GREAT LAKES SAFETY TRAINING CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: GREAT LAKES SAFETY TRAINING CENTER (EIN 38-2862698)
Tax period: 2011-10-01 to 2012-09-30
Filed: 2013-02-06
IRS object ID: 201310379349300521
Schema version: 2011v1.5
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 A
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-02-06T09:57:27-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ANDREWS HOOPER PAVLIK PLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3333 DEPOSIT DR NE STE 310	AddressLine1
City	GRAND RAPIDS	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49546	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	382862698	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GREAT LAKES SAFETY TRAINING CENTER	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GREA	NameControl
Phone	9898372332	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1900 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	MIDLAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	48642	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JW FISHER	Name
Title	PRESIDENT OF BOARD	Title
Phone	9898372332	Phone
Date Signed	2013-01-29	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MICHELLE L DERIDDER	Name
Phone	6169426440	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-01-29	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JW FISHER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1900 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	MIDLAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	48642	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2144471	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.GLSTC.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1989	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MI	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	WE PROVIDE WORKPLACE AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY TRAINING FOR CONTRACTORS AND HELP PROMOTE AND CREATE SAFE COMMUNITIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	35	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	11	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	13240	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	16035	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	3512134	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	2094473	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	7132	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	4950	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	6484	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	14422	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	3538990	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	2129880	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	18000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	1092665	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	1090697	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	1206118	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	871959	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	2298783	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1980656	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	1240207	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	149224	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	3453201	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	3573317	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	91560	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	62452	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	3361641	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	3510865	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	WE PROVIDE WORKPLACE AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY TRAINING FOR CONTRACTORS AND HELP PROMOTE AND CREATE SAFE COMMUNITIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1776148	Expense
Grants	18000	Grants
Revenue	2071000	Revenue
Description	SAFETY AWARENESS AND EDUCATION COURSES PROVIDED TO AREA CONTRACTORS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES. 64 DIFFERENT CLASSES WERE OFFERED AND OVER 15,600 PEOPLE WERE TRAINED. WE ALSO PROVIDE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TRAINING, SUCH AS BABYSITTER TRAINING AND CPR/FIRST AID TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND AREA KIDS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	28717	Expense
Revenue	31480	Revenue
Description	TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR CONTRACTOR OWNER SAFETY TEAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE DOW CHEMICAL CO. TO COOPERATE TO PROMOTE SAFE WORK PRACTICES, AND TO PROVIDE A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PROCESS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	1804865	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	35	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	true	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JW FISHER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9898372332	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1900 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	MIDLAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	48642	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	FormerFormer
MIKE MALLEK
PAST PRESIDE	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL J BEALE
VICE PRESIDE	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
JUSTIN EBEL
TREASURER	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
BRENDA TURNER
SECRETARY	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
JW FISHER
PRESIDENT	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
RUSS KERLIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
MIKE CASE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
RONNIE NEUMANN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
JOE JACHENS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
JAY PELTON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
JIM COOK
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00			110575	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	110575	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation	Address Line2AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine2
THREE RIVERS CORPORATION
3069 VANTAGE POINT DRIVE	MIDLAND	MI	48641	CBT LAB-CONTRUC	711646
STERLING INFOSYSTEMS
NEWARK POST OFFICE	NEWARK	NJ	071935626	BACKGROUNDS	536935	PO BOX 35626
ADAYANA
PO BOX 1627	INDIANAPOLIS	IN	462061627	SOFTWARE	106463

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	3	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Fundraising Events	8730	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	7305	GovernmentGrants
Total Contributions	16035	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
SAFETY CLASSES	611710	1469163	1469163
SECURITY PASSPORT	900099	536935	536935
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	88375	88375

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	2094473	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5008	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$5,008	ExclusionAmount

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	58	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-58	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-58	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	-58	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	18335	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	8730	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	14533	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3802	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	ExclusionExclusionAmount
MISC INCOME	900099	8065	8065
MEMBER ROOM RENTAL INCOME	900099	2555		$2,555

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	10620	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2129880	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2102480	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$7,563	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18000	Total
Program Services	18000	ProgramServices

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	106068	Total
Program Services	95461	ProgramServices
Management And General	10607	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	763129	Total
Program Services	686816	ProgramServices
Management And General	76313	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16318	Total
Program Services	14686	ProgramServices
Management And General	1632	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	125985	Total
Program Services	113387	ProgramServices
Management And General	12598	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	79197	Total
Program Services	71277	ProgramServices
Management And General	7920	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7594	Total
Program Services	6835	ProgramServices
Management And General	759	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20250	Total
Program Services	18225	ProgramServices
Management And General	2025	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	124279	Total
Program Services	111851	ProgramServices
Management And General	12428	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	52305	Total
Program Services	47074	ProgramServices
Management And General	5231	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30631	Total
Program Services	20887	ProgramServices
Management And General	9744	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3539	Total
Program Services	3185	ProgramServices
Management And General	354	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31299	Total
Program Services	28169	ProgramServices
Management And General	3130	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16381	Total
Program Services	14659	ProgramServices
Management And General	1722	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	94522	Total
Program Services	85070	ProgramServices
Management And General	9452	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11678	Total
Program Services	10510	ProgramServices
Management And General	1168	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
SECURITY PASSPORTS	201635	201635
TEACHING SUPPLIES	88783	88783
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	69190	62271	6919
UTILITIES	25853	23268	2585

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	94020	Total
Program Services	82816	ProgramServices
Management And General	11204	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1980656	Total
Program Services	1804865	ProgramServices
Management And General	175791	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	399742	BOY
EOY	264468	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1346087	BOY
EOY	1150921	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	417126	BOY
EOY	130294	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10268	BOY
EOY	6418	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	2276075	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	254859	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1279978	BOY
EOY	2021216	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3453201	BOY
EOY	3573317	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	91560	BOY
EOY	62452	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	91560	BOY
EOY	62452	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3357926	BOY
EOY	3510865	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3715	BOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3361641	BOY
EOY	3510865	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3453201	BOY
EOY	3573317	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	149224	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	31375	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	38700	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	59550	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	13240	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	16035	CurrentTaxYear
Total	158900	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1755482	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1629767	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2461068	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3539522	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2120873	CurrentTaxYear
Total	11506712	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	2555	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2555	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1786857	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1668467	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2520618	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3552762	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2139463	CurrentTaxYear
Total	11668167	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	11668167	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	22957	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	26293	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11730	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	11376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5008	CurrentTaxYear
Total	77364	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	22957	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	26293	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11730	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	11376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5008	CurrentTaxYear
Total	77364	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1809814	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1694760	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2532348	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3564138	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2144471	CurrentTaxYear
Total	11745531	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99340	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99280	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1804458	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	74016	Depreciation
Book Value	1730442	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	323039	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	151631	Depreciation
Book Value	171408	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	148578	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	29212	Depreciation
Book Value	119366	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2021216	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	2129880	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	1980656	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	149224	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	149224	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2144413	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues	14533	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	14533	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	2129880	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	2129880	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1995189	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	14533	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	14533	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	1980656	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1980656	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 8	RECLASS OF SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE 14,533 RECLASS OF SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES -14,533
REVENUE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D	RECLASS OF SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE 14,533
EXPENSE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XIII, LINE 2D	RECLASS OF SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES 14,533

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	GOLF OUTING	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	16563	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	8730	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	7833	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	10909	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	ANNUAL MEETING	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	10502	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	10502	GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	3624	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total	27065	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	8730	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	18335	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	14533	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	14533	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	3802	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
BAY AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
1000 ADAMS STREET SUITE 200	BAY CITY	MI	48708	382418086	501	6000	SCHOLARSHIP
SAGINAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
1 TUSCOLA STREET 100	SAGINAW	MI	48607	382765862	501	6000	SCHOLARSHIP
MIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
76 ASHMAN CIRCLE	MIDLAND	MI	48640	382023395	501	6000	SCHOLARSHIP

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	3	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	GREAT LAKES SAFETY TRAINING CENTER (GLSTC) ESTABLISHED THESE FUNDS WITH THE HELP OF MANY LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND BUSINESSES TO BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PURSUING A CAREER IN THE TRADES OR CONSTRUCTION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SAFETY. THEIR MISSION IS "PREPARING PEOPLE TO LIVE SAFELY EVERY DAY" AND WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE HELPING OTHERS TO LIVE SAFELY. THE MISSION OF GLSTC ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD TO A RESIDENT OF BAY AREA, SAGINAW COUNTY, AND MIDLAND COUNTY WHO IS PURSUING A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION IN TRADES, CONSTRUCTION, OR ENGINEERING WITH AN INTEREST IN SAFETY. THE STUDENT MUST HAVE A GPA OF 2.5 OR HIGHER AND PROVIDE AN ESSAY OUTLINING THEIR INTEREST IN THE INTENDED FIELD OF STUDY AND SAFETY RELATED CAREER GOALS. STUDENT MUST PROVIDE COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS AND THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION (WORK-RELATED, INSTRUCTOR, AND PERSONAL CHOICE). THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO FINANCE THE GLSTC ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JIM COOK	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	90239	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Bonus Filing Org	20336	BonusFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	110575	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
OFFICERS WHO CANNOT BE REACHED	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9	JIM COOK 2246 N. 8 MILE ROAD SANFORD, MI 48657
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY GLSTC ADOPTED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY APRIL 1, 2003. THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE OF "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" IS THAT EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS SHOULD AVOID ANY ACTIVITY, INVESTMENT OR INTEREST THAT MIGHT REFLECT UNFAVORABLY UPON THE INTEGRITY OR GOOD NAME OF GLSTC OR HIM/HER. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES ARE OBLIGATED TO PLACE GLSTC INTEREST IN ANY BUSINESS TRANSACTION AHEAD OF ANY PERSONAL INTEREST OR PERSONAL GAIN (TO INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES/BOARD MEMBERS OR TO THEIR SPOUSE, FAMILY MEMBER, ROOMMATE, FRIEND OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL) AND TO DISCLOSE THE FACTS IN ANY SITUATION WHERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MAY ARISE. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WILL USUALLY BE RESOLVED CORRECTLY BY USING GOOD JUDGMENT, THE GUIDELINES OF THIS POLICY AND THE DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IN ORDER TO ASSIST EMPLOYEES/BOARD MEMBERS IN UNDERSTANDING WHERE CONFLICTS MAY ARISE, HERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES. A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MAY ARISE WHERE EMPLOYEE/BOARD MEMBERS: 1. HAS A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST THAT MIGHT AFFECT BUSINESS JUDGMENT; 2. GAINS PERSONAL ENRICHMENT THROUGH ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; 3. ACCEPTS EMPLOYMENT THAT ADVERSELY AFFECTS WORK PERFORMANCE; 4. WITHOUT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPROVAL, RECEIVES GIFTS OR ENTERTAINMENT VALUED OVER 75, SERVICES OR PAYMENT FROM OTHERS FOR SERVICES THAT IS BEING PERFORMED IN THE COURSE OF GLSTC BUSINESS OR DURING BUSINESS HOURS, OR A PERSON MISUSES HIS/HER POSITION IN A WAY THAT RESULTS IN PERSONAL GAIN; OR 5. APPROVES PAYMENT FOR GOODS OR SERVICES THAT WERE NOT RECEIVED OR THAT WERE BILLED AT INFLATED PRICES. BOARD MEMBERS MAY PROVIDE SERVICES TO GLSTC BUT MUST ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS THAT THEY POTENTIALLY MIGHT BENEFIT FROM EITHER PERSONALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY. INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK CLARIFICATION AND DISCUSS QUESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH THE GLSTC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO A LACK OF COMPARABLE BUSINESSES. THE BOARD USES COMPENSATION DATA FROM THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, ALONG WITH COMPENSATION DATA FROM OTHER NON-PROFITS IN THE REGION TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE SALARY RANGE. IT IS NOTED IN THE MINUTES TO THE BOARD MEETING THAT THESE COMPENSATION DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	ALL DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

GREAT LAKES SAFETY TRAINING CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2011

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Activity2 Activity2

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (3 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Total509 Total509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings Buildings

Equipment Equipment

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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