GREATER PORT ARTHUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: GREATER PORT ARTHUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (EIN 74-0840940)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-05-16
IRS object ID: 201141369349305534
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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	2011-05-16T14:56:47-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BRAMMER BEGNAUD & LATTIMORE	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3025 PLAZA CIRCLE	AddressLine1
City	PORT ARTHUR	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	776425563	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	740840940	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GREATER PORT ARTHUR CHAMBER OF	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	COMMERCE	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GREA	NameControl
Phone	4099631107	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4749 TWIN CITY HWY	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 300N	AddressLine2
City	PORT ARTHUR	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77642	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	WAYNE MOORE	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	4099631107	Phone
Date Signed	2011-05-10	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAVID L LATTIMORE	Name
Phone	4099831669	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-05-13	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	348455	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.PORTARTHURTEXAS.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	27	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	27	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	7	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	427673	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	330594	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	41854	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	14391	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	4490	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	3470	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	474017	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	348455	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	189831	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	175974	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	269702	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	152770	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	459533	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	328744	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	14484	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	19711	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	684996	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	650501	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	147916	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	188808	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	537080	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	461693	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	44600	Expense
Description	COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REVENUE 75,883.04	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	26411	Expense
Description	COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REVENUE 43,270.21	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	550	Expense
Description	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REVENUE 0.00	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	71561	TotalProgramServiceExpense
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	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	3	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	7	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
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	27	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	27	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	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	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
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

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	MARY ANN REID	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4099631107	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4749 TWIN CITY HWY SUITE 300	AddressLine1
City	PORT ARTHUR	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77642	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (27 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
RON ARCENEAUX
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
MORRIS ALBRIGHT III
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
AB BERNARD
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
TOM BURGER
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
PAUL CHARGOIS
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
BEN DAVIS
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
PAUL DICKERSON
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
MARK HANLON
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
HOLLY HINDS
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
SHANE HOWARD
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
MITCH OSBORNE
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
DEBORAH PARKER
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
SARAH PECK-PEARSON
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
BARBARA PHILLIPS
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
DR MARK PORTERIE
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
MIKE ROEBUCK
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
RICK STROUSE
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
KENNY TIMS SR
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
BART UMPHERY
DIRECTOR	000.00	X	0	0	0
MARY ANN REID
PRES/EXC DIR	000.00		51780	0	0	X
WAYNE MOORE
CHAIRMAN	000.00		0	0	0	X
CLARK COLVIN
CHAIRMAN ELE	000.00		0	0	0	X
IKE AKBARI
VICE-CHAIR	000.00		0	0	0	X
JUDGE ROBERT BOB MORGAN
TREASURER	000.00		0	0	0	X
BRENDA BROUSSARD
MEMBER AT LG	000.00		0	0	0	X
CONRAD COOPER
MEMBER AT LG	000.00		0	0	0	X
MARK VIATOR
PAST CHAIRMA	000.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	51780	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
MEMBERSHIP DUES	211441	211441
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT	75883	75883
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	43270	43270

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	330594	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	14391	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	14391	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Description
Total Revenue Column	3470	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	3470	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	3470	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	348455	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	348455	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	51780	Total
Management And General	51780	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93853	Total
Management And General	93853	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15979	Total
Management And General	15979	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14362	Total
Management And General	14362	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11600	Total
Management And General	11600	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29346	Total
Management And General	29346	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7834	Total
Management And General	7834	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1281	Total
Management And General	1281	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT	44600	44600
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMEN	26411	26411
BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, & ME	4955		4955
INTERNET SERVICE	3410		3410
COMMISSION	3205		3205

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20128	Total
Program Services	550	ProgramServices
Management And General	19578	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	328744	Total
Program Services	71561	ProgramServices
Management And General	257183	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25119	BOY
EOY	93153	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	106846	BOY
EOY	107704	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	300	BOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	228201	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	7507	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	309915	BOY
EOY	220694	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	242816	BOY
EOY	228950	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	684996	BOY
EOY	650501	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3959	BOY
EOY	4785	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	143957	BOY
EOY	184023	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	147916	BOY
EOY	188808	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	537080	BOY
EOY	461693	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	537080	BOY
EOY	461693	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	684996	BOY
EOY	650501	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	19711	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-95098	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

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

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	219328	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	219328	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	8873	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	7507	Depreciation
Book Value	1366	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	220694	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
LONG - TERM DEBT	$129,557
DEFERRED REVENUE - GTDA	$54,465
ROUNDING ADJ	$1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	184023	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
RELATED PARTY INFORMATION AMONG OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	EDWARD JONES INVEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OWNER DIRECTOR INVESTMENT BROKER
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MUST BE APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5	95,098 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT TO SHOW THE AMOUNT FOR FIXED ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION. THE ENTITY HAD PREVIOUSLY NOT SHOWN THESE AMOUNTS AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDITORS TO START SHOWING AMOUNTS FOR FIXED ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION.