BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER FOUNDATION (EIN 41-1787694)
Tax period: 2012-09-01 to 2013-08-31
Filed: 2014-01-06
IRS object ID: 201420139349302362
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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 A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-01-06T08:07:22-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	B JOHNSON & ASSOC LTD	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11610 ANDREW ST	AddressLine1
City	BRAINERD	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	56401	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	411787694	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BRAINERD LAKES AREA CHAMBERS OF	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	COMMERCE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BRAI	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 356	AddressLine1
City	BRAINERD	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	56401	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LISA PAXTON	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Date Signed	2013-12-03	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHRISTOPHER B FORD CPA	Name
Phone	2188293501	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-12-19	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	LISA PAXTON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 356	AddressLine1
City	BRAINERD	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	56401	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	233571	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO AREA RESIDENTS	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	176404	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	233571	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	176404	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	233571	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	66797	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	116342	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	72586	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	41137	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	139383	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	157479	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	37021	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	76092	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	164443	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	240535	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	164443	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	240535	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO AREA RESIDENTS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	156574	Expense
Description	PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FORUM TO INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS	Description
Total Program Service Expense	156574	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	PAULA DAVIS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2188292838	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 356	AddressLine1
City	BRAINERD	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	56401	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (12 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
KIM ELLINGSON
PAST CHAIR	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
ADAM REES
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
SCOTT KUEHL
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
DEB MITZEL
TREASURER	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
MIKE DILLON
CHAIR	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
BART TAYLOR
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
JIM HAAKONSON
VICE CHAIR	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
CYNTHIA ROGGENKAMP
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
TERRY MCFARLIN
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
THOMAS VASECKA
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
CHRIS QUISBERG
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
LISA PAXTON
CEO	5.00		X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	233571	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	233571	TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	233571	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	116342	Total
Program Services	116342	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	905	Total
Management And General	905	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2713	Total
Program Services	2713	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4928	Total
Program Services	4928	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
P/S MISCELLANOUES PROGRAM	18242	18242
P/S TRAINING	13356	13356
P/S SUPPLIES	993	993

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	157479	Total
Program Services	156574	ProgramServices
Management And General	905	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	164443	BOY
EOY	215035	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	25500	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	164443	BOY
EOY	240535	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	164443	BOY
EOY	240535	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	164443	BOY
EOY	240535	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	164443	BOY
EOY	240535	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	76092	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	120994	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	157464	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	71598	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	176404	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	233571	CurrentTaxYear
Total	760031	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	120994	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	157464	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	71598	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	176404	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	233571	CurrentTaxYear
Total	760031	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	760031	PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support	760031	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND A BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO FILING THE RETURN.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC