GROW BOATING INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: GROW BOATING INC (EIN 20-4130169)
Tax period: 2014-10-01 to 2015-09-30
Filed: 2016-08-11
IRS object ID: 201642249349302714
Schema version: 2014v6.0
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 B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-08-11T15:45:42-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	205 N Michigan Ave 28th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606015927	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	204130169	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Grow Boating Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% GLENDA SANDOVAL	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	GROW	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3129466200	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	231 South LaSalle Street Ste 2050	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606040027	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CARL BLACKWELL	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3129466200	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-08-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Mark Heroux	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00959793	PTIN
Phone	3127298000	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-09-27 15:27:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Carl Blackwell	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	231 SOUTH LASALLE ST STE 2050	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606040027	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$8,641,819	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.growboating.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2005	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO MANAGE, DIRECT, GOVERN, & FUND THE GROW BOATING INITIATIVE. THE GROW BOATING INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO FORMULATE & IMPLEMENT (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O)	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	16	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	16	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,859,866	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$8,013,326	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$107,303	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$94,694	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$300	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$60	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$539,481	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$533,739	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$7,506,950	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$8,641,819	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	$155,937	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$110,765	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$6,751,656	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$7,268,475	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,907,593	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$7,379,240	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$599,357	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,262,579	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,760,545	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,991,832	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$230,512	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$251,294	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,530,033	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,740,538	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	GROW BOATING INC (GBI) WAS CREATED TO MANAGE, DIRECT, GOVERN, AND FUND THE GROW BOATING INITIATIVE. THE GROW BOATING INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL INCREASE BOATING PARTICIPATION, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO INCREASES IN SALES OF MARINE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	GROW BOATING, INC (GBI) FORMULATES AND EXECUTES INITIATIVES TO INCREASE BOATING PARTICIPATION BY DELIVERING POSITIVE MESSAGES OF THE BOATING LIFESTYLE THROUGH AN INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY (NATIONAL AD CAMPAIGN, PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS).	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	GBI INVESTS IN RESEARCH, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION OF AN ANNUAL BOATING PARTICIPATION SURVEY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	GBI PROMOTES PROTECTING AND INCREASING ACCESS TO WATERWAYS VIA THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOATING ACCESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	CA	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	16	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GLENDA SANDOVAL	PersonNm
Phone	3129466200	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	231 SOUTH LASALLE ST STE 2050	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606040027	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (20 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
BEN SPECIALE
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOE LEWIS
CHAIRMAN	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MAURICE BOWEN
VICE-CHAIRMAN	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL WATTERS
Treasurer	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MICHELE GOLDSMITH
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LARRY RUSSO
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MATT LODDER
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOM MACNAIR
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GLENN SANDRIDGE
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BRYAN SETI
Secretary	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
PETER BARRETT
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PHIL ESTES
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LEE GORDON
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARCELO PUSCAR
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BILL McGILL
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFF BEHAN
DIRECTOR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CARL BLACKWELL
SENIOR VP MARLETING AND COMM	24.0	16.0		$0	$238,698	$101,701	Yes (X)
ELLEN BRADLEY
VP MARKETING COMM	14.0	26.0		$0	$160,052	$27,575	Yes (X)
Glenda Sandoval
Controller	4.0	36.0		$0	$100,997	$32,510	Yes (X)
Armida Markarova
VP of Marketing and Web	14.0	26.0		$0	$122,688	$22,126	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$622,435	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$183,912	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
OLSON COMPANY INC
2375 MOMENTUM PLACE	CHICAGO	IL	60689	MULTI MEDIA PROD	$4,349,811
AEG LIVE LLC
5750 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 501	LOS ANGELES	CA	90036	TALENT MANAGEMENT	$475,000
DEVBRIDGE GROUP LLC
1659 W HUBBARD STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60622	WEB DEVELOPMENT	$187,914
MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION
8401 73RD AVE SUITE 71	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55428	CONSULTANT	$232,158
IMAGE BASE
430 W ERIE ST SUITE 600	CHICAGO	IL	60654	MULTI MEDIA PROD	$106,492

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Related Organizations	$8,013,326	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Total Contributions	$8,013,326	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	INDUSTRY ASSESSMENT	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$94,694	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$94,694	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$94,694	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$60	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$60	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$533,739	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$533,739	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$533,739	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,641,819	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$94,694	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$533,799	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,146	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,428	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,191	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$530,665	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,560	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,879	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$739	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,378,510	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,271	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,297	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,681	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,674	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,972	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
MARKETING, P/R, OTHER	$202,520
REFERENCE MATERIAL	$12,707

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,379,240	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,368,308	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,458,607	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$114,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$446,536	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$277,267	BOYAmt
EOY	$86,689	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,760,545	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,991,832	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$230,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$251,294	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$230,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$251,294	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,530,033	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,740,538	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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	$1,530,033	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,740,538	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,760,545	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,991,832	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,262,579	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$52,074	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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	false	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp
Equipment		EquipmentGrp
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$9,797,943	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,156,124	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$1,156,124	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$8,641,819	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$8,641,819	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,535,364	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$1,156,124	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,156,124	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$7,379,240	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$7,379,240	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2 (FIN 48)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Association follows the accounting standards for contingencies in evaluating uncertain tax positions. The guidance prescribes recognition threshold principles for the financial statement recognition of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return that are not certain to be realized. No liability has been recognized by the Association for uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2015 and 2014. The Association's tax returns are subject to review and examination by federal and state authorities. The U.S. tax returns for fiscal years 2012 and thereafter are open to examination by federal and state authorities. The Canadian tax returns for fiscal years 2011 and thereafter are open to examination.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America	RegionTxt
Offices	1	OfficesCnt
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Program Services	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	PROMO BOATING	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$1,017,864	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	2	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$1,017,864	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$1,017,864	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part 1, line 3, column (f):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	accounting method: accrual amount of expenditures: $1,017,864	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 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
CARL BLACKWELL
SENIOR VP MARLETING AND COMM	$0	$194,087	$0	$25,920	$0	$18,691	$0	$99,288	$0	$2,413	$0	$340,399	$0	$0
ELLEN BRADLEY
VP MARKETING COMM	$0	$137,795	$0	$21,900	$0	$357	$0	$21,120	$0	$6,455	$0	$187,627	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule J, Part I, Line 3:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ALL COMPENSATION RELATES SOLELY TO COMPENSATION INCURRED BY THE NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (FEIN# 36-2369301). THERE WAS NO OFFICER COMPENSATION PAID BY GROW BOATING, INC.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part I, Line 1:	PROGRAMS THAT WILL INCREASE BOATING PARTICIPATION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2:	GBI BOARD MEMBERS JEFF BEHAN, LEE GORDON AND TOM MACNAIR HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER IN THEIR CAPACITY AS OFFICERS OF BRUNSWICK CORPORATION. GBI BOARD MEMBERS BRYAN SETI AND BEN SPECIALE HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER IN THEIR CAPACITY AS OFFICERS OF YAMAHA CORPORATION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b:	THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 UNDERGOES A NUMBER OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REVIEWS BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS. THE RETURN IS PREPARED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, BAKER TILLY VIRCHOW KRAUSE, AND THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT REVIEWS AND SIGNS THE TAX RETURN.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15:	ALL COMPENSATION DISCLOSED ON THIS RETURN RELATES SOLELY TO COMPENSATION INCURRED BY THE NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION. THERE WAS NO COMPENSATION PAID BY GROW BOATING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19:	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9:	Cumulative translation adjustment: -$52,074

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Direct Controlling NADirectControllingNACd
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOC INC
231 SOUTH LASALLE ST STE 2050	CHICAGO	IL	60604	362369301	PROMO BOATING	DE	501(C)(6)	NA	false
FOUNDATION FOR RECREATIONAL BOATING
231 SOUTH LASALLE ST STE 2050	CHICAGO	IL	60604	363602212	PROMO BOATING	IL	501(C)(3)		false	7	N/A

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

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (3 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC
C	$8,013,326	Cash
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC
M,N,O	$1,156,124	Cash
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC
P	$213,326	Cash