INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF VISUAL PRACTITIONERS: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF VISUAL PRACTITIONERS (EIN 68-0415143)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-08-15
IRS object ID: 201302279349304555
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-08-15T06:08:09-07:00	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	HRB TAX GROUP INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2646 DUPONT STE C20	AddressLine1
City	IRVINE	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	92612	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	680415143	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	International Forum of Visual Practitioners	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	INTE	NameControl
Phone	2062328609	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 204	AddressLine1
City	LOS ALAMITOS	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90720	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ANNE M JESS	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	2062328609	Phone
Date Signed	2013-08-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Soledad Taylor	Name
PTIN	P00168217	PTIN
Phone	9494742008	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-08-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ANNE M JESS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4336 MERCER WAY	AddressLine1
City	MERCER ISLAND	City
State	WA	State
ZIP Code	98040	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	200714	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.ifvp.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2002	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	CA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO PROMOTE THE VISUAL PRACTITIONER PROFESSION AND SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF VISUAL PRACTITIONERS MEMBERS. IN ACHIEVING THIS GOAL, THE ASSOCIATION WILL ORGANIZE A YEARLY CONFERENCE OF VISUAL PRACTITIONERS AND MAINTAIN AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM WEBSITE.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Termination Or Contraction	X	TerminationOrContraction
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	15	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	22497	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	22737	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	145307	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	177977	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	167804	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	200714	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	142188	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	181768	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	142188	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	181768	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	25616	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	18946	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	67524	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	86470	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	9963	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	9963	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	57561	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	76507	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO PROMOTE THE VISUAL PRACTITIONER PROFESSION AND SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF VISUAL PRACTITIONERS MEMBERS. IN ACHIEVING THIS GOAL, THE ASSOCIATION WILL ORGANIZE A YEARLY CONFERENCE OF VISUAL PRACTITIONERS AND MAINTAIN AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM WEBSITE.	MissionDescription
Description	THE ORGANIZATION'S YEARLY CONFERENCE PROVIDES FOR MORE THAN 100 PROFESSIONALS TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION AND TRANSFER OF INFORMATION WITHIN THE VISUAL PRACTITIONERS COMMUNITY	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	173484	Expense
Revenue	177977	Revenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	173484	TotalProgramServiceExpense
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	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
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	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
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	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	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	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ANNE M JESS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2063548609	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4336 MERCER WAY	AddressLine1
City	Mercer Island	City
State	WA	State
ZIP Code	98040	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (6 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ANN LEACH
SECRETARY	2.00	X	0	0	0
ANNE M JESS
TREASURER	5.00	X	0	0	0
PETER DURAND
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION	5.00	X	0	0	0
RACHEL SMITH
WEB AND IT	5.00	X	0	0	0
TOM RUSSELL
MEMBERSHIP	5.00	X	0	0	0
AVRIL ORLOFF
CONFERENCE AND EVENTS	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
Membership Dues	22292	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	445	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	22737	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	CONFERENCE REVENUE	Description
Total Revenue Column	177977	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	177977	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	177977	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	200714	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	177977	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3531	Total
Program Services	3531	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2191	Total
Management And General	2191	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4384	Total
Management And General	4384	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	169953	Total
Program Services	169953	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
BANK CHARGES	767	767
STATE TAXES	20	20
UTILITIES	922	922

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	181768	Total
Program Services	173484	ProgramServices
Management And General	8284	ManagementAndGeneral

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	67524	BOY
EOY	86470	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	67524	BOY
EOY	86470	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	84	BOY
EOY	84	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9879	BOY
EOY	9879	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9963	BOY
EOY	9963	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	57561	BOY
EOY	76507	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	57561	BOY
EOY	76507	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	67524	BOY
EOY	86470	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	18946	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Explanation	PART VI QTN 11 - The board review the information on the return before it is filed at one of their meetings. PART VI QTN 1(a) - The governing body does not delegate duties but makes decisions at meeting based on the needs of the organization. PART VI QTN 19 - If any members or applicant cares to see the financial documents or tax returns they can request a copy by email or telephone to the organization. PART VI QTN 6 - The organization consist of members PART VI QTN 8(a) - The governing body documents all their meetings and takes notes for all the decisions made on behalf of the organization.	Explanation