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STATE FAIR OF TEXAS: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS (EIN 75-6002511)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-11-14
IRS object ID
201133189349307273
Schema version
2010v3.4
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)
Timestamp2011-11-14T16:51:29-06:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BRUCE E BERNSTIEN & ASSOC PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

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Address Line110440 N CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY STE 1040AddressLine1
CityDALLASCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75231ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2010-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN756002511EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1STATE FAIR OF TEXASBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlSTATNameControl
Phone2144218701Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO BOX 150009AddressLine1
CityDALLASCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75315ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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TitlecfoTitle
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Preparer Preparer

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Tax Year2010TaxYear
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Form 990 IRS990

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Mission DescriptionIN KEEPING WITH ITS HISTORICAL COMMITTMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS FOLLOWS SOUND BUSINESS PRACTICES AND DEMONSTRATES CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL EVENT, RECOGNIZED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR ITS QUALITY PROGRAMMING, PRICE ACCESSIBILITY AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT.MissionDescription
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April Box Chamberlain
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Roy C Coffee Jr
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Randall R Engstrom
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J Michael Lewis
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Alice Murray
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Total179219391Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage5090.99130PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage0.98973PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage0.00869InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage0.01027PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition AmtsArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art AmtsHeldWorksOfArtAmts

Current Year CurrentYear

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance41669BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses9InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures9OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance41669EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance37500BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions4169Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses116InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures116OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance41669EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributions37500Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses180InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures180OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance37500EndOfYearBalance
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance0.00000BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance1.00000PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance0.00000TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis4812648OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value4812648BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis13283958OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation9886304Depreciation
Book Value3397654BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis8750762OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation6090461Depreciation
Book Value2660301BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis13912811OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation7991775Depreciation
Book Value5921036BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis211390OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value211390BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings17003029TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Federal Income Tax Liability0FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (15 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
ACCRUED SCHOLARSHIPS PAYABLE$569,063
ACCRUED POLICE OT-CITY OF DALL$1,125,400
DEFERRED COMPENSATION-SEC 457$1,401,355
ACCRUED RENT$4,457,490
ACCRUED LEGAL FEES$24,114
ACCRUED MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE$1,202,786
ACCRUED AUDIT FEES$75,825
ACCRUED BANK ANALYSIS FEES$45,000
ACCRUED CREDIT CARD FEES$27,629
AUCTION SALES-2010 SEASON$43,765
ACCRUED INTEREST$74,198
ACCRUED FMV SWAP DERIVATIVE$1,142,826
ACCRUED UTILITIES$475,000
ACCRUED UNEARNED REVENUE$0
OTHER ACCRUED LIABILITIES$295,932
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts10960383TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue42725716TotalRevenue
Total Expenses34079292TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year8646424ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments618821NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other-$18,788OtherAmount
Total Adjustments600033TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS9246457ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt40259653TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments618821NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Revenue Not Rptd F990618821RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal39640832RevenueSubtotal
Other Revenues Not Included3084884OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt3084884RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99042725716TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt31013196TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal31013196ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included3066096OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt3066096ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99034079292TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
reconciliation of change in net assetsform 990, schedule d, part xi, line 8:- NET INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING EVENTS $ -18,788
revenue items on books not on returnform 990, schedule d, part xii, line 4b:- rent expense $-1,361,969 - CASH SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS $ 3,809,021 - IN-KIND SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS $ 619,044 - NET INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING EVENTS $ 18,788
EXPENSE ITEMS ON BOOKS NOT ON RETURNform 990, schedule d, part xiii, line 4b:- rent expense $-1,361,969 - CASH SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION $-3,809,021 - IN-KIND SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION $ -619,044
intended use of endowment fundFORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4:THE ENDOWMENT IS RESTRICTED BY THE DONOR FOR PURPOSES OF LIVESTOCK AUCTION PREMIUMS AT THE ANNUAL YOUTH LIVESTOCK AUCTION.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1LIVESTOCK AUCT.NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1749613GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1555496CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1194117GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1175329OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Total Number Of Other Events0TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total749613GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total555496CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events194117GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events175329OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events175329DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary18788NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records MaintainedtrueRecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (8 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressUS/CityStateAddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCodeEIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipientIRC SectionIRCSectionAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrantMethod Of ValuationMethodOfValuationPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
Blinn Junior College
902 College AvenueBrenhamTX778337560004001155625FMVEducation
Southern Methodist University
P O Box 750196DallasTX75275750800689501 (c)(3)5625FMVEducation
Tarleton State University
Box T 0310 Tarleton StationStephenvilleTX7640275600187011514375FMVEducation
Texas A&M University - College Station
The PavilionCollege StationTX7784374600053111582500FMVEducation
Texas A&M University - Commerce
PO Box 3011 TAMU StationCommerceTX754297560013531155625FMVEducation
Texas Tech University
PO Box 45011LubbockTX7940975600262211525625FMVEducation
University of Texas at Austin
P O Box 7699AustinTX7871374600020311517188FMVEducation
West Texas A&M University
WTAMU Box 60939CanyonTX760167560314051156875FMVEducation
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants1TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations7TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierPROCEDURE FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANTS IN THE USIdentifier
Return ReferenceFORM 990, SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2ReturnReference
ExplanationThe recipients of scholarships from the State Fair of Texas Youth Scholaship Fund must meet these five requirements: 1) Compete in one of the State Fair of Texas competitive agriculture/livestock events; 2) Submit high school transcript (complete through third six weeks of senior year) including verified ACT and/or SAT scores and verified rank in graduating class and graduating class size; 3) Submit a completed application during the period March 1-15 4) Graduate from high school during the current year and begin college or university course work the following Fall Semester; 5) Attend an accredited college or university in Texas and take a minimum of 12-hour course load per term and maintain a minimum 2.5 grade point average. Scholarship awards are determined on the basis of financial need, academic performance and participation in extra-curricular activities, with preference given to those applicants who enroll in an agricultural and/or natural resources curriculum who show financial need. Additionally, scholarships are awarded to inner-city youth attending the five Dallas Independent School District high schools surrounding the Fair Park area (James Madison, Lincoln, North Dallas, Irma Rangel and Woodrow Wilson high schools). Such awards are based upon applications received from students at the five high schools and selection is based upon financial need, academic performance and participation in extra-curricular activities and the criteria listed in items two through five above. awards are renewable annually if the student maintains a 3.0 gpa toward their college degree at a texas university and/or community college. sft employs an independent scholarship coordinator to administer the scholarship program.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Travel For CompanionsXTravelForCompanions
Idemnification Gross Up PaymentsXIdemnificationGrossUpPayments
Written Policy Re T And E ExpensesfalseWrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation RequiredtrueSubstantiationRequired
Independent ConsultantXIndependentConsultant
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire PlantrueSupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp ArrangementfalseEquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related OrgsfalseCompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing OrgfalseCompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate OrgsfalseCompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (8 entries)

Base 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
Errol McKoy
299329015600002849405262501628770699325000
Lee D Winton
2048160590000108880406550794920394851000
Robert L Hilbun
1489080330000116180210760279290242531000
Ron E Black
1399200340000127720403020285800255574000
Mitchell Glieber
13144103300001800259800128670203468000
Jaime Navarro
118429016000023750181190189030173826000
Eunice D Sloan
973620210000157380259630284220188485000
Wanda S Gooding
98832018000039600349470185760174315000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
relevant information regarding companion travelform 990, schedule j, part i, line 1a:travel of a listed person's guest not traveling primarily for bona fide business purposes is paid by the organization and included in the listed person's form W2.
written policy regarding payment of reimbursementform 990, schedule j, part i, line 1b:THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES A CAR ALLOWANCE OF $1,000 PER MONTH WHICH IS GROSSED UP. THE CAR ALLOWANCE WAS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION IN THE MINUTES OF ITS MEETING.
participation in supplemental nonqualified retirement planform 990, schedule j, part i, line 4b:In 2007, State Fair of Texas (SFT) adopted a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under IRC Section 457(f) and entered into deferred compensation agreements with the President and CFO/Senior Vice President, Finance. SFT's contributions to the nonqualified plan for services performed by the executives in 2010 were as follows: Employee Amount Errol McKoy $130,000 Lee Winton $ 50,000

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonROBERT B SMITHNamePerson
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationshipgen counsel & vchair/secRelationship
Amount Of Transaction340788AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionROUTINE LEGAL BUSINESSDescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierBusiness Transactions Involving Interested PersonsIdentifier
Return ReferenceSchedule L, Part IV:ReturnReference
ExplanationState Fair of Texas made payments totaling $340,788.43 to Robert B. Smith of Smith & Smith for legal services rendered. Mr. Smith serves as the organization's general legal counsel and is Vice-Chairman/Corporate Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. The organization conducts routine business with entities affiliated with members of its Board of Directors. With respect to the organization and these entities, such transactions are conducted in the normal course of operations.Explanation

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Works Of ArtWorksOfArt
Art Historical TreasuresArtHistoricalTreasures
Art Fractional InterestArtFractionalInterest
Books And PublicationsBooksAndPublications
Clothing And Household GoodsClothingAndHouseholdGoods

Cars And Other Vehicles CarsAndOtherVehicles

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions31NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F99061867NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining RevenuesLEASE VALUEMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Boats And PlanesBoatsAndPlanes
Intellectual PropertyIntellectualProperty
Securities Publicly TradedSecuritiesPubliclyTraded
Securities Closely Held StockSecuritiesCloselyHeldStock
Securities Prtnrshp Trust IntrstsSecuritiesPrtnrshpTrustIntrsts
Securities MiscellaneousSecuritiesMiscellaneous
Qualified Contrib Hist StructQualifiedContribHistStruct
Qualified Contrib OtherQualifiedContribOther
Real Estate ResidentialRealEstateResidential
Real Estate CommercialRealEstateCommercial
Real Estate OtherRealEstateOther
CollectiblesCollectibles
Food InventoryFoodInventory
Drugs And Medical SuppliesDrugsAndMedicalSupplies
TaxidermyTaxidermy
Historical ArtifactsHistoricalArtifacts
Scientific SpecimensScientificSpecimens
Archaeological ArtifactsArchaeologicalArtifacts

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxDescriptionDescriptionNumber Of ContributionsNumberOfContributionsNoncash Contribs Rptd F990NoncashContribsRptdF990Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
XADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS0363311FMV
XUNIFORMS028030REPLACEMENT VALUE
XEQUIPMENT RENTAL0146355REPLACEMENT VALUE
XCELLULAR TELEPHONE019481FMV
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (11 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
THE NUMBER OF VOTING MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODYFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1a:State Fair of Texas ("SFT") is governed by a 51 member Board of Directors elected by its stockholders (see Schedule O supplementary statement for Part VI - Section A - 6). Article V Section 1 of SFT's bylaws provides for the establishment of an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, as follows: "The Corporation shall have an Executive Committee consisting of the Chairman of the Board, acting ex officio as chairman of the Executive Committee, the President, the General Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer/Senior Vice President of Finance, each of the other Vice Chairmen, the Treasurer, the Secretary and the chairman of the Finance/Audit Committee. The Executive Committee shall have and exercise all of the authority and power of the Board of Directors in connection with the management, business and affairs of the Corporation, provided that the Executive Committee shall not be authorized to take any action which the Charter or the By Laws require to be taken by vote of a specified number of directors or any other action required or specified by the Texas Business Organizations Code or other applicable law to be taken by the Board of Directors. Each officer of the Corporation shall report to the Executive Committee. The appointment of the Executive Committee and the delegation of authority thereto shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors or any director of any responsibility imposed upon the Board of Directors or such director by law.
DIRECTOR OR KEY EMPLOYEE FAMILY OR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2:Name of Individuals Type of Relationship Roy Coffee and J. Michael Lewis Business Roy Gene Evans and Pete Schenkel Business Roy Gene Evans and Rob Farrell Business Roy Gene Evans and Bruce Sifford Business Roy Gene Evans and Alan Walne Business Roy Gene Evans and Joel Williams, Jr. Business Roy Gene Evans and Joel Williams III Business Joel Williams, Jr. and Joel Williams III Family John W. Carpenter III and J. Michael Lewis Business Ruben Esquivel and Robert W. Best Business
ORGANIZATION MEMBERS AND STOCKHOLDERSFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6:SFT was originally charted as a Texas corporation on May 27, 1904, prior to the enactment of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act. At the time of SFT's incorporation, all Texas corporations, whether for-profit or non-profit, were required to have capital stock. In accordance with the original charter, SFT has outstanding capital stock. All of the capital stock is one class without nominal or par value. The Restated Certificate of Formation and the Bylaws of SFT provide that no part of the net earnings shall inure to the benefit of any stockholder and upon dissolution of SFT, all of its assets shall be distributed to an organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, and/or public purposes and exempt from Federal income tax. Each stockholder is entitled to one vote per share of capital stock for each matter submitted at a meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders of SFT elect the Board of Directors, which manages the affairs of SFT.
MEMBERS AND OTHERS WHO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODYFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A:SFT has a single class of stockholders which is entitled to elect the Board of Directors at each annual meeting of the stockholders and to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors which result form an increase in the number of directors.
DECISIONS OF GOVERNING BODY SUBJECT TO APPROVALFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B:SFT has a single class of stockholders which has the authority to approve amendments to SFT's Restated Certificate of Formation and to approve the Board of Directors' recommendations of the distribution of assets upon the dissolution of SFT.
PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 11A:The Form 990 was reviewed in detail with the Finance/Audit Committee at its meeting on November 14, 2011. The Form 990 was then distributed to all members of the Board of Directors prior to filing.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHISTLEBLOWER, DOCUMENT POLICYFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINES 12-14:SFT adopted a Conflicts of Interest and Ethics Policy (the "Policy") on April 15, 2009. The Policy also includes a Whistleblower Policy for SFT. SFT also adopted a Document Retention Policy on April 15, 2009.
MONTIORING AND ENFORCING CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICYFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C:sft performs an annual survey of its directors, officers, and key employees regarding any business or family relationships with sft or with other of the organization's directors, officers and key employees. any exceptions noted are reviewed by the finance/audit committee which recommends any necessary corrective action to the executive committee.
PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATIONFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15:In August 2010, SFT engaged an independent national accounting and consulting firm to update the previous compensation review which was last performed in 2006. Positions included in this compensation review were President, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Department Directors. The firm conducted market analyses for these positions' base and total cash compensation and advised sft that all amounts were within the competitive range. The President provides salary and incentive pay recommendations for all employees (other than the President), which are reviewed by the Finance/Audit Committee. The Chairman of the Board of Directors makes A recommendation of the President's salary and incentive pay, which is also reviewed by the Finance/Audit Committee. Salary and incentive pay amounts are deliberated on by the Finance/Audit Committee without the presence of management and utilizing the compensation review referenced above, with recommendations then made to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for consideration, deliberation and decision. All such decisions of the Executive Committee are documented with contemporaneous minutes of its meetings. all of these recommendations, deliberations and decisions are made taking into account the independent review mentioned above.
HOW MAKE DOCUMENTS PUBLICFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19:SFT makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public by providing copies upon request and available for inspection at its administrative office. Additionally, the following documents are available to the general public on SFT's website at www.bigtex.com: Bylaws, Certificate of Formation, Conflict of Interest/Ethics Policy, Finance/Audit Committee Charter, Early Adoption of Business Organization Code and audited financial statements.
Reconciliation of Net AssetsForm 990, Part XI, Line 5:Unrealized gain on investments totals $618,820.