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FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTE INC (EIN 20-0587793)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-11-08
IRS object ID
201323129349300342
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-11-08T12:14:03-06:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN580692043EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Mauldin & Jenkins LLCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1200 Galleria Pkwy SE Ste 1700AddressLine1
CityAtlantaCity
StateGAState
ZIP Code303395946ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN200587793EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Financial Services Institute IncBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlFINANameControl
Phone7709808480Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1607 14th Street NW No 750AddressLine1
CityWashingtonCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20005ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameDale BrownName
TitleCEO & PresidentTitle
Phone7709808480Phone
Date Signed2013-10-30DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameAleisa HowellName
PTINP00936721PTIN
Phone7709558600Phone
Date Prepared2013-10-30DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address ChangeXAddressChange
Name Of Principal Officer PersonDale BrownNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1607 14th Street NW No 750AddressLine1
CityWashingtonCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20005ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts5379736GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web Sitewww.financialservices.orgWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation2004YearFormation
State Legal DomicileGAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionFinancial Services Institute Mission is to create a healthier regulatory environment for independent broker-dealers and their affiliated independent financial advisors through aggressive and effective advocacy, education and public awareness.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body19NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members18NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees23TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers50TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year33727ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year400ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year3879563ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY5374899ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year9750InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year4437InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year3923040TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year5379736TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year2122350OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year2863074OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year4669339TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year5736530TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year-746299RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY-356794RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY3841004TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY4909878TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY2634559TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY4060227TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY1206445NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY849651NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionFinancial Services Institute Mission is to create a healthier regulatory environment for independent broker-dealers and their affiliated independent financial advisors through aggressive and effective advocacy, education and public awareness.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
DescriptionTo provide support to independent dealers and financial advisors.Description
Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax1SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip1ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities0ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest0ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote1ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt0IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt1ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required1ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization0BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
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Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp0OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity1RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109628NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees23NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions1NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure1NonDeductibleDisclosure
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members19NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members18NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy1WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO1CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other1CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledGAStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1The OrganizationBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number7709808480TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1607 14th Street NW No 750AddressLine1
CityWashingtonCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20005ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationKey EmployeeKeyEmployee
Dale Brown
CEO & President40.00XX623862021311
R Lawrence Larry Roth
Chair4.00XX000
Michael Mike J Mungenast
Vice Chair4.00XX000
Joseph Joe R Russo
Immediate Past Chair4.00XX000
Timothy Tim B Murphy
Chair, Finance Committee4.00XX000
Valerie G Brown
Chair, FSI PAC Board4.00X000
Adam Antoniades
Member1.00X000
Derek Bruton
Member1.00X000
Rick Carlson
Member1.00X000
Steve Chipman
Member1.00X000
William Bill E Dwyer III
Member1.00X000
Dean Harman
Member1.00X000
Jim Herrington
Member1.00X000
Richard J Lampen
Member1.00X000
Jim Livingston
Member1.00X000
Seth Miller
Member1.00X000
John Moloney
Member1.00X000
Clive Slovin
Member1.00X000
David Stringer
Member1.00X000
David Bellaire
Executive Vice President & General Counsel40.00X327100017092
Keith Kelly
COO & Executive Vice Presi40.00X62000407243
Kevin Whitehead
Vice President, Corporate Relations40.00220706014542X
Christopher Paulitz
Senior Vice President, Membership & Marketing40.00199467019183X
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org1991139TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs0TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation79371TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K5NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K1TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (4 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/CityStateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCodeDescription Of ServicesDescriptionOfServicesCompensationCompensation
Eris Group
439 New Jersey AveWashingtonDC20003Lobbyist150603
Amanda L Carman CPA
138 Morgan Lake LaneDallasGA30157Accounting134255
REEP-OFC Westory DC LLC
51 Madison AveNew YorkNY10010Rents112139
The Eventors
1181 Mile Post Dr Suite 100AtlantaGA30338Event Planning106711
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K4NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions400AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions400TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

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Memberships90009937932083793208
Sponsor Income90009911544161154416
Broker-Dealer Conferen900099422335422335
Other Program Revenue90009949404940
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue5374899TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column4437TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion$4,437ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column5379736TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income5374899RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$4,437ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1886236Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total787613Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total65386Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total134221Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total81898Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total305401Total

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total173103Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total397983Total

Advertising Advertising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total184316Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total117229Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total88824Total

Occupancy Occupancy

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total283059Total

Travel Travel

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total187119Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total465997Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total54100Total

Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total7633Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionTotalTotal
Newsletter230906
Advocacy140812
Bad debt54840
Staff education28116

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total61738Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total5736530Total

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY32678BOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY3047659BOY
EOY3928285EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY486022BOY
EOY626136EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY168635BOY
EOY134292EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis452685LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec241514LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY96016BOY
EOY211171EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY9994BOY
EOY9994EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY3841004BOY
EOY4909878EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY784496BOY
EOY1050205EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1850063BOY
EOY3010022EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY2634559BOY
EOY4060227EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1206445BOY
EOY849651EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1206445BOY
EOY849651EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY3841004BOY
EOY4909878EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-356794ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XIIXInfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement ConsolidatedXFinancialStatementConsolidated
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct1SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying0OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year1AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
Dues Assessments3793208DuesAssessments
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Non Ded Lobby Political Carryover1270712NonDedLobbyPoliticalCarryover
Non Ded Lobby Political Total4720996NonDedLobbyPoliticalTotal
Aggr Amt Reported In Dues Notices3793208AggrAmtReportedInDuesNotices
Amount To Be Carried Over927788AmountToBeCarriedOver
Taxable-$927,788TaxableAmount

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis7686OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation748Depreciation
Book Value6938BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis87886OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation29895Depreciation
Book Value57991BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis357113OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation210871Depreciation
Book Value146242BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings211171TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Footnote In Part XIIIXFootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt5379736TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Not Rptd F9900RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal5379736RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form9905379736TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt5736530TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Not Rptd F9900ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal5736530ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form9905736530TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierDescription of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:Identifier
Return ReferencePart X, Line 2:ReturnReference
ExplanationThe organization does not have any uncertain tax positions under FIN 48. The Institute accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with accounting standards that provide guidance on when uncertain tax positions are recognized in an entity's consolidated financial statements and how the values of these positions are determined. No liability has been recorded as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 due to uncertain tax positions.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Written Employment ContractXWrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment1SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (5 entries)

TitleTitleBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Dale Brown
CEO & President275000034585103011088160124950645173000
David Bellaire
Executive Vice President & General C22069901064010008504085880344192000
Keith Kelly
COO & Executive Vice Presi23277902025000184725071880550627247000
Kevin Whitehead
Vice President, Corporate Relations1474880732180005789087530235248000
Christopher Paulitz
Senior Vice President, Membership &1827500165010216051960139870218650000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return ReferencePart I, Line 4aReturnReference
ExplanationKeith Kelly $184,725 SeveranceExplanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6This is a membership organization who is interested in creating a healthier regulatory environment for independent broker-dealers and their affiliated independent financial advisors through aggressive and effective advocacy, education and public awareness.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11The organization sends a draft copy of the form 990 to the board members to review via e-mail.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cThe Board of Directors meets each January and discusses any potential conflict of interest and then completes a form.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15The policy for determining compensation for the CEO is reviewed and approved by the board of directors or compensation committee, use of data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations, and contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2CThe organization did not change its oversight process or selection process during the year.
Part XII, Line 2dThe consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Financial Services Institute, Inc. and the Financial Services Inc. Political Action Committee ("the PAC"). The PAC is a non-profit, unincorporated association which is controlled by the Institute. The PAC has a reporting requirement under the Federal Election Campaign Act. Therefore, PAC activity is not reported and included on Form 990 for Financial Services, Institute, Inc.
Form 990 Part I Line 5Financial Services Institute, Inc., (FSI) leases their employees from Adam Keegan, Inc. FSI controls the details of work performance therefore employees are common law employees of FSI. The number of W-2's issued per W-3 reflects the number of common law employees of FSI. This number is included in the W-3 reported under Adam Keegan, Inc.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Financial Servics Institute PACBusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1900 Circle 75 Suite 860AddressLine1
CityAtlantaCity
StateGAState
ZIP Code30339ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary ActivitiesCampaign supportPrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile StateGALegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section527ExemptCodeSection
Controlled Org0ControlledOrg
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties0ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Dividends Related Organization0DividendsRelatedOrganization
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities1SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees1SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org0OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org0OtherTransferFromOtherOrg