US APPLE EXPORT COUNCIL: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: US APPLE EXPORT COUNCIL (EIN 20-3200225)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-05-12
IRS object ID: 201131329349301323
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Note: A later return for the same period supersedes this one.
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-05-12T11:07:47-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Dalal & Company	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 King Street Ste 301	AddressLine1
City	Alexandria	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	223142730	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	203200225	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	US Apple Export Council	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	USAP	NameControl
Phone	7033120699	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4213 N 23rd Street	AddressLine1
City	Arlington	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	222073922	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Kristine A Marceca	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Phone	7033120699	Phone
Date Signed	2011-05-07	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Rustam J Dalal	Name
Phone	7035481055	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Kristine A Marceca	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4213 N 23rd Street	AddressLine1
City	Arlington	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	222073922	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1491915	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.USAAPPLES.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2005	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	VA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE U.S. APPLE INDUSTRY BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN TO EXPAND AND SUPPORT THE EXPORTS OF U.S. APPLES AND APPLE PRODUCTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	16	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	1154357	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	1491914	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	3436	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1157793	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1491915	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	1138421	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1518778	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1138421	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1518778	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	19372	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-26863	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	427217	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	707242	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	335469	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	642358	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	91748	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	64884	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE U.S. APPLE INDUSTRY BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN TO EXPAND AND SUPPORT THE EXPORTS OF U.S. APPLES AND APPLE PRODUCTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Description	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE - MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM:Conduct market development and promotion programs for fresh apples grown in USAEC member states. programs operate in Canada, Europe, Mexico, Taiwan. Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Singapore.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS PROGRAM:Conduct technical programs for fresh apples grown in USAEC member states - programs include Mexico. Preclearance issues in Virginia, Michigan and California.*General resolution issues.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE - EMERGING MARKETS PROGRAM TECHNICAL ISSUES RESOLUTION FUND:Conduct market development and promotion programs for fresh apples grown in USAEC member states. Programs operate in Russia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Phillippines, and Brazil.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	0	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
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More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
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Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
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Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	1	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	16	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	1	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	1	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	1	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	1	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Organization	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	7033120699	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4213 N 23rd Street	AddressLine1
City	Arlington	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	222073922	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (20 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	FormerFormer
JIM ALLEN
Council MEMBER	0.50	X	0	0	0
FRED HESS
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.50	X	0	0	0
KARIN RODRIGUEZ
Vice Chairperson	1.50	X	0	0	0	X
DON ARMOCK
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
CHRIS BRITTON
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
HENRY CHILES
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
ALEX OTT
Council Member	0.30	X	0	0	0
DAVID A ROBISHAW
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
TODD SANDERS
Secretary-Treasurer	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Kaari Stannard
Chairperson	1.50	X	0	0	0	X
John Iannacci
CounCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
Russell Powell
coUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
Denise Donahue
CoUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
Larry Wright
CouNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
Phil Glaize
CoUNCIL MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
Daniel Albinder
Council MEMBER	0.30	X	0	0	0
KRISTINE MARCECA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		0	0	0	X
CHARLES M ANDOLA II
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.30		0	0	0		X
Tom Pletcher
COUNCIL MEMBER	0.30		0	0	0		X
Steven Justis
CoUNCIL MEMBER	0.30		0	0	0		X

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Total Reportable Comp From Org	0	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation	Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/City	CountryAddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/Country	Postal CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/PostalCode
Townsend Management
4213 N 23rd Street	Arlington	VA	22207	management services	197000
Grupo PM SA DE CV
				promotional services	118712	AV Coronel Ahumada 204 Col Lomas	Cuernavaca, Morelos	MX	62350

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	2	NumberOfContractorsGT100K

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FAS Contracts	900099	1248914	1248914
Membership dues	900099	243000	243000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	1491914	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Miscellaneous	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	1	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1491915	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1491915	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	197000	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2100	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8695	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5956	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17525	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20828	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1940	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
MAP REIMBURSEMENTS	926183
TASC reimbursements	207176
EMP REIMBURSEMENTS	115554
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS	10567
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	2960

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2294	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1518778	Total

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	53238	BOY
EOY	10413	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	372242	BOY
EOY	643743	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1737	BOY
EOY	53086	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	427217	BOY
EOY	707242	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	330469	BOY
EOY	628358	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5000	BOY
EOY	14000	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	335469	BOY
EOY	642358	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	91748	BOY
EOY	64884	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	91748	BOY
EOY	64884	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	427217	BOY
EOY	707242	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	0	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	1	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	0	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Kristine A Marceca	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	Executive Director	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	197000	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	The Executive Director's Management company Townsend Management has contracted with USAEC for her services as executive directot and management of USAEC.	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (9 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3	The Executive Director's management company, Townsend Management, has a management services agreement with USAEC to provide her services and management of USAEC.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	MEMBERS ARE STATE APPLE GROWER ASSOCIATIONS WHO PAY ANNUAL DUES.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	ANNUAL ELECTION AT ANNUAL MEETING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b	APPROVAL AT THE THREE ANNUAL MEETINGS, OR BY CONFERENCEE CALL, OR E-MAIL.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	The 990 is provided to the governing body for review and approval for filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	Discussed at annual meeting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The management contract for the executive director's management company is approved by the board annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.
	The financial records had to be reconstructed during the year, and the final reconstruction is nearing completion. As a result, the required A-133 audit has not yet been conducted. As soon as the records are ready to be audited, and independentr audit conducted under OMB A-133 will be performed and an amended Form 990 will be filed which will be reconciled to the financial audit.