Emerald City Supporters FY2020 filing

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To organize and sponsor events which promote supporting the Seattle Sounders FC.

501(c)(7) social or recreational club; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(7)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $243 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$61K
Spent
$48K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$56K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$61K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$61K
FY2021$139K
FY2022$201K
FY2023$182K
FY2024$192K
FY2025$163K
Expenses
$48K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$48K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$208K
FY2023$188K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025Not on file
Net assets
$56K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$56K
FY2021$40K
FY2022$33K
FY2023$20K
FY2024$23K
FY2025$27K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2011.

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Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $30K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Organizes and sponsors events to promote supporting the Seattle Sounders FC.

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3 programs · $16K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Tifo Promotion

Large-scale support, such as sky planes bearing messages were organized in place of fans at games, to continue support of the team when fans could not be there due to COVID restrictions.

$6Kprogram expense
02

Memberships

Approximately 1,250 memberships were sold, allowing the organization to increase awareness and support of Seattle Sounders FC.

$5Kprogram expense
03

Ecs Face Masks

Created and sold ECS Face Masks to help spread awareness of the organization and protect members against COVID.

$4Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$61K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$38K
Other incomeLn 4–11$14K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K
Money outPt IX
$48K
Ln 25
Programscol B$30K
Owns and owesPt X
$56K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$58K
Total assetsLn 16$58K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$38K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K
Investment incomeLn 3$5
Other incomeLn 4–11$14K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$61K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$21K
SavingsLn 2$37K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$58K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$1
Total assetsLn 16$58K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$56K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6150
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$55K$58K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$55K$58K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$43K$56K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1K$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$932$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$530$0$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$9K$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$30K$30K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$48K$30K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $163K$27K 990 PDF
FY2024 $192K$23K 990 PDF
FY2023 $182K$188K−$7K$20K 990 PDF
FY2022 $201K$208K−$7K$33K 990 PDF
FY2021 $139K$40K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $61K$48K$13K$56K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $60,712 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $104,946$38,192
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $175,223$8,466
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10$5
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,385$14,049
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $288,564$60,712
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$1,375
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $309,500$46,671
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $309,500$48,046
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$20,936$12,666
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $60,712 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $10,099 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$35,709
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,483
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$38,192
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,466 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$8,466
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,950
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,466 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$60,712
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $48,046 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$1,375
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,033
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$932
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$530
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,125
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,299
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,588 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,588
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,164
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $29,588 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$48,046
Part X · Balance sheet $57,625 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $19,990$20,509
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $34,710$37,115
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1$1
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $54,701$57,625
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,661$1,919
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,661$1,919
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $43,040$55,706
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $43,040$55,706
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $54,701$57,625
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $55,706 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$60,712
XI-2 Total expenses$48,046
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$12,666
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$43,040
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$55,706

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