SPORTS FANS COALITION INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
SPORTS FANS COALITION INC (EIN 27-0757185)
Tax period
2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed
2018-11-09
IRS object ID
201803139349303540
Schema version
2017v2.3
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)
Return2018-11-09T16:49:51-06:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2018-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1ROBERT S DIETERLEBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1209 HICKMAN STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityREHOBOTH BEACHCityNm
State AbbreviationDEStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19971ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN270757185EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SPORTS FANS COALITION INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlSPORBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2025495612PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1208 I STREET NEAddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20002ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonDAVID GOODFRIENDPersonNm
Person TitleCHAIRMANPersonTitleTxt
Phone2025495612PhoneNum
Signature2018-11-09SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonROBERT S DIETERLEPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00227272PTIN
Phone3027274292PhoneNum
Preparation2018-11-09PreparationDt
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address98.192.255.97IPv4AddressTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IP2018-11-09IPDt
IP Tm12:31:19IPTm
IP TimezoneESIPTimezoneCd
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2017TaxYr
Build TS2019-02-21 02:37:17ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address ChangeYes (X)AddressChangeInd
Principal OfficerDAVID GOODFRIENDPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1208 I STREET NEAddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20002ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$394,354GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501cYes (X)Organization501cInd
Website AddressSPORTSFANS.ORGWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2009FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateDCLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionTHE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS FORMED ARE TO ADVOCATE FOR ANDBUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES RELATED TO FAIR, EQUAL, AND REASONABLYPRICED ACCESS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGIATESPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES,INCLUDING THROUGH ACCESS TO STADIUMS ANDSPORTS VENUES, TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMING,AND INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body8VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent7VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers8TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$0TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm$0NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants$675,000PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants$394,332CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue$0PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$0CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$15PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$22CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$0PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$0CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$675,015PYTotalRevenueAmt
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PY Grants And Similar Paid$0PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$1,500CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members$0PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$0CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$597,657PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$361,450CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$597,657PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$362,950CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses$77,358PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$31,404CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY$255,168TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$255,168NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionTHE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS FORMED ARE TO ADVOCATEFOR AND BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES RELATED TO FAIR, EQUAL, ANDREASONABLY PRICED ACCESS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PROFESSIONAL ANDCOLLEGIATE SPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES,INCLUDING THROUGH ACCESS TOSTADIUMS AND SPORTS VENUES, TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMING,ANDINTERNET DISTRIBUTION.MissionDesc
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
Expense$357,249ExpenseAmt
Grant$1,500GrantAmt
Revenue$394,332RevenueAmt
DescAT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE ADVOCATED FOR BETTER OVERSIGHT OF THE U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION, FOR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED SINCLAIR/TRIBUNE MERGER, FOR STRONGER ANTI-TRUST ENFORCEMENT AGAINST SPORTS LEAGUES AND WORKED TO END THE FEDERAL SUBSIDIZATION OF SPORTS STADIUMS. AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE ADVOCATED FOR REFORMS TO THE ONLINE TICKET RESALE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING FRAUD PROTECTIONS AND ENDING RESTRICTIVE RESALE POLICIES.Desc
Total Program Service Expenses$357,249TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c30DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment0ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote0IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt0IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org0MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans0PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org MemYes (1)BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam MemYes (1)BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer EntYes (1)BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri0DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution0DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity0RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp0ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document6IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (1)BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee0EmployeeCnt
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members8GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
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Family Or Business Rln0FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees0MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (1)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc0RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonDAVID GOODFRIENDPersonNm
Phone2025495612PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1208 I STREET NEAddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20002ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

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DAVID R GOODFRIEND
CHAIRMAN10.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$104,000$0$0
PHILLIP BERENBROICK
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
CHRIS LEWIS
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
DAVID ZIRIN
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
BRIAN FREDERICK
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
HABIBA ALCINDOR
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
MARK WALSH
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
BRAD WINE
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Total Reportable Comp From Org$104,000TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
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Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K1IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed0FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K0TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

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BLUE STATE DIGITAL INC
101 AVENUE OF AMERICAS 12TH FLOORNEW YORKNY10013DIGITAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES$128,270
EMMER CONSULTING INC
7713 OLDCHESTER ROADBETHESDAMD20817LOBBYING/DIGITAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES$104,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K2CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions$394,332AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$394,332TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$22TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$22ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$394,354TotalRevenueColumnAmt
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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$22ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IXYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,500TotalAmt
Program Services$1,500ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,970TotalAmt
Management And General$2,970ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$88,000TotalAmt
Program Services$88,000ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$240,340TotalAmt
Program Services$239,209ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,131ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,158TotalAmt
Program Services$5,158ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,163TotalAmt
Program Services$1,163ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
WEB SITE COSTS$21,869$21,869
BANK CHARGES$1,450$1,450
CONTRACT SERVICES$350$350
BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS,SU$150$150

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$362,950TotalAmt
Program Services$357,249ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$5,701ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$223,764BOYAmt
EOY$255,168EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$223,764BOYAmt
EOY$255,168EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$223,764BOYAmt
EOY$255,168EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$223,764BOYAmt
EOY$255,168EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$223,764BOYAmt
EOY$255,168EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$31,404ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonDAVID GOODFRIENDPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionIS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,& OWNER(WITH HIS SPOUSE)OF EMMER CONSULTING INCRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$104,000TransactionAmt
TransactionPROVIDES LOBBYING, MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL GRASSROOTS MANAGEMENT SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT ARE BILLED ON A MONTHLY BASIS PURSUANT TO A RETAINER AGREEMENTTransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8BTHE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO ITS FILING
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION HAS THESE DOCUMENTS IN ITS POSSESSION AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. DURING THE TAX YEAR THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR VIEWING
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11GDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 239,209. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 239,209. TAXES/REGISTRATION FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,131. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,131.

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