LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES INC (EIN 95-4501165)
Tax period: 2015-02-01 to 2016-01-31
Filed: 2016-12-15
IRS object ID: 201603509349300200
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-12-15T01:27:26-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-01-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	861065772	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DELOITTE TAX LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	555 MISSION STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN FRANCISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94105	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-02-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	954501165	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	ARTS & SCIENCES INC	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3055760036	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3470 NW 82nd Avenue No 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	Miami	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	331221028	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LUIS DOUSDEBES	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3055760036	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-12-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JOAN S MCMAHON	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00966494	PTIN
Phone	4157834000	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Luis Dousdebes	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3470 NW 82nd Avenue No 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	Miami	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	331221028	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$14,755,476	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.latingrammy.com	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1994	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF RECORDING LATIN MUSIC.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	19	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	120	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$106,487	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$113,803	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$13,683,933	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$13,878,348	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$409,380	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$534,512	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$240,896	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$224,483	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$14,440,696	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$14,751,146	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$764,064	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$750,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,354,694	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,108,361	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$7,816,753	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$8,300,408	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$10,935,511	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$12,158,769	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,505,185	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,592,377	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$14,533,046	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$14,682,578	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$3,696,505	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,443,870	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$10,836,541	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$12,238,708	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF RECORDING AND TO FOSTER CREATIVE LEADERSHIP FOR ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL PROGRESS IN THE RECORDING FIELD IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE LATIN COMMUNITY OF THE UNITED STATES. A PRIMARY ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE RECORDING ARTS BY ARTISTS IN THE LATIN COMMUNITY WHO ARE DEEMED TO BE MOST WORTHY BY THEIR COLLEAGUES THROUGH AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF AWARDS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	THE LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS EVENT: AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENCE OF LATIN MUSIC AND ITS CREATORS. THE 16th ANNUAL LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 19, 2015 AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY PERSON OF THE YEAR EVENT: AN ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A LATIN MUSICIAN. IN 2015, THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY HOSTED A GALA DINNER AND CONCERT IN HONOR OF ROBERTO CARLOS, HELD AT THE MANDALAY BAY HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY SPECIAL AWARDS PRESENTATION: CEREMONY TO AWARD LIVING LEGENDS OF LATIN MUSIC WITH A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AND TRUSTEES AWARDS. HELD AT THE KA THEATER OF THE MGM RESORT & CASINO OF LAS VEGAS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	During this year we conducted the Latin GRAMMY Acoustic Session which is a series of concerts (4 Domestic and 2 international) to showcase Latin Artists. We also presented the Latin GRAMMY Street Parties (4 Domestic events) that are grass root Latin Music festivals that are free for the public.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	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	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (1)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	61	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	19	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	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Luis Dousdebes	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3055760036	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3470 NW 82nd Ave Ste 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	Miami	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	331221028	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (25 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
Laura Tesoriero
Chairwoman of the Board	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Marcelo Castelo Branco
Vice Chairman	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EDUARDO HUTT from 1115
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHNNY VENTURA
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LUIS VILLANUEVA
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Neil Portnow
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Terry Lickona
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cris Morena
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Oscar Gomez
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George Flanigen
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sebastian Krys
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARIA CRISTINA GARCIA CEPEDA
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Fernando Barbosa
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN POPPO from 0515
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CARLA ESTRADAfrom 1115
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LUIS BALAGUER from 1115
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY BLACK SUAREZ to 1115
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTINE ALBERT to 0515
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANTONIO CANAZIO to 1115
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andy Garcia
Trustee Ad Honorem	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Luis Cobos
Chairman Emeritus	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gabriel Abaroa
President/CEO	40.00		Yes (X)	$813,300	$0	$106,125
Luis Dousdebes
CFO	40.00		Yes (X)	$260,875	$0	$83,337
Aida Scorza
VP of Awards	40.00			$208,431	$0	$52,833	Yes (X)
Davina Aryeh
CMO	40.00			$190,998	$0	$15,764	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,473,604	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$258,059	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	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
The National Academy Of Recording Arts &
3030 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD	Santa Monica	CA	90404	administrative services	$844,730
Univision Communications Inc
PO Box 189	Teaneck	NJ	07666	Event Production	$832,651
The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
3950 Las Vegas BOULEVARD South	Las Vegas	NV	89119	event Production	$425,502
Production Resource Group LLC
PO Box 101135	Pasadena	CA	91189	Event Production	$412,174
HAKKASAN LV LLC DBA HAKKASAN LAS VEGAS
5555 BADURA AVENUE SUITE 120	LAS Vegas	NV	89118	AFTER PARTY PRODUCTION COSTS	$300,692

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	20	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$113,803	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$113,803	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Telecast revenue	900099	$10,102,077	$10,102,077
Sponsorship Income	900099	$1,953,683	$1,953,683
Project Income	900099	$951,500		$951,500
Foreign Syndication	900099	$668,000		$668,000
Radio Show Income	900099	$183,775		$183,775

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$19,313	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$19,313	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$13,878,348	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$538,842	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$538,842	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$224,483	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$224,483	ExclusionAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$4,330	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$4,330	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$4,330	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$4,330	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,751,146	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,822,588	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$12,814,755	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$750,000	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,671,823	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,124	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$199,447	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$140,967	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$136,787	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$281,404	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,071,935	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$269,734	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$450,452	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$282,966	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$353,323	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$763,396	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,049	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$228,660	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Event Production Costs	$3,902,564
Catering Services	$196,852
Printing	$146,948
Postage and Delivery	$145,038

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,300	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,158,769	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,148,041	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,082,340	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,087,329	BOYAmt
EOY	$718,039	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$323,964	BOYAmt
EOY	$138,869	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$90,557	BOYAmt
EOY	$187,739	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$248,995	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$211,841	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,203	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,154	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,815,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,472,801	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,582	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,636	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,533,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,682,578	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$396,906	BOYAmt
EOY	$600,649	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,092,605	BOYAmt
EOY	$106,440	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,206,994	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,736,781	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,696,505	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,443,870	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,836,541	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,238,708	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,836,541	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,238,708	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,533,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,682,578	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,592,377	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$1,190,209	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	Yes (1)	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$103,693	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$91,518	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,175	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$70,934	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$63,876	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,058	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$74,368	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$56,447	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,921	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$37,154	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
INTERCOMPANY ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO NARAS	$730,016
INTERCOMPANY ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE FROM LGCF	-$7,655
ROYALTY PAYABLE TO NARAS	$1,014,420

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1,736,781	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$13,560,936	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$1,190,209	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$1,190,209	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$14,751,145	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$14,751,145	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$12,158,769	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$12,158,769	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$12,158,769	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1a:	The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences owns a collection of sixteen official Latin GRAMMY works of art that were painted by independent artists commissioned on a work for hire basis. No dollar amount is allocated to each piece of artwork.
Part III, Line 4:	To promote the creative spirit and incredible diversity of Latin music through each piece of artwork.
Part X, Line 2:	EXPLANATION: LARAS ACCOUNTS FOR INCOME TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (FASB) ACCOUNTING STANDARDS CODIFICATION (ASC) 740, INCOME TAXES. FASB ASC 740 PRESCRIBES A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR HOW A COMPANY SHOULD RECOGNIZE, MEASURE, PRESENT, AND DISCLOSE IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT THE COMPANY HAS TAKEN, OR EXPECTS TO TAKE, ON A TAX RETURN. DURING THE YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2015 AND 2014, LARAS DID NOT RECORD ANY LIABILITY FOR UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3470 82ND AVENUE SUITE 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	DORAL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33122	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	464770436	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(c)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$750,000	CashGrantAmt
Valuation Method Used	Book	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Purpose Of Grant	GENERAL SUPPOPRT FOR THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences requests and accepts letters from the organizations describing the activities for which funds were/would be used. In addition, the Latin Recording Academy will maintain ongoing communication with the organization as to their progress in supporting and promoting Latin music growth and accomplishments.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	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
Gabriel Abaroa
President/CEO	$534,558	$0	$262,500	$0	$16,242	$0	$25,000	$0	$29,125	$0	$867,425	$0	$0	$0
Luis Dousdebes
CFO	$253,155	$0	$2,000	$0	$5,720	$0	$15,704	$0	$28,215	$0	$304,794	$0	$0	$0
Aida Scorza
VP of Awards	$196,682	$0	$2,000	$0	$9,749	$0	$15,529	$0	$11,500	$0	$235,460	$0	$0	$0
Davina Aryeh
CMO	$185,692	$0	$2,000	$0	$3,306	$0	$0	$0	$1,807	$0	$192,805	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 1a	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The organization has a written policy regarding payment of First Class Air Travel. The organization's travel Policy establishes that for air travel exceeding 4 hours in length, purchase of business class tickets is allowed for the Vice president, President and Trustees. When available, barter is the preferred method of air travel. If Business Class tickets are not available, First Class tickets can be purchased. In addition, the organization will consider the purchase of a business class (or first class,if business class is not available) ticket for the producers of their program services to attend production meetings and the actual event and for performers to attend events sponsored by the organization. The Organization has determined that first class travel meets the business requirement standard for not treating the benefit as compensatory on Forms W-2/1099.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1	All members of the Board have the same voting rights with the exception of one Trustee Ad-honorem. The Board of trustees has authorized the Executive Committte to act on its behalf. All the actions taken by the Executive Committee are ratified by the Board during the next Annual Meeting. The Executive Committee is formed by: Chariman of the Board, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, the President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the President/CEO of The Latin Recording Academy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2	Neil Portnow, Terry Lickona, George Flanigen, and John Poppo - Business Relationship.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND AFTER HIS APPROVAL IT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS MANUAL IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REVISED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE REVISIONS TO THE PROCESS FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE REVISED MANUAL WILL BE PRESENTED FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING IN MARCH 2017; THE BOARD'S DECISION IS CURRENTLY PENDING. THE APPROVAL OF THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS MANUAL WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE 2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The President's contract is approved by the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees. The Executive Committee is comprised of Trustees and Officers, all of whom have significant experience serving non-profit organizations. The Executive Committee uses its knowledge from experience, and in addition, a comparison of compensation data from comparable organizations is used. The Salary of each employee is reviewed and approved by the President/CEO and any increases are discussed and approved by the Finance Committee.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	LARAS does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available to the public.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3470 NW 82nd Avenue Suite 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	Doral	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33122	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	464770436	EIN
Primary Activities	SCHOLARSHIPS, RESEARCH & PRESERVATION GRANTS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS RELATED	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	Line 9	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (1)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (1)	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	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (1)	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 Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	B	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$750,000	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	Cash	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt