NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERBOAT OPERATOS INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERBOAT OPERATOS INC (EIN 02-0576582)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-08-14
IRS object ID
201242279349301684
Schema version
2011v1.2
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)
Timestamp2012-08-14T11:07:28-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN631031732EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HARTMANN BLACKMON & KILGORE PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1P O BOX 1469AddressLine1
CityFAIRHOPECity
StateALState
ZIP Code365331469ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN020576582EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERBOATBusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2OPERATORS INCBusinessNameLine2
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlNATINameControl
Phone2519815136Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 2990AddressLine1
CityORANGE BEACHCity
StateALState
ZIP Code36561ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameBOBBI WALKERName
TitleEXECUTIVE DIRECTORTitle
Phone2519815136Phone
Date Signed2012-05-01DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameXAVIER A HARTMANN III CPAName
PTINP00058219PTIN
Phone2519282443Phone
Date Prepared2012-05-09DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonBOBBI WALKERNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 2990AddressLine1
CityORANGE BEACHCity
StateALState
ZIP Code36561ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts176388GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web SiteWWW.NACOCHARTERS.ORGWebSite
Type Of Organization AssociationXTypeOfOrganizationAssociation
Year Formation1991YearFormation
State Legal DomicileALStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionNACO'S MISSION IS TO REPRESENT AND TO ADVANCE THE INTEREST OF CHARTER BOATS WHO CARRY PASSENGERS FOR HIRE FOR FISHING, SAILING, DIVING, ECOTOURS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body23NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members23NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees0TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Program Service Revenue Prior Year0ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year0InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year72InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year3454OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year2972OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year175418TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year176388TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year0SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year0SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year171085OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year171085TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Revenues Less Expenses CY5303RevenuesLessExpensesCY
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Total Liabilities BOY0TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY0TotalLiabilitiesEOY
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY131034NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionNACO'S MISSION IS TO REPRESENT AND TO ADVANCE THE INTEREST OF CHARTER BOAT OPERATORS WHO CARRY PASSENGERS FOR HIRE FOR FISHING SAILING, DIVING, AND ECO-TOURS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense13696Expense
DescriptionPRODUCE NEWSLETTER TO INFORM MEMBERS OF CURRENT ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR BUSINESS INTERESTS.Description

Activity2 Activity2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expense10276Expense
DescriptionHOLD ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS TO ADVISE ON PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, TO DECIDE POSITIONS ON CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE ISSUES, AND TO APPROVE SUBSEQUENT YEAR EXPENDITURES.Description

Activity3 Activity3

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expense7293Expense
DescriptionCOMMUNICATIONS WITH MEMBERS, LEGISLATORS, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND THE LIKE TO INFORM ON AND TO PROPOSE INITIATIVES ON LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS THAT AFFECT CHARTER BOAT OPERATORS. EXPENSES INCLUDE PHONE, WEBSITE AND POSTAGE COSTS.Description
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax1SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
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Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
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Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity0TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10960NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
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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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Number Independent Voting Members23NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members1ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval1DecisionsSubjectToApproval
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 Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERBOAT OPERATORSBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number2519815136TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 2990AddressLine1
CityORANGE BEACHCity
StateALState
ZIP Code36561ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
CAPTAIN PAT KELLY
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN MIKE NUGENT
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN PERCY BLACKBURN
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN PAUL MALO
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN ROGER PARCELLES
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN ALEX WILLIAMS
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN BRIAN KEEHN
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN JIM DEIBLER JR
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN JOHN ATWELL
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN SEAN BLACK
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN BRYAN BONDIOLI
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN DAVE PECCI
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN SCOTT ROBSON
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN ROBERT RUSH
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN RANDALL SCHMIDT
MEMBER0.00X000
CAPTAIN MICHAEL SOSIK JR
MEMBER0.00X000
BOBBI WALKER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0.00X000
CAPTAIN BOB ZALES II
PRESIDENT0.00X000X
CAPTAIN ED O'BRIEN
VICE PRESIDENT0.00X000X
CAPTAIN TOM BECKER
2ND VICE PRESIDENT0.00X000X
CAPTAIN GARY KREIN
SECRETARY0.00X000X
CAPTAIN RON MAGLIO
TREASURER0.00X000X
CAPTAIN MIKE HOLMES
MEMBER0.00X000
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Total Other Compensation0TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K0TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1WALKER BREEZE LLCBusinessNameLine1

Address Of Contractor AddressOfContractor

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1PO BOX 100AddressLine1
CityORANGE BEACHCity
StateALState
ZIP Code36561ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Description Of ServicesMANAGEMENT COMPANYDescriptionOfServices
Compensation115500Compensation
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K1NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues82840MembershipDues
All Other Contributions90504AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions173344TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column72TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income72RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionWEBSITE ADVERTISINGDescription
Business Code541800BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column2972TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income2972RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue2972TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column176388TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income3044RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total115500Total
Management And General115500ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total750Total
Management And General750ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total21497Total
Management And General21497ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total10276Total
Program Services10276ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1857Total
Management And General1857ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionTotalTotalProgram ServicesProgramServices
NEWSLETTER AND PRINTING1369613696
POSTAGE34213421
TELEPHONE29492949
WEBSITE743743

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total396Total
Program Services180ProgramServices
Management And General216ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total171085Total
Program Services31265ProgramServices
Management And General139820ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY72757BOY
EOY78021EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY52974BOY
EOY53013EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY125731BOY
EOY131034EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY125731BOY
EOY131034EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY125731BOY
EOY131034EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY125731BOY
EOY131034EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses5303ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2XPubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years188106CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years187865CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years175767CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year171964CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year173344CurrentTaxYear
Total897046Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years7883CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years4964CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years2121CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year3454CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year2972CurrentTaxYear
Total21394Total

Total509 Total509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years192829CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years177888CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year175418CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year176316CurrentTaxYear
Total918440Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509918440PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years689CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years119CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years68CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year72CurrentTaxYear
Total948Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years689CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years119CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years68CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year72CurrentTaxYear
Total948Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years196678CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years192948CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years177956CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year175418CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year176388CurrentTaxYear
Total919388Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage5090.99900PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage0.99880PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage0.00100InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage0.00120PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct0SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying1OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year0AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings0TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue176388TotalRevenue
Total Expenses171085TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year5303ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS5303ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7ATHE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7BTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES DECISIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE BASED ON INPUT FROM THE MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11THE COMPLETED AND FILED FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19ALL ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS UPON REQUEST.

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