BURLINGTON COUNTY BAR ASSOC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: BURLINGTON COUNTY BAR ASSOC (EIN 23-7449486)
Tax period: 2014-06-01 to 2015-05-31
Filed: 2015-10-14
IRS object ID: 201542879349300429
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-10-14T08:56:08-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-05-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LAWRENCE E FISHER ACCOUNTING	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	17 GRANT ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	MOUNT HOLLY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	080601308	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-06-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237449486	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BURLINGTON COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BURL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6092614542	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	137 HIGH ST 3RD FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	MOUNT HOLLY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	08060	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROGER LAI ESQ	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6092614542	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-10-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	LAWRENCE E FISHER	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	6092673333	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-10-14	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROGER LAI ESQ	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1125 ATLANTIC AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	ATLANTIC CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	08401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$219,473	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1932	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NJ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	LEGAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT BY PROMOTING FULL AND EQUAL ACCESS TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM BY ALL INDIVIDUALS FACILITATING AND PROMOTING THE DELIVERY OF QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES AND ADVANCING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	21	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	21	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	21	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$130,237	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$125,777	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$95,617	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$93,696	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$529	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$226,383	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$219,473	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$660	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$247	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$125,613	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$130,113	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$100,712	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$96,276	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$226,985	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$226,636	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$602	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$7,163	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$137,451	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$131,795	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$57,835	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$59,342	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$79,616	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$72,453	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	LEGAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT BY PROMOTING	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$247	ExpenseAmt
Desc	NEW JERSEY STATE BAR ASSOCIATION SPONSORED COURT NIGHT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT COURT PROCEEDINGS, FACILITIES, ETC. AND LEGAL SEMINARS	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$131,171	ExpenseAmt
Desc	CONFERENCES, CONVENTIONS AND MEETINGS ORGANIZED TO FURTHER THE LEGAL REFERRAL AND LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS REPRESENTED BY THIS ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS RELATED PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS AND SUPPORTING SALARIES	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$131,418	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	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	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	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
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	3	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	21	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	21	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	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	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	KARA EDENS	PersonNm
Phone	6092614542	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	137 HIGH ST 3RD FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	MT HOLLY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	08060	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ROGER LAI ESQ
PRES.	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEVIN WALKER ESQ
PRES ELECT	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS L HEINHOLD ESQ
TREAS	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH M GARCIA ESQ
VP	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER STONEROD ESQ
SECTY	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL LIST ENCLOSED
SEE LIST	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$119,777	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$6,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$125,777	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt
LAWYERS REFERRAL SERVICE	541100	$25,742
ADVERTISING ETS RE: LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE	541100	$17,898
LEGAL SEMINARS	541100	$39,895
OTHER LEGAL SERVICES	541100	$10,161

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$93,696	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$219,473	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$93,696	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$247	TotalAmt
Program Services	$247	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,240	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,031	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$58,209	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,357	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,357	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,516	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,352	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,164	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,275	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,275	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,209	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,209	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,716	TotalAmt
Management And General	$23,716	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,662	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,662	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$351	TotalAmt
Management And General	$351	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,503	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,503	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
NJ ANNUAL REPORT	$25	$25
POSTAGE	$6,972	$6,972
PRINTING & STATIONARY	$33,533	$33,533
WEBSITE	$6,170	$6,170

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,860	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,860	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$226,636	TotalAmt
Program Services	$131,418	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$95,218	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$107,509	BOYAmt
EOY	$102,204	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,413	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,413	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$25,192	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$17,014	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,529	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,178	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$137,451	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,795	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,479	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$49,051	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,863	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$57,835	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,342	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$79,616	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,453	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$79,616	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,453	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$137,451	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,795	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$7,163	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$25,192	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$17,014	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,178	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$8,178	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt III, Line 2	N/A
Pt III, Line 3	N/A
Pt V, Line 14b	No
Pt VI, Line 11b	Reviewed by board
Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16	NJ ANNUAL REPORT INSURANCE GIFTS, AWARDS, MEMORIALS FEES & R EGISTRATIONS
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	TELEPHONE 3270. BANK/MERCHANT FEES 2612. SEMINARS 3978.