UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION (EIN 74-1290941)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-04-09
IRS object ID: 201300999349300125
Schema version: 2012v2.2
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-04-09T01:19:54-00:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Dennis G Jenkins CPA LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1690 Stone Village Ln Ste 501	AddressLine1
City	Kennesaw	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30152	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	741290941	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	United Food & Commercial Workers	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	UNIT	NameControl
Phone	2814485555	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	121 Northpoint Drive	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77090	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	William H Hopkins	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2013-04-09	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Dennis G Jenkins	Name
Phone	7704245755	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-04-09	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	William H Hopkins	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	121 Northpoint Drive	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77060	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	6526346	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Type Of Organization Other	X	TypeOfOrganizationOther
Type Of Org Other Description	Labor Org.	TypeOfOrgOtherDescription
Year Formation	1950	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Organizing and maintaining membership through maintenance of wages and benefits.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	15	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	15	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	75	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	6155249	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	6358022	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	14033	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	72550	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	200121	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	95774	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	6369403	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	6526346	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	2655596	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	2756175	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	3750912	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	3626792	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	6406508	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	6382967	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-37105	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	143379	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	3357987	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	3950438	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	252418	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	701490	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	3105569	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	3248948	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	To promote workers rights to fair wages adn benefits.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	Representing working men and women.	Description
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
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	true	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
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
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	4	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	75	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	15	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	15	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	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	true	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	William H Hopkins	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2814485555	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	121 Northpoint Drive	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77060	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (13 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Joseph R Garland
VP	001.00	X	X	2386	0	0
William H Hopkins
President	040.00		X	309098	0	0	X
Rick Alleman
Secretary Treasurer	040.00		X	146958	0	0
Sue Mann
Recorder	001.00		X	0	0	0
Dora M Petty
VP	001.00		X	3364	0	0
Jesse Tigerina
VP	001.00		X	3233	0	0
Easter Nobles
VP	001.00		X	2477	0	0
Rosendo Dominguez
VP	001.00		X	0	0	0
Wilton Porter
VP	001.00		X	2885	0	0
Josie Leday
VP	001.00		X	3636	0	0
Jerome Trevillion
VP	001.00		X	3360	0	0
Kathy Crysel
VP	001.00		X	908	0	0
Charlie Wilkerson
VP	001.00		X	3214	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	481519	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	2	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	6224053	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	133969	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	6358022	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	72550	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	72550	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Subsidy from Parent	87832	87832
Misc Revene	7942	7942

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	95774	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	6526346	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	168324	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2183483	Total
Management And General	2183483	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	108120	Total
Management And General	108120	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	299185	Total
Management And General	299185	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	165387	Total
Management And General	165387	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	76528	Total
Management And General	76528	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13500	Total
Management And General	13500	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93369	Total
Management And General	93369	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12960	Total
Management And General	12960	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	129006	Total
Management And General	129006	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26182	Total
Management And General	26182	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11266	Total
Management And General	11266	ManagementAndGeneral

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2600276	Total
Management And General	2600276	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	155380	Total
Management And General	155380	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93412	Total
Management And General	93412	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
Automobile Operation Maintenance	149360	149360
Contributions	13760	13760
Telephone	129006	129006
Printing	16609	16609

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	106178	Total
Management And General	106178	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6382967	Total
Management And General	6382967	ManagementAndGeneral

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1779024	BOY
EOY	1694234	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6750	BOY
EOY	33352	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	2128962	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	840568	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	782954	BOY
EOY	1288394	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	789259	BOY
EOY	934458	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3357987	BOY
EOY	3950438	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	252418	BOY
EOY	260541	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	440949	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	252418	BOY
EOY	701490	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3105569	BOY
EOY	3248948	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3105569	BOY
EOY	3248948	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3357987	BOY
EOY	3950438	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	143379	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	50000	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	50000	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1333429	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	347201	Depreciation
Book Value	986228	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	5274	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	5274	Depreciation

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	282386	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	194126	Depreciation
Book Value	88260	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	457873	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	293967	Depreciation
Book Value	163906	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	1288394	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Securities OtherSecurities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Federal income taxes	Description

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Form 990 Part VI	Identifier
Return Reference	b 11a	ReturnReference
Explanation	The CPA prepares form 990 and submits to Executive Board for review prior to filing.	Explanation