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← MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSN.

Totals

Total revenue
$182,321,602
Total expenses
$119,015,510
Contributions and grants received
$84,740,157
Grants paid
$1,659,219
Program service revenue
$1,010,282
Investment income
$6,105,885
Other revenue
$90,465,278
Total assets, end of year
$205,795,529
Total liabilities, end of year
$356,991
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$205,438,538
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $84,740,157

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AGENT ADMINISTRATION FEES

    total $1,010,282 · related or exempt $1,010,282

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,105,885 · excluded $6,105,885

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $90,465,278 · excluded $90,465,278

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,604,199

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $55,020

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $5,939,600

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,732,248

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $866,322

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,241,064

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $966,156

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,772,558

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $240,537

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $132,305

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,247,975

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,010,503

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,234,487

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $6,025,404

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,689,512

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,309,757

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,174,068

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,198,551

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $379,252

  • 24a · Other expenses: REFUND OF EXCESS DUES

    total $70,545,222

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,049,093

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXCISE TAX

    total $332,430

  • 24d · Other expenses: LOCKOUT STIPEND

    total $264,780

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,467

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $115,777,068 · end of year $178,124,799

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $282,853 · end of year $1,500,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $14,893,372

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $8,749,823

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,564,617 · end of year $6,143,549

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,000,000

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $13,398,100 · end of year $13,404,900

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $6,543,525 · end of year $6,543,525

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $78,754

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,433,717 · end of year $356,991

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $142,132,446 · end of year $205,438,538

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MLBPA IS THE LABOR UNION RECOGNIZED TO REPRESENT MAJOR AND MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND RELATED MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT BY THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUBS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION IS THE UNION REPRESENTING MAJOR AND LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS ITS MEMBERS IN NEGOTIATIONS AND OTHER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUES WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANTHONY CLARK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,308,371
    From this org
    $4,250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $3,250,000
    Bonus
    $1,000,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,621
    Filer's total
    $4,308,371
  • ANDREW VAUGHN

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • AUSTIN GOMBER

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BRANDON NIMMO

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CAL RALEIGH

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CALEB THEILBAR

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CASEY MIZE

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CORBIN BURNES

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CORBIN CARROL

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • DANE DUNNING

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • FRANCISCO LINDOR

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • IAN HAPP

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • AUSTIN SLATER

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JACK FLAHERTY

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JAKE CRONENWORTH

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JASON DELAY

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • KYLE FINNEGAN

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • LANCE MCCULLERS JR

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MILES MIKOLAS

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • RHYS HOSKINS

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MANUEL MARGOT

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MAX FRIED

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MARCUS SEMIEN

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • NICK PIVETTA

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • PATRICK SANDOVAL

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JOHN MEANS

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SANDY ALCANTARA

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SCOTT EFFROSS

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • STEVEN KWAN

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • TYLER STEPHENSON

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • VINNY PASQUANTINO

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • WILL SMITH

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ZACK GELOF

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • LUCAS GIOLITO

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BRENT SUTER

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MATT CHAPMAN

    PLAYERS REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • XAVIER JAMES

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $724,584
    From this org
    $666,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,632
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $636,636
    Bonus
    $30,316
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,882
    Filer's total
    $724,584
  • CHRIS CAPUANO

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $490,996
    From this org
    $432,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $417,625
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,621
    Filer's total
    $490,996
  • TATIA MAYS-RUSSELL

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $415,649
    From this org
    $356,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,666
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,233
    Filer's total
    $415,649
  • IAN PENNY

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $893,387
    From this org
    $834,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $753,522
    Bonus
    $80,882
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,233
    Filer's total
    $893,387
  • MATTHEW NUSSBAUM

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $937,172
    From this org
    $879,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,632
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $800,000
    Bonus
    $79,540
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,882
    Filer's total
    $937,172
  • ROBERT LENAGHAN

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $743,923
    From this org
    $684,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $653,940
    Bonus
    $31,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,233
    Filer's total
    $743,923
  • JEFF PERCONTE

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $738,962
    From this org
    $681,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,632
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $641,330
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,882
    Filer's total
    $738,962
  • BRUCE MEYER

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $1,608,983
    From this org
    $1,550,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,500,000
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,233
    Filer's total
    $1,608,983

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MLB PLAYERS INC

    C · MANAGE GROUP LICENSING · DE · 100% owned · share of income $100 · share of assets $100 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

  • MLBPA BLOCKER 1 INC

    C · INVESTING · DE · 100% owned · share of income $100 · share of assets $100 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349310482

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