BMW CAR CLUB OF AMERICA INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: BMW CAR CLUB OF AMERICA INC (EIN 20-2996713)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-11-12
IRS object ID: 202423179349302042
Schema version: 2023v5.1
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 G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-11-12T09:11:38+00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	440160260	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Forvis Mazars LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	500 Ridgefield Court	AddressLine1Txt
City	Asheville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28806	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	202996713	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BMW Car Club of America Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BMWC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8642500022	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2350 Hwy 101 S	AddressLine1Txt
City	Greer	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	29651	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	FRANK PATEK II	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8642500022	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-11-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Amy Bibby	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00445891	PTIN
Phone	8282542254	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-11-12	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRANK PATEK II	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2350 Hwy 101 S	AddressLine1Txt
City	Greer	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	29651	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,697,773	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.BMWCCA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1969	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	SC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG BMW CAR CLUB MEMBERS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	18	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1500	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$848,989	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$3,466,452	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$3,241,558	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$5,589	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$42,305	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,969,796	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,712,376	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$5,441,837	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,996,239	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$14,929	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,100	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,541,945	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,499,729	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,469,410	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,957,539	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,026,284	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,458,368	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$584,447	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$462,129	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,727,624	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,489,767	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$3,946,194	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$4,157,922	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$781,430	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$331,845	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE MISSION OF BMW CAR CLUB OF AMERICA, INC. IS TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND PUBLICATIONS DESIGNED TO HELP APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT, MAINTAIN, DRIVE & ENJOY THEIR BMW. THE LOCAL LEVEL	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION'S NATIONAL OFFICE BUDGETS AND COORDINATES OKTOBERFEST EACH YEAR. OKTOBERFEST IS A WEEK-LONG EVENT THAT INCLUDES DRIVING EVENTS, CLUB RACES, AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS FOR PARTICIPATING MEMBERS. THE NATIONAL OFFICE HOSTS THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR/WEBMASTER CONFERENCE, WHICH IS AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR CHAPTER NEWSLETTER EDITORS AND WEBMASTERS. THE NATIONAL OFFICE ALSO HOSTS THE CHAPTER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. THE INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS SPONSOR VARIOUS DRIVING EVENTS FOR CLUB MEMBERS. THE NATIONAL OFFICE COORDINATES MOTORSPORT INSURANCE FOR THESE EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CLUB RACES AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS. AS MEMBERS ARE ASSIGNED TO LOCAL CHAPTERS, A REBATE FROM MEMBERSHIP DUES IS MADE TO INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAPTERS ON AN ALLOCABLE BASIS TO SUPPORT EVENTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	The Club produces 8 issues of Roundel and 2 issues of BimmerLife under this publication title. BimmerLife focuses on regional chapters and their events	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$0	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	Yes (true)	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	25	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	7	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	18	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Initiation Fees And Cap Contri	$0	InitiationFeesAndCapContriAmt
Gross Receipts For Public Use	$0	GrossReceiptsForPublicUseAmt
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Organization	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8642500022	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2350 Hwy 101 S	AddressLine1Txt
City	Greer	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	29651	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Athena Brekke
Treasurer	10.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brian Thomason
Executive Vice President	15.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Darlene Doran
Secretary	10.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Eddy Funahashi
Pesident	15.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Brighton
North Central RVP	5.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeff Gomon
Central RVP	5.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lawrence Engel
North Atlantic RVP	5.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Simone harrison
South Atlantic RVP	5.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Libby
Pacific RVP	5.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frank C Patek II
Executive Director	40.0		Yes (X)	$182,313	$0	$65,300
Heather Tollison
DFO	40.0		Yes (X)	$99,753	$0	$65,300
Jason Kazian
Director of Marketing and Corp Sponsorship	40.0			$115,259	$0	$65,300	Yes (X)
Walker L Rayburn
Creative Director	40.0			$115,000	$0	$65,300	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$512,325	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$261,200	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GC SATCH CARLSON ASSOC LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8629 VIA MALLORCA UNIT F	AddressLine1Txt
City	LA JOLLA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92037	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	EDITOR	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$132,000	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions	$0	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	$2,670,168	$2,670,168
MEMBER EVENTS	900099	$542,521	$542,521
MEMBER REPRINTS/REIMBURSEMENTS	900099	$28,869	$28,869

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$3,241,558	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$42,305	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$42,305	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,046	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$6,046	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$58,800	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$58,800	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$58,800	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$58,800	ExclusionAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$992,850	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$594,500	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$398,350	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$398,350	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$157,898	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$107,034	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$50,864	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$50,864	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
SPONSORSHIP REVENUE	900099	$403,436	$403,436
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	900099	$397,678		$397,678
ROUNDEL ADVERTISING	541800	$397,202	$397,202

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,198,316	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,996,239	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,690,100	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$848,989	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$457,150	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,100	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$512,325	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$658,982	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,320	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$191,092	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,010	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,275	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,873	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$713,274	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,134	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,200,043	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,738	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,798	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,961	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,133	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$115,947	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,367	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Event Expenses	$764,594
Chapter Membership Rebates	$751,890
Income Taxes	$30,627
Miscellaneous Expenses	$6,885

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,458,368	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,314,731	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,166,874	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$679,549	BOYAmt
EOY	$689,460	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,962	BOYAmt
EOY	$107,082	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,954	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,006	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$201,268	BOYAmt
EOY	$192,317	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,556	BOYAmt
EOY	$91,232	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,834,496	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$745,944	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,185,089	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,088,552	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$93,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,744	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,500	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,727,624	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,489,767	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,278	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,711	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,786,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,973,686	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,325	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,525	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,946,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,157,922	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$781,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$331,845	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$781,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$331,845	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,727,624	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,489,767	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$462,129	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$12,544	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$600,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$600,000	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,793,697	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$341,730	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,451,967	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$186,406	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$155,028	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$31,378	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$254,393	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$249,186	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,207	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,088,552	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
FSA Funds Held for Employees	$10,519
bwa na corral deposits	$8,006

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$18,525	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	$992,850	GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Cash Prizes Other Gaming	$546,000	CashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming	$46,000	NonCashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Gaming	$2,500	RentFcltyCostsOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	false	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	$992,850	GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$546,000	CashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$46,000	NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Gaming	$2,500	RentFcltyCostsTotalGamingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	GA	StatesWhereGamingConductedCd
States Where Gaming Conducted	SC	StatesWhereGamingConductedCd
Licensed	Yes (true)	LicensedInd
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With Nonmembers	false	GamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Own Facility	0.0	GamingOwnFacilityPct
Gaming Other Facility	1.0	GamingOtherFacilityPct
Individual With Books	Josh Beniamino	IndividualWithBooksNm

Persons With Books US Address PersonsWithBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2350 HWY 101 S	AddressLine1Txt
City	GREER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	29651	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game Rev	false	CntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd

Gaming Manager Business Name GamingManagerBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRANK PATEK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Manager Compensation	$0	GamingManagerCompensationAmt
Gaming Manager Services Prov	FRANK PATEK IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BMW CAR CLUB OF AMERICA. AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HE OVERSEES THE ANNUAL RAFFLE. HE RECEIVES NO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THIS DUTY. HIS SALARY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DISCLOSED IN PART VII OF THE FORM 990.	GamingManagerServicesProvTxt
Gaming Manager Is Employee	Yes (X)	GamingManagerIsEmployeeInd
Charitable Distribution Rqr	false	CharitableDistributionRqrInd
Distributed	$0	DistributedAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Frank C Patek II
Executive Director	$179,813	$0	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$19,300	$0	$46,000	$0	$247,613	$0	$0	$0
Heather Tollison
DFO	$99,753	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,300	$0	$46,000	$0	$165,053	$0	$0	$0
Walker L Rayburn
Creative Director	$115,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,300	$0	$46,000	$0	$180,300	$0	$0	$0
Jason Kazian
Director of Marketing and Corp Sponsorship	$115,259	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,300	$0	$46,000	$0	$180,559	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule J, Part I, Line 7	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ANNUAL BONUSES ARE GIVEN BASED ON PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. THESE BONUSES ARE NOT TIED TO COMPANY EARNINGS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders	BMW ENTHUSIASTS CAN JOIN THE CAR CLUB THROUGH PAYMENT OF A MEMBERSHIP FEE. MEMBERS ARE THEN ASSIGNED TO A LOCAL CAR CLUB SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS SOCIAL EVENTS WITH OTHER BMW ENTHUSIASTS IN THEIR AREA.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body	THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE BOARD ELECTION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD VIA E-MAIL WITH TIME FOR REVIEW AND COMMENTS PRIOR TO FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	ALL COVERED PERSONS ARE REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY CERTIFY THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND TO LIST ANY RELATIONSHIP, POSITION OR CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED AND BELIEVE COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. ANY QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS ARE INQUIRED ABOUT BY MANAGEMENT.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL KEY EMPLOYEES BY REVIEWING CURRENT SALARIES, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, AND CURRENT ECONOMIC FACTORS. INITIAL COMPENSATION WAS SET WITH THE AID OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH SERVICE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL KEY EMPLOYEES BY REVIEWING CURRENT SALARIES, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, AND CURRENT ECONOMIC FACTORS. INITIAL COMPENSATION WAS SET WITH THE AID OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH SERVICE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	THE ORGANIZATION'S OPERATIONS MANUAL, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, IS POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN ROUNDEL MAGAZINE AND COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fees	Roundel fees - Total Expense: 309425, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Writers - Total Expense: 207575, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Computer Services - Total Expense: 113966, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Outside Contractors - Total Expense: 82308, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ;