BFCA: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
BFCA (EIN 95-4560659)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-11-15
IRS object ID
201233209349307493
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 ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-11-15T15:54:01-06:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN954647050EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1CMM LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line15700 CANOGA AVE SUITE 300AddressLine1
CityWOODLAND HILLSCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code91367ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN954560659EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATIONBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlBROANameControl
Phone3108602665Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line19220 SUNSET BLVD SUITE 220AddressLine1
CityLOS ANGELESCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code90069ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJOSEPH BERLINName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone3108602665Phone
Date Signed2012-11-15DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameGREGORY A MOGABName
PTINP00166603PTIN
Phone8189865070Phone
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonJOSEPH BERLINNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line19220 SUNSET BLVD SUITE 220AddressLine1
CityLOS ANGELESCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code90069ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts1511566GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web SiteWWW.BFCA.ORGWebSite
Type Of Organization AssociationXTypeOfOrganizationAssociation
Year Formation1996YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO PROMOTE THE ART OF ELECTRONIC FILM CRITICISM AND TO PROMOTE THE ART OF ELECTRONIC TELEVISION CRITICISMActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body5NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members0NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees0TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers12TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year20250ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year16400ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year824919ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY1494168ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year289InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year998InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year845458TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year1511566TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year86682GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY61150GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year222600SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year250054SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year857143OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year1384329OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year1166425TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year1695533TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year-320967RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY-183967RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY576215TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY391869TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY1121TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY742TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY575094NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY391127NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part IIIXInfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission DescriptionTO PROMOTE THE ART OF ELECTRONIC FILM AND TELEVISION CRITICISMMissionDescription
Significant New Program Services1SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
DescriptionTO PROMOTE THE ART OF ELECTRONIC FILM CRITICISMDescription

Activity2 Activity2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionTO PROMOTE THE ART OF ELECTRONIC TELEVISION CRITICISMDescription
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip1ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities0ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest0ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote0ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt0IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivities
Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations1GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals1GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required1ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person1GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization1BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member0BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp1OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity0TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109626NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees0NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members5NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members0NumberIndependentVotingMembers
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 Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy0ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledCAStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATIONBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number3108602665TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line19220 SUNSET BLVD SUITE 220AddressLine1
CityLOS ANGELESCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code90069ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
JOSEPH BERLIN
PRESIDENT40.00XX0225000230230
JOHN DE SIMIO
DIRECTOR40.00X11105400
JIM FERGUSON
DIRECTOR8.00X2100000
MARK RAMSEY
DIRECTOR8.00X4700000
SARA VOORHEES
DIRECTOR25.00X7100000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org250054TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs225000TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation230230TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K1NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K1TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/CityStateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCodeDescription Of ServicesDescriptionOfServicesCompensationCompensation
BERLIN ENTERTAINMENT INC
9220 SUNSET BLVD SUITE 220LOS ANGELESCA90069PRODUCTION SERVICES376270
BOB BAIN PRODUCTIONSINC
1447 CLOVERFIELD BLVD SUITE 201SANTA MONICACA90404PRODUCTION SERVICES186765
UPP
340 WINONA AVENUEBURBANKCA91504PRODUCTION SERVICES100141
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K3NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues16400MembershipDues
Total Contributions16400TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBusiness CodeBusinessCodeTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnRelated Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
CCMA71130011840001184000
CCTA711300310168310168
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue1494168TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column998TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income998RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column1511566TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income1495166RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total49150Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total12000Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total250054Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total97054Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total21500Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total18000Total

Advertising Advertising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total17952Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1586Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total87062Total

Occupancy Occupancy

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total26250Total

Travel Travel

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total7015Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total5793Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionTotalTotal
OUTSIDE SERVICES546770
PROGRAM EXPENSES503067
COMMISSION36209
MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT8643

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total7428Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1695533Total

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY69322BOY
EOY17175EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY501545BOY
EOY371487EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis22061LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec18854LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY5348BOY
EOY3207EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY576215BOY
EOY391869EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1121BOY
EOY742EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1121BOY
EOY742EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY32661BOY
EOY32661EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY542433BOY
EOY358466EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY575094BOY
EOY391127EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY576215BOY
EOY391869EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-183967ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis22061OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation18854Depreciation
Book Value3207BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings3207TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressUS/CityStateAddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCodeAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrantPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
1 WORLD AVENUELITTLE ROCKAR722025000GENERAL SUPPORT
WATERORG
920 MAIN STREET SUITE 1800KANSAS CITYMO6410525000GENERAL SUPPORT
(no name)
ENERAL SUP
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants2TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations2TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (2 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrantNumber Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipientsAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant
JAY FORRY - SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENT ATTENDING SCHOOL.21500
GRANTS TO SHOOT PILOTS FOR NEW MOVIE REVIEW SHOWS510500

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

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonJOSEPH BERLINNamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org0BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs225000CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org0BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs0BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Filing Org0OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Related Orgs0OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org0DeferredCompFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Related Orgs230230DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org0NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs0NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org0TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs455230TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org0CompReportPrior990FilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Related Orgs0CompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part III Form990ScheduleLPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Interested PersonJIM FERGUSONNameOfInterestedPerson
Relationship With OrganizationDIRECTORRelationshipWithOrganization
Amount Of Grant2000AmountOfGrant
Type Of AssistanceSPONSORSHIPTypeOfAssistance

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BERLIN ENTERTAINMENT INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RelationshipCORPORATION IS 100% OWNED BY JOSEPH BERLIN, AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATIONRelationship
Amount Of Transaction376270AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionPRODUCTION SERVICES PERFORMED BY BERLIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
NEW PROGRAM SERVICESFORM 990, PART III, LINE 2TO PROMOTE THE ART OF ELECTRONIC TELEVISION CRITICISM
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6THE BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION IS THE LARGEST FILM CRITICS ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, REPRESENTING 300 TELEVISION, RADIO AND ONLINE CRITICS. THE COLLECTIVE MEMBERSHIP IS MADE UP OF OVER 300 MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7AALL FULL MEMBERS HAVE A VOTE IN BOARD ELECTIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE RETURNS PRIOR TO SIGNING
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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