2012-08-03T13:31:59-05:00 2011-12-31 861065772 Deloitte Tax LLP 200 Renaissance Center Suite 3900 Detroit MI 482431300 990 2011-01-01 381428955 NSF International NSFI 7347698010 789 North Dixboro Road Ann Arbor MI 48105 Michael P Walsh 7348276847 2012-08-02 1 Anne Fulton P00941863 3133963000 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Michael P Walsh 789 North Dixboro Road Ann Arbor MI 48105 135478600 0 X www.nsf.org X 1952 MI NSF International is a global, not-for-profit public health and safety organization. 9 8 546 0 0 0 346723 239925 83353737 83105760 1519820 7077629 0 0 85220280 90423314 0 0 0 0 36618906 41516890 0 0 0 30936720 31225313 67555626 72742203 17664654 17681111 217951043 223612900 60530813 61953012 157420230 161659888 X NSF International is dedicated to being the leading global provider of public health and safety-based risk management solutions while serving the interests of all stakeholders, namely the public, the business community and government agencies. 0 0 39958269 54674407 The NSF Water Division certifies products that come into contact with drinking water, such as plumbing components, water treatment chemicals and drinking water filters, as well as pool and spa equipment. NSF led the development of the American National Standards for all materials and products that treat or come in contact with drinking water to help protect public health and the environment and minimize adverse health effects. In 1990, the U.S. EPA replaced its own drinking water product advisory program with these NSF standards. Today, most plumbing codes require certification to NSF standards for pipes and plumbing components in commercial and residential buildings. 12877850 17621171 The NSF Food Safety Division includes NSF Foodservice Equipment and Nonfood Compounds certification; food safety and quality auditing and certification through NSF Agriculture, NSF Consulting & Technical services and NSF-CMi; Global Food Safety Standards Certification (SQF, BRC, GlobalGAP, FSSC22000, IFS, Dutch HACCP); NSF Restaurant and Retail Food Safety programs; Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Global Aquaculture Alliance Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), HACCP validation and inspection through NSF Surefish Seafood Safety; bottled water/flavored beverage quality certification; and organic and gluten-free certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI). 3259994 4460753 The NSF Health Sciences Division offers reference standards, certification, training, consulting, R&D and auditing for the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries. 4814323 6349429 NSF has earned collaborating centre designations by the World Health Organization for food and water safety and indoor enviroment. Additional services include sustainability, consumer product certification and standards publications. 4814323 6349429 60910436 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 X 157 0 546 1 0 1 CH PE MX UK BR TH IN KS CS GM BE CI SF CA SP IT 0 0 0 0 X 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CA MI X Michael P Walsh 7347698010 789 N Dixboro Road Ann Arbor MI 48105 X Charles F Bonser 2.00 X 34000 0 0 Charles G Depew 2.00 X 43326 0 0 Mary Jane England MD 2.00 X 36000 0 0 Thomas W Glasgow Jr 2.00 X 36000 0 0 Leslie L Loomans 2.00 X 36000 0 0 Richard E Rabbideau 7.00 X 46084 0 0 Richard Riederer 2.00 X 36000 0 0 Peter F Daamen 2.00 X 36547 0 0 Kevan Lawlor 30.00 X X 908745 0 442085 Chandana Kathuria 30.00 X 383493 0 115363 Koen Bontinck 30.00 X 0 375999 54899 Kristen Holt 30.00 X 501610 0 212053 Robert Ferguson 30.00 X 355573 0 12335 Lorelle Bestervelt 30.00 X 468775 0 187404 Nancy Culotta 30.00 X 552875 0 22880 Michael Walsh 30.00 X 294800 0 109233 Thomas Chestnut 30.00 X 0 316091 126438 James Lewis 30.00 X 233540 0 83988 Nancy Bauer 30.00 X 88846 0 24228 Elizabeth Jones 30.00 X 311822 0 130229 Christopher Dunn 40.00 X 170865 0 21432 Jennifer DeFrance 40.00 X 163270 0 13469 Ian Haynes 40.00 X 207235 0 11151 Paul Lane 40.00 X 226615 0 21917 Clifton McClellan 40.00 X 163597 0 34616 5335618 692090 1623720 49 0 1 0 Grand River Inc 3045 Miller Road Ann Arbor MI 48103 Website Design 254730 The Riparian Group LLC 11415 Castleton Court Dexter MI 48130 Audit Services 248842 Ketchum Inc 6 PPG Place 12th Floor Pittsburgh PA 15222 Marketing Services 236936 Howard & Howard Attorneys PC 450 W 4th Street Royal Oak MI 48067 Legal Services 225022 Kober Mollie A 3120 W 40th Ave Denver CO 80211 Audit Services 187227 30 239925 239925 Water Systems 541380 54674407 54674407 Food Safety 541380 17621171 17621171 Pharma 900099 4460753 4460753 Sustainability 541900 3638115 3638115 Other 900099 2711314 2711314 83105760 4176790 4176790 190800 190800 0 0 47765325 44851647 12839 2913678 -12839 2900839 2900839 90423314 83105760 0 7077629 5743834 4103705 1640129 23324802 21469561 1855241 2304169 1968134 336035 7291445 6514835 776610 2852640 2620412 232228 314518 242614 71904 217623 84446 133177 162292 162292 84164 84164 8538085 8538085 800375 609405 190970 4729326 4216498 512828 1588470 748285 840185 3434124 3255863 178261 275924 210122 65802 1202400 1202400 4817888 2282880 2535008 546847 46394 500453 General Administrative 1944993 1088802 856191 0 Equipment Rental 1490028 784461 705567 0 Taxes 542090 399645 142445 0 Telephone 536166 361597 174569 0 72742203 60910436 11831767 0 4563146 2227067 9364630 9439082 567264 1288877 1935313 85533895 32834265 51221861 52699630 50124380 44792114 96920780 86574340 9117859 6803448 13924152 217951043 223612900 3129341 2289943 4695853 4453475 27983316 24977163 24722303 30232431 60530813 61953012 X 157420230 161659888 0 0 157420230 161659888 217951043 223612900 X 17681111 -13441453 X 0 1 1 X 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 162292 0 0 162292 0 Explanation of Other Lobbying Activities: Part II-B, Line 1i: In 2011, NSF engaged the services of a lobbying firm in Washington DC in order to better inform and represent interests in the areas of food and water safety legislation. 1387935 1387935 49114716 11373943 37740773 1312931 184064 1128867 30734464 19487778 11246686 2983849 1788480 1195369 52699630 Investment in Subsidiaries 86574340 C 86574340 Work in Process 4444674 Investment Interest 14173 Intercompany Receivable 8947961 Investments for Long Term Use 182124 Deferred Taxes 48721 Other Non Current Assets 286499 13924152 Interest Payable 355339 Accrued Compensation 5030848 Employee Benefits Liability 24846244 30232431 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Investments 5231835 Europe (including Iceland & Greenland) 0 0 Investments 3283687 0 0 0 0 0 0 8515522 0 8515522 0 0 1 0 1 0 Activities per Region Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Amounts reported in Part I represent the end-of-year book value of direct foreign investments. X X X X 1 1 X X X X X X 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 Kevan Lawlor 385346 0 518949 0 4450 0 427125 0 14960 0 1350830 0 69133 0 Chandana Kathuria 215296 0 167792 0 405 0 101153 0 14210 0 498856 0 23500 0 Koen Bontinck 0 261136 0 107142 0 7721 0 50086 0 4813 0 430898 0 0 Kristen Holt 244506 0 253521 0 3583 0 193653 0 18400 0 713663 0 30967 0 Robert Ferguson 72698 0 187312 0 95563 0 5681 0 6654 0 367908 0 0 0 Lorelle Bestervelt 238408 0 224507 0 5860 0 181640 0 5764 0 656179 0 28367 0 Nancy Culotta 134063 0 176221 0 242591 0 16901 0 5979 0 575755 0 0 0 Michael Walsh 177396 0 116999 0 405 0 95223 0 14010 0 404033 0 18067 0 Thomas Chestnut 0 182696 0 132654 0 741 0 112828 0 13610 0 442529 0 19733 James Lewis 154402 0 78637 0 501 0 72317 0 11671 0 317528 0 16100 0 Elizabeth Jones 218817 0 92600 0 405 0 125174 0 5055 0 442051 0 12600 0 Christopher Dunn 141999 0 28300 0 566 0 0 0 21432 0 192297 0 0 0 Jennifer DeFrance 82689 0 1805 0 78776 0 2062 0 11407 0 176739 0 0 0 Ian Haynes 131522 0 26600 0 49113 0 0 0 11151 0 218386 0 0 0 Paul Lane 176445 0 50000 0 170 0 2285 0 19632 0 248532 0 0 0 Clifton McClellan 134231 0 28800 0 566 0 17606 0 17010 0 198213 0 0 0 Part I, Line 1a Spouse airfare provided to annual board meeting in March for board members Charles Depew ($408.40) and Peer Daamen ($4,547.00). Housing and car allowance provided for Ian Haynes ($48,787), and Jennifer DeFrance ($78,630). Business class airfare provided to non US board member: Daamen, Peer ($33,480). Gross up for taxes related to SERP plan: Lawlor, Kevan, ($21,756). All amounts were reported as taxable compensation except for the business class flights. Part I, Lines 4a-b Nancy Culotta received a lump sum severance of $195,000 in 2011. In addition, Culotta received 18 months salary continuance, and was paid $47,115 of this in 2011. Robert Ferguson received salary continuance for 9 months and was paid $95,308 of this in 2011. Part I, Lines 4a-b The following persons accrued additional deferred amounts under the supplemental retirement plan: Bestervelt, Lori $65,440; Holt, Kristen $65,083; Lawlor, Kevan $171,319. Part I, Lines 4a-b The following person participated in a supplemental retirement plan under which benefits earned are reported as current year compensation: Lawlor, Kevan $53,945. Benefits earned under this plan are not received as cash payments in the current year. Part I, Line 5 Incentive compensation is paid to certain management based on several criteria, one of which is meeting budgeted revenue goals for the not for profit organization and/or one of its related entities. Part I, Line 6 Incentive compensation is paid to certain management based on several criteria, one of which is meeting budgeted operating margin goals for the not for profit organization and/or one of its related entities. The company has a long-term incentive compensation plan whereby certain management are awarded deferred compensation based on several criteria. The amounts awarded each year are reported as "Retirement and Deferred Compensation" on the 990. Beginning three years after the amounts are awarded, the amounts begin to vest for the participant. The vested amounts are included under the "Bonus and Incentive Compensation" column of 990. Under the terms of our plan, such long-term incentive compensation will be consistently reported for Form 990 purposes twice - once when awarded and again when vested. Michigan Strategic Fund 521417332 59469C7K3 2004-02-20 31275000 Refunding of Previous Bonds 0 0 0 Michigan Strategic Fund 521417332 2007-12-01 10000000 Building Expansion 0 0 0 14390000 32868692 390000 22455240 302396 10501056 2006 0 1 1 1 2722223 10000000 10000000 2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00000 0.05000 0.05000 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00000 0.05000 0.05000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Schedule K, Part V Procedures to Undertake Corrective Action NSF International had not established written procedures during 2011, however, a written policy was adopted in 2012 to timely identify and correct any violations of federal tax requirements as they arise. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 Prior to the filing of the 990, a completed copy of the 990 is posted on the board of directors website. All board members have access to the 990 and can download and review the document. The audit/finance committee (comprised of members of the board of directors) is responsible for monitoring this process and for confirming that the 990 is posted to the website in a timely manner. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Each May, all officers and directors must specifically state, in writing, any potential conflicts of interest that they may have. These documents are kept as part of the permanent board records and all potential conflicts are reviewed by human resources. In addition, all employees are required to undergo an online training course annually. As part of this training course, all employees are reminded of the conflict of interest policy and are told to report any conflicts of interest to human resources. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Each year during the January board meeting and after the publication of the prior year financial results, the compensation committee (comprised of members of the board of directors) reviews the compensations of all corporate officers and board members and recommends adjustments to compensation, as necessary. The full board of directors reviews the recommendations of the compensation committee and approves adjustments to compensation, if deemed appropriate. This compensation review/recommendation/approval process was last done in January of 2012. In addition, compensation studies are performed periodically by an outside firm to assist the compensation committee in the review of officer's compensation. The last study was performed in May of 2011. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Avg hours devoted to related org(s) when related comp is reported: Form 990, Part VII: The following individuals worked an average of 20 hours per week for NSF International Holdings, Inc.: Kevan Lawlor, Chandana Kathuria, Koen Bontinck, Kristen Holt, Robert Ferguson, Lorelle Bestervelt, Nancy Culotta, Michael Walsh, Thomas Chestnut, James Lewis, Nancy Bauer, Elizabeth Jones, Ian Haynes, and Jennifer DeFrance. Richard Rabbideau worked an average of 1 hour per week for NSF International Holdings, Inc. Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances: Form 990, Part XI, line 5: Net unrealized losses on investments: -3,534,806. Prior period adjustments: -653,899. Non Controlling Interest in Joint Venture 888,760. Changes in Benefit Plan Obligations -10,141,508. Total to Form 990, Part XI, Line 5: -13,441,453. 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