HARDWOOD FEDERATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: HARDWOOD FEDERATION INC (EIN 20-0744153)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-14
IRS object ID: 201223199349304782
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-14T12:41:20-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MARINI & ASSOCIATES LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	191 WOODPORT RD STE 205	AddressLine1
City	SPARTA	City
State	NJ	State
ZIP Code	07871	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200744153	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HARDWOOD FEDERATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	HARD	NameControl
Phone	2024632705	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 19TH STREET	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DANA LEE COLE	Name
Title	OFFICER	Title
Phone	2024632705	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-06	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	NED MARINI	Name
Phone	9737291801	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-11-14	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	DEB HAWKINSON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 19 ST NW	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	463105	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	to serve as the legislative arm for the hardwood industry The Federation represents the majority of organizations engaged in the manufacturing, wholesaling, or distribution of North American hardwood lumber, veneer, plywood, flooring and related products	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	15	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	2	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	402765	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	463105	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	402765	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	463105	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	249325	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	240794	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	150329	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	189417	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	399654	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	430211	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	3111	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	32894	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	198428	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	221571	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	32880	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	23129	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	165548	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	198442	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	to serve as the legislative arm for the hardwood industry	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	THE HF DEVELOPED AND PURSUED A RANGE OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE HARDWOOD INDUSTRY TO: PROMOTE AND REPRESENT THE INTEREST AND IMPROVE BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN THE HARDWOOD INDUSTRY TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESSES. AND TO MTN COMMERCIAL ACCESS TO FED AND PRIVATE HARDWOOD TIMBERLANDS	Description
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	true	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	true	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	true	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
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	2	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	true	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	true	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	15	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	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	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HARDWOOD FEDERATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	2024632730	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 19TH STREET NW STE 800	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
DEB HAWKINSON
Exec Dir	40.00	X	152256	0	3605
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
See Attached	2.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	152256	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	3605	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	346720	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	6585	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	109800	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	463105	TotalContributions
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	6585	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	463105	TotalRevenueColumn

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	240794	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3750	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	112773	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12889	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8931	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10501	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5680	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	370	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1566	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
PUBLIC RELATIONS	15594
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES	5580
PRINTING	11783

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	430211	Total

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	163363	BOY
EOY	97852	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	32759	BOY
EOY	121783	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1250	BOY
EOY	1250	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1734	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	1048	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1056	BOY
EOY	686	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	198428	BOY
EOY	221571	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	32430	BOY
EOY	22229	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	450	BOY
EOY	900	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	32880	BOY
EOY	23129	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	165548	BOY
EOY	198442	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	165548	BOY
EOY	198442	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	198428	BOY
EOY	221571	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	32894	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	true	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
Dues Assessments	346720	DuesAssessments
Non Ded Lobby Political Current	83103	NonDedLobbyPoliticalCurrent
Non Ded Lobby Political Total	83103	NonDedLobbyPoliticalTotal
Aggr Amt Reported In Dues Notices	69344	AggrAmtReportedInDuesNotices
Amount To Be Carried Over	13759	AmountToBeCarriedOver

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1734	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1048	Depreciation
Book Value	686	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	686	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	463105	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	430211	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	32894	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	32894	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DEB HAWKINSON	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	152256	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Filing Org	3605	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	155861	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (12 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt XII, Line 2c	Executive managment reviews the audit process and results
Pt VI, Line 7a	Board of directors elects the CEO and Audit committee
Pt VI, Line 7b	Material decisions by the governing body must be approved by the Board of Directors
Pt VI, Line 6	The organization has members
Pt VI, Line 10b	the 990 must be approved by executive management before filing
Pt VI, Line 8a	Each meeting is documented by minutes
Pt VI, Line 8b	Each meeting is documented by minutes
Pt VI, Line 12c	By inquiry and disclosure
Pt VI, Line 15	Compensation is determined by review committee
Pt VI, Line 19	By written request the documents are made available for viewing
Pt VI, Line 11a	The 990 is approved by executive management before filing
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	CREDIT FEES MISCELLANEOUS