INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES (EIN 13-0870910)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-07-29
IRS object ID
201332109349300908
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-07-29T15:42:24-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN521830978EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1FROBENIUS CONAWAY & CO PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line16411 IVY LANE SUITE 308AddressLine1
CityGREENBELTCity
StateMDState
ZIP Code207701405ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN130870910EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVESBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlINSTNameControl
Phone2024299280Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11120 19TH STREET NW NO 310AddressLine1
CityWASHINGTONCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code200363605ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJ CHRISTOPHER RONAYName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone2024299280Phone
Date Signed2013-07-12DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameMICHAEL G CONAWAY CPAName
PTINP00543514PTIN
Phone3013454000Phone
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonJ CHRISTOPHER RONAYNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11120 19TH STREET NW NO 310AddressLine1
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StateDCState
ZIP Code200363605ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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State Legal DomicileDCStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO SERVE AS THE SAFETY ASSOCIATION OF THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY. TO PROVIDE TECHNICALLY ACCURATE INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND TO SERVE AS A SOURCE OF RELIABLE DATA ABOUT THEIR USE.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI605TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year387InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year605InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year13330OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year268043OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
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Info In Schedule O Part IIIXInfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission DescriptionTO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF EMPLOYEES, USERS, THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND USE OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
DescriptionSAFETY LIBRARY - COMPRISED OF PUBLICATIONS, POSTERS, VIDEOS, ETC., ADDRESSING A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ALL RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES SAFETY.Description

Activity2 Activity2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionSAFETY EDUCATION - SPONSORSHIP OF BLASTING CAP SAFETY EDUCATION SINCE 1926, CONCENTRATING ON EDUCATING CHILDREN TO THE DANGERS OF BLASTING CAPS (DETONATORS).Description

Activity3 Activity3

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionREGULATORY ASSISTANCE - ASSISTANCE TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATORY AGENCIES IN PROMULGATING RULES PROMOTING SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT ARE UNIFORM, PRACTICAL, AND TECHNICALLY SOUND.Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionLAW ENFORCEMENT - ASSISTING FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN MATTERS INVOLVING COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES MATERIALS.Description
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
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School0School
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members1ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body0Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy0ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO1CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Business Name Line1THE ORGANIZATIONBusinessNameLine1
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Telephone Number2024299280TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line11120 19TH ST NW SUITE 310AddressLine1
CityWASHINGTONCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20036ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (22 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficerHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
DAVID TRUE
DIRECTOR4.00X000
TIM O'BRIEN
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ROBERT DAVIS
DIRECTOR1.00X000
JAMES BARKER
DIRECTOR1.00X000
GERMAN MORALES
DIRECTOR1.00X000
DAVID BOSTON
DIRECTOR1.00X000
TONY NELSON
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TIM GOLIAN
DIRECTOR1.00X000
JOHN SONDAY
DIRECTOR4.00X000
EDWIN CANNON
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DAVID ZOGHBY
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MITCHELL GREEN
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KELLER BRADFIELD
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DAN MCATEE
DIRECTOR1.00X000
THOMAS MURPHY
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CLUNY RANDELL
DIRECTOR1.00X000
RAJEEV SINGHAL
DIRECTOR1.00X000
GILBERT SPERLING
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J CHRISTOPHER RONAY
PRESIDENT40.0021890000XX
LON D SANTIS
EMPLOYEE40.0014100000X
SUSAN J FLANAGAN
EMPLOYEE40.0012955000X
CYTHIA F HILTON
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Number Individuals GT100 K4NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K1TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (3 entries)

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4950 RESEARCH DRIVEHUNTSVILLEAL35805EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS275691
PRUDENCE LLC
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NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH
PO DRAWER 11099COLUMBIASC292111009LEGAL SERVICES250000
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Total Revenue Column605TotalRevenueColumn
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SAFETY AND EDUCATION5419001304313043
INITIATION FEES54190025002500

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Total Revenue Column2500TotalRevenueColumn
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Total615086Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

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Total161779Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Total6500Total

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Occupancy Occupancy

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Total223467Total

Travel Travel

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Total103775Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Total387838Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

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FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

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Only In House Lobbying0OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year0AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
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Amount To Be Carried Over0AmountToBeCarriedOver
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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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Federal Income Tax Liability87500FederalIncomeTaxLiability
Total Of Amounts87500TotalOfAmounts

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

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Name PersonJ CHRISTOPHER RONAYNamePerson
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
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Comp Based On Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org0BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs0BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Filing Org0OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Related Orgs0OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org0DeferredCompFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Related Orgs0DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org0NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs0NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org218900TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs0TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org0CompReportPrior990FilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Related Orgs0CompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6MEMBERSHIP IS DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES: (I) REGULAR MEMBER; (II) ASSOCIATE MEMBER; AND (III) AFFILIATE MEMBER.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7ATHE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WILL ELECT ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD BASED ON CONDITIONS STIPULATED IN THE BYLAWS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND FILED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15ATHE ORGANIZATION'S STEERING COMMITTEE (WHOSE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS) RECCOMMENDS & APPROVES THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FINANCIAL DATA, POLICY INFORMATION & GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLY UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS MUST BE IN WRITING AND SUBMITTED TO THE ORGANIZATION AT ITS OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, DC.

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