TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION (EIN 74-2138264)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-05-16
IRS object ID
201111409349300021
Schema version
2010v3.2
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)
Timestamp2011-05-16T16:16:08-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SWAIM HANAGRIFF & ASSOCIATES PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12804 JEFFERSON DRAddressLine1
CityLIBERTYCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code77575ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2010-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN742138264EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlTRINNameControl
Phone9363367455Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 9047AddressLine1
CityLIBERTYCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code77575ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameCAROLYN TINNEYName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone9363367455Phone
Date Signed2011-05-12DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLEE ANN BRENTSName
Phone9363367205Phone
Date Prepared2011-05-12DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2010TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonCAROLYN TINNEYNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1P O BOX 9047AddressLine1
CityLIBERTYCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code77575ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts899131GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included1AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web SiteN/AWebSite
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Year Formation1909YearFormation
State Legal DomicileTXStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionPROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE YOUTH OF LIBERTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTIESActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body12NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members0NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees3TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year114023ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year130753ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year251920ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY270358ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year808InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year709InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year259853OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year193447OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year626604TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year595267TotalRevenueCurrentYear
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 Year58151SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year71050SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year576548OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year431124OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year634699TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year502174TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year-8095RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY93093RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY822996TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY902938TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY52353TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY39202TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY770643NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY863736NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionTO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIP FOR EDUCATION OF YOUTH- ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF LIBERTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES, TEXASMissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense270358Expense
Revenue270358Revenue
DescriptionLIVESTOCK AUCTION-FFA & 4H PROJECTSDescription

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Expense20120Expense
DescriptionSCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAMDescription

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Expense186065Expense
Revenue50710Revenue
DescriptionMATERIALS AND EXPENSES AND REVENUES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES REPORTED IN PART VIIIDescription
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Total Program Service Expense476543TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
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School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
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Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
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Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org0TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
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Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109622NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
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Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters1LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters1PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement0RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
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Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Name Business NameBusiness

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Business Name Line1SANDRA VOGELBusinessNameLine1
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Telephone Number9363367455TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1PO BOX 9047AddressLine1
CityLIBERTYCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code77575ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
DANELLE MULLINS
SECRETARY1.00XX000
ROBYN MING
TREASURER1.00XX000
SANDRA VOGEL
FACILITY SECRETARY40.00XX3667100
DAVE CHESSER
VICE PRESIDENT1.00XX000
CAROLYN TINNEY
PRESIDENT10.00XX000
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Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Fundraising Events130753FundraisingEvents
Total Contributions130753TotalContributions

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DescriptionLIVESTOCK AUCTIONDescription
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Total Program Service Revenue270358TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

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Gross Rents GrossRents

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Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

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Real50001Real

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Total Revenue Column50001TotalRevenueColumn
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Program Services64820ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

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Total600Total
Management And General600ManagementAndGeneral

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Total2365Total
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Total11385Total
Program Services11385ProgramServices

Advertising Advertising

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Total19016Total
Program Services19016ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total4720Total
Management And General4720ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

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Total3744Total
Program Services3744ProgramServices

Interest Interest

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Total1552Total
Management And General1552ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

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Total16394Total
Management And General16394ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

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AUCTION270358270358
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE3375833758
UTILITIES2930929309
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS2012020120
EQUIPMENT RENTAL49974997

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Total12806Total
Program Services12806ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total502174Total
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Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY125342BOY
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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BOY12452BOY
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Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

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BOY1230BOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis676838LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis

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BOY651330BOY
EOY676838EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

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BOY822996BOY
EOY902938EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

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BOY200BOY
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Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

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Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

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BOY4392BOY
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY52353BOY
EOY39202EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

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BOY770643BOY
EOY863736EOY

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BOY770643BOY
EOY863736EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY822996BOY
EOY902938EOY
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Reconcilation Revenue Expenses93093ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years380526CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years441500CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years473205CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year365943CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year401111CurrentTaxYear
Total2062285Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years380526CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years441500CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years473205CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year365943CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year401111CurrentTaxYear
Total2062285Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total1702062285PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years55065CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years49079CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year49381CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year50710CurrentTaxYear
Total264746Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support2327031TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc2312502GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage1700.88620PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year0.88230PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis83795InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value83795BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis525431InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value525431BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis67612InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value67612BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings676838TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
SALES TAX PAYABLE$4,220
PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE$1,062
RENTAL DEPOSITS HELD$1,450
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts6732TotalOfAmounts

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

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Name Of Event1ANNUAL FAIR & RODEO-EVENTSNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1463737GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1124138CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1339599GrossRevenueEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event175130NonCashPrizesEvent1
Food And Beverage Event13066FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event17376EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1151781OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2ANNUAL FAIR & RODEO-BEVERAGE SALESNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event257974GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event257974GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event243515OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events2TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events56352GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Charitable Contrib Other Events6615CharitableContribOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events49737GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Non Cash Prizes Other Events11265NonCashPrizesOtherEvents
Rent Facility Costs Other Events1260RentFacilityCostsOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events4273FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events6198OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total578063GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total130753CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events447310GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events86395NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events1260RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events7339FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events7376EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events201494OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events303864DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary143446NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanationReturn ReferenceReturnReference
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11GOVERNING BOARD RECEIVES FORM 990 AT A MONTHLY MEETING
ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO PUBLIC UPON REQUESTFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19

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