AMERICAS GOLD STAR FAMILIES: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: AMERICAS GOLD STAR FAMILIES (EIN 46-5574571)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-07-10
IRS object ID: 201841919349301124
Schema version: 2017v2.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule I
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-07-10T14:27:04-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Rotherham & Company PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2308 W Altorfer Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Peoria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	616151810	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	465574571	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	America's Gold Star Families	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3092315090	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2426 W Cornerstone Court	AddressLine1Txt
City	Peoria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	61614	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PATTI SMITH	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3092315090	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-07-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KENT A ROTHERHAM CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00290371	PTIN
Phone	3096923190	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-07-10	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	PATTI SMITH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6403 N Talisman	AddressLine1Txt
City	Peoria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	61615	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,850	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2014	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO HONOR AND REMEMBER FALLEN SOLDIERS AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THEIR SURVIVORS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	10	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$60,666	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,850	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$60,666	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,850	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$18,026	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$7,069	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$37,802	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$16,298	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$55,828	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$23,367	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,838	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$18,517	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$41,257	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$22,741	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$125	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$125	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$41,132	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$22,616	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To honor and remember fallen	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$22,903	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$4,850	RevenueAmt
Desc	TO HONOR AND REMEMBER OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS, AND TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THEIR SURVIVORS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$22,903	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (true)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANNA LEANDER	PersonNm
Phone	7082180698	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	120 E Queenwood Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Morton	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	61550	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
PATTI SMITH
President	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KENT A ROTHERHAM
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM HALSTEAD
Vice President	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARY ARDIS
Secretary	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EDWARD T O'CONNOR
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE SONNEMAKER
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DENNIS TIPSWORD
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HARVEY A SLEPIAN
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BUD SOUS
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GREG SMITH
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$4,850	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,850	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,850	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,069	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$600	TotalAmt
Program Services	$600	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,485	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,485	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,749	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,749	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Commemoration expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Event expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Website design and support	$0	$0	$0	$0
Meals and entertainment	$344	$0	$344	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$120	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,367	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,903	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part X	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,257	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,741	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,257	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,741	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$125	BOYAmt
EOY	$125	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$125	BOYAmt
EOY	$125	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,132	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,616	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,132	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,616	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,257	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,741	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$18,517	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Public Support Total170	$0	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$37,011	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$68,247	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$60,666	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,850	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$170,774	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$37,011	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$68,247	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$60,666	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,850	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$170,774	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$170,774	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$170,774	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First5 Years509	Yes (X)	First5Years509Ind
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PATTI SMITH	PersonNm
Relationship With Org	President	RelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan Purpose	Start up cash	LoanPurposeTxt
Loan To Organization	Yes (X)	LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal	$125	OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due	$125	BalanceDueAmt
Default	false	DefaultInd
Board Or Committee Approval	false	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement	false	WrittenAgreementInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$125	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	The 990 is reviewed by all of the board members before filing with the Treasurer.
Pt VI, Line 8a	The organization's Secretary takes minutes at every board meeting. And, those minutes are read and approved by the entire board at the next meeting.
Pt VI, Line 19	The organization made its governing documents and financial statements available for public inspection.
Pt X	Line 22. The balance due was for a loan made by the President for start up cash.
Pt VI, Line 8b	Does not apply.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	Miscellaneous expenses 120. 0. 120. 0.