ALLIANCE FOR GRAY MARKET AND COUNTERFEIT ABATEMENT: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: ALLIANCE FOR GRAY MARKET AND COUNTERFEIT ABATEMENT (EIN 61-1403643)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-05-10
IRS object ID: 201211319349301326
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-10T12:28:14-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	e-TaxPro	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	146 Main Street Suite 105	AddressLine1
City	Los Altos	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	940222935	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	611403643	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Alliance for Gray Market & Counterfeit	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	Abatement	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ALLI	NameControl
Phone	5104008747	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	15466 Los Gatos Boulevard	AddressLine1
City	Los Gatos	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	95032	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Franziska Heinrich	Name
Title	Treasurer	Title
Date Signed	2012-05-10	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Harold C Bain	Name
Phone	6504928175	Phone
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
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Web Site	www.agmaglobal.org	WebSite
Activity Or Mission Description	Mitigation of copyright infringement for hardware & software.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	4	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	250000	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
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Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
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Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	224490	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	222137	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	224490	TotalExpensesPriorYear
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Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	25510	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-10374	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	218980	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	208606	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	208605	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Mitigation of copyright infringement for hardware & software.	MissionDescription
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
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Description	Mitigation of copyright infringement for hardware & software.	Description
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Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
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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
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School	false	School
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Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
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Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
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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	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	5	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	4	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	4	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	false	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Harold C Bain	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6504928175	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	146 Main St Ste 105	AddressLine1
City	Los Altos	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	940222935	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer
Ram Manchi
President	0.00	0	0	0
Franziska Hanreich
Treasurer	0.00	0	0	0
James Vanlandingham
Secretary	0.00	0	0	0	X	X
Chris LaChapelle
Vice President	0.00	0	0	0	X	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

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Osha Liang LLP
909 Fannin Street Ste 3500	Houston	TX	77010	Legal	842
Independent Management Services
4195 Chino Hills Pkwy Ste 589	Chino Hills	CA	91709	Management services	83077
Dragonfly Interactive LLC
21 Route 31 North Suite B6	Pennington	PA	16686	Consult	5000
Donanvan Smith Market Lab
6311 Amelia Springs	Spring	TX	77379	Marketing	933
Baker Hostetler LLP
1900 East 9th Street Ste 3200	Cleveland	OH	44114	Legal Services	870

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	211667	MembershipDues
Total Contributions	211667	TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue	0	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	96	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	96	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

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

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

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

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

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

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	211763	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	96	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1092	Total
Program Services	1092	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5193	Total
Program Services	5193	ProgramServices

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2135	Total
Program Services	2135	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
Web Design	5000	5000
Member reimbursements	19598	19598
Meeting expenses	320	320
Contractor fees	92011	92011
consulting	96627	96627

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	161	Total
Program Services	161	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	222137	Total
Program Services	222137	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	218980	BOY
EOY	208606	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	218980	BOY
EOY	208606	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1	BOY
EOY	1	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1	BOY
EOY	1	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	218979	BOY
EOY	208605	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	218979	BOY
EOY	208605	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	218980	BOY
EOY	208606	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-10374	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Rounding	Description
Amount	$1	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	1	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	No documents available to the public.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	All compensation to all employees and/or contarctors is subject to review and approval by Board of Directors which are 100% disinterested parties.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	Provided to Board Of Directors for review and evaluation prior to signing.