YOSEMITE-MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU INC: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: YOSEMITE-MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU INC (EIN 20-8459353)
Tax period: 2013-07-01 to 2014-06-30
Filed: 2014-10-17
IRS object ID: 201432909349300718
Schema version: 2013v3.1
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
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-10-17T12:50:01-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ERIC A OSTER CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1415	AddressLine1
City	MARIPOSA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	95338	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	208459353	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	YOSEMITE MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	BUREAU INC	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	YOSE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2097424567	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 967	AddressLine1
City	MARIPOSA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	95338	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TERRY SELK	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2097424567	PhoneNum
Signature	2014-08-31	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ERIC OSTER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00419624	PTIN
Phone	2097427144	PhoneNum
Preparation	2014-10-17	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	YOSEMITEMARIPOSA CO TOURISM BUREAU	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	DAN JENSEN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5320 HIGHWAY 49 N	AddressLine1
City	MARIPOSA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	95338	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,687,957	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	YOSEMITEEXPERIENCE.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2006	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE YOSEMITE/MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU, IS THE DESIGNATED TOURISM MARKETING AGENCY FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, SERVES TO PROMOTE AND HIGHLIGHT VISITATION TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN MARIPOSA COUNTY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$500,000	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$500,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,182,273	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,187,603	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$541	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$4,923	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,682,814	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,682,680	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$215,318	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$271,205	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,420,244	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,342,382	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,635,562	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,613,587	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$47,252	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$69,093	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$709,167	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$778,260	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$709,167	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$778,260	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE YOSEMITE/MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU, IS THE DESIGNATED TOURISM MARKETING AGENCY FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, SERVES TO PROMOTE AND HIGHLIGHT VISITATION TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN MARIPOSA COUNTY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	THE YOSEMITE/MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU USES A BROAD RANGE OF BOTH TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE MEDIA IN FULFILLING ITS ROLE TO PROMOTE THIS REGION WORLDWIDE SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL NETWORKS, PRINT ADVERTISING, BROCHURES, WEBSITES, TRADE SHOW ATTENDANCE, PRESS RELEASES, TRAVEL TRADE, MEDIA SITE VISITS AND OTHER MEDIA. THE YOSEMITE/MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU RETAINS CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD PARTY DESTINATION REPRESENTATION SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AS A PART OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH VISIT CALIFORNIA, THE OFFICIAL DESTINATION MARKETING AGENCY FOR CALIFORNIA.	Desc
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
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
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	5	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	5	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	4	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
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	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERIC OSTER	PersonNm
Phone	2097427144	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 1415	AddressLine1
Address Line2	P O BOX 1415	AddressLine2
City	MARIPOSA	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	95338	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
BRIAN BULLIS
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DONNA DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARYANN HUFF
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEVIN SHELTON
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHY MCCORRY
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SARA ZAHN
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DONNA NASSAR
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAN JENSEN
CHAIRMAN	5.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JONATHAN FARRINGTON
VICE CHAIRMA	5.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BARBARA ROBINSON
SECRETARY	5.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DOUGLAS SHAW
TREASURER	5.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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
Government Grants	$500,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
Total Contributions	$500,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
BID ASSESSMENTS	$1,129,198	$1,129,198
CO-OP REIMBURSEMENTS	$58,405	$58,405

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,187,603	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$354	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$354	ExclusionAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$5,277	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$5,277	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$5,277	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$5,277	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,682,680	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,182,326	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$354	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,013	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,146	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,046	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,589	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,000	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,095	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,127,663	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,198	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,976	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$87,546	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,010	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,370	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
DUES, SUB, MEMBERSHIPS	$12,793
CONTRACT SERVICES	$6,142

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,613,587	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	$137,461	BOYAmt
EOY	$427,061	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$557,264	BOYAmt
EOY	$340,404	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$13,803	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,008	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,442	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,795	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$709,167	BOYAmt
EOY	$778,260	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	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	$709,167	BOYAmt
EOY	$778,260	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$709,167	BOYAmt
EOY	$778,260	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$709,167	BOYAmt
EOY	$778,260	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$69,093	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$13,803	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,218	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,585	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$6,585	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	THE YOSEMITE/MARIPOSA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU, IS THE DESIGNATED TOURISM MARKETING AGENCY FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, SERVES TO PROMOTE AND HIGHLIGHT VISITATION TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN MARIPOSA COUNTY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	A COPY OF THE CURRENT YEAR FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR REVIEW. THE RETURN IS FILED AFTER APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE TREASUER.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY AND EMPLOYEE WAGES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS INPUT OF AN INDEPENDENT HR SERVICE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AT THE CORPORATE OFFICE.