GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (EIN 06-1058206)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-11-14
IRS object ID: 201423189349301857
Schema version: 2013v3.1
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-11-14T08:48:15-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	205 N Michigan Ave 28th Floor	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	606015927	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	061058206	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Computing Technology Industry Association	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	Inc	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% DAVE SOMMER	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	COMP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6306788300	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3500 Lacey Road	AddressLine1
Address Line2	Suite 100	AddressLine2
City	Downers Grove	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60515	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DAVID SOMMER	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6306788300	PhoneNum
Signature	2014-11-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Anne M Fisher CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00842785	PTIN
Phone	6306788300	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Todd Thibodeaux	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3500 Lacey Road Suite 100	AddressLine1
City	Downers Grove	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60515	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$51,547,996	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.comptia.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1982	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC. D/B/A COMPTIA, IS THE VOICE OF THE WORLD'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) INDUSTRY. ITS MEMBERS ARE (SEE SCHEDULE O)	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	164	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2017	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$82,204	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$168,248	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$44,290,276	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$45,534,546	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$100,721	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$5,891,960	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$11,886	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$121,490	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$44,402,883	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$51,547,996	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,135,893	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,000,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$23,654,731	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$23,291,245	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$24,377,464	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$22,002,967	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$49,168,088	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$46,294,212	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$4,765,205	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,253,784	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$19,664,141	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$26,054,527	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$14,224,838	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$15,361,440	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,439,303	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$10,693,087	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROWTH THROUGH ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, MARKET RESEARCH, NETWORKING EVENTS, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$23,021,322	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$44,587,925	RevenueAmt
Desc	CERTIFICATION - COMPTIA IS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF VENDOR-NEUTRAL CERTIFICATIONS IN THE WORLD. DURING THE CURRENT YEAR 236,160 CERTIFICATION EXAMS WERE GIVEN IN PC SUPPORT, NETWORKING, SERVERS, CONVERGENCE, TRAINING, LINUX, SECURITY, IT SALES, GREEN IT AND OTHER IT SKILLS. COMPTIA HAS BEEN DELIVERING CERTIFICATION EXAMS FOR MORE THAN 17 YEARS AND IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVING THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE TO THE INDUSTRY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$4,944,934	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$846,553	RevenueAmt
Desc	MEMBERSHIP - COMPTIA IS A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE IT CHANNEL, INCLUDING VENDORS, RESELLERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND EDUCATORS. OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF OUR VALUED MEMBERS AND THE GLOBAL IT INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. COMPTIA PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH GLOBAL CERTIFICATIONS AND BUSINESS ACCREDITATIONS, IN-DEPTH INDUSTRY RESEARCH, TARGETED NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY, AND VALUABLE BUSINESS TOOLS SUCH AS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION, LEGAL TEMPLATES, ROI CALCULATORS, AND BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$3,232,090	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$86,522	RevenueAmt
Desc	Conferences and Events - CompTIA provides industry conferences and events to bring managers of the IT channel to network and learn about the latest trends in technology and business.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$3,835,646	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$13,546	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$35,033,992	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	Yes (true)	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	92	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	164	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	JA	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	UK	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	SF	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	AS	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	CA	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	GM	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	HK	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	IN	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	Yes (true)	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Written Policy Or Procedure	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DAVE SOMMER	PersonNm
Phone	6306788300	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3500 LACEY ROAD SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	Downers Grove	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60515	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (22 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Don Bentz
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
MJ Shoer
Chairman	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Bob Godgart
Director	3.0	Yes (X)
Aaron Woods
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Mike Brogan
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Quy Nguyen
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Mont Phelps
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Paul Cronin
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Amy Kardel
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Robert Stegner
Vice Chairman	3.0	Yes (X)
Frank Vitagliano
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Joe Quaglia
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Janet Schijns
Director	3.0	Yes (X)
Dan Wensley
Director	3.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0
Todd Thibodeaux
President/CEO	40.0	Yes (X)	$859,810	$0	Yes (X)	$31,312
David Sommer
CFO/Treasurer	40.0	Yes (X)	$347,361		Yes (X)	$33,812
Dan Liutikas
Chief Legal Officer	40.0	Yes (X)	$251,166		Yes (X)	$36,320
Terry Erdle
Exec VP Skills Certification	40.0		$452,349	$0		$44,089	Yes (X)
Joseph Padin
Vice President Sales	40.0		$335,158	$0		$31,768	Yes (X)
Elizabeth Hyman
VP of Public Policy	40.0		$302,821	$0		$25,418	Yes (X)
Nancy Hammervik
VP of Industry Relations	40.0		$290,986	$0		$38,232	Yes (X)
Ann Batko
VP of Marketing	40.0		$299,876			$29,184	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,139,527	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$270,135	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	68	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/City	StateContractorAddress/USAddress/State	ZIP CodeContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCode	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
3500 Lacey Road CO Hamilton Partn
300 Park Boulevard Suite 500	ITASCA	IL	60143	Rent	$680,868
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP
PO Box 7398	MADISON	WI	53707	Audit	$117,261
McBee Strategic Consulting
455 Massachusetts Ave NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	Public Policy	$179,858

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	6	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions	$0	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
CERTIFICATION TESTS	541900	$41,653,651	$41,653,651
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	$846,553	$846,553
CONTINUING EDUCATION REVENUE	541900	$2,024,506	$2,024,506
ADVERTISING INCOME	511190	$13,546		$13,546
TRAINING PROGRAMS	541900	$674,185	$674,185

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$322,105	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$86,522	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$68,658	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$166,925	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$45,534,546	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,891,960	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,891,960	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 INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$121,490	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$121,490	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$121,490	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$51,547,996	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$45,406,907	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$82,204	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$6,058,885	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,000,000	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	$3,409,662	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	$15,930,320	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$688,250	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,175,613	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,087,400	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,205,394	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,076	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$306,009	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	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,144,460	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$358,764	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,489,341	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$955,694	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,522,554	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	$1,757,378	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	$539,716	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$449,345	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
COST OF TESTS DELIVERED	$7,903,285
RESEARCH EXPENSES	$521,778
INTEREST AND BANK FEES	$142,086
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT	$1,516,033

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$133,054	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,294,212	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,087,921	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,708,672	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,875,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,875,000	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	$2,233,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,914,221	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	$2,239,825	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,839,825	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	$401,682	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,535,554	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,586,243	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,235,294	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,540,218	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,350,949	EOYAmt

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	$1,286,024	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,830,306	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,664,141	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,054,527	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,941,565	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,271,435	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	$8,456,891	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,885,764	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	$3,826,382	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,204,241	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,224,838	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,361,440	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,326,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,693,087	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$112,443	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	$5,439,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,693,087	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,664,141	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,054,527	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$5,253,784	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
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)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$889,850	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Expended527 Activities	$5,000	Expended527ActivitiesAmt
Total Exempt Function Expend	$5,000	TotalExemptFunctionExpendAmt
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd

Section527 Political Org Section527PoliticalOrgGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	515 2nd Street NE	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20002	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	383758906	EIN
Contributions Rcvd Dlvr	$402	ContributionsRcvdDlvrAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbyingGrp
Total Lobbying Expend		TotalLobbyingExpendGrp
Other Exempt Purpose Expend		OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Total Exempt Purpose Expend		TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Lobbying Nontaxable Amount		LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableGrp
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp
Substantially All Dues Nonded	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	Yes (true)	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$846,553	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$889,850	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Ded Lbbyng Pltcl Cyov	$250,253	NonDedLbbyngPltclCyovAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$1,140,103	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$461,244	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Carried Over	$678,859	CarriedOverAmt
Taxable	-$293,550	TaxableAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I-A Line 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Information technology industry advocacy that responds to the political needs of the I.T. community. Our public policy work leverages the interplay between governments, business, institutions, and individuals to help create and maintain business climates that remain favorable to our members' interests.	ExplanationTxt

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$602,946	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$167,392	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$435,554	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,983,297	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,067,902	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$915,395	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,350,949	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
SECURITY DEPOSITS	$115,295
ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE	$5,720
DUE FROM SUBSIDIARY	$5,030,912
DUE FROM FOUNDATION	$639,421
OTHER	$38,958

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$5,830,306	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCRUED SALARIES & COMMISSION	$3,920,123
OTHER LIABILITIES	$284,118

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,204,241	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule D, Part X, Line 2:	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 December 31, 2013 and 2012. The Association's tax returns are subject to review and examination by federal and state authorities. The tax returns for the current year as well as fiscal years 2010 and thereafter are open to examination by federal and state authorities.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
North America	3	3	Program Services	Member Certification	$518,537
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	2	14	Program Services	Member Certification	$3,310,112
East Asia and the Pacific	4	7	Program Services	Member Certification	$978,934
Sub-Saharan Africa	1	6	Program Services	Member Certification	$573,213

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	10	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	30	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	10	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	30	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$5,380,796	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$5,380,796	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	Yes (true)	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 3, Column f	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Accrual accounting method	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Creating IT Futures Foundation Inc	BusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3500 Lacey Rd	AddressLine1
City	Downers Grove	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60515	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	364295421	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$1,000,000	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	Education	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	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Association provides funds to the Creating IT Futures Foundation, Inc. TYe Foundation is a related entity that is controlled by the association. The Foundation helps at-risk individuals and populations under-represented in IT prepare for, secure and be successful in IT careers.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
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	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Todd Thibodeaux
President/CEO	$640,000	$0	$216,000	$3,810	$15,300	$16,012	$891,122	$0
David Sommer
CFO/Treasurer	$275,031		$63,000	$9,330	$15,300	$18,512	$381,173
Dan Liutikas
Chief Legal Officer	$202,887		$38,906	$9,373	$15,231	$21,089	$287,486
Terry Erdle
Exec VP Skills Certification	$362,739	$0	$84,375	$5,235	$15,300	$28,789	$496,438	$0
Joseph Padin
Vice President Sales	$161,060	$0	$173,048	$1,050	$8,158	$23,610	$366,926	$0
Elizabeth Hyman
VP of Public Policy	$251,719	$0	$47,813	$3,289	$15,300	$10,118	$328,239	$0
Nancy Hammervik
VP of Industry Relations	$234,093	$0	$54,150	$2,743	$14,015	$24,217	$329,218	$0
Ann Batko
VP of Marketing	$225,976		$69,000	$4,900	$12,256	$16,928	$329,060

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part I, Line 1:	THE COMPANIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION; AND THE PROFESSIONALS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE FROM THEIR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY. COMPTIA IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE INDUSTRY GROWTH THROUGH ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, MARKET RESEARCH, NETWORKING EVENTS, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4D:	RESEARCH - THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES RELEVANT INDUSTRY RESEARCH FOR ITS MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RESEARCH ADDRESSES A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES COVERING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS, CHANNEL DYNAMICS, AND THE IT WORKFORCE. Expenses: $2,629,283. COMMUNITIES - THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES 13 TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COMMUNITIES TO SERVE ITS MEMBERS. THESE COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE I.T. SERVICES AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY, MANAGED PRINT SERVICES COMMUNITY, MOBILITY, MANAGED SERVICES, ADVANCING WOMEN IN IT COMMUNITY, CLOUD/SAAS COMMUNITY, IT SECURITY, PARTNER ADVISORY COUNCIL, VENDOR ADVISORY COUNCIL, IT LAW COUNCIL, UK CHANNEL COMMUNITY, TELECOM ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS. PUBLIC ADVOCACY - AS A VOICE IN GOVERNMENT THE ASSOCIATION COORDINATES WITH ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY AND WRITTEN COMMENTS ON VARIOUS IT INDUSTRY-RELATED MATTERS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6:	The organization has 2017 members made up of Information Technology (IT) companies and IT educational organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a:	Members are composed of IT Resellers, IT Vendors, and IT Training Organizations and have the right to elect Board Members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b:	The 990 is reviewed by the President/CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Board of Directors, and the Auditors of the Association.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c:	The Association has a written conflict of interest policy for the board of directors and periodically asks for updated signed copies of this policy from its board members. It also has a written conflict of interest policy for its employees and has new employees sign the policy. The Board's Audit and Investment Committee reviews the Board, Officer and employee Conflict of Interest statements taking action as defined by the policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b:	Compensation is determined by the compensation committee using an independent compensation consultant, the Form 990 of other organizations, written employment contracts, compensation surveys and studies, and approval by the committee and board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19:	Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Total IncomeTotalIncomeAmt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	End Of Year AssetsEndOfYearAssetsAmt	Direct Controlling NADirectControllingNACd
CompTIA Member Services LLC
3500 Lacey Rd Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	274001437	See Part VII	IL	$136,026	NA
CompTIA Certifications LLC
3500 Lacey Rd Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	274002416	See Part VII	IL	$43,388,957	NA	$69,744,463
Examplify LLC(Formerly CompTIA Exam Svs)
3500 Lacey Rd Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	274101229	See Part VII	IL	$68,658	NA	$0
CompTIA Properties LLC
3500 Lacey Rd Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	274001760	See Part VII	IL		NA	$0
CompTIA Learning LLC
3500 LACEY RD SUITE 100	DOWNERS GROVE	IL	60515	462011241	SEE PART VII	IL		NA
CompTIA Workforce Development LLC
3500 LACEY RD SUITE 100	DOWNERS GROVE	IL	60515	455627272	SEE PART VII	IL	$93,676			N/A

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1	CityForeignAddress/City	Province Or StateForeignAddress/ProvinceOrState	CountryForeignAddress/Country	Postal CodeForeignAddress/PostalCode	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
Creating IT Futures Fdn
3500 Lacey Road Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	364295421	IT Education	CT	501(C)(3)	7	Comptia	Yes (true)
CompTIA PAC
515 2nd Street NE	Washington	DC	20002	383758906	pol action	DC	527		CompTIA	Yes (true)
Computing Technology Industry Assoc - CA
					Membership				CompTIA	Yes (true)	15 Allstate Parkway Suite 200	Markham	Ontario	CA	3B 5B4	CA
CompTIA Investments NFP Inc
3500 Lacey Road Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	371712758	Investments	IL	501(C)(2)		CompTIA	Yes (true)
TechVoice
3500 Lacey Road Suite 100	Downers Grove	IL	60515	454101283	Soc Welfare	IL	501(C)(4)		CompTIA	Yes (true)

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (7 entries)

Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1	CityForeignAddress/City	CountryForeignAddress/Country	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Entity TypeEntityTypeTxt	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncomeAmt	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssetsAmt	OwnershipOwnershipPct	Province Or StateForeignAddress/ProvinceOrState
CompTia UK Limited
15th Floor City Point 1 Ropemaker	London	UK	Certification	UK	NA	C Corp	$2,869,847	$665,072	1.00000
CompTIA Australia
Level 14 Lumley House 309 Kent St	Sydney	AS	Certification	AS	NA	C Corp	$45,464	$85,005	1.00000	New S Wales
CompTIA Japan
Suidobashi MS Bldg 7F 3-4-9 Misaki	Tokyo	JA	Certification	JA	NA	C Corp	$644,298	$322,613	1.00000
CompTIA Germany GMBH
Immermanstr 50 D-40210	Dusseldorf	GM	Certification	GM	NA	C Corp	$512,173	$220,585	1.00000
CompTIA South Africa
3RD FLR LONGPOINT BLDG	FOURWAYS	SF	Certification	SF	NA	C Corp	$616,365	$206,478	1.00000	GAUTENG
CompTIA Hong Kong
19/F Seaview Commercial Bldg 21-24	Hong Kong	HK	Certification	HK	NA	C Corp	$188,566	$175,355	1.00000
CompTIA Technology India Private Ltd
AIPL BUSINESS CEN GOLF COURSE RD	SECTOR 54	IN	Certification	IN	NA	C CORP	$152,502	$56,615	1.00000	GURGAON

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	Yes (true)	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	Yes (true)	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	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
Creating IT Futures Foundation
B	$959,580	FMV
CompTIA Investments NFP INC
F	$5,825,883	FMV
Creating IT Futures Foundation
J	$40,420	FMV

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Primary Activity - CompTIA Member Services	Part I, L. 1: To provide programs to Association members.
Primary Activity - CompTIA Certifications, LLC	Part 1, L. 2: To provide certification exams for IT technicians.
Primary Activity - Examplify, LLC (Formerly Comptia Exam Services)	Part I, L. 3: To provide custom certification exams to for profit companies.
Primary Activity - CompTIA Properties, LLC	Part I, L. 4: To provide intellectual property to the Association.
Primary Activity - CompTIA Learning LLC	Part I, L. 5: TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN IT EXAM CANDIDATES.
Primary Activity - CompTIA Workforce Development LLC	Part I, L. 6: TO HELP UNEMPLOYED WORKERS GET TRAINED AND CERTIFIED TO MATCH JOB OPENINGS IN THE IT INDUSTRY.