ENERGEO ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: ENERGEO ALLIANCE (EIN 74-1707537)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-09-13
IRS object ID: 201812569349301121
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-09-13T15:22:03-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	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	770275132	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	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	2018-09-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jody Blazek	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00072674	PTIN
Phone	7134395739	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	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 Ste 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77008	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,748,521	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
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 international trade association representing the industry that provides geophysical services to the oil and gas industry.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	80	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,746,014	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$2,747,796	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$412	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$725	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,745,602	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,748,521	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,342,168	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,292,595	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$721,690	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,160,820	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,063,858	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,453,415	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$681,744	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$295,106	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,042,591	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,929,025	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$44,391	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$635,719	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,998,200	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,293,306	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 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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
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 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	10	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
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
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	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
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
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
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
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 (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
Maurice Nessim
Chairman	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Magne Reiersgard
Vice Chairman	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Katja Akentieva
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Bogardus
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Zheng Huasheng
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Roger Keyte
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Marianne Lefdal
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Don Pham
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard Price
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Shawn Rice
Director	0.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Peter Seidel
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Craig Walker
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Nikki C Martin
President	40.00	0.00		$247,500	$0	$39,125	Yes (X)
Tana Pool
Secretary	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Carlos de la Garza
Trea Jan-Nov	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Scott Lyon
Trea Nov-Dec	0.50	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Gail Adams
VP-Com & Ext Aff.	40.00	0.00		$166,881	$0	$30,925		Yes (X)
Robert C Gisiner
Dir - Marine Env.	40.00	0.00		$168,779	$0	$26,605		Yes (X)
Dustin Van Liew
Dir-Reg & Gov Aff.	40.00	0.00		$155,030	$0	$25,652		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$738,190	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$122,307	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

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Andreia BC Leao
5322 Fayette Street	Houston	TX	77056	Consultant	$103,611
Stoel Rives LLP
760 SW 9th Avenue Suite 3000	Portland	OR	97205	Legal	$154,895

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	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	$202,187	$202,187
Membership Dues & Assessments	900099	$2,545,609	$2,545,609

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$2,747,796	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

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

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$725	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$725	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$725	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,748,521	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,748,521	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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	$860,497	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	$278,883	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$89,503	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,712	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	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,258	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,054	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	$5,113	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,118	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,762	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,721	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$104,974	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	$48,003	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	$22,904	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,263	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Regulatory/communications	$666,570
Write off pub inventory	$11,948
Memberships & Registrations	$9,000
Newsletter expense	$6,132

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,453,415	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	$1,936,358	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,718,967	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	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	$42,428	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,182	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)
BOY	$11,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,967	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,496	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$202,969	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$162,589	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,890	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,380	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	$2,042,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,929,025	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,991	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,045	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,400	BOYAmt
EOY	$499,674	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,391	BOYAmt
EOY	$635,719	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,975,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,098,748	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$194,558	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,998,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,293,306	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,042,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,929,025	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$295,106	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	$2,545,609	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$72,054	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$72,054	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$127,281	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$202,969	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$162,589	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$40,380	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$40,380	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia & Pacific	2	Program services	Environmental consulting	$102,662
South America	1	Program services	Environmental consulting	$121,345
Europe	1	Program services	Environmental consulting	$17,375

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	4	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$241,382	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$241,382	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
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 (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Dustin Van Liew
Dir-Reg & Gov Aff.	$139,667	$15,363	$9,302	$16,350	$180,682
Gail Adams
VP-Com & Ext Aff.	$151,710	$15,171	$10,013	$20,912	$197,806
Nikki C Martin
President	$225,000	$22,500	$13,500	$25,625	$286,625
Robert C Gisiner
Dir - Marine Env.	$152,672	$16,107	$10,127	$16,478	$195,384

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 IAGC Chief Operating Officer. The Executive Committee is delegated the Board's authority 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, nomination of directors and officers for Board action.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	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 percent 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. See previous item for the full description of classes of members.
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 up 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 the Bylaws.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	Outside accountants conduct a review of financial statements under the supervision of the President, Treasurer and Director - Membership & Administration. The Form 990 is prepared by a separate outside accounting firm and is reviewed and approved by the President and Director - Membership & Administration. A copy is provided to the Board of Directors prior to filing.
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	Regarding key employees of the organization, we follow a similar process to that described in 15a, but which is led by the IAGC President. All changes in compensation of IAGC President and key employees are 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 through our website. The Annual Review of Financial Statements is provided to the governing body, is handed out to the membership at the annual meeting and is made available to the membership through our website. We do not make any of these available to the public.