Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 1,263,191 | 1,424,760 | 1,275,703 | 2,079,698 | 5,698,426 | 11,741,778 |
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | 65,442,176 | 54,722,112 | 63,876,013 | 74,514,430 | 94,870,799 | 353,425,530 |
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | 0 | |||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | 66,705,367 | 56,146,872 | 65,151,716 | 76,594,128 | 100,569,225 | 365,167,308 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | 0 | |||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | 15,282,705 | 20,011,696 | 22,756,082 | 27,505,424 | 36,643,612 | 122,199,519 |
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 15,282,705 | 20,011,696 | 22,756,082 | 27,505,424 | 36,643,612 | 122,199,519 |
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 242,967,789 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 66,705,367 | 56,146,872 | 65,151,716 | 76,594,128 | 100,569,225 | 365,167,308 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 608,245 | 58,306 | 52,657 | 162,968 | 290,164 | 1,172,340 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | 0 | |||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 608,245 | 58,306 | 52,657 | 162,968 | 290,164 | 1,172,340 |
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 67,313,612 | 56,205,178 | 65,204,373 | 76,757,096 | 100,859,389 | 366,339,648 |
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e | Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): | |||||
| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions) | |||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014 |
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Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2014 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014: | ||||
| a From 2009.......X | ||||
| b From 2010.......X | ||||
| c From 2011.......X | ||||
| d From 2012.......X | ||||
| e From 2013....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2014, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2014. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2015. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a From 2010.......X | ||||
| b From 2011.......X | ||||
| c From 2012.......X | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part III, LINE 4D, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: | OTHER INCLUDES OPEN CUP AND OTHER PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSES. EXPENSES $2,716,299. INCL GRANTS OF $113,679. REVENUE $52,200,991. Form 990, Part Vi, Section A, Line 6 The membership of UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION ("the federation") is open to all soccer organizations and all soccer players, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators and officials without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, or national origin. The federation has the following categories of membership: (1) organization member composed of the following classifications of members: (A) Associate. (B) Disabled Service organization. (C) Indoor Professional league. (D) National affiliate. (E) National Association. (F) National Member. (G) Other Affiliate. (H) Professional League. (I) State Association. (2) Life Member. (3) Individual Sustaining Member. Organization Member An Organization desiring to become an organization member of the federation must submit a written application for membership to the secretary general. The applicant shall specify the category of organization member being applied for and, if applying to be a national association, the youth or adult council the applicant intends to join. the applicant shall include with the application copies of its charter or articles of incorporation, bylaws, rules, regulations, any rules of play, and other governing documents appropriate to understanding the structure and activities of the organization. the secretary general shall prescribe the number of copies of each document to be submitted. The secretary general shall refer an application to be an organization member to the board of directors for consideration. the board shall submit the application and accompanying documents to the appropriate committee or committees of the federation for review and report. the board shall determine whether the applicant complies with the bylaws, policies and requirements of the federation for the membership category applied for. if the applicant does comply, the board may (1) admit the applicant to provisional membership in the federation until the next meeting of the national council that the application can be considered and recommend that the applicant be admitted into full membership of the federation, or (2) if the national council has delegated to the board authority to approve an application, admit the applicant to full membership in the federation. if applicant does not comply, the board shall recommend to the national council that the applicant not be approved for membership in the federation. the national council or board shall admit an applicant into full membership of the federation by majority vote. provisional membership of an applicant is terminated if the national council does not approve the applicant for full membership at that next council meeting. Life Member A member eligible to vote at the national council may nominate an individual to be a life member of the federation. the nomination must be submitted in writing to the secretary general at least 120 days before the national council meeting at which the nomination is to be considered. the nomination shall be included in the meeting notice sent out by the secretary general about the meeting. a majority vote of the national council shall be required to grant life membership to an individual nominated under section 1 of this bylaw. a life member only has voting rights as provided at national council meetings and has no other voting or representational rights related to the activities and programs of the federation. Individual sustaining member any individual, including any athlete, trainer, manager, administrator and official active in soccer in the united states may become an individual sustaining member of the federation. the board of directors shall prescribe procedures for becoming an individual sustaining member and the dues and benefits of membership. an individual sustaining member shall have no voting or other representational rights in the federation. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7A: Section 1 The national council shall be the representative membership body of the federation and have the following authority: (1) the election of the president and vice president of the federation. (2) the adoption of amendments to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the federation. (3) approving the budgets of the federation, including budgets of the youth, adult, professional and athletes' advisory councils. (4) granting life member status to individuals as provided under bylaw 231. (5) approve changes in boundaries under section 5 of bylaw 213. (6) approve fees. (7) approve membership of all organization members. (8) adopt policies and rescind or amend policies adopted by the board of directors. (9) affirming actions of the board of directors for the past year. (A) the following shall be members of the national council and entitled to one vote unless otherwise specified in this bylaw: (1) delegates from the state associations, national associations and professional leagues having votes as determined and weighted under section 2 of this bylaw. (2) athlete delegates having votes as determined and weighted under section 3 of this bylaw. (3) each voting member of the board of directors. (4) each past president of the federation. (5) each life member, except that the total of all votes cast by life members shall not exceed 12. if there are more than 12 life members, then each life member's vote shall equal the fraction of 12 divided by the number of life members at that meeting, rounded off to 2 decimal places. (6) each national member, national affiliate, other affiliate, indoor professional league, and associate. (b) an individual eligible to vote in more than one capacity under subsection (a) of this section may only vote in one of those capacities, as selected by that individual. (C) (1) No voting proxy is allowed. except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subparagraph, one individual may cast all or part of the votes of an organization member having more than one vote at a council meeting. however, any individual casting a vote for an organization member must be an officer or director of the organization member of a chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief administrative officer, executive director, professional league commissioner, senior management official, or other position of comparable authority of the organization member. (2) for any national council meeting, one individual of an organization member may not cast votes that exceed 2 percent of the votes eligible to be cast at a council meeting. (D) an organization member may have alternates to a national council meeting. an alternate may not vote but has the right to speak. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7A: Section 2 | (A) the number of delegates from each of the organization members in the youth, adult, and professional conucils shall be determined by the respective councils. the number of delegates voting within a council shall be proportional among its organization members based on the following: (1) in the youth council, the number of delegates for (A) state associations shall be based on the number of players registered and fees paid to the federation by that state association, and (B) national associations shall be based on the number of players registered and fees paid by that national association directly to the federation and not through a state association, except that if a national association does not register any players directly with the federation, that national association shall have one vote at each national council meeting. in each case, players registered and fees paid shall be as of 30 days before the meeting, as certified by the member of the board of directors authorized to serve as the federation's treasurer. (2) in the adult council, the number of delegates for (a) state associations shall be based on the number of players registered and fees paid to the federation by that state association, and (b) national associations shall be based on the number of players registered and fees paid directly to the federation by that national association and not through a state association, however, the national association shall designate delegate votes to national association members that are not state assocations based upon the number of players registered and fees paid directly to the national association and not through a state association. in each case, players registered and fees paid for the preceding calendar year, january 1 through december 31, as certified by the member of the board of directors authorized to serve as the federation's treasurer. (3) in the professional council, the number of delegates for each professional league shall be based on the level of competitive division among the professional leagues. (B) if the members of a council are unable to reach agreement on the number of delegates for each member under subsection (A) of this section, the board of directors shall determine the number. (C) the basis for calculating the number of delegates within a council may be changed by the board of directors upon agreement with the council. (D) to provide equal representation among the youth, adult, and professional councils, the votes of the delegates from each of those councils shall be multiplied by a council multiplier. the council multiplier shall equal the number of delegates for the council with the largest number of delegates divided by the number of delegates of the respective council, rounded off to 2 decimal places. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7A: Section 3 (A) at least 20 percent of the votes eligible to be cast at a national council must be athletes, and the board of directors shall make necessary adjustments to ensure that this 20 percent athlete requirement is satisfied. (B) athlete delegates to the national council shall be determined by the athletes as provided by bylaw 321. (C) one individual may cast all or part of the votes for the athletes at a national council meeting, but that individual may not cast votes for any other organization member or individual at the meeting. the individual may cast the votes as an athlete delegate or by proxy as determined by the athletes' council. (D) to ensure at least 20 percent athlete representation on the national council, the votes of the athlete delegates shall be multiplied by an athlete council multiplier. the multiplier shall be calculated as follows: ((TWV/.8) - TWV)/AD) rounded off to 2 decimal places. "TWV" means the total weighted vote of all non-athlete delegates at the national council. "AD" means the number of athlete delegates at the national council meeting. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11: Governing body review of form 990 The board retains the services of an independent cpa firm to prepare the FEDERATION's form 990. management reviews the completed form 990 and provides a full copy to all voting members of the governing body prior to filing the return. form 990, part vi, section B, line 12C: conflicts of interest policy monitoring - officers, directors and key employees are annually required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement as a precursor to their service to the FEDERATION. potential conflicts are logged with and monitored by the secretary general. form 990, part vi, section b, line 15 the salary of the ceo is determined using a compensation specialist and a compensation survey which is then approved by the board. the salary of key employees is determined by industry surveys which cover other organizations and sporting teams. the salary of all other employees are determined by comparing them against other similar sized organizations. form 990, part vi, section c, line 19 governing documents and financial statements are available through applicable governmental agencies; the conflict of interest policy is available upon written request to the FEDERATION. |
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