INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (EIN 39-1102345)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-06-04
IRS object ID: 201241569349300254
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-06-04T08:25:15-05:00	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	MADISON BOOKKEEPING & TAX SERVICE INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6200 GISHOLT DRIVE SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53713	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	391102345	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF FIREFIGHTERS	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	311 IAFF	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	INTE	NameControl
Phone	6082572030	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	821 WILLIAMSON STREET	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53703	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOE CONWAY	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	6082572030	Phone
Date Signed	2012-05-21	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	THOMAS A BRYS	Name
Phone	6082211685	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-06-04	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)
Gross Receipts	357128	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.LOCAL311.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	A LABOR ORGANIZATION TO PRODUCE TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND BENIFITS TO MEMBER FIREFIGHTERS	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	23	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	400	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	31	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	365682	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	341177	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1682	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1387	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	14564	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	367364	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	357128	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	91022	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	91556	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	208882	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	236489	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	299904	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	328045	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	67460	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	29083	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	295966	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	325307	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	19425	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	19683	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	276541	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	305624	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	A LABOR ORGANIZATION TO PRODUCE TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND BENIFITS TO MEMBER FIREFIGHTERS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	APROX 400 RECIEVED TRAINING & EDUCATION	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	APROXIMATELY 400 FIREFIGHTERS BENIFITED FROM TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN 2010	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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	true	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	31	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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	23	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	400	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	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	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	JOE CONWAY	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6082664301	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	821 WILLIAMSON ST	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53703	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (30 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
JON BYRD
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	1535	1535	0
RANDY HANSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
BRENDEN R KORNELL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
ROBIN POWERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
WENDY KRUGMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
MATTHEW MILLER
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
JASON S LADWIG
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
THOMAS LE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
BOB BAGGOT
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
MICHAEL CARLIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
GARY SALMELA
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
RICHIE NELSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	767	767	0
DAVID KRALL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
TIMOTHY HAGEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
JEFF LARSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
JEROD NADOLNY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
MATT HERRMANN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
ADRIAN SMITH
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
JERED TENNANT
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
JOHNNY WINSTON JR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	639	639	0
LORENZO HAIRSTON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
MAHLON MITCHELL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
DAN STORLEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
JOSEPH ELLINGSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
NATHAN FRANKE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
JEFFERY A VOGEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
SAMUEL J YACKEL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	128	128	0
JOE CONWAY JR
PRESIDENT	40.00		20461	20461	0	X
CLAY CHRISTENSON
SEC.-TREAS.	20.00		10998	10998	0	X
KEVIN SHERRY
VICE PRES	20.00		10998	10998	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	58437	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	58437	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	341177	MembershipDues
Total Contributions	341177	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1387	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1387	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	UNION WEAR	Description
Total Revenue Column	14564	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	14564	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	14564	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	357128	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	15951	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	79494	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4562	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7500	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17056	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1030	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1664	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	920	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8828	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11900	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22900	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	102984	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3271	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	325	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
MOTIONS	31627
UNION WEAR	20031
MILEAGE & TRAVEL	3228
PICINIC EXP	2929

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7796	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	328045	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	116831	BOY
EOY	143881	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	177822	BOY
EOY	179209	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	150	BOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	22775	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	20558	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1163	BOY
EOY	2217	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	295966	BOY
EOY	325307	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	380	BOY
EOY	280	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19045	BOY
EOY	19403	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19425	BOY
EOY	19683	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	276541	BOY
EOY	305624	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	276541	BOY
EOY	305624	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	295966	BOY
EOY	325307	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	29083	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	22775	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	20558	Depreciation
Book Value	2217	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2217	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
CONDUIT TRUST PAYABLE	$17,810
PAC CLEARING BAL	$1,593

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	19403	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	APROXIMATELY 400 FIREFIGHTERS BENIFITED FROM TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN 2010
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC