FORT WORTH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: FORT WORTH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU (EIN 75-2147792)
Tax period: 2017-10-01 to 2018-09-30
Filed: 2019-05-14
IRS object ID: 201921349349302137
Schema version: 2017v2.3
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 B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-05-14T09:19:55-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BDO USA LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	301 Commerce Street Suite 2000	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fort Worth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	76102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	752147792	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% LINDA DE JESUS	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	FORT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8173368791	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	111 W 4th Street No 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fort Worth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	761023951	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT JAMESON	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8177382400	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-05-03	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jamie Eversole	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00839244	PTIN
Phone	8177382400	PhoneNum
Preparation	2019-05-03	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	38.122.33.26	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	75963520191345000002	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2019-05-14	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	2ACF36C24A01C036516A08B109FA1B23E7164C8C	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	2ACF36C24A01C036516A08B109FA1B23E7164C8C	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Robert L Jameson	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	111 W 4th Street No 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fort Worth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	761023951	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$11,564,755	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.fortworth.com	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1986	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO GENERATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR FORT WORTH, TEXAS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUSINESS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	19	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	19	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	84	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	21	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$11,228,929	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$11,551,531	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$10,227	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,963	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$5,975	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,261	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$11,245,131	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$11,564,755	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,754,769	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$5,107,825	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$6,990,088	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$6,582,805	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$11,744,857	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$11,690,630	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$499,726	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$125,875	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,284,339	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,032,187	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,287,673	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,161,396	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,996,666	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,870,791	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO GENERATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR FORT WORTH, TEXAS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUSINESS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	CONVENTION MARKETING, TOURISM MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS	Desc
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	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	false	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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	116	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	84	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	19	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	19	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	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	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	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LINDA DE JESUS	PersonNm
Phone	8173368791	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	111 W 4TH STREET SUITE 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT WORTH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	761023951	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (44 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
RANDY GIDEON
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDY TAFT
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID COOKE
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DENNIS SHINGLETON
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JULIE WILSON
Past Chairman	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Crawford Edwards
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER BROOKS
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Leonard Firestone
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Nurdin
Vice Chairman	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BRENDA KOSTOHRYZ
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Erin Rahr
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANN ZADEH
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Susan Alanis
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brad Barnes
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jessica Brandrup
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Julie Faver-Dylla
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mae Ferguson
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rosa Navejar
Chairman	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
John Hernandez
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Devoyd Jennings
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dione Kennedy
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kenton Nelson
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Carol Riggs
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brant Ringler
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Van Romans
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kirk Slaughter
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael Tothe
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jerre Tracy
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gloria Starling
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Karen Wiley
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Alexis Wilson
DIRECTOR	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Josh Heidenreich
Secretary/Treasurer	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
John Yeung
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Matt Homan
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brooks Kendall
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bridget Shelton
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tracy Gilmour
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Melonye Whitson
Director	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ERLINDA DE JESUS
VP - FINANCE & Administration	38.0	38.0		$174,165	$0	$36,000		Yes (X)
MITCH WHITTEN
VP - MARKETING	38.0	38.0		$193,415	$0	$7,345		Yes (X)
JOHN CYCHOL
VP - MTG SALES	38.0	38.0		$174,861	$0	$74		Yes (X)
ROBERT JAMESON
PRESIDENT & CEO	38.0	38.0		$319,357	$0	$16,451		Yes (X)
MELANIE HOOVER
ASST VP - MEETING SALES	38.0	38.0		$129,636	$0	$2,749			Yes (X)
Jason Sands
Director of Sports Marketing	38.0	38.0		$125,065	$0	$5,004			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,116,499	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$67,623	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	6	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
SUNDANCE SQUARE MANAGEMENT
201 MAIN STREET SUITE 700	FORT WORTH	TX	76102	RENT & UTILITIES	$267,619
Leck Travel Service
6001 Bridge Street	FORT WORTH	TX	76112	Travel Agency	$180,922
ASAE The Center for Assn Leadersh
PO Box 79263	BALTIMORE	MD	21279	Sponsorships	$152,693
SIMPLEVIEW
7458 N Cholla Blvd Suite 100	TUCSON	AZ	85741	Web Design	$270,239
Enterprise LLC dba High Beam Events
1406 Heather St	AUSTIN	TX	78704	Venue Production	$272,603

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$11,410,931	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$140,600	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$11,551,531	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,863	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$8,863	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$100	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

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

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$100	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$100	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$100	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$4,261	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,261	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,261	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$11,564,755	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,361	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$8,863	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,116,499	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,888,140	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$365,013	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$458,956	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$279,217	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,465	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,004	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,374	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,513,698	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,336	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$373,391	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$508,958	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,231	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,757	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
SPECIAL PURPOSE MARKETING	$782,318
COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS	$212,889
RESEARCH & SPECIAL PR	$259,664
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$236,914

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$484,806	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,690,630	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,407	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,366	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,523,214	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,317,858	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,626	BOYAmt
EOY	$174,009	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)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,063	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,424	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$205,009	BOYAmt
EOY	$176,867	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$776,585	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$487,922	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$366,020	BOYAmt
EOY	$288,663	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,284,339	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,032,187	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,287,673	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,161,396	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,287,673	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,161,396	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,752,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,619,414	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$243,696	BOYAmt
EOY	$251,377	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,996,666	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,870,791	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,284,339	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,032,187	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$125,875	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$993,696	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,681	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$1,001,377	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,069,198	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Other Expenditures	$75,503	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$993,695	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,019,242	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$49,956	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$1,069,198	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$920,330	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$98,912	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$1,019,242	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$796,617	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$123,713	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$920,330	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.74900	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.25100	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$349,521	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$174,962	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$174,559	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$281,783	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$192,611	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$89,172	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$145,281	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$120,349	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$24,932	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$288,663	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$11,564,755	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$11,564,755	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$11,564,755	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$11,690,630	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$11,690,630	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$11,690,630	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED AS EMERGENCY RESERVE FUNDS FOR THE BUREAU AND THE REMAINING UNUSED SPECIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES FUND FOR USE BY THE FORT WORTH CONVENTION CENTER AND THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL CENTER.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
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	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
ERLINDA DE JESUS
VP - FINANCE & Administration	$174,165	$36,000	$210,165
MITCH WHITTEN
VP - MARKETING	$193,415		$200,760	$7,345
JOHN CYCHOL
VP - MTG SALES	$174,861		$174,935	$74
ROBERT JAMESON
PRESIDENT & CEO	$319,357		$335,808	$16,451

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15

THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THEIR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IS BASED ON THE SET GOALS FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE BEEN SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SALARIES FROM COMPARABLE ENTITIES OF THE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAUS OF OTHER CITIES (FROM A BI-ANNUAL STUDY PREPARED BY THE DESTINATION MARKETING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL) IS CONSIDERED IN THEIR DETERMINATION AS WELL AS SALARIES OF THE CITY MANAGER, CITY DIRECTORS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION HEADS. OTHER OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT & CEO.

FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19

NO DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.