2018-11-09T10:18:55-06:00 2017-12-31 MICHAEL BERRY CPA PO BOX 5045 CULVER CITY CA 90230 990 2017-04-26 821341190 FACADE TECTONICS INSTITUTE INC FACA 8609169174 240 PANE ROAD NEWINGTON CT 06111 ATTILA ARIAN TREASURER 8609169174 2018-11-09 1 MICHAEL BERRY P00179412 3107454027 X 23.241.196.243 2018-11-09 10:18:13 PS P F0D1D7F3213C11ECE9BDE5D4E232E99CC46FDEA6 F0D1D7F3213C11ECE9BDE5D4E232E99CC46FDEA6 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z X HELEN SANDERS 240 PANE ROAD NEWINGTON CT 06111 292180 0 X HTTPS://FACADETECTONICS.ORG/ X 2017 CA THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES OF THE FACADE TECTONICS INSTITUTE, INC. ( REFERRED TO AS FTI) (SCH O CON) INCLUDE ORGANIZING CONFERENCES, FORUMS AND SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS AMONG BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS, ARCHITECTS, DEVELOPERS, OWNERS, MATERIAL SUPPLIERS AND FACADE FABRICATORS; CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE LATEST BUILDING FACADE TECHNOLOGIES; AND PUBLISHING JOURNAL, SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, TECHNICAL GUIDES, RESEARCH REPORTS AND BOOKS. FTI'S CONFERENCES, ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE IN ORDER TO BENEFIT THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, AND TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, COMFORT, FUNCTION AND SAFETY OF BUILDING FACADES AND FACADE SYSTEMS. 15 15 0 15 0 0 52779 239345 0 56 292180 0 0 0 0 0 154443 154443 137737 137737 0 137737 X FTI WAS FORMED TO EDUCATE BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC OF BUILDING FACADES AND FACADE SYSTEMS. BUILDING FACADES COMBINE CONSIDERATIONS OF PERFORMANCE AND APPEARANCE, AND ENHANCEMENTS TO BUILDING FACADE (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O) TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE BUILDINGS SAFER, MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE, MORE FUNCTIONAL AND COMFORTABLE FOR OCCUPANTS, AND MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. 0 0 141827 239401 DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, FTI HELD FOUR EVENTS. THE FIRST EVENT WAS THE FACADE TECTONICS SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND WORLD CONGRESS. A CALL FOR PAPERS WAS MET WITH OVER 200 ABSTRACT SUBMITTALS. THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS WERE SUBJECTED TO AN INTENSIVE BLIND PEER REVIEW PROCESS ADMINISTERED BY TWO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROFESSORS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE. THE REVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REVIEW COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF OVER 300 PRACTITIONERS AND ACADEMICS ASSEMBLED BY FTI FOR THIS PURPOSE. APPROXIMATELY 100 PAPERS WERE ULTIMATELY QUALIFIED FOR PRESENTATION AT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS CONVENED IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 400 REGISTRANTS (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O). THE SECOND EVENT WAS A PRESENTATION AT A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP AT THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 200 ARCHITECTS.AS FTI WASN'T FORMALLY ORGANIZED AT THE TIME OF THESE EVENTS (BOTH HELD IN 2016), A DORMANT CORPORATION OWNED PARTIALLY BY ONE OF FTI DIRECTORS WAS USED TO COLLECT SUCH REVENUES AND DISBURSE NECESSARY EXPENDITURES. THE NET AMOUNT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSFERRED TO FTI DURING 2017 (THE REMAINDER TRANSFERRED IN 2018). SUCH REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FORM 990.THE THIRD AND FOURTH EVENTS CONSISTED OF TWO SMALLER HALF-DAY EVENTS HELD IN 2017 THAT FTI BRANDS AS FACADE TECTONICS FORUMS. THE FIRST OF THOSE WAS HELD IN CHICAGO AT THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 70 REGISTERED ATTENDEES AND FEATURED AN IMPRESSIVE SPEAKER PROGRAM DRAWN FROM THE LOCAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY. THE SECOND OF THESE EVENTS WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY WITH AN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE SPEAKER LINEUP, AGAIN DRAWN FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. OVER 200 ATTENDED THIS EVENT AT THE TIMES CENTER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING. THE LAST HALF OF 2017 WAS DOMINATED BY PREPARATIONS FOR THE FTI'S NEXT BIG EVENT, ANOTHER PEER REVIEWED PAPER EVENT, TO BE CONVENED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMPUS IN MARCH OF 2018.FTI CONDUCTS POST-EVENT SURVEYS FOR EACH OF ITS EVENTS AND ELICITS A NEARLY 40% SURVEY RESPONSE WITH OVERWHELMINGLY FAVORABLE INPUT WITH RESPECT TO PROGRAM CONTENT. 141827 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 CA X THE ORGANIZATION 8609169174 240 PANE ROAD NEWINGTON CT 06111 X HELEN SANDERS DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT 3.00 X X 0 0 0 MIC PATTERSON DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT 15.00 X X 0 0 0 VALERIE BLOCK DIRECTOR, SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ATTILA ARIAN DIRECTOR, TREASURER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 ANA BERTUNA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEITH BOSWELL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES DOERFLER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF HABER DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JEFF HEYMANN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STACEY HOOPER DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 ERIK OLSEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN SELKOWITZ DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS STUTZKI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PETER WEISMANTLE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROGER FRICKE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52779 52779 MEMBERSHIP DUES 611430 136144 136144 REGISTRATIONS 611430 103201 103201 239345 OTHER 611430 56 56 56 292180 239401 0 0 5992 5992 2507 2507 7415 6154 1261 6936 6936 832 832 6443 5799 644 VENUES FOR CONFERENCES 111010 111010 PAYAPL, SQUARE, ET AL 6945 6945 OTHER CONFERENCE EXPENS 3071 3071 SHIPPING AND DELIVERY 1298 1298 1994 614 1380 154443 141827 12616 0 129982 7755 0 137737 0 0 X 137737 0 137737 0 137737 137737 0 X 0 0 0 X 52779 52779 239345 239345 292124 292124 35245 35245 66000 66000 101245 101245 190879 56 56 292180 292180 X PART III THE 2017 YEAR WAS A SHORT YEAR. DESIGN TECTONICS INC SEE PART IV SEE PART IV X 7755 7755 0 1 0 7755 SCH L, PART II AS INDICATED IN PART III, LINE 4 OF FORM 990, CERTAIN RECEIPTS WERE COLLECTED AND NECESSARY EXPENDITURES WERE PAID BY DESIGN TECTONICS, INC., A DORMANT COMPANY PARTIALLY OWNED BY DIRECTOR AND OFFICER MIC PATTERSON ON BEHALF OF FACADE TECTONICS INSTITUTE, INC. (FTI) PRIOR TO THE TIME FTI WAS FORMALLY ORGANIZED . IN ADDITION, SUBSEQUENT TO FORMATION OF FTI BUT BEFORE FTI OPENED ITS BANK ACCOUNT, ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS WERE COLLECTED AND ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES WERE PAID ON BEHALF OF FTI. ALL SUCH NET AMOUNTS WERE TRANSFERRED BY DECEMBER 31, 2017 TO FTI WITH THE EXCEPTION OF $7,775 WHICH WAS REPAID IN FULL WITH INTEREST AFTER THE END OF THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 TWO OF THE DIRECTORS ARE EMPLOYED BY THE SAME COMPANY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B PART VI, LINE 8(B) WAS ANSWERED NO AS THERE NO COMMITTEES THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT RETURN WAS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH CONSISTS OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER. IN ADDITION, THE OUTSIDE CPA PRESENTED A DRAFT OF THE RETURN TO THE BOARD. COMMENTS WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE OUTSIDE CPA AND NECESSARY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE RETURN PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 STARTING WITH THE 2018 YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES ALL ITS BOARD MEMBERS TO SIGN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND HAS COMPLIED WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE POLICY INCLUDING DISCLOSING ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 PART VI, LINE 15 (A) AND (B) WERE ANSWERED NO AS THERE ARE NO OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES AS DEFINED IN THE FORM 990 INSTRUCTIONS WHO WERE COMPENSATED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.