Home Builders Assoc of Sw Virginia

“Prior to 6/30/2015 the Home Builders Association of Southwest Virginia (the HBA) operated as a trade organization comprised of dues paying members and non-members engaged directly or indirectly in home building and light commercial construction. There are no stockholders. Volunteer members served as unpaid directors and officers. At 6/30/2017, there were no active volunteers or dues paying members. All memberships have lapsed.”

“Decisions made on behalf of the HBA by members & volunteer officers were presented to the members by mail twice during the year ended 6/30/2017. Recommendations from members, if any, that affect the decisions made would have been taken into consideration for the good of the organization. But, there was no response from any member or volunteer. Volunteer & member involvement effectively ceased as of 6/30/2015. The HBA has relinquished the charter with National Home Builders Association (NAHB).”

“Volunteer members acting as a governing body of the HBA did not meet on a regular basis during the current reporting period. As such, no formal written summary of meetings was prepared. Actions taken affecting the future of the HBA were communicated to the membership via mail & email as considered necessary.”

“As stated in the explanation to Form 990, Part VI, line 8a, volunteer members acting as the governing body did not meet on a regular basis. The HBA had no committees as of 6/30/2017 or prior to its dissolution.”

“The HBAs 2016 Form 990 was not reviewed by the volunteer board prior to submission to IRS since there has been no member participation prior to the filing of this return. IRS Form 990 was prepared by an independent tax preparer.”

“The only address for the HBA was a post office box. There was no physical location or office. No one can be reached at the entity address since the post office box rental has lapsed and the entity has been dissolved. Business addresses for the former volunteer members/officers include: Mike Duckett, Atmos Energy, 15440 Lee Highway in Bristol VA, Stafford Statzer, Berry Home Centers, 1090 Ole Berry Drive in Abingdon VA and Mark Powers, Lowes Home Improvement, 401 Cabela Drive in Bristol VA.”

“The HBAs Form 990 can be made available to the general public upon request. There were no requests received during the current fiscal year, therefore no documents were made available to the public.”

“No request for review of governing documents, etc. was received therefore no reviews were conducted. There were no formal written governing documents.”

“In August 2016, the HBA was effectively dissolved & their charter with National Association of Home Builders was revoked. Activity basically ceased following the March 2015 Home Show. The driving force of the HBA was a key volunteer member who began to suffer with poor health. He became inactive & as a result there was no member or volunteer that stepped up to take the members place. There was a written plea for member involvement sent to the members by mail in September 2015 but there was no response. Two more written pleas were made in January 2016 & March 2016 but again no response was received. Notification to National Association of Home Builders & Home Builders Association of Virginia of the intent to dissolve was made on 6/27/2016 and 7/1/2016 and was accepted.”

“Fees for professional services, specifically monthly bookkeeping & preparation of Form 990 ($2,900) and disbursements to 3 other local non-profit organizations ($4,687) both exceeded 10% of total expense. The disbursements to 3 other local non-profit organizations were made to properly distribute the remaining cash in bank since the HBA has ceased to exist, as was their intention to do so upon dissolution of the entity.”