GMP-EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: GMP-EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST (EIN 23-6411794)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-09-10
IRS object ID: 201802539349300850
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 D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-09-10T13:28:51-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	341897225	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HILL BARTH & KING LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8010 SUMMERLIN LAKES DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33907	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	236411794	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GMP-EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GMP-	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2399366242	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5245 BIG PINE WAY SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33907	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JODI L HOPPER	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2399366242	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-08-29	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GERALD M KIMBLE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00022470	PTIN
Phone	2394825522	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-08-27	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	198.167.186.164	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-08-29	IPDt
IP Tm	13:09:12	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	FB5CC2BF88A43735217E601F68B118422E8ADE96	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	0DBB120FE1B7DB516AAD80415B69C46B3A04AE74	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JODI L HOPPER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5245 BIG PINE WAY SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33907	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$161,162,581	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.GMPTRUST.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Trust	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationTrustInd
Formation	1965	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	PA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	HOLD FUNDS TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO MEMBERS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	15	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$22,690,477	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$22,018,032	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$17,873,250	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$20,738,483	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,452	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$655,998	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$40,574,179	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$43,412,513	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$31,552,280	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$31,135,314	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,297,007	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$666,721	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$5,680,484	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$5,507,297	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$39,529,771	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$37,309,332	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,044,408	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,103,181	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$376,075,813	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$414,298,024	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$11,864,699	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$10,548,555	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$364,211,114	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$403,749,469	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE G.M.P. EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST WAS CREATED IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS TO PROVIDE POST-RETIREMENT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO ELIGIBLE RETIREES AND THEIR SPOUSES. IT ALSO PROVIDES A $2,000 DEATH BENEFIT TO ELIGIBLE RETIREES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$31,135,314	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$67,810,348	RevenueAmt
Desc	G.M.P - EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST WAS FORMED TO PAY MEDICAL AND DEATH BENEFITS TO UNION RETIREES AND THEIR SPOUSES. THIS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY AND, ACCORDINGLY, ALL EXPENSES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT ACTIVITY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$31,135,314	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	15	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JODI L HOPPER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2399366242	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5245 BIG PINE WAY SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33907	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
MR BRUCE R SMITH
CHAIRMAN, TRUSTEE	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR DAVID J EMMO RETIRING JAN 2018
TRUSTEE	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR CLAUDE BEAUDIN
TREASURER/SECRETARY	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR SCOTT GRAU
TRUSTEE	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BENNETT SALLEMI
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GARY MORGAN
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR RICKY HUNTER RESIGNED 2017
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MR CRAIG T DUKES RESIGNED 2017
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MS JODI L HOPPER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	60.00		$116,179	$0	$2,500	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$116,179	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$2,500	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLI
1-20 AT ALPINE ROAD	COLUMBIA	SC	29219	HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE FEES	$805,621
EXPESS SCRIPTS
100 PARSONS POND DRIVE	FRANKLIN LAKES	NJ	07417	HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE FEES	$409,587
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY
222 WEST ADAMS STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60606	INVESTMENT AND MONEY MANAGEMENT	$236,933
DODGE & COX
555 CALIFORNIA STREET 40TH FLOOR	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	INVESTMENT AND MONEY MANAGEMENT	$219,044
LOS ANGELES CAPITAL
11150 SANTA MONICA BLVD SUITE 200	LOS ANGELES	CA	00025	INVESTMENT AND MONEY MANAGEMENT	$201,926

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	13	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYERS	Desc
Business	525100	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$17,276,599	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$17,276,599	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,741,433	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,741,433	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$22,018,032	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,378,454	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$8,378,454	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$130,110,097	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$117,750,068	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$12,360,029	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,360,029	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$12,360,029	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PENSION PLAN INCOME	524292	$637,747	$637,747
OTHER REVENUE - RELATED OR EXEMPT	525100	$18,251	$18,251

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$655,998	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$43,412,513	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$22,674,030	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$20,738,483	ExclusionAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,135,314	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,135,314	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$116,179	TotalAmt
Management And General	$116,179	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$492,655	TotalAmt
Management And General	$492,655	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,764	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,764	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,123	TotalAmt
Management And General	$45,123	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,953	TotalAmt
Management And General	$60,953	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$115,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$115,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,283,753	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,283,753	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,467	TotalAmt
Management And General	$26,467	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$191,337	TotalAmt
Management And General	$191,337	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$481	TotalAmt
Management And General	$481	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,701	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,701	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,031	TotalAmt
Management And General	$18,031	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,403,573	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,403,573	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
ELECTRONIC CLAIMS SERVI	$164,153	$164,153
ACTUARIAL FEES	$105,880	$105,880
POSTAGE AND MAILINGS	$73,571	$73,571
TELEPHONE	$25,445	$25,445

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,952	TotalAmt
Management And General	$33,952	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,309,332	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,135,314	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,174,018	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$600,184	BOYAmt
EOY	$603,105	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,612,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,277,084	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,778	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,298	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$165,735	BOYAmt
EOY	$170,364	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$219,677,618	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,686,960	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$139,210,480	BOYAmt
EOY	$151,530,022	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,800,037	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,021,191	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$376,075,813	BOYAmt
EOY	$414,298,024	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,022,844	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,379,006	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,841,855	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,169,549	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,864,699	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,548,555	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$364,211,114	BOYAmt
EOY	$403,749,469	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

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

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

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	$364,211,114	BOYAmt
EOY	$403,749,469	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$376,075,813	BOYAmt
EOY	$414,298,024	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$6,103,181	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$33,414,036	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$21,138	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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 (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (10 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
PIMCO FUNDS	$52,681,525	F
VANGUARD REIT INDEX FUND-INS	$12,886,283	F
MINTON BUILDING	$1,580,000	F
VANGUARD INFLATION-PROTECTED S	$12,607,590	F
DFA COMMODITY STRATEGY PORTFOLIO	$7,521,897	F
LAZARD GLOBAL LISTED INFRASTRUCTURE	$15,770,000	F
T ROWE PRICE NEW ERA FUND	$8,343,877	F
T ROWE PRICE INSTITUTIONAL FLO	$13,357,674	F
BAIRD AGGREGATE BOND FUND	$26,742,746	F
BNY MELLON CASH RESERVE	$38,430	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$151,530,022	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
BROKER PAYABLE	$4,858,062
DEFERRED PREMIUM REVENUE	$352,224
CLAIMS PAYABLE TRUST	$364,677
BANK OVERDRAFT	$75,535
TRUST EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN	$2,519,051

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$8,169,549	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$29,929,289	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$189,223	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$189,223	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$29,740,066	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,283,753	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$12,388,694	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$13,672,447	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$43,412,513	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$36,193,664	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$168,085	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$168,085	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$36,025,579	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,283,753	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,283,753	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$37,309,332	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART X, LINE 2:	THE PLAN ASSESSES UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FASB ASC 740 AND HAS DETERMINED THAT ALL INCOME TAX FILING POSITIONS WOULD BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION AND ACCORDINGLY, HAS NOT RECORDED ANY RESERVES OR RELATED ACCRUALS FOR INTEREST AND PENALTIES AT DECEMBER 31, 2017 FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	MINTON BUILDING RENTAL INCOME 189,223.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	REALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS 12,360,029. BANK INTEREST 28,665.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	MINTON BUILDING 168,085.
FORM 990 PART XI LINE 9	RENTAL INCOME REPORTED ON THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOT REPORTED ON THE FORM 990.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WILL BE SENT TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION AND FILING OF THE RETURN.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	COMPENSATION IS COMPARED WITH INDUSTRY DATA BY THE ACTUARY EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND IS APPROVED BY TRUSTEES FOR ALL SALARY BASED POSITIONS. THESE APPROVALS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE PLAN'S MINUTES OF WHICH TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST 2017.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE TRUST PROVIDES COPIES TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	TRANSFER FUNDS FROM MINTON BUILDING TO GMP 21,138.
FORM 990 PART XII, LINE 2C	THE TRUST UTILIZES AN AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE MINTON BUILDING CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5245 BIG PINE WAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33907	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	650222251	EIN
Primary Activities	HOLDING TITLE TO G M P'S BUILDING, COLLECTING RENTS, AND SUBMITTING RENTS	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	FL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501 (C) 2	ExemptCodeSectionTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	G M P-EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	Yes (1)	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE MINTON BUILDING CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	K	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$189,223	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	FAIR MARKET RENT	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt

GMP-EMPLOYERS RETIREE TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2017

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Travel TravelGrp

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (10 entries)

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

US Address USAddress

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

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