AIRLINE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: AIRLINE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 95-3523323)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-11-08
IRS object ID: 201633139349301833
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 F
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-11-08T14:11:14-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	582676261	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Rogers & Company PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600	AddressLine1Txt
City	Vienna	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22182	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	953523323	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Airline Passenger Experience Association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AIRL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2122972177	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 Lexington Avenue 15th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Joan Filippini	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2122972177	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-11-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Nicole M Prince CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01315245	PTIN
Phone	7038930300	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-10-31	PreparationDt

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

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Joan Filippini	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 Lexington Avenue 15th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,697,259	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	http://apex.aero/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1980	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Strengthen the industry and enable business opportunities through education, innovation, networking and recognition.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$29,646	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,773,338	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$2,586,173	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$137,641	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$111,040	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,116	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$46	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,913,095	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,697,259	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	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,938,332	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,923,537	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,938,332	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,923,537	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$25,237	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$226,278	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,971,094	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,713,417	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$318,847	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$420,393	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,652,247	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,293,024	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Strengthen the industry and enable business opportunities through education, innovation, networking and recognition.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	The APEX EXPO is an industry event where airlines and vendors meet to participate in educational sessions and to see the latest and most comprehensive display of airline related technologies, products and services in the EXPO hall.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Each year, APEX presents the AVION Award for excellence in passenger experience and technology. The Passenger Choice Awards honor the world's best airlines via an online passenger survey. Other awards given out include Newcomer, Outstanding Contribution and Lifetime Achievement Awards.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	The Multi Media Market Conference is the only global industry event focused specifically on bringing together IFE TV buyers with the leading world-wide distributors of short-subject and TV movie programming. The conference was expanded in 2013 to include non-appointment exhibits from movie, app, GUI and gaming companies.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc
Communications - Send daily aggregate email to members and non-members; publish magazine (6 times per year) to keep members informed of latest developments of the passenger experience; and keep the website up to date.
Educational Meetings - Intensive, highly-interactive sessions focusing on the latest passenger trends, inflight applications, and operational issues crucial to the airline passenger experience professional.
Board Leadership
Technology - Where leading experts address the technical issues of onboard equipment, systems, connectivity, and other developments impacting the industry.
Membership - A network of the world's leading airlines, suppliers and related companies committed to elevating the level of the passenger experience.

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	0	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	0	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	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	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	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	15	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	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	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	Kellen Company	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2122972177	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 Lexington Avenue 15th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10018	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Alfy Veretto
President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brian Richardson
Vice President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dominic Green
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joan Filippini
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Patrick Brannelly
Past President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Linda Celestino
Past President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kevin Bremer
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Childers
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eric Lauzon
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ingo Wuggetzer
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Rogozinski
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jo Boundy
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Luay Qunash
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Maura Chacko
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Russ Lemieux
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joe Leader
Chief Executive Officer	40.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	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	Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
Kellen Company
1100 Johnson Ferry Rd Suite 300	Atlanta	GA	30342	Management Services, Website, PR, etc	$1,257,280
Liberty Incentives & Congresses spol S
				Meeting facilities	$151,555	Spalena 14/76 110 00 Praha 1	Nove Mesto	EZ
Spafax Airline Network Ltd
575 Anton Blvd Suite 1020	Costa Mesa	CA	92626	Digital & Social Media Services	$115,720
Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd
				Conference & Tradeshow facilities	$111,606	10 Bayfront Ave	Singapore	SN	018956
Oregon Convention Center
777 N E Martin Luther King Jr Bl	Portland	OR	97232	Conference & Tradeshow facilities	$102,186

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Annual Conference	541800	$1,950,162	$1,927,562	$22,600
Multi Media Market	541800	$292,781	$288,281	$4,500
Membership	900099	$214,050	$214,050
Educational Meetings	900099	$86,500	$86,500
Technology	900099	$25,180	$25,180

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$17,500	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$15,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,500	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$2,586,173	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$71,819	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$71,819	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$39,221	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$39,221	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$39,221	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$39,221	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Website advertising	Desc
Business	900004	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$46	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$46	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$46	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,697,259	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,556,573	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$29,646	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$111,040	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,154,655	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,885	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,217	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$128,194	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$142,528	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,611	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,354	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$107,686	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$914,413	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,222	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,696	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Publication expense	$99,289
Survey	$93,000
Miscellaneous	$28,906
Sponsorship	$20,107

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,774	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,923,537	TotalAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$397,369	BOYAmt
EOY	$140,998	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$127,713	BOYAmt
EOY	$153,261	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$275,163	BOYAmt
EOY	$271,695	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$80,000	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$22,222	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,778	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,160,849	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,089,685	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,971,094	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,713,417	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$163,937	BOYAmt
EOY	$219,724	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$154,910	BOYAmt
EOY	$200,669	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$318,847	BOYAmt
EOY	$420,393	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,652,247	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,293,024	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,652,247	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,293,024	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,971,094	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,713,417	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$226,278	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$132,945	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	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 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

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$80,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$22,222	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$57,778	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$57,778	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,652,814	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$132,945	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$88,500	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$44,445	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,697,259	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,697,259	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,012,037	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Prior Year Adjustments	$88,500	PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$88,500	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,923,537	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,923,537	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Management evaluated the Association's tax positions and concluded that the Association's financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Middle East and North Africa	Program services	Meetings & events	$41,616
East Asia and the Pacific	Program services	Meetings	$153,489
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	Program services	Meetings	$166,934
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	Administrative	CEO Search	$31,306

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$393,345	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$393,345	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	APEX Georgia LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Disregarded entity wholly owned by APEX's CEO Joe Leader.	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$90,862	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Management services	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3	APEX has no employees. The Association retains the services of a management firm, Kellen Company, to provide management, back-office services, and use of office space and equipment. The Executive Director is an employee of Kellen Company, and as such, is provided compensation and benefits from Kellen Company. Management fees to the organization totaled $1,257,280 for the year ended December 31, 2015. Additionally, during late 2015, the organization entered into a management services agreement with APEX GA, LLC to provide services to the organization. APEX GA, LLC is a disregarded entity wholly owned by Joe Leader who serves as CEO of the organization. The amounts paid to APEX GA, LLC for services totaled $90,862 for the year ended December 31, 2015.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	There are three categories of membership: Regular Airline, Regular Vendor, and Honorary. Only Regular Airline and Regular Vendor members (collectively referred to as "Regular Members") have voting rights.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	As per its Bylaws, the Association shall have eleven directors elected by the voting membership.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b	Any amendments to the Bylaws shall be made either by affirmative vote of a simple majority of Regular members present and voting at the Annual Meeting or by affirmative vote of a simple majority of Regular members voting by ballot.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	A copy of the Form 990 is first reviewed and approved by the Executive Director. Upon the Executive Director's approval, it is forwarded to the finance committee, or an approved representative of the finance committee, to review the Form 990 prior to submission.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The Organization's Board reviewed and approved compensation of the CEO. Additionally, the Organization used an independent consultant.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Association makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	The Association's finance committee is responsible for the oversight of the audit, including the selection of the independent accountant. The process is consistent with previous years.