CENTRAL PA RELIEF AUCTION: Form 990, tax year 2016

View the entire original 990 at ProPublica ↗

Organization: CENTRAL PA RELIEF AUCTION (EIN 32-0309780)
Tax period: 2016-12-01 to 2017-11-30
Filed: 2018-10-15
IRS object ID: 201812889349301686
Schema version: 2016v3.1
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-10-15T16:21:16-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-11-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	251817405	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROBERT W MORRIS & COMPANY PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 68	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW BLOOMFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	170680068	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-12-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	320309780	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CENTRAL PA RELIEF AUCTION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CENT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7174383121	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	355 LYONS ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILLERSTOWN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	17062	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MERYL STOLTZFUS	PersonNm
Person Title	CHAIRMAN	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7176360498	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-06-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ROBERT W MORRIS III	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00219126	PTIN
Phone	7175828135	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-10-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	99843EED5F1CBB4A46654EAF5A85F79470B767F7	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	31C074B374820FEF3FB162138D7B7135358139D8	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MERYL STOLTZFUS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	550 KISTLER ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	ELLIOTTSBURG	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	17024	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$500,450	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Activity Or Mission	TO RAISE MONEY IN VARIOUS WAYS TO HELP THE WORLD'S POOR AND NEEDY. ALL PROFITS ARE DESIGNATED TO BRING HOPE, LIFE, EDUCATION, ETC TO THE NEEDY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	20	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$28,287	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$147,645	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$188	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$250	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$262,348	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$227,659	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$290,823	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$375,554	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	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	$292,500	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$354,000	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$292,500	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$354,000	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,677	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$21,554	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,305	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$24,859	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,305	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$24,859	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO RAISE MONEY IN VARIOUS WAYS TO HELP THE WORLD'S POOR AND NEEDY. ALL PROFITS ARE DESIGNATED TO BRING HOPE, LIFE, EDUCATION, ETC TO THE NEEDY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$354,000	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PROVIDE HOPE, LIFE, EDUCATION, ETC TO THE NEEDY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$354,000	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	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	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	false	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
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	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	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	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
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MELVIN STOLTZFUS	PersonNm
Phone	7176360498	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2412 FOWLER HOLLOW ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	BLAIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	17036	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
MERYL STOLTZFUS
CHAIRMAN	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALLEN ESH
VICE CHAIRMA	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID ESH
GROUNDS CONT	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DWAYNE MARTIN
ADVERTISING	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
IVAN KING
FOOD MANAGER	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALVIN PEACHEY
SOLICITATION	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MELVIN STOLTZFUS
TREASURER		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
CURTIS MARTIN
SECRETARY		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

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
Fundraising	$147,645	FundraisingAmt
Total Contributions	$147,645	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$250	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$250	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$313,332	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$147,645	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$97,607	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$215,725	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$39,223	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$27,289	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$11,934	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$11,934	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$375,554	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$12,184	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	VARIOUS DONATIONS	Desc
Total	$354,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$354,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$354,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$354,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,859	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,859	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,859	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,859	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,305	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,859	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$21,554	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$65,647	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$28,287	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$147,645	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$241,579	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$282,598	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$342,295	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$352,805	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$977,698	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$348,245	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$370,582	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$500,450	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,219,277	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$1,219,277	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$348,245	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$370,582	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$500,450	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,219,277	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	1.00000	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	CHARITY AUCTION	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$460,977	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$147,645	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$313,332	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$97,607	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$460,977	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$147,645	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$313,332	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$97,607	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$97,607	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$215,725	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW A COPY OF THE 990. THE TREASURER AND PRESIDENT HAVE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF FINAL REVIEW.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.