900099	$10	$10

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$27,310	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$608,361	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$27,300	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$10	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$142,362	TotalAmt
Management And General	$142,362	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,823	TotalAmt
Program Services	$118,823	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$143,321	TotalAmt
Program Services	$143,321	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$356	TotalAmt
Management And General	$356	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,233	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,233	ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$95,331	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,331	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Convention Gifts	$685	$685
State Bar	$2,729	$2,729
Strategic Plan Costs	$3,400	$3,400

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$512,240	TotalAmt
Program Services	$369,522	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$142,718	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$236,711	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$236,711	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$236,711	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$236,711	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$236,711	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$96,121	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

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

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JAMES STEM	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Executive Director	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$142,362	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Management	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 6	Organization has dues paying members.
Pt VI, Line 7a	A nominating committee is formed that develops a slate of candidates to stand for election. The nominees are voted on at the Annual Meeting at which time other memebers of the organization can be considered.
Pt VI, Line 11b	The Treasurer, along with the Governing Board, will review a draft copy of the Return prior to approval.
Pt VI, Line 19	Copies of those portions of the tax return that are open to public inspection are available in writing upon request from the Executive Director.